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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2015 22:43:36 GMT -6
Anybody have anything like this with their team? If so, how do you select who is in it? Team vote or you pick? How often do you meet with them? What are the meetings like? What kinds of things do you do or go over with them to help them become better leaders? Has it helped your team?
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Post by larrymoe on Jan 18, 2015 9:45:57 GMT -6
We are beginning one of these this offseason as well. So far, we have had the kids fill out an application and probably next week I will begin talking to them to try to figure out who is on it. I think we'll have a dozen kids or 13 in the end. I think we'll meet once a month and just talk about what it takes to be a leader, what we need to do to improve our program and some of the mental things that go with football ala Lou Tice.
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Post by 42falcon on Jan 18, 2015 11:22:14 GMT -6
We have done it for 3 years now and it has been instrumental in changing the face / culture of our program.
I posted about it last year the pro's and con's if you search the title it is here on the board.
To answer the OP's questions:
1) I pick as the HC the criteria is pretty easy for me to decide where they go / fit: we use attendance at off season workouts to determine who is in and who is out. I stole the idea of PTS in the offseason from a coach on here this year (1 PT for team lift, 1 PT if you had basketball that day & team lift), highest point getters are in. I often will choose a few "at risk" / guys we need to drink the Koolaid but are not type kids to join as well. Need them to buy in this is usually the last straw if they don't buy in after this we cut them loose. 2) We meet a few times leading up to the start of our spring camp and then informally throughout the season 3) we talk about what it means to be a leader / how to lead and go over specific examples and see how they would respond in those situations.
It has created a sense of ownership for our kids in the program. No longer is it me or the coaches it is the players who run the team. They come to me with ideas ie: "Hey coach can we do..." then we do or we have a discussion around doing / not doing.
I am a firm believer that when you are starting something up you treat it as a start up very informal allow things to grow organically. Each year I find I take something from the last year and institute it right away because it worked well, so slowly over the last few years we have gotten more of a structure that works for our kids / program.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2015 21:30:02 GMT -6
Thanks for the help guys. I will search for the other thread. I hope, like you said, that it will help our kids take ownership of the program.
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Post by fcboiler87 on Jan 19, 2015 9:57:16 GMT -6
We started a group this offseason. I chose the players based on what I had seen from them since I have been around them. I chose 4 from each grade (to be seniors, juniors and sophomores). I wanted it to frustrate some talented kids that I knew would want to be a part of it but aren't really model citizens. So far, it's already worked and I've had some great discussions with kids about what it takes to meet that criteria and they are working towards it. In the group itself, we are having excellent meetings and discussion. I am using Jeff Janssen's Team Captain's Manual and it is an outstanding book. We are following it as a guide and using the readings but our discussion usually veers from it, which is okay because it promotes their ability to think and talk. It's early but these kids are doing a great job of working with their teammates on helping them be better and be leaders.
And just because a kid isn't in the group, doesn't mean they can't lead. I talk about this constantly and work to get others to try their hand. I think the biggest thing is that you have to give them the opportunity to lead once you have introduced your expectations. We do this whenever we can, but of course when we have after school weights. The kids keep each other going and moving and working hard because they know what they are expected to do. I'm definitely impressed with the results so far.
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Post by nltdiego on Jan 23, 2015 8:02:56 GMT -6
PM me and I can give you pros and cons as we just did it last year.
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