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Post by coachfloyd on Mar 2, 2017 7:13:23 GMT -6
I think thats too much. Pick either before or after. Both is pretty tough. In my experience, what you lose are guys who have football as a second sport but still want to play. Its not their first love but when it gets down to it they can contribute. Case in point, my QB the last two years. In 14.5 games at QB his numbers were comparable to Deshawn Watson in high school. But his first love was basketball. He turned down big time D1 football offers to play basketball and football at a D2 school. If we wanted to be hard, we could have put him in a position to choose and he wouldn't have chose us.
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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 28, 2017 9:08:19 GMT -6
I think this describes what most of you are talking about and why it means different things to different people. from shutterfinger.typepad.com/shutterfinger/2011/02/in-martial-arts-as-in-life-you-dont-win-the-trophy-without-a-fight-before-i-learned-the-art-a-punch-was-just-a-punch-an.html"Before I learned the art, a punch was just a punch, and a kick, just a kick. After I learned the art, a punch was no longer a punch, a kick, no longer a kick. Now that I understand the art, a punch is just a punch and a kick is just a kick." -- Bruce Lee One of the major influences throughout my life has been the years of martial arts training I took during my twenties. I first studied under Steve Sanders (now Sifu Steve Muhammad), one of the foremost practictioners of American Kenpo Karate as developed by Ed Parker. I then studied the Filipino arts of Kali, Escrima, and Arnis from Dan Inosanto, who was a friend and protege Bruce Lee. That's when I first heard the quote above, which I must confess didn't make much sense to me at the time. My moment of enlightenment didn't come until a few years later, when I began studying Zen and Tai Chi Chuan. Maybe you're wondering what any of this has to do with photography. Patience, grasshopper. The simple explanation is this: Before you begin learning an art such as photography, the techniques it takes to practice the art are undifferentiated to you. All cameras and lenses look pretty much alike, you're not aware of differences in quality and direction of light, and differences in visual style appear subtle at best. As you begin to learn the art, however, your mind and awareness begin to expand. You see things you never noticed before. Things that were once unimportant become extremely important. It's easy to become obsessed with a particular style or technique, the Right Way to do something, or owning The Perfect Lens. You might even look down on photographers who lack your refined knowledge and sensibilities. If you're fortunate and you stick with it long enough you'll find yourself coming out the other side. Where you were once focused on differences you now begin to look at things more holistically. Equipment and techniques are simply means to an end and your vision is far more important than the tools it takes to achieve it. A camera is just a camera, a lens is just a lens, and software is just software. In short, the path to mastery is to integrate what you learn so that it becomes as much a part of you as the way you walk, the way you talk, and the way you sign your name. You do them all without thinking and without effort, yet they express more about who you really are than all the clever tricks you know or masks you wear.
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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 23, 2017 11:00:04 GMT -6
Team warmups are a tradition that fosters identity, unity, and teamwork. IMO it has value and is not a waste of time. It lets everyone know...we're here, and this is our team...we do everything as a team. This is the only reason I can see to do it.
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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 23, 2017 10:59:16 GMT -6
Every PE class I've seen has done a warm-up at the start of class. We didn't warm-up one year but when we asked the players, they didn't like it. They liked not having to do a warm-up, but most said they'd like to do a warm-up. We actually had way more injuries in practice the year we didn't warm-up compared to when we did. but if the injury occurred after the first few minutes, then you couldnt say it was because you didnt warmup because they would already be warmed up.
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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 23, 2017 9:40:27 GMT -6
in this order... 1. Star Wars 2. All the strength and conditioning stuff Ive missed in the last 4 years since Ive been an OC.
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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 23, 2017 9:20:06 GMT -6
Some think it prevents injury but this is one of the biggest myths in strength and conditioning. The only times I have ever injured anything was after a very thorough warmup. No kids pull hamstrings in PE class and nobody does a warm up then. People do it because their coach had them do it. Our HC this year made me do it. It was completely worthless and possibly harmful because even warmups can be highly specific. What one kid needs might be detrimental to another. At my last school I was in charge of practice organization and we went right into individual. The school before that we lined everyone up and did 5 jumping jacks and went straight to individual. Nobody got hurt in those 7 years within the first few minutes of practice because they didnt go through a thorough warmup.
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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 23, 2017 9:15:44 GMT -6
Because it's the way it's been done forever and let's face it, we're, on the whole, not exactly the most out of the box thinkers on the planet.
True but many of these same teams I see doing Dynamic Warm-ups BEFORE the game.
then they go back into the locker room and sit for 20-30 minutes. It makes no sense at all. Some do it because the pros do it but thats a different clientele. I have to warmup now because I am old. It took until I was 25-26 before I really needed to warmup.
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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 23, 2017 7:36:11 GMT -6
How about just go right into individual?
I try to use this illustration every time this subject comes up in a coaches meeting. When kids go to the park to play basketball, football, or whatever do they organize themselves into lines and go through a mobility routine? Or do they just start playing?
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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 22, 2017 8:13:43 GMT -6
im not sure I even want to be a coordinator again much less be a head coach.
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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 21, 2017 8:55:28 GMT -6
It also seems to be the young guys or less knowledgeable guys that panic in the game. I can't stand it. A few years ago we got into a playoff game where we had a blocked punt for a TD, onside kick, and muffed punt that resulted in a TD all in the first 5 minutes of the game. We went down 20-0. My qb coach who was a first year guy is going nuts on the sideline talking about how we weren't ready to play and all this and I finally just had to say shut up. Theres nothing we can do about it now but play. At the same time, my WR coach who was a veteran was saying, "Just weather the storm." We were better than than and ended up losing 26-22. We got screwed on one drive by some really tough holding calls that negated about 100 total yards on the whole drive. It just wasn't our night. But the WR coach was right. We almost came back. The momentum turned and the other team could see it. We just needed about 5 more minutes.
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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 21, 2017 8:41:44 GMT -6
Ive shattered my share of clip boards in my day. With that being said, when things go bad Ive found that its better to be calm and reassure the kids of what we are doing and in their ability. The only thing I go really nuts about is WR's jumping or not lining up correctly. That always sets me off. I had a boss a couple of years ago that would always say, "Guys work the problem."
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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 17, 2017 12:27:25 GMT -6
I love the track coaches that make everyone do the same conditioning. My offensive linemen are out running laps because they have to get in shape to walk to get their shot put? I walked over to the track coach who was also a fb coach and said man if you want these guys to throw you better not ask them to jog.
The best though are the track only guys.
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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 16, 2017 11:13:25 GMT -6
Guys, Some games are won and lost at conception! When my right tackle was an army all american and went on to start at UGA I was a great coach. On rivals or scout it talked about how fundamentally sound he was. Then the next year my RT was 176lb converted TE. All the sudden I sucked as a coach. But I actually did a better job getting him to be viable. Few years later my oline was voted best coached in the region(didnt even know there was such a thing but Ill take it). Then this year we are awful on offense. I didnt go back and forth on being able to coach or not. Good players tend to do a better job at doing the things I coach them to do for some reason.
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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 11, 2017 6:11:46 GMT -6
He just needs to find a coach who can talk Jimmy Chitwood into re-joining the program. Coach stays
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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 10, 2017 18:45:06 GMT -6
Why do any of you give a flying {censored} what they want out of their coach? It's their job, they can require whatever they want. Because I'm stuck in ISS the rest of the year until I move to my new school. I'm bored out of my mind. I've reached the end of the Internet 4 times already.
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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 10, 2017 13:36:33 GMT -6
You keep saying you dont want another guy who will just come in and do what they want. Thats what the head coach gets to freakin do. Why would any legitimate coach want to come there with obviously no athletes and then get told by the boosters to do things their way? Excuse me if Im not reading this thread correctly.
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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 10, 2017 8:49:33 GMT -6
you might know more about more things than anybody Ive even conversed with. I used to have a really boring job and I'd basically go to Wikipedia and hit random article all day. I also have one of those Will Hunting brains, for better or worse. I have that type brain too but only when it comes to star wars and strength/conditioning.
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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 10, 2017 8:16:05 GMT -6
A lot of Skinner's work has not stood the test of time. you might know more about more things than anybody Ive even conversed with.
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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 7, 2017 11:45:05 GMT -6
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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 7, 2017 11:41:28 GMT -6
do these kids hit hard enough for this to be an issue?
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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 7, 2017 10:19:06 GMT -6
I can't get my two year old to pee in the right place all the time let alone run the right direction. when my 6 year old plays madden half the time he goes backwards. I would never pay money for him to play organized football.
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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 6, 2017 13:11:51 GMT -6
Remember the guys on scout are on scout for a reason. For the vast majority of us our scout teams are garbage. Be as organized as possible with the stuff to make it easier for them. I don't script the O cards but I also don't try and run a ton with the scout O, just their best plays and maybe a few that scare me. Keep it as simple as you can for them. I was just about to type this. Thank you for saving me the time.
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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 3, 2017 8:18:24 GMT -6
As a dude, I can't see why you would want to do this to someone else.
Stuff like this would never have crossed my mind.
Who thinks up these things? Yes, I've heard of them happening before, but with all the recent emphasis on combatting hazing and bullying - what kind of mind(s) think these would be some good things to do?
If it did cross my mind, the next thing to cross my mind would be, "My parents are going to literally kill me." Our coaches last year really didnt understand that stuff like this goes on in the lockerroom. It drove me nuts. I was hudl guy after practice and other guys had locker room duty. I would hear them going nuts in there so I would walk over and no coaches would be in there. I jumped them every time because you are talking about losing more than just your job. Which is also another reason for my dislike of having nonfaculty coaches.
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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 3, 2017 7:25:45 GMT -6
As a dude, I can't see why you would want to do this to someone else.
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Post by coachfloyd on Feb 2, 2017 10:01:18 GMT -6
As a guy with four kids and a mortgage I say try to make as much money as you can.
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Post by coachfloyd on Jan 24, 2017 7:17:27 GMT -6
weightlifting competition?
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Post by coachfloyd on Jan 23, 2017 9:15:24 GMT -6
The kid goes to a private school. He doesn't like the rules he and his parents can take their money and go elsewhere. I did see it coming which is why I saw him in the stands. It wasn't a lesson in civil rights, it was a lesson in following the rules that he'd already been told of ahead of time. I infringed on his constitutional rights? Freedom of expression has no boundaries? Wow... Not sure I see or understand the correlation between whether he was at a private school or anywhere else. Every school has rules and policies. Where in the school policy does it specifically state that every child must stand for the pledge? I'm not talking about some vague verbiage that falls under the umbrella of respect or conduct. If this was something you expressed to your team prior to the game, which you didn't stipulate in your OP, then the player didn't respect your wishes. It sounds more like you were more intent on trying to embarrass your player, while making yourself look, and feel, more patriotic. The fact that you shrugged off your accountability/error in this matter is more troubling. "Freedom of expression happens on their own time?" If the patriots of this country only defended our democratic culture "on our own time" we'd all be calling each other Comrade and wearing babushkas. However, most of us who served understand that we did if for everyone, regardless of their personal beliefs. And the whole point is that you are still permitted to have personal beliefs. This is the message you failed to get across to your player as he sat in the stands. One day that young man is going to grow into a man, hopefully a mature one. If and when he does, he will see that he had rights that were violated by a coach that allowed his personal agenda to unprofessionally collide with the game of football. You are corect. The problem is what happens when the people in charge decided what you want to say or express should be silenced or suppressed. I absolutely hate the guys taking a knee. I think its stupid. Its especially stupid in the NFL where they are protesting a country that allows them to be millionaires. But next time it might be something I believe in.
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Post by coachfloyd on Jan 20, 2017 8:26:43 GMT -6
I like criticism from people who know more than me.
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Post by coachfloyd on Jan 18, 2017 13:02:37 GMT -6
could it be related to the bobby bowden article? hmmmmm.
I have seen it as well. And ive had it from really legit D1 players to chicken eaters. I even went so far as to say if you can make a player cry and he comes back, then youve got a real dude. I dont know why that is but it seems to work out.
I have made a few cry. I am kind of a jerk. I don't sugar coat things and I am completely honest. Sometimes they can't handle that.
With all that said I got no problem crying. The assistants actually make fun of me for it. Ive cried at the banquet when talking about a player who was graduating. I almost always break down when I address my offensive line pregame for what could be the last time. This year I couldn't even get anything out. Im like the Dick Vermiel of high school football.
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Post by coachfloyd on Jan 17, 2017 13:12:08 GMT -6
possibly if that kid quits and they give the scholarship to someone else. LOL. And when your best players quit, then what? And I am pretty sure that you were joking/serious, so I am not attacking you. Just making a point that I think you would also agree with. Ha. I was. Thats when you get your resume ready.
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