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Post by coachfloyd on Jan 6, 2019 4:31:21 GMT -6
I can honestly say, in almost 20 years of off-and-on coaching, I have never seen anything even remotely approaching that scenario. I guess I am worried about it because I was that kid. I used to take androstenedione in high school before Mark McGwire got it banned. He was the guy that turned me on to it. You could buy it anywhere for about $100 a bottle in 2003. It took my bench from 250 to 350 and squat from 365 to 500. I went from 200 lb to 220 and dropped my 40 from 4.9 to a laser timed 4.7. All of this happened in a summer. I went from an all conference honorable mention type to all state type of linebacker. I wasn't even that technically sound but I put kids on stretchers frequently and that big hit highlight tape was enough to get me recruited. I feel bad about it after all these years so I kinda keep an eye out for it. I was taking about double the recommended amount and never had any type of side effects. Granted I wouldn't classify it as a super serious steroid as it is just a prohoromone, but it drastically affected the course of my life. The worst part about it was that once guys on the team figured out what I was taking, it became common place for other kids on the team to go and steal the stuff from supplement stores. We would give the stuff away to guys we thought it would help. The entire defense was on it except the corners because we couldn't get them in the weight room anyway (basketball guys 😂) we went from 3-5 to 7-1 and won the conference the next two years. Honestly I think our coach knew and didn't care because of how much progress we were making. I don't think it was technically illegal at the time, but androstenedione is definitely banned now. What a shining example of a team captain I was. Now imagine if we got our hands on Test or d-but or something. It was cheating on a large scale. I think you may be the only guy that got results from andro. There were other things at that time that worked really well but andro wasn’t one of them.
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Post by coachfloyd on Jan 5, 2019 20:33:03 GMT -6
I am on test replacement. It gets me to normal levels but less than what a high school boy should have naturally. He shouldn’t be getting any greater benefit than anyone else.
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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 12, 2018 17:19:46 GMT -6
I have a thrower that just runs bases for baseball and another girl thrower who plays tennis. She’s the best thrower and tennis player. Both come and throw prior to their practice.
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Post by coachfloyd on Jan 16, 2018 10:50:53 GMT -6
I am amazed how many of you have the kids do all their own wash. I never had to wash any of my gear in HS as a player. Coach/manager washed all our practice (every day for under garments-once a week unless it rained for Jersey and pants) and game gear. School I’m at now we wash for the kids. I tell them every day if they put it in front of the washer I’ll wash it. I start the load when I leave and throw it in dryer next morning. Games nights all coaches stick around and wash and hang up uniforms. Whats funny is I never had a coach wash it for me in HS, nor did any of our nearby opponents. I wonder if there is some regional difference here? I think it probably is. Every school I know in Georgia washes their own stuff. Heck at one school we even provided towels and washed them every day. Try taking a load of wet towels out of the wash. Wears you out.
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Post by coachfloyd on Jan 15, 2018 10:28:41 GMT -6
I can’t believe there are places that have kids wash their own stuff. I’ve never seen that before. We wash and distribute everything. I wash workout clothes too.
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Post by coachfloyd on Jan 11, 2018 9:25:16 GMT -6
There were people here advocating it years ago based on their experience that many opposing coaches didn't know Fed rules -- they'd come on board during the era in which NFL and NCAA had begun to treat "field goal attempts" differently and thought they'd be getting some field position bargain by just letting the ball be kicked and die when it was obvious a field goal was hopeless. How long did they think that situation of ignorance would last? our fans got upset that we werent arguing about getting the ball at the original line of scrimmage. It took some explaining until I finally said "Dude I dont know what to tell you. I didnt make the rule."
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Post by coachfloyd on Jan 11, 2018 3:52:58 GMT -6
I guess his hardest decision wasn’t putting 48 back in the game after he punched an opponent, cursed at him, then looked like he went after an assistant coach on the sideline. We played against 48 in high school. You’ll never believe he had trouble taking dive on outside veer. 501 yards and 41 points.
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Post by coachfloyd on Jan 11, 2018 3:49:36 GMT -6
On a road trip to a play-off game vs. a very good pass happy team, our best DB got caught with a can of chew (I'm a HS HC). Had to kick him off of the team and have the AD pick him up at our walk through. He had 9 pics in 9 games and was a a true LD DB. We lost rather badly. But I'd make the same choice if it happened again. We wouldn’t have a team.
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Post by coachfloyd on Jan 11, 2018 3:41:41 GMT -6
We had a team kick field goals instead of punt. They kicked one with the tee on the goal line. Why? Did they expect their opponents to treat a place kick as poison? Or did they just have a better place kicker than a punter? I have no idea.
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Post by coachfloyd on Jan 9, 2018 15:37:43 GMT -6
We had a team kick field goals instead of punt. They kicked one with the tee on the goal line.
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Post by coachfloyd on Aug 26, 2017 5:44:09 GMT -6
I've read that this could be a symptom of adrenal fatigue.
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Post by coachfloyd on Aug 21, 2017 20:15:47 GMT -6
We had that day built into the calendar, it's a work day. And everyone is released by noon. All practices have to conclude by noon. That's brilliant
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Post by coachfloyd on Jul 16, 2017 18:08:11 GMT -6
Here is what needs to happen but never will. They should be taught to squat with heels down, do 20 perfect push-ups, lunge, skip. Don't worry about being strong. Be able to move when you get to high school.
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Post by coachfloyd on Jul 6, 2017 13:00:37 GMT -6
Teachers are mandated reporters. It's not your job to investigate just report. Humans should be mandated reporters! Agreed. I'm talking legally to not lose your job, teaching certificate, and freedom.
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Post by coachfloyd on Jul 6, 2017 5:07:54 GMT -6
Teachers are mandated reporters. It's not your job to investigate just report.
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Post by coachfloyd on Jul 2, 2017 8:23:51 GMT -6
Keep up with pancakes each week and winner gets a toy wwe belt to keep for the week. At the end of the year I get it back and give it to the overall winner at the banquet.
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Post by coachfloyd on Jun 30, 2017 5:46:49 GMT -6
"Water is for pu*sies" One that I hate (can be fine depending on context) is "quit freelancing". Coached with a dude who would yell that 5 times a game at least, but never offer any coaching points to go with it. I usually say water is for cowards while I'm drinking straight out of my 2L Diet Pepsi.
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Post by coachfloyd on Jun 27, 2017 15:37:09 GMT -6
You can yell all you want if you have developed a relationship. Also very much depends on the kid. Some guys respond to it and some don't. If it's a guy who doesn't then you aren't being very effective. You have to find the right buttons to push.
Few years ago I had a very talented offensive lineman who was not very aggressive. His mom told me that he didn't respond well to getting yelled at and I took it to heart. Then one day I had enough of him not being the best on the field. I went off. Next play the poor dude across from him, who was a legit player in his own rite, got planted a few yards down field. Momma was wrong. The next year he was named top ten oline in the state. He plays D1 now and still calls me. I earned the right to yell at him by developing that relationship.
I have a guy right now that doesn't respond at all if I yell. So I put my arm around him and talk quietly. Yelling has no effect on him.
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Post by coachfloyd on Jun 22, 2017 17:08:43 GMT -6
I had a kid during the summer get out of his car, take one more puff on his cigarette, put it out on the curb, and stepped right into stretching lines.
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Post by coachfloyd on Jun 20, 2017 15:56:38 GMT -6
My first year coaching I told a kid that small weak and gay was no way to go through life. I got called in on that one.
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Post by coachfloyd on Jun 3, 2017 19:35:03 GMT -6
I've done the expo marker mistake so many times.
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Post by coachfloyd on Jun 1, 2017 5:19:07 GMT -6
We've started between July 31and August 2 every year since at least 2004 and every year guys say we seem to start earlier and earlier. 😂.
My senior year which was twenty years ago had our first game September 7th. Scrimmage would have been September 1st. Now our first game is August 18. That's zero week in Georgia. So the real week one is only a week earlier than it was 20 years ago.
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Post by coachfloyd on May 23, 2017 6:06:32 GMT -6
Speaking of scholarships how many get full rides? How many just end up breaking even with all they spent? So many parents use the travel teams for all sports thinking it will lead to scholarships. How many spend 10k over a lifetime to save 1k a semester. And that's for the really good ones. Depends. Men's and Women's D1 basketball and Women's D1 Volleyball are all full schollies by rule. To be clear, I am NOT suggesting that kids should shell out all this money to play AAU or that the parents who chase schollies are sane. I was just providing facts. But that's my point. How many of those are there? In 13 years of coaching I've had more UA/Army all Americans than D1 basketball players. My qb last year was a better basketball player than fb player. Had 10 D1 football offers. 0 D1 basketball offers. Ended up going d2 to do both. Kid the year before was all state and two time region poy. Had 0 D1 offers. Had two D1 fb offers. And just to be clear this isn't some small town basketball. They play legit competition. If the kids just want to play I got no problem with that. But that's not the reason they give. They "had" to travel four states over to play in front of scouts. They probably played AAU for 8-10 years. They spent a crap load of money for very little return. And these are two of the best basketball players I've been around. Baseball is is even worse. Kids around here start as young as 6-7 paying 800-1000 per season. So that's at least 8,000 to just save a grand a semester. Not to mention equipment, travel, food, etc. As with all things in life most of these parents do it without thinking it through.
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Post by coachfloyd on May 22, 2017 3:39:22 GMT -6
Getting back to AAU - I coached at a school that was a state power in Volleyball (not Basketball but there are similarities, in fact in our state it used to be a Winter sport for girls.) We would win the state HS championship on a Saturday in March and the coach (who at the time I was related to by marriage) would tell the girls AAU practice started the next day (Sunday). He strongly implied if they didn't play AAU their chances of making the team would be diminished, and thus the prospect of a college scholarship which several girls from our school had gotten. So the best female athletes in our school would not play Softball or run Track because they were playing AAU Volleyball in the Spring, lest they lose the chance to save Mommy and Daddy several thousands of dollars a year in tuition. Until one year the best athlete in the school (she could've been our QB) told him sorry, she was going to play Softball AND run Track because she wanted to, knew there was no way he was going to cut her from the team, and she was going to get a scholly in either Basketball or V-ball if she played AAU or not. Which she did. Key point though, since you brought up scholarships. Coaches recruit the AAU & Travel basketball and volleyball team HARDER than (or at the very least as hard as ) the high school affiliated team. I am all for being a multi sport athlete, but in this case unfortunately things don' fall on the side of the multisport plan. Good for that girl though..it is always great when your talent allows you to do whatever you want. Speaking of scholarships how many get full rides? How many just end up breaking even with all they spent? So many parents use the travel teams for all sports thinking it will lead to scholarships. How many spend 10k over a lifetime to save 1k a semester. And that's for the really good ones.
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Post by coachfloyd on May 21, 2017 15:51:37 GMT -6
For the guys who aren't railing against it on this thread...you obviously haven't seen the AAU racket around here. Terrible players paying an exorbitant amount of money to shady characters when they can't outshoot me. And I did outshoot one one day just to prove it. No, but I've read a description of that racket. So you outshot that player. Does that mean you get to play on a travel team? I think you'd have to pay just like everyone else. For at least one trip down the floor they would be better off😂
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Post by coachfloyd on May 21, 2017 14:34:32 GMT -6
For the guys who aren't railing against it on this thread...you obviously haven't seen the AAU racket around here. Terrible players paying an exorbitant amount of money to shady characters when they can't outshoot me. And I did outshoot one one day just to prove it.
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Post by coachfloyd on May 20, 2017 16:01:17 GMT -6
For the guys sleeping and spending time with your wife...who's watching the players?
Playing Devils's advocate - why do they NEED to be watched from when schools's out until it's time to get ready for the game?
Because if something happens it's on you. I've see fights pre game before.
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Post by coachfloyd on May 20, 2017 15:06:50 GMT -6
For the guys sleeping and spending time with your wife...who's watching the players?
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Post by coachfloyd on May 18, 2017 4:16:26 GMT -6
It's a big problem here in GA. One school this year had I think 5 D1 guys move to the same school so they could win a championship and one went back after the season if I have my facts right. They are trying to pass a rule that says if you can't prove it's for non athletic reasons you have to sit half the season. The problem we have here with the GHSA is that they don't consistently apply the rules already in place. The big time places seem to get a pass while they will not approve the eligibility of other kids at smaller schools.
Two years ago a big time DT at one school we played transferred to a school in Alabama. A few weeks later he wanted to come back. They had an article in the paper quoting him on why he was coming back and it was because he didn't like it there. Two days later he was approved. The same time frame we have a kid who is legitimately living on his own. 19 years old, works after practice and is assisted by a church with living expenses. GHSA says no way and the no took about 4 weeks to get even an answer. It's crap.
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Post by coachfloyd on May 16, 2017 11:05:30 GMT -6
Like: Getting to see the non strength coaches get surprised once again whenever the kid who couldn't play last year can play this year. They still don't realize that they don't have to play with last year's version.
Dislike: Not seeing my family as much.
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