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Post by dbeck84 on Jun 15, 2012 15:16:15 GMT -6
I don't understand why some can't differentiate between PRO FOOTBALL and HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL. Because they see violent collisons on TV on Sundays and hear old pros spouting off, some won't let their kids even play in high school. The impact of collisons in the pro game are tenfold higher than high school football. Plus, these pros are playing 1200-1400 (16 games x 80 snaps) snaps a year. These brain injuries etc, are a result of thousands of collisions with guys that are 240 lbs and run a 4.5. High school and pro football are completely different animals, it's just sad some can't understand that. They can't differentiate because they see pro football players saying they won't let their own kids play high school football. It isn't the parents but the players who don't have the ability to differentiate.
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Post by dbeck84 on Jun 15, 2012 9:00:25 GMT -6
I agree we're going to need to spread the good word fantom, but I'm worried that we will end up being insufficient. We can't stand up against the media frenzy especially when they have NFL hall of famers on their side. I've always wanted to become a head varsity football coach and I'm legitimately afraid that high school football will become a thing of the past before I get my shot.
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Post by dbeck84 on Jun 15, 2012 7:33:51 GMT -6
Ok, I may just be ranting and this may end up having no effect, but after seeing Terry Bradshaw on Jay Leno saying he wouldn't let his son play football I'm mad as hell and feel like something needs to be done. I believe we should start a list of former pro football players who have come out against playing football. We could use this list to organize boycotts, letter campaigns, whatever. I know I for one will not be watching Fox on Sunday mornings this season. Again, maybe this will have no effect, but I feel like our sport is under attack and the attacks from the people who have made their fame and fortune playing the game are the most damaging. If something isn't done, I truly feel like we will all but out of coaching in the next 10 years.
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Post by dbeck84 on Jun 7, 2012 15:02:07 GMT -6
I've had over an hour drive to work for the past year and I've gotten really into listening to podcasts on the drive. I was curious if there is a football coaching podcast that covers the kinds of things that ar on this board. If not, someone should really start one.
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Post by dbeck84 on Oct 14, 2011 13:43:02 GMT -6
I'm just jealous of all of you who are still allowed gum and seeds during games. My school put in a new field-turf field and they are super strict on what is allowed. No gum. No food. No drinks other than water. No tobacco. I'm normally a gum chomper during games and I've had to learn to quit.
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Post by dbeck84 on Sept 7, 2011 14:11:06 GMT -6
I agree with aggie98. 1/2 line is great. Not only are there less bodies on the field, but there seems to be less injuries when you can match varsity-level players with other varsity-level players. When its a "starting o vs. inferior d" type of situation bad things always seem to happen.
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Post by dbeck84 on Sept 7, 2011 11:10:13 GMT -6
The Varsity does have over 30 players, as well as plenty of depth at this kid's position. We have by far the smallest group at all levels, MS through varsity. Everyone else has 26+. I won't talk to the varsity HC today because they have a game today, but I am planning on doing it early next week. The part about the team stepping up in his absence...it's happened in the past and failed miserably. They glorify and bank on this kid so much to win the game that if he isn't there, they just quit. In 7th grade, we did this and still won a game, though we as coaches had proven our point that they can win without him and he isn't the most important player, but they went right back to relying on him when he returned. In 8th grade, the kid broke his shoulder game one and was out for the year. All the kids did the entire season was basically pout and play the "woe's me" card and they went winless. We did everything we could to motivate and build these kids up. It's kind of like one of those "bad egg basket" classes. I feel horrible saying that, and I will continue to do all I can, as well as the coaches, to bring these guys up. Freshmen year, they had rookie coaches who basically let this kid do whatever he wanted and played him every down, and fed him the ball every play on offense. They also broke the offensive system and just ran school yard spread (snap, run around, chuck it), with no blocking schemes, so the kids were really spoiled and became a lot more un-disciplined. I'm not trying to complain that I have a bad class. It is a very athletic group, just with very low self esteem, as well as this one kid. I would still prefer to remove him like you guys have suggested, but the rest of the coaching staff doesn't want that. I know this group very well, and I will not give up on them or this kid. I should probably try to address this kid in a different manner as he doesn't respond well at all to being lectured. I know certain kids respond to different forms of communication better. How do some of you guys deal with kids who don't respond well to being chewed out, or being lectured? This kid does not respond well to this, both in private and in front of the team. If the kid misses an assignment, we can't say anything in front of the team without him spazzing out. Like I said originally though, he isn't an "evil" kid. He has a great personality off the field. He just gets very frustrated very easily, which sends him off into his tantrums. Any forms of communication that mike work for this kind of person? Coach, have you tried sitting him down and talking to him man to man? I've found that sitting down alone with a kid and laying everything out before him can work wonders. Many of these kids have been talk down to or yelled at most of their lives and just tune it out. Handle it like you would if it was another coach you were having problems. Just sit him down and make him understand the impact he has on the team and the predicament you are in. Tell him you want to help him and you want him to stay with the team but you can't allow him to act like this any longer. Then allow him to speak his piece and see what is on his mind. You may be suprised by what the kid is dealing with and what the world looks like through his eyes. Once you have both had your chances to air your sides of the story, you may see things improve. Hope all goes well with you.
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Post by dbeck84 on Dec 18, 2010 8:19:26 GMT -6
Go with "Sadly you aren't me" across the chest and six-pack abs drawn on the bottom.
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Post by dbeck84 on Dec 8, 2009 13:16:06 GMT -6
When I was in college the coaches used John Maxwell's 21 Laws of Leadership. They would divide them up and one coach with teach the first 7 to the sophomores, one coach would teach the next 7 to the juniors and the head coach would teach the last 7 to the seniors. I thought it worked very well.
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Post by dbeck84 on Dec 8, 2009 13:10:40 GMT -6
My wife is very supportive. She loves football and will cuss a blue streak when Jay Cutler throws an interception. She comes to as many games as her work schedule allows and sith with the mothers. She sets some of them straight when they don't know what's going on on the field. I know she gets frustrated when the team isn't playing well or the fans are dogging the coaching staff, but she is always supportive of the time I spend coaching. She knows it's my dream job. Hopefully she continues to be supportive if we ever decide to have kids.
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Post by dbeck84 on Nov 26, 2009 10:29:32 GMT -6
Maybe I'm a cynic buy...do you guys REALLY think one helmet is better than another when it comes to concussions? They are all basically the same design and basically the same materials.
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Post by dbeck84 on Nov 26, 2009 10:27:34 GMT -6
Before I came to the school I'm at now they were a wishbone shoulder-block team. After I got here we went into a zone hand-blocking scheme. I had a lot of trouble getting the kids to realize that just because they were blocking with their hands didn't mean they could be "soft". This season our new coach brought in his wing-t and halfway through the year we went back to shoulder blocking, so I guess I never really got through to them to be tough while hand blocking.
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Post by dbeck84 on Nov 26, 2009 10:21:41 GMT -6
The district I'm in is small so all of the teachers have a chance to see all of the students every day. From what I've seen the teams coached by teachers are more disciplined and more successful than the ones that aren't. It's beneficial to have the head coach in the buliding all day so he knows if a kid is acting like a jerk in the hallways or getting kicked out of class. The teacher coaches also seem to be more dedicated to their job because it isn't as easy for them to just quit and go elsewhere. Again this is just one example from one small school.
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Nov 26, 2009 10:10:58 GMT -6
Post by dbeck84 on Nov 26, 2009 10:10:58 GMT -6
Unfortunately VS. is in some kind of fight with directtv so I've been without one of my favorite channels for about a month. This commercial makes me want to call and complain again.
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Post by dbeck84 on Oct 6, 2009 20:18:42 GMT -6
Is anyone else having a problem with shoulder pad strings breaking? It seems like we've had more break this year than all the years I've coached put together. I'm sick of seeing people run off of the field during games with a broken string. Any ideas?
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Post by dbeck84 on Aug 13, 2009 13:11:13 GMT -6
My sophomore year of high school I was playing varsity. We were having a terrible season (we finished 1-8 winning the last game of the season in overtime). It was a thursday night walkthrough and about halfway through practice the coach calls everybody in. We stack and he says, "Hopefully the power will be out tomorrow night because there aren't enough lights on the scoreboard for the points they're going to score. Get out of here. Ready...break". It was very inspirational and we went on to get our asses kicked.
I also had a coach in college who had some great one-liners. Too many great ones to list.
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Post by dbeck84 on May 22, 2009 13:46:48 GMT -6
June 4th is "report card day" (the biggest waste of time on the whole calendar)
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Post by dbeck84 on May 22, 2009 11:55:54 GMT -6
I think as coaches it's easy for us to forget that we are coaching kids and football is only one small part of thier lives. I can understand no big risks during the season, but we have to let kids live their lives and put out fires where necessary.
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Styling
May 22, 2009 11:50:35 GMT -6
Post by dbeck84 on May 22, 2009 11:50:35 GMT -6
I think the important issue is that primping can't be more important than performance on the field. If my star running back wants to wear a shield or my stud mike backer likes wearing a bandanna on his head, I don't have a problem with it. As long as theire performance on the field can back up their primping in the locker room.
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SPATS
May 22, 2009 9:58:45 GMT -6
Post by dbeck84 on May 22, 2009 9:58:45 GMT -6
I've always believed that if you look good, you feel good, and you play good. If a player thinks SPATS make them faster and gives them more confidence what's it really going to hurt? I feel the same way about the skinny bicep bands. Doesn't the NFHS have better things to do than decide what kids can and can't wear?
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Post by dbeck84 on May 20, 2009 12:47:35 GMT -6
We were looking at getting a new 5-man sled and I've been pricing Gilman, Rogers, and World Sporting Goods. All 3 seem to be pretty similiar on price, so I was wondering if anyone had any particularly good or bad experiences with any of these companies and their blocking sleds.
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