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Post by morris on Jan 25, 2014 8:53:11 GMT -6
I've never been a Ra-Ra type guy. I am a sucker for a good chant or call and response though. I talked to a few people after the first propaganda thread and many brought up that the teams had chants that they would say. So I'm looking for examples, resources and the such of chants or call and response stuff you might do as a team, unit or position group.
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Post by coachbdud on Jan 25, 2014 12:53:35 GMT -6
3 years ago we started a chant
Believe
We would chant it
It was on all of our shirts and spirit pack stuff
I hated it then and now but the kids bought in to it
We had back to back playoff appearances for the first time in almost 30 years for this school
This year we struggled and the kids just didn't "believe"
I have always hated it and I'm trying to talk the HC into something new
We went 1-9 this year... IMO we need to break ties with that expression and get something new ... Try to get rid of as much as possible that connects us with last season
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Post by morris on Jan 25, 2014 13:24:52 GMT -6
I can see where using the same thing over and over would lose its affect. I know when I played we always said The Lord's Prayer before we went out on the field (public school at that) and it just got kind of engrained in us that when we were finished it was game time. Never failed the tone would just build up. Kids see Drew Brees and all these other guys doing this so there is a certain amount of "cool" factor to it to them. I know thats not the best reason to do something but lets face it we do things liek gear and stuff a kid would think is cool. I kind of see it like when we were all younger when a certain song would come on and as young males we would get worked up into an almost frenzy singing along
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Post by gccwolverine on Jan 25, 2014 19:42:30 GMT -6
Dline coach when I was playing college ball always had 1 with his position group that just loved
Coach: "who are we"
Group: "men of integrity"
Coach: "what's that mean"
Group: "we do what's right"
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Post by blackknight on Jan 27, 2014 14:46:01 GMT -6
I like the thought of each season having it's own theme.
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Post by coachplaa on Jan 28, 2014 15:18:39 GMT -6
Agreed with each season having its own theme.
To kinda go along with this, two years ago my captains came to me and said they wanted to come out of our (inflatable) tunnel and have the front guys in line where big heavy chains around their neck; and do some sort of chant that they rehearsed. I think they copied the idea from YouTube or some college program. I kind of laughed it off and was against it, but I had the entire team begging me to let them do it and that it would get them pumped up.
I'm glad I did. Not only did it get our guys pumped up, but we ended up beating a team that would go on to when a state title later in the season; and I definitely noticed our opponent watching our kids enter the field with their little gimmick of the chains. I think it had a definite impact as we jumped out to a 24-0 lead and were able to hold onto the lead in a very close game.
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Post by larrymoe on Jan 28, 2014 19:54:23 GMT -6
I'm glad I did. Not only did it get our guys pumped up, but we ended up beating a team that would ino on to when a state title later in the season; and I definitely noticed our opponent watching our kids enter the field with their little gimmick of the chains. I think it had a definite impact as we jumped out to a 24-0 lead and were able to hold onto the lead in a very close game. That kind of stuff gets our kids insanely ticked off to play. We try to stay away from as much bogus rah rah stuff as possible. No slogans, no inflatables, no chants. We are just who we are. |
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Post by coachplaa on Jan 28, 2014 20:47:28 GMT -6
Don't get me wrong. This type of stuff ticks are kids off too, but there is also something to the psychology of being in control of the pre-game. Like if we KNOW the other team is going to come into the stadium a certain way, we prep for it and defuse it. But if its something that gets the kids and crowd going, and our kids can't help but look over their shoulder; than it can have an impact on the start of the game. Especially if things don't go well, and we have a hard time getting back momentum.
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Post by davishfc on Jan 28, 2014 22:16:02 GMT -6
3 years ago we started a chant Believe We would chant it It was on all of our shirts and spirit pack stuff I hated it then and now but the kids bought in to it We had back to back playoff appearances for the first time in almost 30 years for this school This year we struggled and the kids just didn't "believe" I have always hated it and I'm trying to talk the HC into something new We went 1-9 this year... IMO we need to break ties with that expression and get something new ... Try to get rid of as much as possible that connects us with last season I can respect you not being in favor of a particular team slogan. As an assistant, you have input but you don't have the final decision. Regardless, you still have to be loyal to the final decision of the head coach. In your program's situation, I would be hesitant to abandon a slogan that was part of back-to-back playoff appearances for the first time in 30 years because of one 1-9 season that followed. That was quite an accomplishment and shouldn't be scrapped because of one year. They didn't believe. So use them as an example. You believe…we achieve. Look at our back-to-back playoff teams. If you don't believe…we lose…BAD. Traditions are hard to get going and even more difficult to continue. If this has been positive then I would say stick with it…JMO. |
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Post by davishfc on Jan 28, 2014 22:45:38 GMT -6
I like the thought of each season having it's own theme. I know what you mean. But I like the idea of having a tradition where every player that's come through your program from year to year knows your slogan. I believe over time that it gives your program an identity that stays with each class that graduates. When they come back for games and such, they understand that the program slogan has not changed. All ex-players share that same core value/principle. Powerful stuff…program building type stuff...IMO. |
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Post by joelee on Jan 29, 2014 10:06:37 GMT -6
That Nebraska chant from a couple years ago was awesome though!
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Post by coachphillip on Jan 29, 2014 12:11:23 GMT -6
Best teams I've ever been a part of or played against were machine like. Some of the worst teams were rah rah. The big dogs know they don't have to bark to get respect. Always been my take. I know some kids are all about chants and stuff. That's why I always have a quiet room on game days for kids who just want to sit in silence.
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Post by coachphillip on Jan 29, 2014 12:14:24 GMT -6
I read in the book, Our Boys, about the Redmen of Smith Center, Kansas. They used to do an apache war cry or something. I'm not sure if it would fly having forty white kids yelling a Native American war cry, but they were good and it apparently got their kids pumped. Any chant or lack of chant would work as long as it's organic and the kids buy in.
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Post by joelee on Jan 29, 2014 14:35:43 GMT -6
This isn't necessarily a pre-game thing. 2 of the top 3 programs in our state do some call back and chant type stuff in winter work but don't say chit during pregame. Bunch of machines on game day. One in particular doesn't have any music during pre-game at home games. The visitors are usually thrown off by it.
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Post by Underdeveloped on Jan 30, 2014 12:05:55 GMT -6
our practice field is located away from game field. We warm up there and don't show up until anthem time at 10 min mark. Anthem captains and play... No sense watching them... they get to wonder where we are and when we'll show... most of the time the other team is in the visitor locker room during anthem so they don't see us until 5 minutes until game time..
I love being able to warm up and review stuff right before playing too
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Post by shocktroop34 on Feb 2, 2014 16:45:12 GMT -6
On occasion, after a couple of beers, I kick down the door to my bedroom and do this chant for my wife before I jump into bed. Which, upon completion of my routine, without ever looking up she says, "oh that's nice honey," and returns to her reading. Apparently, she's not the rah-rah type.
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Post by John Knight on Feb 4, 2014 8:42:00 GMT -6
![]() ![]() I played college ball with this guy, he used to do this one! Hidey Hidey Hide Ho, Wiggly waggly wiggly wo, Raise your helmet to the sky, Salem Tigers passing by, We are first and they are last, Fairmont Falcons kiss our ass! |
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Post by coachwoodall on Feb 4, 2014 11:32:23 GMT -6
Let it be something the kids own. Give them specific guidelines that you want followed (nothing profane/vulgar, needs to follow the _____ theme/message, dancing/no dancing, etc....) just like you would with a classroom assignment. Then have them fly it by you first. Change it/modify it as needed.
You could even make it a 'American Idol' type competition.
Or better yet, it you have offseason work out teams, have each team come up with a chant for their group. The offseason team with the best attendance/points/whatever gets to have their chant as the team's chant for the coming season.
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Post by shocktroop34 on Feb 4, 2014 13:48:46 GMT -6
I liked when I heard the Seahawks saying, "We're all we got! We're all we need!"
But, yes! The ones the kids create on their own are the ones turn out to be the best.
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