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Post by Party@QB on May 23, 2016 20:21:42 GMT -6
Old/Veteran coaches have experience and knowledge, which has helped them become good teachers. Young/New coaches have to rely on being able to demonstrate it, until they can learn to teach better. (Also to a certain extent to earn their players trust in the beginning)
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Post by 60zgo on May 29, 2016 7:28:13 GMT -6
You don't have to be able to demonstrate it, but you do need for them to see it "live". This is why video is so important. I often show college and NFL drill tapes on certain techniques so that the kids can see them in a live situation. On the field, yes, it's scaled down to a walk through w/me but the combination of the two really help. Duece Agreed. Almost everything we do is shown to the players first via video. It helps when they see a high level athlete performing the technique.
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Post by jgordon1 on May 29, 2016 9:25:25 GMT -6
The post about the one armed coach got me wondering how important you think it is for coaches to be able to perform a technique in order to demonstrate it to players. I don't think that it's very important. I'm a 62 year old 240 lb. former linebacker who coaches DB's. I can't do the stuff that I coach guys to do and never could. Fortunately, I don't need to because I've used my eligibility. When I demonstrate a technique, I walk through it. It seems to work fine. Right..I also send out videos to kids..I used to use video A LOT in the weight room. I would say not many coaches (even younger guys) unless they have a good background can demonstrate a clean well enough for a kid to learn..slo-mo video is the way to go
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Post by barnes77 on May 30, 2016 7:15:46 GMT -6
I had a coach tell m (e once that I couldn't coach RBs because I couldn't demonstrate rocket sweep properly (I am a former lineman and look like it). I told him I could demonstrate it just fine, it would just be in slow motion. So I have to agree that it is not vital to be successful because I'm not the one playing on Friday nights. I think slow motion is better than doing it too fast and the kids not picking it up. Every kid takes information in differently, i coached youth football and the head coach was very keen on execution and doing it crisp. I have always understood more when it was broke down completely just like math. I also am a former lineman.
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Post by the1mitch on Jun 12, 2016 10:56:19 GMT -6
In 2008, I was part of a staff put together at a brand new school. Only 3 of the 8 of us had coached together and none of us had been on the staff with the HC. After a ton of video sessions and chalk time, he had us go out and do the drills and skills we were going to coach the kids to do. It was hilarious and humbling to see how bad most of us were. Bottom line? Show your kids film of it being done right if you have any doubt at all.
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Post by macdiiddy on Jun 12, 2016 11:18:31 GMT -6
I raced a kid to group last year. I was winning and he kind of bumped me and then I took what felt like an incredibly athletic tumble. I imagine it looked more like one of those fat dudes on scooters in the old Michael Jackson videos falling. I demonstrate at half speed or slower. I tell them I'm fat and getting old so don't expect miracles. lol
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Post by newhope on Jun 14, 2016 8:03:00 GMT -6
Our district does a big USA Football Heads Up training for all head coaches. Other surrounding counties also attend. Part of it included going outside and demonstrating and teaching the techniques. There were a lot of very good coaches there--many of us didn't exactly excel at running through the drills. Our playing days are far, far behind us.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2016 5:36:23 GMT -6
I borrow an idea from a S&S coach that i worked with who is still at and is in his 70's. Grab the kid that is best at executing the technique and let HIM demonstrate it. This works especially well for me, especially if I'm teaching techniques for positions I'm less familiar with. For me the benefit is that it allows me to talk and communicate coaching points while someone else executes the technique. This means my players are getting verbal and visual ques during the demonstration. In addition to this it removes any of my personal/physical tendencies from the skill being taught. I also compliment the coaching we do in practice with videos from HUDL, YouTube, etc to reinforce what we teach in practice. I still think it's important to be able to demonstrate skills physically (even if in slow motion) there are still a variety of ways you can teach skills without having to demonstrate too much yourself.
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Post by td4tc on Jun 26, 2016 20:12:54 GMT -6
4 years ago, Teaching them how to accelerate and "BURST" through the last cone to score. Only thing that BURST was my Achilles!!! Calf on that side is half the size of the other one now. They call me peg leg. Nice.
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