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Post by olinedude on Mar 4, 2015 11:40:04 GMT -6
My first year coaching our 8th grade A team who wasn't bad was receiving a kick off. They kicker put the ball down to about out 10 yd line, and our kids started backing each other away like a punt. Despite our adamant screaming from the sideline they just stood there and let the other team get the ball in our red zone. I promise I didn't find the humor in it at the time, but I get some laughs out of it now.
Learned a valuable lesson, if you don't specifically explain it then don't expect your kids to know it.
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Post by rosey65 on Mar 5, 2015 7:46:50 GMT -6
A new kid transferred in a week after the season started, and let it be known immediately that his grandpa played WR in the NFL (you'd know the name) Anyway, this little freshman was drastically undersized and underdeveloped, which isnt a big deal, because they all are....until we found out he was a Senior and 19 years old! We had 2 D-1 rb's that season in our Wing-T offense and maybe threw the ball 30 times on our way to a 10-win season. Hence, Rodrick played WR, and got in at the end of almost every game. Every single time he lined up, he lined up on the wrong side of the formation. Our film guy would start the camera when the offense broke the huddle, so every saturday morning in films, we had to sit and watch this 95lb kid spring across the formation.....very play he was in, sometimes over 10 plays. We even had opposing coaches ask us before games to point out the kid who couldn't line up. That was 5 years ago, and to this day, every time a kid lines up wrong and has to sprint across the field, the entire offensive staffs starts yelling "Rodrick! Rodrick motion!!"
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Post by coachtua on Mar 6, 2015 1:21:11 GMT -6
My first year coaching we are in stretch lines. I notice one kid has a butt pad down his pants leg on his hamstring. I asked why and he said my hamstring hurts.
This past season. I work with long snappers during Special Teams. One day Im clocking the punt snaps I look down at a JV snapper and I noticed something odd about his thigh pads, girdle with the thigh pads that wrap around your thighs type. I call to him and he stands up. I asked him if his girdle was on backwards. He answers yes coach, my hamstrings are tight so I put my girdle on backwards.
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Post by coachphillip on Mar 6, 2015 8:45:17 GMT -6
I had a freshman who was running funny on his first day of pads. I called him over and asked him what was wrong. He didn't wanna talk about it. I kept asking him and he shamefully said, "Coach, I think my d!ck pad is too big." He had put on his girdle backwards. I said, "Son, that's a butt pad. Ain't no reason to be ashamed. If that was a d!ck pad, we'd all be looking for some a few sizes smaller." I make sure to tell all the freshmen on the first day of pads that it goes in the back now. Lol
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Post by olinedude on Mar 6, 2015 16:59:48 GMT -6
that "rodrick motion" still has me laughing..
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Post by coachbone53 on Mar 18, 2015 21:59:18 GMT -6
Back when I was in high school 10 years ago we just got in from a brutal practice and needed something to cheer us up so one of the Neos started acting like and mocking one of the coaches. He was walking around with his pants up to his armpits and talking like him and to be honest it was pretty funny. Well he started to get a little carried away and started critiquing one of the guys' helmets because it was muddy and he kicked the helmet. But when he went to kick it he slipped and actually KICKED it and the helmet went flying into the wall and busted a helmet sized hole in the sheet rock. Well we all started laughing and when we heard one of the coaches coming we grabbed one our team posters and hung it up covering the hole. Well about 3 weeks later the coaches decide to watch film in the locker room with the projector. The bad part is that the poster is on the wall that we use as the projector screen and it was in the way and messing up the view so they took down the poster to see better. And while we are lifting weights before practice we hear, "Son of a b$%#& who in the f%¢€ knocked a hole in the wall!". And since that day that kid has forever been known as Sheet Rock.
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Post by leethefootballcoach on Mar 28, 2015 11:48:27 GMT -6
We had a first year senior playing DL. He was a wrestler and pretty stocky, but not a football player, just a bit of a badass.
Hes on punt return and we block it and he recovers it standing up. He doesnt know the play is still alive.
The other team starts to tackle him and he yells at them to get off of him, he starts throwing guys off and so they all backed away.
We just started yelling run, and after about 5-7 seconds he hears us and runs 10 yards before someone got him from behind.
It was very funny that the other team backed off of him.
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Post by rosey65 on Apr 7, 2015 8:16:01 GMT -6
We got a new WR coach, a real fire-n-brimstone guy, new to coaching, fresh off his career as a D-3 backup guy. Full of piss and vinegar, but not much else. Our last string receiver was an IB kid, higher IQ than body weight, kinda the team hero/Rudy kid.
In 1-on-1 receiver drills, the smart kid kept running some bizarre route. All the kids were giggling, even the DB covering him. The coach was LIVID, couldn't figure out what the kid was running. This went on for days, until finally the coach lost it, red-faced, screaming "WHAT THE F KIND OF ROUTE IS THAT......BS...WASTE OF TIME..." etc. The receiver calmly looks at him, says "its a dick!" He had been running a penis-route, complete with balls, and had been getting critiqued for over a week. I thought the coach was gonna hit him, but I was laughing too hard to do anything about it
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Post by coachtua on Apr 8, 2015 1:50:56 GMT -6
We got a new WR coach, a real fire-n-brimstone guy, new to coaching, fresh off his career as a D-3 backup guy. Full of piss and vinegar, but not much else. Our last string receiver was an IB kid, higher IQ than body weight, kinda the team hero/Rudy kid. In 1-on-1 receiver drills, the smart kid kept running some bizarre route. All the kids were giggling, even the DB covering him. The coach was LIVID, couldn't figure out what the kid was running. This went on for days, until finally the coach lost it, red-faced, screaming "WHAT THE F KIND OF ROUTE IS THAT......BS...WASTE OF TIME..." etc. The receiver calmly looks at him, says "its a dick!" He had been running a penis-route, complete with balls, and had been getting critiqued for over a week. I thought the coach was gonna hit him, but I was laughing too hard to do anything about it I just spit my water all over the computer screen...HAHAHA...Thanks for sharing... |
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Post by rosey65 on May 21, 2015 10:24:58 GMT -6
We have our spring game in 2 days (gotta love FL!!) and were running in-game scenarios during team yesterday, wednesday. Our kicker had missed Monday and tuesday this week, so we were pleasantly surprised and relieved to see him at practice yesterday. The kid doesn't run out on the field when we call for PAT, we had to call him by name. He runs out, chinstrap in his hand, unformed mouthpiece flapping on his mask. The following conversation took place mid-practice:
HC: "you are the kicker. we need you every kicking play"
K: "oh.....ok"
HC: (only somewhat sarcastically) "let me ask you, are you going to be at the game Friday?"
K: "I dont know yet"
-pause_
HC: "wrong answer. lets try again. are you going to be at the game Friday?"
K: "um....I'll have to check???"
-longer pause-
HC: "go to the sideline
I NEED THE FIRST OFFENSE!"
I know this shouldn't be funny, us not having a kicker for a game (we've had 3 go D-1 in the past 7 years), but i'd never heard a response like that, let alone twice. Our HC, a fiery Italian, is rarely left speechless. We knew going for 2 was in the cards for the fall, we just never thought it would go down like this.
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Post by fantom on May 22, 2015 11:46:26 GMT -6
We have our spring game in 2 days (gotta love FL!!) and were running in-game scenarios during team yesterday, wednesday. Our kicker had missed Monday and tuesday this week, so we were pleasantly surprised and relieved to see him at practice yesterday. The kid doesn't run out on the field when we call for PAT, we had to call him by name. He runs out, chinstrap in his hand, unformed mouthpiece flapping on his mask. The following conversation took place mid-practice: HC: "you are the kicker. we need you every kicking play" K: "oh.....ok" HC: (only somewhat sarcastically) "let me ask you, are you going to be at the game Friday?" K: "I dont know yet" -pause_ HC: "wrong answer. lets try again. are you going to be at the game Friday?" K: "um....I'll have to check???" -longer pause- HC: "go to the sideline I NEED THE FIRST OFFENSE!" I know this shouldn't be funny, us not having a kicker for a game (we've had 3 go D-1 in the past 7 years), but i'd never heard a response like that, let alone twice. Our HC, a fiery Italian, is rarely left speechless. We knew going for 2 was in the cards for the fall, we just never thought it would go down like this. Kickers are just different cats. One time we had a day game and our kickers told us that they'd meet us at the stadium rather than riding the bus because they had a fall league soccer game in the morning. Both were soccer-first kids so we said OK. We get to the stadium, they're not there. We warm, still no kickers. We go to the locker room, they're not there yet and the kickers' coach, a real OCD type, is going nuts. finally, when we're on the sidelines as the captains are going out they walk in. BUT they both forgot their football socks so they're wearing those stupid, soccer Pippi Longstockings striped socks. They're just different. |
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Post by coachwoodall on May 25, 2015 13:03:09 GMT -6
We had our inner-squad scrimmage the other day to end spring ball. Captains have a draft day including draft for coaches. Everybody has to be on a team, except the HC. But we only 1 kicker since our starter just graduated. Anyhoo, he's a typical kicker; a bit of a head case. Since it's just an inner squad scrimmage, theres no kicking teams; just kick and take the ball at the spot of the catch or roll if you fail to field it.
My side gets the coin flip, and takes the ball. So kicker boy trots out to kick off and we send 2 guys back deep. Kicker boy steps off from the tee and I call his name and give him the signal for a trick on side kick. We start the game with ball at midfield....
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Post by dytmook on May 25, 2015 15:57:29 GMT -6
Last year in the first week of fall camp we get a new freshman who is a stocky kid and I think awesome we have another big body for the young guys. We've had a dreadful number of young linemen recently. Well we go into dynamic stretch his first practice and he walks out about 3 stretches in. It was too much for him. Now he joins back in with the team later and is a great kid who runs from drill to drill and is full of energy. God love him he did get better and work hard throughout the year.
So we were getting ready to go the first JV game and I'm in the office grabbing forms etc and the kids pop their head in and say "Coach, Rudy brought a dishwasher!" Obviously I'm a little baffled by this and sure enough he brought a friggin dishwasher. We asked him why he did it and his response was classic. "Coach, I told them I'd throw a dishwasher at them, they said I wouldn't bring one, so I brought it."
Great kid, just not all there in the head. Also asked him what grade school he went to and he had no idea...he was wearing a shirt from the school at the time with his name on it.
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Post by fantom on May 26, 2015 10:03:49 GMT -6
We had a kid once who was lazy, mouthy, and just plain nuts. One day the head JV coach had had enough and kicked him off of the team. Threw him off of the practice field and sent a manager with him to collect his equipment.
The next day, his dad's at the door. He wasn't angry. His older son had played for us, we had a good relationship, and he knew that the kid was off but he did want to know why we'd made his son walk home in nothing but his boxers.
What we hadn't taken into consideration was that the kid was a soccer player. Traditionally, our soccer players didn't change in the locker room, they went home and dressed. When we took his practice pants he didn't have anything else to wear. The kid never said anything and was just whacky enough to walk home in his underwear. The dad understood.
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Post by eaglemountie on May 28, 2015 10:18:12 GMT -6
We had a kid once who was lazy, mouthy, and just plain nuts. One day the head JV coach had had enough and kicked him off of the team. Threw him off of the practice field and sent a manager with him to collect his equipment. The next day, his dad's at the door. He wasn't angry. His older son had played for us, we had a good relationship, and he knew that the kid was off but he did want to know why we'd made his son walk home in nothing but his boxers. What we hadn't taken into consideration was that the kid was a soccer player. Traditionally, our soccer players didn't change in the locker room, they went home and dressed. When we took his practice pants he didn't have anything else to wear. The kid never said anything and was just whacky enough to walk home in his underwear. The dad understood. Rarely do I really laugh out loud but this one got me... LOL |
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Post by 2adaysfootballcom on Jul 24, 2015 5:29:50 GMT -6
When we gave out our 2 A days calendar on the first day of camp we had a freshman raise his hand and say coach I see that their are two practices each day, which one do I have to go to?
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Post by coachklee on Jul 24, 2015 11:36:25 GMT -6
Many moons ago coaching Pop Warner I had a newbie that was a high strung ol/DL kid. We go through our pre-week with just shorts & helmets & get to full pads the following week. Well, this kid comes to practice on a Monday, in full gear like the rest of his teammates. We begin practice & I can tell he's not moving well at all, sort of like he was chafed real bad. Well at our first water break I walk up to him and ask him what's wrong, & he says "Coach my d!ck pad is killing me?!" He points to his groin and low & behold this young man has his butt pad in the FRONT of his pants! I told him that it was a butt pad, not a d!ck pad. He looks at me & says "y'all never told me where to put it, & I figured I didn't want that body part getting damaged so I put it there!!!". I had to turn & walk away...still cracks me up to this day. Duece Classic...always get this from at least one guy the 1st time the freshmen put pads on! |
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Post by CBNIndian on Jul 24, 2015 21:40:47 GMT -6
Situation is "homecoming week."
Working in the equipment room one time after practice and as usual some of the kids stop by as they are waiting for rides from us as coaches or from their parents. We are working and doing some talking, shooting the bull to just cool off for a few minutes and a kid sticks his head in the door and says " hey coach we home or away this week?" Thought he was joking but could tell that he was serious by looking at his face!
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