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Post by rugbyman on Oct 30, 2006 9:31:41 GMT -6
We are currently discussing and looking for some ideas to establish some positive leadership for next year. How do you establish the right kind of leadership among athletes What do you guys do in the offseason to bulid team morale, discipline, and an over all winning attitude? There apparently hasn't been strong leadership from upper classmen in a while and the younger athletes are following the negative examples. How do we as a coaching staff change this?
How do we challenge our athletes? How do we get them to believe in themselves?
What are some of the key components to establishing a fighting/competitive/ winning environment and atmosphere?
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Post by Coach Huey on Oct 30, 2006 10:19:21 GMT -6
Has anyone used a "Player Council" before? I'm looking for some specifics to establishing one and what exactly you have the council responsible for. If someone who utilizes a council or has in the past could please pm or email me with some informaiton, I would greatly appreciate it.
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Post by brophy on Oct 30, 2006 10:39:10 GMT -6
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Post by groundchuck on Oct 30, 2006 10:52:13 GMT -6
We usually had 3-4 captains from the senior class then as a coaching staff picked a few kids from the underclassmen to be a kind of leadership council. We only needed to use it a few times in dealing with player discipline. Worked good. It is a good way to get a concensus and a feeling of ownership from the players. However my concern with having an official "player's council" is sometimes I think you get the "too many chiefs not enough indians" mentality. The HC runs the program and should use his assistants as his closest advisors, then the captains and a few other kids as leaders on the field. We are currently discussing and looking for some ideas to establish some positive leadership for next year. How do you establish the right kind of leadership among athletes What do you guys do in the offseason to bulid team morale, discipline, and an over all winning attitude? There apparently hasn't been strong leadership from upper classmen in a while and the younger athletes are following the negative examples. How do we as a coaching staff change this? How do we challenge our athletes? How do we get them to believe in themselves? What are some of the key components to establishing a fighting/competitive/ winning environment and atmosphere? |
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Post by fbdoc on Oct 30, 2006 19:47:49 GMT -6
We have a leadership council every year. There is no application or voting involved. We simply call our "Leaders" to come forward - these usually include our veteren seniors, a few junior starters, and occasionally a sophomore who is naturally confident or sees himself as a starter. Players can move off of the council for either football or school related discipline matters. The council doesn't replace the head coach or the asssistants but we do seek input from these players regarding a lot of issues ranging from the pulse of the team to how an individual player is doing. The players enjoy the opportunity to share their thoughts and the staff also benefits from hearing what the players think. Our selection is informal but the council is an important part of our team.
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Post by utchuckd on Oct 30, 2006 21:03:56 GMT -6
We call ours a unity council. We take the team and split them into 8-10 groups. Then we take a senior and a junior in each group and make them the leaders of that group. (We actually figure out who we want to be the group leaders out of our srs and jrs then fill in the groups from there.) We have them meet in their groups once or twice a month- the HC makes up an agenda of things for them to discuss. Can be anything from talking about team goals for the season to making sure everybody in their group has a ride to workouts, and anything we vote on as a team gets done in unity council groups. Then the group leaders meet once a week or so before school with the HC. He brings in donuts and they talk about team related stuff. He gets some good feedback that we normally wouldn't get.
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roomc
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Post by roomc on Oct 31, 2006 9:34:56 GMT -6
utchuckd,
can you give some examples of agendas that you discuss? Thanks
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Post by utchuckd on Oct 31, 2006 11:03:44 GMT -6
Let me get back to you on that. HC does most of that so let me talk to him and I'll get back with that.
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Post by brophy on Oct 31, 2006 13:24:56 GMT -6
We call ours a unity council. We take the team and split them into 8-10 groups. Then we take a senior and a junior in each group and make them the leaders of that group. (We actually figure out who we want to be the group leaders out of our srs and jrs then fill in the groups from there.) We have them meet in their groups once or twice a month- the HC makes up an agenda of things for them to discuss. Can be anything from talking about team goals for the season to making sure everybody in their group has a ride to workouts, and anything we vote on as a team gets done in unity council groups. Then the group leaders meet once a week or so before school with the HC. He brings in donuts and they talk about team related stuff. He gets some good feedback that we normally wouldn't get. we used to do this, too. All players had to have a 2-page off-season goal sheet completed by the 2nd week of January. By the 1st of February, each team leader had to sit down and meet with each underclassman to review their goals (are they realistic) and discuss the action plan for meeting these goals. The goal sheet is REALLY a self-written contract to do what is necessary for the team....stuff like, goals for grades, goals for physical fitness, what position they want to play, how they are going to go about meeting short and long-term goals they just outlined.... So when the leader has to call them on it, they just refer back to the goals that individual player filled out himself and say, "How come you didn't do what you SAID you were going to do?" |
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Post by dq on Oct 31, 2006 22:40:13 GMT -6
I pull leaders based on work ethic in the classroom, off-season dedication, practice and
game day performance( effort ). in order to assure myself leaders for the future i would hand
pick 2 or 3 underclassmen to be apart of this cadre. they would learn from my present
leaders they were told by me to be seen and not heard until told other wise ( how can you listen and learn while your mouth is
moving). I would spend QT with my upperclassmen
posing scenarios not always football related but life experiences sharing my wisdom and the word
of God. I would also do the same with the young ones as well. Authority was given publicly to
these Leaders. They were my platoon leaders,
Asst Coaches Staff Sergent, Head asst First Sergent,
I'm the Company Commander. Chain of Command Hooah
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Post by utchuckd on Nov 1, 2006 8:33:49 GMT -6
Pulled some of the agendas and here are some of the topics from them. There were usually 3-4 topics/questions for each meeting. These were pulled from meetings from April thru August.
List everyone's contact info. (phone, address, etc)
What are team goals for the season?
What color (black or white) do you want for team cleats?
How is everyone going to get to summer workouts?
Make a list of how much eveyone has raised. (lift a thon)
How do you want our team to be known in the region?
What are your expectations for summer workouts?
Be sure everyone has a ride to summer workouts.
See how many cards each player has sold. (Our varsity gold cards)
Discuss Team expectations and Team Goals.
List 5 things you hope to accomplish during fall camp.
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Post by roomc on Nov 3, 2006 8:51:05 GMT -6
Thanks utchuckd!!! That gave me some ideas. I appreciate the help!
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