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Post by scarletandcream on Apr 20, 2016 11:04:06 GMT -6
Hey all, I just landed a job as a new HC and I will be meeting with kids that will potentially be on the team when we get started in June. This is my first HC job and I am trying to think of everything I need to say to them but wanted to ask if I am missing anything. I will be at a small school (150 kids 7-12) and I will be meeting will all of the boys in the school. This is basically a meeting to try to recruit the ones that are on the fence about playing. The AD tells me there is not a single kid that will be a senior next year that is on the team right now. We will be very young but there is a lot of talent coming up in the incoming freshman class. Here is what I have so far:
Motivational Video
Get info – email, phone number, twitter, facebook
A little about me – my story
Why I love football
Why I am here
Why we need you on the team
Why not you?
First competitors, then champions
What we need to do to make that happen
Why we need to work for it – it’s about he process
Benefits of playing football for you personally
Young guys will play often and early if they work for it
Weight room program
Opponents – scouting report
Our team – scouting report
Our system
Summer Schedule
Summer Practice
Questions?
Am I missing anything? I thought the details of the player handbook, offense, defense, ect would be best left to the next meeting when I actually get moved to town and know who exactly will be on the team.
Thanks in advance for your responses!
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Post by joris85 on Apr 20, 2016 11:13:12 GMT -6
If I am a high school kid and have to go thriugh all of that, I might already tune out.
Since this is a recruiting meeting, you might want to make it short, sweet and exciting, rather that long and informative. I'd keep the more elaborate information for a 2nd (actual) team meeting.
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Post by KYCoach2331 on Apr 20, 2016 11:28:20 GMT -6
Motivational Video Get info – email, phone number, twitter, facebook A little about me – my story Why I love football Why I am here Why we need you on the team Why not you? First competitors, then champions What we need to do to make that happen Why we need to work for it – it’s about he process Benefits of playing football for you personally Young guys will play often and early if they work for it Our system Summer Schedule Summer Practice Questions? I think the stuff above would be nice for a first meeting if you're also trying to recruit within the school, save the other stuff for the first team meeting. |
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Post by coachgutz on Apr 20, 2016 13:53:32 GMT -6
When I first met with the athletes at the school I was taking over I tried to keep it short. Got the kids info (name, phone number, email, year in school, position). We gave them a handout with my contact information, my mission statement for the program, our schedule, and dates such as when weight room would be open, spring ball, physicals, and summer time. I told them a little about myself, introduced the new coaches I was bringing on, went over those dates, and gave a few expectations. May have lasted 20 minutes but i stayed around to talk to any kid that wanted to. That lasted a lot longer than my actually meeting with the team, but was beneficial being able to talk one on one with some of them.
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Post by shocktroop34 on Apr 20, 2016 14:04:49 GMT -6
I, personally, would only touch on a handful of these items. They will get to know you and your story over the course of time.
1. Get their info
2. A little about you (and if they already know you, make it even less)
3. A little about the process (even this is relative as they have to see the process in action, not hear about it, to buy into it)
4.Summer schedule
5.Summer practice
It's natural to want to hit them with a lot of info. You might feel like less makes you look unprepared or inadequate. It's not. You're obviously prepared or you wouldn't have been hired.
Many of things you have listed should come through the rapport building process over the next few months.
They are going to forget 80% of what you say anyway. Tell them when to be in the weight room and then work everything else in when you have time.
Congrats on the new gig.
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Post by scarletandcream on Apr 20, 2016 15:19:39 GMT -6
Thanks for the responses guys. I wanted to keep it short - maybe 20 minutes. The AD wants me to make it clear to them that we have a system and a process already laid out and we will have a legit program starting in June. I am going to a school that has been a perennial bottom feeder and some of these kids have never even seen a weight room before. The AD thinks that me making the things mentioned above clear to them will get some of them off the fence and onto the team.
You all are right though. There attention span is really only about 7 minutes long (if that). I need to figure out a way to get the meat of what I want to say condensed into a shorter version and make it meaningful so they will remember it.
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Post by coach2013 on Apr 20, 2016 17:52:34 GMT -6
Get to your seniors and let them know you are their biggest fan. youll need them, they need you.
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Post by scarletandcream on Apr 20, 2016 17:59:31 GMT -6
@ Coach
I have no seniors. It's a blessing and a curse. Year one will be rough but all of them will be returners the next year and should be much more comfortable with the system.
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Post by KYCoach2331 on Apr 20, 2016 18:02:55 GMT -6
@ Coach I have no seniors. It's a blessing and a curse. Year one will be rough but all of them will be returners the next year and should be much more comfortable with the system. Are there not any senior athletes at all? That's what you're recruiting for anyways! |
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Post by natenator on Apr 21, 2016 6:22:48 GMT -6
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Post by scarletandcream on Apr 21, 2016 7:04:56 GMT -6
@ Future - That's a good question and I will find that out soon. I know for a fact there are no senior boys that have played football before. This school varies is number of kids per grade. For instance, there are 22 kids out for football in the 7th and 8th grades this year but only 1 kid out in 6th grade.
@ Nate - lol I am sure I will have a few nodding off on me if I go to long. Hell some of my college kids do that to me right now and they are suppose to be these big bad college athletes. Kids will be kids no matter what age they are until they finally grow up.
Also, how do you guys feel about hiring friends as coaches? I have a guy who is an old friend who was a superior multisport athlete at a big school and also played college baseball. He understands the process but does not have any coaching experience. Realistically, we are at a small school so I don't know if they will get applicants that will be better than him. If things don't work out though and I have to fire him that bridge will probably be burned. I want the best possible people to put around these kids PERIOD so I am not going to hire him just because he is a friend. He will need to perform well also. Opinions?
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Post by coachwoodall on Apr 22, 2016 6:13:06 GMT -6
Also, how do you guys feel about hiring friends as coaches? I have a guy who is an old friend who was a superior multisport athlete at a big school and also played college baseball. He understands the process but does not have any coaching experience. Realistically, we are at a small school so I don't know if they will get applicants that will be better than him. If things don't work out though and I have to fire him that bridge will probably be burned. I want the best possible people to put around these kids PERIOD so I am not going to hire him just because he is a friend. He will need to perform well also. Opinions? You have friends for a reason, friends for a season, and friends for life. Hire the best people you can find. If you bring him aboard and then have to sever the professional relationship, then the personal side will sort into one of those 3 categories. On a different angle, sometimes people that were superior athletes don't always separate the difference of success through athleticism vs success through the process. |
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