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Post by eaglemountie on Jul 16, 2015 15:24:17 GMT -6
Thinking about coaching from a individual coaching ability perspective...
At what point did you know (or had the light bulb go off) to start coaching from a proactive approach instead of a reactive approach...
For example: Keeping your position groups (or teams) mental focus on the task and motivating them to be their best instead of focusing on discipline for mental mistakes... Or completely detailing a drill from beginning to end and drilling for good reps instead of correcting as you go and/or having to restart the drill?... Or practicing a scheme/fundamental well in advance for a specific tactic you may see to stop your base scheme/fundamental...
For you HCs when you see an assistant coaching reactively instead of proactively how do you relay that message?
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Post by jgordon1 on Jul 16, 2015 17:46:42 GMT -6
I think most coaches try to be proactive but once you get live bullets thrown at you it becomes more reactive by nature... one area I think we can be more proactive is w leadership. Try to find small ways your kids can be leaders.. for instance, quietly tell your leaders what needs to be done next and have them do it
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Post by spartan on Jul 16, 2015 18:02:26 GMT -6
In my experience most coaches figure it out in year 7. Although when they first start they already have all the answers.
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Post by 42falcon on Jul 16, 2015 19:42:18 GMT -6
Having a progression in place for teaching skills / technique / scheme helps.
Can't run bfr you walk.
See to many coaches wanting to do high level stuff & kids don't know where to stand. Kid is trying, coach is yelling, everyone's frustrated & no one has fun.
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Post by spartan on Jul 16, 2015 20:05:16 GMT -6
The key is not to bring in a new coach, but rather mentor him. When we bring in a guy he either coaches JV for ene year or spend the spring with the old coach that is leaving. or you spend the spring with him. God knows I coached tight ends this spring just because my new guy is a great o line coach but couldn't teach a guy to catch a cold if he was naked in a snow storm.
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Post by jaydub66 on Jul 16, 2015 23:27:29 GMT -6
The more routine you have, the less time they have to think and start messing around.
For O-line, if you start out every indy session with footwork, go right to the sled, just have a set order every day you do things in indy, the kids stay focused on the task at hand. Try and have as many people participate or rotate through a drill as possible.
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Post by coachphillip on Jul 17, 2015 7:54:08 GMT -6
I think a lot of young coaches don't truly know what they're looking for until they see it. They can't tell you exactly what a kid did that led to him looking perfect, but they know it when they see it. Over the years, you more clearly get a picture in your head of acceptable and unacceptable steps in the progression. You also experience enough kids getting it wrong and you have to fix them, which leads to you learning the symptoms of the problems and the remedies for those problems. Once you've been around the block a couple times, you find ways to coach kids where you can catch the bad behavior early and fix it or you build a habit into your drills that combats that behavior.
That was long winded as hell, so here's an example.
Rookie: OLB drop to this spot on the field and look for #1.
A few years in: OLB read pass and eyes go to #1, then get to him. Look for something to cross your face.
Vet: OLB read pass. Eyes and hips to #1. You've gotta track him. Watch for slant, plant the near foot and trace. Do not backpedal over, you need to turn and get in phase with #1 now. We'll rally to something crossing your face. If you vacate the slant early, they'll hit the first window. So it's going to be "track, trace, rally."
Just like somebody else said about players "You can't run before you learn to walk". The same is true of coaching.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2015 11:34:36 GMT -6
I think it has a lot to do with being comfortable with what you are seeing. Reading it on a message board, or seeing on video is very different than seeing, recognizing it on a field. The video and field views eventually merge as do the reading and field. When I first started, I knew what a 4-3 was, I knew what a 3 technique was, but seeing it as a coach on the field? No idea. Then I started hearing terms like weak reduction, eagle strong. Talk about what I thought I knew. With a good staff, a new coach can easily spend his first season completely swimming.
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