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Post by staringfrog on Sept 21, 2016 10:27:22 GMT -6
In-season time is limited for all of us. What do you do to try to steal time for anything, whether it be game prep for the following week, personal time, etc.? Looking for some time management nuggets.
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Post by coachwoodall on Sept 21, 2016 10:29:35 GMT -6
Working,
Long Hours,
Alone,
Late at night,
Builds character.
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Post by hunhdisciple on Sept 21, 2016 10:40:02 GMT -6
Using the bathroom, with a laptop is a seriously good way to get some quick stuff done.
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Post by carookie on Sept 21, 2016 11:26:04 GMT -6
Work first play later: I got all my lesson plans done long before the school year started (granted this is a result of having taught a long time) but I don't have to lesson plan come season, just teach and grade. Ditto with all my scouting templates and grade sheets; in fact most everything I need is planned out long before the season.
My advice: work before you have to, so you'll have time when you need to.
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Post by PSS on Sept 21, 2016 11:26:33 GMT -6
I'm usually up at 5:30. I prefer to get things done early in the morning. I will also give my classes a busy assignment to get paperwork done during school.
I'm usually home from practice by 8 pm. When I get home I don't work on football. I do it all at the field house or school..
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Post by **** on Sept 21, 2016 12:47:30 GMT -6
I'm usually up at 5:30. I prefer to get things done early in the morning. I will also give my classes a busy assignment to get paperwork done during school. I'm usually home from practice by 8 pm. When I get home I don't work on football. I do it all at the field house or school.. Same. I'm blessed with a few hours of ISS as well.
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Post by utchuckd on Sept 21, 2016 13:35:12 GMT -6
Using the bathroom, with a laptop is a seriously good way to get some quick stuff done. This is WAY too much information.
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Post by gibbs72 on Sept 21, 2016 19:04:49 GMT -6
I've gotten REAL good at multi-tasking during the school day. Steal a few minutes here and there on film, cards, call sheet, etc while class is working. I even try to lesson plan more "on your own" type activities throughout the week on times I know I'll have football stuff to get ready.
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Post by coachphillip on Sept 21, 2016 19:58:23 GMT -6
Know when enough is enough football wise and put it completely aside for a little bit every weekend to spend time with your family. Not really a tip to "steal time" so much as knowing when "stealing time to get football stuff done" is not getting a positive return on investment.
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Post by groundchuck on Sept 22, 2016 7:41:25 GMT -6
I just don't pay attention to my family.
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Post by fantom on Sept 22, 2016 8:23:51 GMT -6
In-season time is limited for all of us. What do you do to try to steal time for anything, whether it be game prep for the following week, personal time, etc.? Looking for some time management nuggets. We try to identify things that are done habitually but may not really be that productive and evaluate whether to cut it out. Some examples: 1. Defensive goal charts. We realized that it didn't materially change anything that we did. 2. Individually grading players. We just don't have true competition at enough positions to make the time worthwhile. In the cases where there is competition we'll look at those players closely. 3. Play cards. Spending hours each weekend drawing a card for each and every play against each and every front seemed to be a huge waste of time. We don't have enough practice reps to see every play. We draw up the plays on the computer and save them from year to year. If the team has a new staff or is running a different offense, obviously the old cards are useless. If they're still running the same stuff we might add a few new cards and then print the old stuff plus the new. Find ways to cut out wasted time.
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Post by gibbs72 on Sept 22, 2016 8:37:51 GMT -6
I started drawing up general blocking schemes for most plays and not against specific fronts. So, if a team runs Counter Trey to the left, I'll draw the down blocks and the pulling G/T, but not who they will specifically block. It occurred to me:
1) It takes a lot of time to draw up each play vs. fronts 2) I was never 100% sure how they would block each scheme for each play and whether or not their players would execute the scheme correctly anyway 3) As long as my guys are keying the major types of blocks (pulls/ veer release/ double teams), I think that will make us play faster.
*** I'm more particular about specific schemes against Veer/ Midline teams as the good ones will change read/ pitch keys
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Post by fshamrock on Sept 22, 2016 8:49:57 GMT -6
In-season time is limited for all of us. What do you do to try to steal time for anything, whether it be game prep for the following week, personal time, etc.? Looking for some time management nuggets. We try to identify things that are done habitually but may not really be that productive and evaluate whether to cut it out. Some examples: 1. Defensive goal charts. We realized that it didn't materially change anything that we did. 2. Individually grading players. We just don't have true competition at enough positions to make the time worthwhile. In the cases where there is competition we'll look at those players closely. 3. Play cards. Spending hours each weekend drawing a card for each and every play against each and every front seemed to be a huge waste of time. We don't have enough practice reps to see every play. We draw up the plays on the computer and save them from year to year. If the team has a new staff or is running a different offense, obviously the old cards are useless. If they're still running the same stuff we might add a few new cards and then print the old stuff plus the new. Find ways to cut out wasted time. Ya...that's pretty much what I was gonna say For you guys that are so pressed for time that you have a laptop in the bathroom...what exactly are you doing? By the time I get to the end of game planning day on Sunday, I'm pretty much done watching film on that weeks opponent, I mean I might pull it up if I have a spare minute, but I'm dang sure not coming home and telling my family "sorry gotta go watch tape" on the same team I've already seen several times. Have you really seen something on the toilet Wednesday that you didn't notice Sunday that caused you to dramatically change your game plan and led to a big win? If not film then what? ....practice scripts? Isn't your practice format fairly similar from week to week? Grading players?....to echo Fantom, we got rid of that a long time ago, we already determined that a guy was the best guy....what happens if he grades out at 70?...we're gonna put in the slow kid that's scared to death? True story: An acquaintance of mine GA'd for a long time at a power 5 conference school and then finally worked his way up to assistant coach, he loves the job but when I asked him about the worst part...he said it was hands down watching the practice film. They film every drill and group period every day, and the coaches are expected to spend all night or the next day breaking it down and producing reports and grading out the players....and the coordinator never reads any of it, it just get thrown into a basket on his desk and thrown away later because it really doesn't matter and the best players are going to play regardless and they already know what the players are struggling with. He said that if they absolutely had to, they could easily spend a couple of hours a day on recruiting stuff, plus three-four hours a day on practice and meetings, and get the hell out of there, but if they did that they'd be fired after the first loss for not working hard enough. So work is created for the sake of work, then other work is created to make sure that work is being done, and in typical bureaucratic fashion, entire departments full of staff are involved in taking care of work that really only amounts to checking boxes on a to-do list that nobody asked for. I got no sympathy for the guy..I know how much he gets paid, what's concerning is that too many of us feel like we need to model that noise
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Post by agap on Sept 22, 2016 11:42:30 GMT -6
I get less sleep and work during lunch. I don't need to sit in the lounge and socialize with other people; I'd rather get something done.
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Post by freezeoption on Sept 24, 2016 20:36:53 GMT -6
number one, if your on the pot that long you better increase your fiber, I get mine done in the morning and lunch, I get up at 5 every day, kids sleep in till 6 on school days, there is a hour there with nothing to worry about, lunch, I make a sandwhich and eat it as I run around, our lunch is only 17 min. but I can get a lot done in that time
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Post by Chris Clement on Sept 24, 2016 22:46:31 GMT -6
Scout team is easier if you put in the up front investment. At the start of the week TEACH them with a meeting and a cutup. Go over the key stuff you need so that you're not trying to unfuckulate things on the field.
Also sometimes less is more, so saying IZ right might be better than drawing each block individually because lines on a paper aren't pedagogically complete.
Stop worrying about {censored} that isn't important.
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