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Post by wiaa3 on May 23, 2017 11:38:01 GMT -6
How do you coaches decide who gets what jersey number? Do your seniors get first choice, then juniors, etc.? Do you have a system for weight room attendance, grades, etc.?
Just looking at different ways.
Thank you!
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Post by fkaboneyard on May 23, 2017 11:45:14 GMT -6
In our program -
Senior starters from the year before, then Junior starters from the year before, then Sophomore starters, etc.
After the starters it goes by how much work they have put in during the offseason.
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Post by bluboy on May 23, 2017 12:11:41 GMT -6
In our program - Senior starters from the year before, then Junior starters from the year before, then Sophomore starters, etc. After the starters it goes by how much work they have put in during the offseason. We are basically the same.
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Post by carookie on May 23, 2017 12:36:17 GMT -6
You keep your number from the year before unless there is a change in position (skill to line or vice versa). I get that sometimes a senior leaves and that opens up a number that a returning starter REALLY wants; but I had a college coach tell me once it was easier for them to recognize players on film if they keep their number between seasons.
I seriously doubt it makes that much of a difference, but neither should them getting that number they really wanted so I'll error on the side that may make just a slight difference.
After that, new players to the program choose in order of seniority.
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Post by fantom on May 23, 2017 12:37:33 GMT -6
How do you coaches decide who gets what jersey number? Do your seniors get first choice, then juniors, etc.? Do you have a system for weight room attendance, grades, etc.? Just looking at different ways. Thank you! This year we started an offseason points system with the top scoring teams picking numbers first. then down the line.
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Post by hunhdisciple on May 23, 2017 16:04:59 GMT -6
Returning seniors Returning juniors Returning sophomores New seniors New juniors New sophomores Freshmen
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Post by spreadattack on May 23, 2017 18:40:37 GMT -6
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Post by Chris Clement on May 23, 2017 19:48:43 GMT -6
Guys get a number when they come in. If someone leaves and opens a number or they number is vacant they can ask to change it. Making nice with the equipment manager makes all these things much easier.
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Post by cqmiller on May 23, 2017 20:24:30 GMT -6
I use offseason workout attendance... just because you are a senior doesn't mean you have earned it. There are no "excused" misses. You were either there or not. The number is set so that even if the basketball/baseball coach doesn't want kids lifting the day before or on gameday, you can still make it if you come all the other days. We go with:
Seniors above 75% of workouts Juniors above 75% Sophomores above 75% Freshman above 75% Seniors below 75% Juniors below 75% Sophomores below 75% Freshman below 75%
We hand out jersey numbers and equipment the last week of school in May. If you haven't done your minimum on spring fundraiser you get your jersey number selection still, but you get equipment after all the guys who fund-raised get theirs. Same idea. A 10th grader who worked his tail of to raise $500 should get to wear the new shoulderpads that $500 purchased. If you didn't raise the money, you get "community property".
Nothing drives me nuts more than kids who are entitled because "I'm a senior, so I don't have to do anything" and make the underclassmen work.
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Post by Party@QB on May 23, 2017 20:50:36 GMT -6
We do a mixture of what cqmiller and fantom do.
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Post by fantom on May 23, 2017 20:59:50 GMT -6
I use offseason workout attendance... just because you are a senior doesn't mean you have earned it. There are no "excused" misses. You were either there or not. The number is set so that even if the basketball/baseball coach doesn't want kids lifting the day before or on gameday, you can still make it if you come all the other days. We go with: Seniors above 75% of workouts Juniors above 75% Sophomores above 75% Freshman above 75% Seniors below 75% Juniors below 75% Sophomores below 75% Freshman below 75% We hand out jersey numbers and equipment the last week of school in May. If you haven't done your minimum on spring fundraiser you get your jersey number selection still, but you get equipment after all the guys who fund-raised get theirs. Same idea. A 10th grader who worked his tail of to raise $500 should get to wear the new shoulderpads that $500 purchased. If you didn't raise the money, you get "community property". Nothing drives me nuts more than kids who are entitled because "I'm a senior, so I don't have to do anything" and make the underclassmen work. We've already assigned jersey numbers based on our offseason points system but we haven't issued equipment yet. To remind them of that fact today I told them that we were still keeping points for equipment but if you're a slacker this might be what you get. At that I pulled out my old shoulder pads and Riddell Suspension helmet from 1977. The fact is that we have good equipment and nobody will get BAD stuff but it was a fun way to get the point across.
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Post by 19delta on May 24, 2017 0:54:56 GMT -6
Guys get a number when they come in. If someone leaves and opens a number or they number is vacant they can ask to change it. Making nice with the equipment manager makes all these things much easier. We have a couple programs around here like that. Everyone has the same uniform, freshman through senior. You get a number as a freshman and then that is pretty much your number for 4 years.
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Post by ahall005 on May 24, 2017 5:43:15 GMT -6
We divide into teams for the summer so the winning team gets first pick. Then we go by attendance on each team to see who individually gets to go first. In theory a freshman could be the first to pick their number and equipment.
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Post by ylspecial on May 24, 2017 6:26:42 GMT -6
Returning Senior Varsity players Returning Junior Varsity players Returning Sophomore Varsity players everyone else...
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Post by coachcb on May 24, 2017 8:15:59 GMT -6
I use offseason workout attendance... just because you are a senior doesn't mean you have earned it. There are no "excused" misses. You were either there or not. The number is set so that even if the basketball/baseball coach doesn't want kids lifting the day before or on gameday, you can still make it if you come all the other days. We go with: Seniors above 75% of workouts Juniors above 75% Sophomores above 75% Freshman above 75% Seniors below 75% Juniors below 75% Sophomores below 75% Freshman below 75% We are doing the same thing this year. I suggested it to my new HC and he liked it. It doesn't just knock the entitled upperclassmen down a peg or two; it encourages those younger kids to get into the weight room.
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Post by 3rdandlong on May 24, 2017 8:30:59 GMT -6
We can't force kids to fundraise so we give them an incentive. Those who participate in all fundraisers choose first and so on and so forth.
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Post by StraightFlexin on May 24, 2017 8:38:54 GMT -6
We go purely off weight room attendance and weight room stats. I try to praise effort over raw ability. We take the number of weight room session attended (# rank) along with end of combine #'s (rank) take the average and thats how we decide. I had a mother furious that her son lost a number and already had it on his varsity jacket. her: "Its going to cost me over $100 to have the number switched" Me: "thats too bad, workouts were free" - drop the mic, then hit her with a stone cold stunner
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Post by agap on May 24, 2017 9:14:48 GMT -6
Returning seniors first, then whoever shows up to things during the summer gets equipment first. If someone doesn't show up until the first day of practice, they might not get the best equipment or the number of their choice.
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Post by ahall005 on May 24, 2017 9:37:19 GMT -6
We go purely off weight room attendance and weight room stats. I try to praise effort over raw ability. We take the number of weight room session attended (# rank) along with end of combine #'s (rank) take the average and thats how we decide. I had a mother furious that her son lost a number and already had it on his varsity jacket. her: "Its going to cost me over $100 to have the number switched" Me: "thats too bad, workouts were free" - drop the mic, then hit her with a stone cold stunner Best post I have read on here in awhile!
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Post by macdiiddy on May 24, 2017 11:14:59 GMT -6
We will run for numbers 1 thru 9.
Fastest kid on his 40 will get first choice then on down. If a kid has a double digit number and doesn't want to change his number then we move on down until 1 thru 9 is filled.
After that is goes by seniority.
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Post by **** on May 24, 2017 13:33:27 GMT -6
Summer attendance.
Senior 100% Junior 100% Sophomore 100% Freshman 100%
Senior Junior Sophomore Freshman
Same pecking order for everything we do. Everything is based off summer attendance.
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Post by newhope on May 25, 2017 10:16:31 GMT -6
Returning varsity players keep their jersey number from the previous year if they want it. After that, number choices are in order of number of years in the program. Newcomers go senior, junior, sophomore. Tie-breaker is number of days attending offseason workouts. We do this during spring practice once we are below the number of available jerseys so that we know we won't have to cut (we have 65 varsity jerseys--once our number at spring practice dips below 65, we assign jersey numbers).
If you're not at spring practice, you take what is left over.
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Post by amakelky on May 27, 2017 9:27:46 GMT -6
We go purely off weight room attendance and weight room stats. I try to praise effort over raw ability. We take the number of weight room session attended (# rank) along with end of combine #'s (rank) take the average and thats how we decide. I had a mother furious that her son lost a number and already had it on his varsity jacket. her: "Its going to cost me over $100 to have the number switched" Me: "thats too bad, workouts were free" - drop the mic, then hit her with a stone cold stunner Same. It's called meritocracy. Some will fight it at first, but if you communicate it & stick to it, it's great
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Post by ahall005 on May 27, 2017 14:04:10 GMT -6
We go purely off weight room attendance and weight room stats. I try to praise effort over raw ability. We take the number of weight room session attended (# rank) along with end of combine #'s (rank) take the average and thats how we decide. I had a mother furious that her son lost a number and already had it on his varsity jacket. her: "Its going to cost me over $100 to have the number switched" Me: "thats too bad, workouts were free" - drop the mic, then hit her with a stone cold stunner Same. It's called meritocracy. Some will fight it at first, but if you communicate it & stick to it, it's great Tony Romo had a good quote about meritocracy last season. I have it hanging in my room
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Post by vanden48 on May 28, 2017 0:01:02 GMT -6
I talked to Coach Al from Grant HS (Sacramento) years ago about how he gives out his numbers. His studs always got #1, then the next best was #2, and so on... He went by seniority then talent, or performance on the field. You watch them play, whoever has #1 on will probably be in the NFL in 3-5 years. Made sense, I don't think anybody was going to question when Shaq Thompson wore #1. But he turned it into a privilege type of deal. If you got offered to wear #1, you had some big shoes to fill.
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Post by s1ngwing on May 28, 2017 17:44:42 GMT -6
This year we made earning your jersey number strictly based on weight room attendance. As soon as we started the off season workouts the count started. When you hit 80 weight rooms you get to pick your jersey number, you also get a limited edition t-shirt that says earned not given on the back. This past Friday we had weight room #80, 2 kids were 80 for 80 and picked their jersey number. It was great! You might be a 3 year starter but if someone gets to 80 before you too bad. As a previous poster said, weight room attendance is free.
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Post by vanden48 on May 28, 2017 22:34:08 GMT -6
So what do you do about athletes that are playing winter and spring sports?
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Post by groundchuck on May 29, 2017 7:15:14 GMT -6
Returning guys in the order of weight room points. Then freshmen and new players.
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Post by amakelky on May 29, 2017 7:20:14 GMT -6
So what do you do about athletes that are playing winter and spring sports? As long as you have lifting classes during the school day, it's a non-issue. During the summer, we count athletic camps as a lifting day.
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Post by s1ngwing on May 29, 2017 7:27:41 GMT -6
So what do you do about athletes that are playing winter and spring sports? We want kids playing other sports. They get 2 weightroom credits per week for playing another sport and then we expect them to lift 2 days a week but not on game days.
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