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Post by s73 on May 20, 2018 12:25:28 GMT -6
I echo all the previous sentiments (especially weight room).
I would also say FOR ME, the most under rated thing about being a HC is having YOUR OWN VISION. You can copy cheat and steal from others but eventually you have to find what it is you believe in and be yourself.
It took me 3 years to figure that out and from there on we became much more successful b/c I stopped trying to do what I thought others would do. Nobody has the pulse of your kids better than you and your staff. Seek advice but don't be afraid to make decisions based on what you feel, observe, etc.
An example would be, maybe you have a set of rules you believe in and should be followed, but at the same token it's difficult to take a program from the example you gave and have the same accountability and standards of an established winner.
It's a process, just like learning the new systems is a process, so is teaching accountability, etc.
That's just one example. You will encounter many situations as a new HC of a struggling program that you will have to make decisions more case by case UNTIL you have established an identity & put your own stamp on the program.
The beginning is very tenuous, once you get through that successfully, things get better.
JMO.
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Post by IronmanFootball on May 20, 2018 12:34:12 GMT -6
Try to get on board with the other coaches that the weight room is a MUST for all sports, male and female.
Then you show 100% commitment to the weight room, including a lift-a-thon fundraiser department wide year one to solidify how important it is.
If there is no weights class- volunteer to commandeer after-school in-season and off-season for other sports male and female.
If there is a class- make sure your football players are at least 80%+ in the class (you'll never get them all).
Hire 2 really good coordinators (if you're an OC, DC and KG).
After that I would figure out what the 2-3 really big fundraisers are that work for your SES/Demo/region and have larger events rather than a bunch of nickel and dime ones.
I think once you have commitment to the weight room, from AC's, and fundraising covered the rest will start to follow.
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Post by CS on May 21, 2018 6:24:11 GMT -6
Check out 'Good to Great' by Jim Collins. Excellent book and a great blueprint for building a winner. The only problem is that you would need considerable leeway in the things that you can do to build your program in the way that good to great suggests. Take the "get the right people on the bus" principle. If you don't have the power to hire and fire then you can't even do that step other than trying to get those already on the bus to be on your side.
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Post by coachklee on May 21, 2018 17:57:20 GMT -6
I don't think you have to be game day intense for every lift....I actually think that's a bad idea. To me, it sounded like you might not be making training a priority. Maybe that's not the case. Not everybody has to be a gym rat to make progress BUT everybody needs to make gym time a priority and be consistent. No, I go...I am saying my energy is not the same as it is on the practice field, and game day I might come off as fake in the weight room, but I have energy & enthusiasm. I hoot & holler when a kid gets parallel or has a new best lift...even a failure last set. I’m not sure where kids perceive my importance of the weight room, but I assume it is high even though I don’t “LOVE” it. There are probably at least 4 players right now who enjoy it more than me (I lift with them during the off-season as our attendance is just barely double digits. In the end, it is as my HC says, “Better to have fake energy or enthusiasm than to have none”!
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