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Post by nltdiego on Jan 21, 2015 0:02:26 GMT -6
Coaches,
We have a weights class (all players) and it is finals this week. We want for their final to do some sort of lesson on leadership or discussion on success. Does anybody have an article or something they have done that goes with this idea?
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Post by spreadjet31 on Jan 21, 2015 8:19:13 GMT -6
Someone shared this with me once. Hopefully it applies to what you want to do.
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Post by nltdiego on Jan 21, 2015 9:13:58 GMT -6
Perfect!
What are some lessons you have done in the past?
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Post by groundchuck on Feb 1, 2015 5:16:05 GMT -6
Coaches, We have a weights class (all players) and it is finals this week. We want for their final to do some sort of lesson on leadership or discussion on success. Does anybody have an article or something they have done that goes with this idea? Maybe you want to check this out? coaches-clinic.com/character-development |
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Post by keysersoze on Feb 1, 2015 21:47:10 GMT -6
Here is a blog post from Coach Vint on character development. He lists some resources you could pick up and use. I think there are some good things you could do with your players from The Team Captain's Leadership Manual by Jeff Janssen which would give you 10 weeks of discussions. Another thought that would cost nothing but time, is to take Bill Snyder's 16 Goals for Success and just do one a week. It would be easy to assign groups to each one and have them come up with a presentation about Commitment, Unselfishness, Unity or Improve, etc.. You could ask them to come up with a quote that you could put up in the weight room and then present to the class what "Commitment" means as a person, a family member and as a teammate. This could also be a good framework for a character discussion in season as if you play more than 16 weeks, coming up with another topic is a good problem to have. Jim Tressel's Winner's Manual and John Wooden's Pyramid of Success both provide a similar template to talk about character related issues. I think the book by Jeffery Marx called Season of Life is a great framework for setting up a discussion about character and intangibles with your kids. Perhaps the first presentation about character comes from you where you establish what it means to be a man: 1. What kind of son, brother, friend, husband, father you are as opposed to how wealthy, good looking or athletic you are and 2. You commitment to a cause/calling greater than yourself. |
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Post by brophy on Feb 1, 2015 21:57:20 GMT -6
are we thinking too literal with this?
Leadership isn't something you can quiz, its something that is performed or it isn't.
The "grade" is exemplified in ACTION, not some worksheet.
You are a quality leader when you can be counted on to do the right thing for the betterment of others without an immediate reward.
This is demonstrated through 100% attendance to all leadership classes + accountable for managing weight room attendance of their peers + 100% attendance of team community service events.
just a thought...
Just a thought, but lessons for accountability are taught to the team at every gathering but true leadership mentoring may not available to everyone on the team......just the ones who choose to make that extra commitment.
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Post by RoCro23 on Feb 3, 2015 10:17:05 GMT -6
My question is how to move those that are non verbal leaders to being verbal leaders? The guys that really push themselves and set the example but don't step outside of themselves to make others around them better, or better yet, require them to be better. To demand improvement from their team mates.
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Post by eagleoc on Feb 3, 2015 13:11:38 GMT -6
My question is how to move those that are non verbal leaders to being verbal leaders? The guys that really push themselves and set the example but don't step outside of themselves to make others around them better, or better yet, require them to be better. To demand improvement from their team mates. This is discussed in the Team Captains Leadership Manual No one can make them but gives you some good ideas. |
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Post by eagleoc on Feb 3, 2015 13:12:45 GMT -6
are we thinking too literal with this? Leadership isn't something you can quiz, its something that is performed or it isn't. The "grade" is exemplified in ACTION, not some worksheet. You are a quality leader when you can be counted on to do the right thing for the betterment of others without an immediate reward. This is demonstrated through 100% attendance to all leadership classes + accountable for managing weight room attendance of their peers + 100% attendance of team community service events. just a thought... Just a thought, but lessons for accountability are taught to the team at every gathering but true leadership mentoring may not available to everyone on the team......just the ones who choose to make that extra commitment. Agreed. Teaching leadership is a process. Not just a one time thing. |
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Post by Coach Vint on Feb 3, 2015 15:08:26 GMT -6
And leadership is not necessarily something you are born with, but it is something that can be developed. However, it can't be developed in everyone to the same degree. Like anything else, some are more inclined to be leaders than others.
My goal as a coach is to maximize the ability of our young people. I am not going to every sit by and say, "we didn't have good leadership." My question is, what can we do as coaches to improve our leadership? I believe you can develop leaders action and activity. To develop the ability to lead, you have to practice leading. You have to put your athletes in a position where they are going to lead others toward a common goal.
If you think about it, everyone is a leader. Every single young person in your program exerts influence on others. Often, the players we want to lead are not the one's leading. And the one's we don't think of as leaders are the one's exerting the most influence.
We want to do everything we can to develop our young people as leaders by giving them opportunities to lead. We want to develop their character to help them to lead their peers in the right direction. We want to put them in leadership positions and then provide them some stress to test their ability to lead under pressure. Then we coach them to improve. It is something that can be done very realistically, but it takes an investment.
You are either teaching leadership or you are not. It is really that simple. The worst thing you can do is sit by and do nothing. That rarely works.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2015 17:16:38 GMT -6
It is really hard to talk about leadership when your staff is only partly in. When coaches can only be available on certain because of other obligations, it is tough to tell kids that you need to be committed and selfless, set the example. The best leadership course comes from the examples set by the staff. The next best one are the kids who have future coach of said alma mater written all over them.
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Post by RoCro23 on Feb 6, 2015 9:59:42 GMT -6
S/O to keysersoze above. Just started reading the Team Captain's Leadership Manual. Just getting started but so far, it's a great read. Got it off Amazon, very reasonable. |
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Post by rock85 on Feb 7, 2015 10:05:31 GMT -6
I have used Jeff Janssen's material for quite a while -- I really like his Team Captain's Leadership Manual, especially the way he lays the program out.
When you think about it, we often thrust players into the role of leader/captain -- whether coaches select them, their teammates vote on them, or some combination of the two -- but what do they really KNOW about being a leader?
If their point of reference is the captains from the year before -- is that always who we want them to emulate? Getting the players to really think and discuss what their role is, what the expectations are.....that is why I like the program.
I coached for 23 years, and have now moved into the role of Athletic Director -- I am working on developing a program for ALL of our teams to use, along the lines of Janssen's.
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Post by JVD on Feb 7, 2015 19:55:01 GMT -6
In the weight room...
I always grab some of the (soon to be) Seniors and have them gather the younger guys for group work/speed ladder.
Now those directions are coming from the "team leaders" and not the coach (Coach=leader).
Practice...
I "Let" the Senior linemen pick the OL drills (after my daily routine)for the day. 95% of the time they pick the ones we need to work for that week. If they don't, I guide them to the right answer without making them look "wrong."
Game...
I ONLY tell one of the LB's the defensive play so that everyone on the field gets it from "that guy" the leader.
I also hold "Captains Meetings," usually on Tuesday mornings before class during the season.
Those work well because in that small group the Captains will work out a lot of issues they see, take advice, and relay other information that has to be put out. After the 2nd week of trying this, the Captains asked for if they could keep everyone after practice for a few min. after we ended to talk with the team. HC and I walk away and now the LEADERS are LEADING.
Not saying it's perfect....but it's a technique.
JVD
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Post by larrymoe on Feb 16, 2015 9:05:17 GMT -6
We held our first leadership meeting yesterday. 14 kids in the group. We did 4 things. First we talked about why we were doing it, then we defined what we think it should mean to be a part of our program or what we want people to think about when they think of a football player in our program, we talked about leadership by example and I left it off with giving them an assignment to do the next two weeks involving self talk and rubber bands.
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Post by Coach Vint on Feb 16, 2015 9:35:59 GMT -6
We held our first leadership meeting yesterday. 14 kids in the group. We did 4 things. First we talked about why we were doing it, then we defined what we think it should mean to be a part of our program or what we want people to think about when they think of a football player in our program, we talked about leadership by example and I left it off with giving them an assignment to do the next two weeks involving self talk and rubber bands. That's awesome! What are you having them do for the assignment? It sounds very intriguing! |
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Post by larrymoe on Feb 16, 2015 9:59:14 GMT -6
We held our first leadership meeting yesterday. 14 kids in the group. We did 4 things. First we talked about why we were doing it, then we defined what we think it should mean to be a part of our program or what we want people to think about when they think of a football player in our program, we talked about leadership by example and I left it off with giving them an assignment to do the next two weeks involving self talk and rubber bands. That's awesome! What are you having them do for the assignment? It sounds very intriguing! It's a Lou Tice exercise I did about 9 years ago where you wear a rubber band and every time you allow yourself to have negative self thoughts or talk yourself down you snap yourself with the band. Talked about setting boundaries for ourselves and how to stop doing that. |
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