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Post by fantom on Aug 11, 2014 20:26:26 GMT -6
Anybody have a good story about a time when you heard a kid say something that you could have said yourself, something that shows you that he was paying attention?
To impress upon the kids the importance of getting to practice I always tell them the story of Wally Pipp. Pipp was a first baseman for the Yankees in the '20's who asked to sit out a game with a minor injury. His replacement was Lou Gehrig, who then proceeded to play oven 2100 games in a row. Pipp was traded.
We have two kids who, in the offseason, were competing for the only open job on the OL. In June they were neck to neck. Then one of them- we'll call him Jimmy-went 3 for July, only made three workouts for the entire month. When we started practice on Monday Jimmy was second team. On Thursday, Jimmy's mom calls and says that he had a headache so she took him to the doctor, who said that he was dehydrated. Jimmy misses two days of practice.
To replace him (we only had ten OL) we call up a freshman from the JVs. The kid looks the part, weighs about 280 and moves well. In practice on Friday the kid looks great. much better than Jimmy ever did. So, in a week Jimmy's gone from challenging for a starting job to second team to fighting for a job on the second team.
After Friday's practice we call the players in to close practice and we hear a sophomore OL say, "You've gotta be a real dumbass to get Wally Pipped twice".
I felt like a proud daddy.
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Post by freezeoption on Aug 12, 2014 16:17:20 GMT -6
mine is not so much kids, although it started that way, my oline was taking a water break, we had been busting tail for a hour, they started to laugh and tell a story about a old coach, made me laugh, I meant to call them a old term from when I was a kid, a dill rod, instead I said dildo, they had a good laugh, we locked and loaded and had a good practice, that was a good group, I would chew their butt when needed and they would respond and take care of business, wish that group would never have graduated
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Post by coachklee on Aug 12, 2014 21:28:24 GMT -6
Anybody have a good story about a time when you heard a kid say something that you could have said yourself, something that shows you that he was paying attention? To impress upon the kids the importance of getting to practice I always tell them the story of Wally Pipp. Pipp was a first baseman for the Yankees in the '20's who asked to sit out a game with a minor injury. His replacement was Lou Gehrig, who then proceeded to play oven 2100 games in a row. Pipp was traded. We have two kids who, in the offseason, were competing for the only open job on the OL. In June they were neck to neck. Then one of them- we'll call him Jimmy-went 3 for July, only made three workouts for the entire month. When we started practice on Monday Jimmy was second team. On Thursday, Jimmy's mom calls and says that he had a headache so she took him to the doctor, who said that he was dehydrated. Jimmy misses two days of practice. To replace him (we only had ten OL) we call up a freshman from the JVs. The kid looks the part, weighs about 280 and moves well. In practice on Friday the kid looks great. much better than Jimmy ever did. So, in a week Jimmy's gone from challenging for a starting job to second team to fighting for a job on the second team. After Friday's practice we call the players in to close practice and we hear a sophomore OL say, "You've gotta be a real dumbass to get Wally Pipped twice". I felt like a proud daddy. That is when you know you've got the kids drinking the kool...er believing in what you are preaching/teaching! P. S. story reminded me of my JV coach my freshman year in 99! |
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Post by coachklee on Aug 12, 2014 21:32:36 GMT -6
mine is not so much kids, although it started that way, my oline was taking a water break, we had been busting tail for a hour, they started to laugh and tell a story about a old coach, made me laugh, I meant to call them a old term from when I was a kid, a dill rod, instead I said dildo, they had a good laugh, we locked and loaded and had a good practice, that was a good group, I would chew their butt when needed and they would respond and take care of business, wish that group would never have graduated Going to miss the group of D-Line I had last year at my old school & coaching D-Line in individual for that matter. Really felt close to that group & the growth that several of them made in my 2 seasons coaching them. |
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Post by dc207 on Aug 13, 2014 11:16:39 GMT -6
Anybody have a good story about a time when you heard a kid say something that you could have said yourself, something that shows you that he was paying attention? To impress upon the kids the importance of getting to practice I always tell them the story of Wally Pipp. Pipp was a first baseman for the Yankees in the '20's who asked to sit out a game with a minor injury. His replacement was Lou Gehrig, who then proceeded to play oven 2100 games in a row. Pipp was traded. We have two kids who, in the offseason, were competing for the only open job on the OL. In June they were neck to neck. Then one of them- we'll call him Jimmy-went 3 for July, only made three workouts for the entire month. When we started practice on Monday Jimmy was second team. On Thursday, Jimmy's mom calls and says that he had a headache so she took him to the doctor, who said that he was dehydrated. Jimmy misses two days of practice. To replace him (we only had ten OL) we call up a freshman from the JVs. The kid looks the part, weighs about 280 and moves well. In practice on Friday the kid looks great. much better than Jimmy ever did. So, in a week Jimmy's gone from challenging for a starting job to second team to fighting for a job on the second team. After Friday's practice we call the players in to close practice and we hear a sophomore OL say, "You've gotta be a real dumbass to get Wally Pipped twice". I felt like a proud daddy. Now that is a classic. Good one. |
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