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Post by morgs23 on Feb 14, 2018 7:08:18 GMT -6
So I took over a program two years ago that had very little success. My first two seasons we made it into our state play offs along with a 6-4 and 7-3 season. This year we graduated 18 players and have 7 incoming seniors. Two of my seniors will be returning two way starters, one is also a baseball player and has opportunities baseball scholarships, the other does not play any other sports. For the past 8 weeks we have had a poor showing in our weight room and both of these players have not been involved with the team. How would some of you guys handle players like this?
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Post by blb on Feb 14, 2018 7:12:55 GMT -6
Have you talked to them, asked them where they've been-why they haven't been in weight room? Tell them "Lift or Lose"?
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Post by knightfan64 on Feb 14, 2018 7:44:06 GMT -6
Coach I can relate...Id go with what blb said, but don't do what I did at one point. I would spend a lot of time in our offseason program questioning and complaining about attendance to the kids who were showing up. (stupid to preach to the choir). We set up a points system where you earn jersey numbers, helmets, free camp and gear with "power points" you can earn them for everything but you get the majority of them from lifting and conditioning (this avoids any issues with parents complaining about me punishing kids for offseason attendance)....but for us we have already handed out 4 jersey numbers already for our dedicated guys should hand out 2-3 more in the next week or so as well. We also made attendance to workouts a requirement for 7 on 7's and camps, gotta hit a certain power point total with a certain amount coming from workout attendance. Take the fun chit away.
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Post by morgs23 on Feb 14, 2018 10:00:04 GMT -6
I have had conversations with them. They were like why do I have to lift with the team, why do I have follow team work out, why can't I go to my own gym and lift? Baseball guys a says he is getting extra hitting time in at club team, but I can understand him a little more with baseball starting in two weeks. I have always had a fifty percent rule give us fifty percent of your time to make you a better athlete. The other guy some times will be in the weight room and won't do anything the team is doing. Administration says can't do anything about it can't hold them accountable out of season.
Love the idea about points system and trying to figure out how to make all that work right now. IF you can share anything on how you give the points that would be great.
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