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Post by nltdiego on Jan 3, 2016 22:12:36 GMT -6
How do you get he mentality in kids to play for one another?
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Post by CS on Jan 4, 2016 4:42:50 GMT -6
Think about what you think the principles of being a team are and preach it to them.
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Post by chi5hi on Jan 4, 2016 9:17:37 GMT -6
The attainment of a goal requires mutual assistance. Furthermore it requires mutual respect and confidence in the leadership.
let them establish a goal...and then earn their respect as a leader who will guide them to that goal.
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Post by gibbs72 on Jan 5, 2016 9:35:55 GMT -6
I like to use partner or "Coast Guard" drills. Set up situations where a person and a partner must complete a task together. Example: a group of 4 guys and a large tractor tire. The group must keep the tire flipping constantly for 5 minutes. If someone needs to rest, fine: the others must work longer. It reinforces one of our basic ideas: "I can count on you, and you can count on me".
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Post by John Knight on Jan 5, 2016 11:23:49 GMT -6
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Post by brophy on Jan 5, 2016 13:26:01 GMT -6
don't confuse getting along with being a team.
Being a team means you respect those around you enough to not let them down (because they are counting on you).
To be a member of a team, you have to prove yourself worthy of respect, normally by passing through some crucible.
We don't have to be buddies or like the same things, but I sure as hell better have paid my dues for you to trust my effort, hustle, performance.
How do you do that? I think it requires you to engage the kids to overcome hardship (weight room) together, so that all can clearly see the investment each person is making. If I know it took the group 2 hours to clean the weight room, I will be less inclined to put weights where they don't belong.
Push them (hard weight room program)
Engage them to have fun together (end of month team rec activity)
Push them (monthly physical team competition)
Reward them (winning team gets t-shirts/dinner)
rinse, repeat
Have a team activity early in the morning (not an easy thing). Did everyone show up? Reward them. Did someone miss? Punish them. Keep reinforcing that 1 inharmonious action affects us all. Eventually, the kids take over accountability. Those pieces of {censored} just won't survive the environment the kids that endured have established.
If I bust my ass for the team and I don't feel that is being reciprocated, I will lose any incentive to make myself (or the team) better
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Post by groundchuck on Jan 5, 2016 15:49:02 GMT -6
Ditto to what Brophy says above.
We hammer F.A.M.I.L.Y. and work on doing things together. It starts with how we treat each other and what we invest. I think there is some carrot (rewards) and some stick (punishment) too. We have had to remove kid (just one in 8-years) for being such a cancer and such an anti-team player that we needed him gone.
We push the kids through adversity. That adversity might be in the wt room or on the field.
We educate them through books, video, power point, signs, model it, speakers on what team is and how to acheive.
We had a great team a few years ago that on the field those guys were so "all in" and "as one" that we never had problems. But man off the field some of those guys were as different as night and day. Good kids, just not friends with each other per se. But man, put them together and they worked as one for a common goal.
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Post by joker31 on Jan 8, 2016 23:32:23 GMT -6
Program. Team. Self. That's the order for us.
We start immediately in the off-season with off-season teams. It's led by our leadership lieutenants, which features 7 or so SRs, 5 or so JRs, 1-2 Sophs so you can start grooming them early. Leadership lieutenants are responsible of creating off-season teams. All teams will have a near balanced number of SRs, JRs, Sophs, and Freshman. They must be mixed of lineman and skill guys. Leaders are required to obtain every teammates number (in the rare case the player has no phone, they will add them on facebook). Offseason competitions are every 3-4 weeks and can be anything from dodgeball or hockey to weight room competitions.
This is where we stress the importance of the PROGRAM unity. Freshman are interacting with SRs. We stress to SRs how important it is to welcome the incoming freshman into the program and how these guys are likely pretty intimidated. The first competition is usually a weight room one and the incoming freshman usually leave the place beaming with excitement. When these kids compete with one another, we also look for any opportunity we can to celebrate players rooting on their competitor, as it shows they understand the value of supporting their teammates.
We'll also have 2-3 days in the off-season of program building events. Last year we went go-karting and did mini golf together.
While Varsity players will have likely known each other for a long time, JVs will have some players who know a lot of other guys and some who don't know anyone. The first week of Spring Ball we have all of our players introduce themselves to 2 players they don't know each day.
In the summer we have warrior workouts outdoors, which are heavy footwork/circuit based exercises and they are difficult. This is a big program builder as well.
If unity is important to you, preach it every day. It's one of the things I preach the most, along with discipline so I enjoy talking about this stuff. When practice is done, all of our players clap together on the way to the sideline and break it down. Before they do, everyone must clap in unison and take a knee together by dropping their left knee down towards the ground. If one player is off-beat then we do it again. I explain why it's important, which is unity and discipline. It usually takes us months to perfect. Some people may find this excessive, but it works for us. |
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Post by gibbs72 on Jan 10, 2016 8:46:33 GMT -6
I like this idea a lot. But, how do you adapt it to a school where a majority of your players are involved in winter & spring sports in the football offseason?
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Post by KYCoach2331 on Jan 11, 2016 13:51:24 GMT -6
I like this idea a lot. But, how do you adapt it to a school where a majority of your players are involved in winter & spring sports in the football offseason? Have the kids that aren't playing those sports go and support the ones that are if possible. |
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Post by John Knight on Jan 11, 2016 14:01:46 GMT -6
delete wrong thread
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Post by joelee on Jan 14, 2016 9:01:29 GMT -6
Sweat equity
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Post by oriolepower on Jan 14, 2016 9:17:08 GMT -6
It all comes down to trust. Do you trust that the person next to you wants it as bad as you, worked as hard to prepare as you, and is willing to do his job instead of get the recognition. You build trust by doing all of the above mentioned things. If your players don't trust each other, they won't sacrifice themselves on a play for the teams' success.
They also have to trust you and what you are telling them. Too often their parents and friends tell them other things.
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