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Post by groundchuck on Apr 17, 2024 13:08:32 GMT -6
Unless you are paying for Zoom they have a 45 min max meeting time. Then you have to start the meeting again. Not a big deal if it's a couple people involved. Google Meet is free and it seems to me most schools are using Google.
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Post by groundchuck on Apr 8, 2024 13:44:11 GMT -6
I certainly think it can make a difference, yes.
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Post by groundchuck on Apr 1, 2024 8:09:56 GMT -6
Some things I have found over the years to keep it simple without being too simple. Call plays by words like Power, Trap etc. I have not numbered plays in forever. Limit the overall number of concepts in the run and pass game. You probably only need one pass pro (maybe two) in high school. We won a state title (with talent yes) with two run schemes. You either blocked the man on you, or blocked down.
On defense simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. You need to line up right and decide who will be your adjusters. I do not like to adjust with the DL or LBs so we go safety over a lot. At the level I coach at we really only need one way to line up vs 3x1 but we carry two that compliment each other.
THere are certain things in all three phases of the game that I can coach in detail but don't need to.
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Post by groundchuck on Mar 26, 2024 15:15:25 GMT -6
Could you do a walk through before school, and then run a three hour practice after school for the first week? You can get a lot of work done in three hours. THen back off into a more normal in-season like schedule.
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Post by groundchuck on Mar 21, 2024 18:10:23 GMT -6
Are there academic issues when a player transfers around like this? If they are failing classes at one institution and enroll at another place do their grades even matter?
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Post by groundchuck on Mar 15, 2024 13:02:48 GMT -6
If he is a starter on the varsity he's not playing JV. If he is not a starter on the varisty msot likely he is getting significant JV reps. That's always been the general rule on teams I have either been an assistant or head coach. What's your take on this if he can be a huge contributor on specials, and maybe find some reps elsewhere during the game? We have some twins that we know are pretty good. We brought them up as freshmen so they could get our coaching.They played every special and were ass kickers on them. Then we would sneak them reps on O and D when it was appropriate. We used to agree with your post. If you aren't gonna start, stay down, but this kind of shifted our thought process a little. I wish there was a magic number right? In Minnesota there is a rule about how many quarters a week/season an athlete can play. That factors in around here as well. If you are honest or your AD keeps you honest anyway. In the letter of the rule special teams plays count as half a quarter. So if you played on every special team and played in every quarter Friday night you picked up two quarters of action according to league rules. Personally I would play the kid on the special teams and then play him in the JV game.
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Post by groundchuck on Mar 14, 2024 21:16:42 GMT -6
If he is a starter on the varsity he's not playing JV. If he is not a starter on the varisty msot likely he is getting significant JV reps. That's always been the general rule on teams I have either been an assistant or head coach.
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Post by groundchuck on Feb 26, 2024 12:24:15 GMT -6
I am curious...why did you chose Coaching as your profession, and what is your purpose for Coaching? I love football and it is the only sport I coach. I did coach track and field a long time ago but gave that up. I coach football because I just love it. I love what it can do for boys when done right. Football was transformational for me as a teen age boy and I want to give others that experience. I also love the fundamentals and strategies involved in the game. I took one year off from coaching in part to see if I really needed it. What I learned is coaching really is part of my soul. I respect other sports and encourage kids to play them. But I feel there is nothing better for a young man than to play high school football. There is not another thing a high school boy can do in school like football.
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Post by groundchuck on Feb 24, 2024 17:00:15 GMT -6
Hudl Classic for the win every time.
Does anyone get different numbers? One time I got different percentages for the how often a team ran to the boundary vs the field. I went back and checked in it Classic and then hand counted it. Classic was correct.
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Post by groundchuck on Feb 19, 2024 6:24:35 GMT -6
The only thing that I like in in the "new" version is the feature to sort report real time so to speak. But I also like being able to view reports like in the classic version. So my question to Hudl is why not keep the best features of classic and move them into the new version? There is a reason for both methods.
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Post by groundchuck on Feb 16, 2024 13:48:44 GMT -6
Habitudes is awesome. Highly recommend it. Give me the elevator synopsis. What do you like about it? What does it cost?
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Post by groundchuck on Feb 14, 2024 21:30:36 GMT -6
That's too long for most HS kids. Unless you put it on a wristband. Then maybe.
Is it neccessary? Do you need that call in youth football where the focus should be on fun, fun, learning the game, fun, and fundamentals.
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Post by groundchuck on Feb 14, 2024 5:44:15 GMT -6
I have had kids get verbally heated with me from time to time. Like Reid I stayed calm and didn't overreact. Depending on what was said or done you can calm them down, finish the game, and deal with it later. An emotional reaction doesn't mean you take your pads off and sit the rest of the game just like an emotional reaction doesn't (neccessarily) mean you're fired or kicked out of school. What happens "next" matters.
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Post by groundchuck on Feb 12, 2024 13:05:35 GMT -6
I have been in four OT games as a coach. 3-1 record. In all three wins we won the toss and went on defense first. In the loss they won the toss and we had to go on O first. My preference is to win the toss and go on D first. Then we know what we have to do. Every year we practice overtime and I will practice it on Thursdays during the season with a four play script.
In terms of the game last night I read the article and the Niners were playing to be able to win it on the third posession. I would guess they were banking on KC not scoring a TD following the field goal. Since each team would have one posession then SF could go down on pos #3 and finish the deal. At least that's how I interpret it.
I too found it perplexing that the Niners were not ready for Zone read. I know you don't chase ghosts but you have to think players there and say we will not let Mahomes beat us. If he wants to throw it to somebody else or run it with Pacheco tip your cap to them.
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Post by groundchuck on Feb 10, 2024 20:20:15 GMT -6
Both every day. Because they both need to be worked every day. Now I have coached where once we got to the in-season phase only did O or D indy once a week. But we had team daily. I think that can work. But I prefer and believe in making time for all three phases every day.
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Post by groundchuck on Feb 7, 2024 5:11:02 GMT -6
Don't beat yourself by overthinking it.
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Post by groundchuck on Feb 5, 2024 19:38:52 GMT -6
This sounds like an administrative issue.
Now some things I would look into are if he was a captain.....not anymore. If you have not selected captains yet then he's not one.
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Post by groundchuck on Feb 1, 2024 14:34:02 GMT -6
Another thing to look at does the team improve as the season goes. Are the fundamentals better? Are they still playing hard. Do the players pick up the slight adjustments on the field better in the back half of the years than from week 1-2. I had a parent (who could be very critical at times) tell me that he always thought we played better over the second half of the season which he thought showed we had a good staff. (Thought sometimes it was a backhanded compliment though like we could not figure {censored} out for the front end of the season)
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Post by groundchuck on Feb 1, 2024 9:10:34 GMT -6
Sometimes you can look at scheme. The well coached team might be doing the right things but the knife isn't cutting it in the gun fight. THe team full of superior athletes might be doing something that you look at and think how to they get away with that? Then you see their Jimmys and Joes. I think there are quite a few teams in my part of the country that get away with that.
On a zoomed in level I think that well coached teams line up right on defense and run to the ball, don't committ dumb penalties on offense, and play hard. YOu can tell on film and in person they work on special teams. Well coached teams no matter what the talent level are not beating themselves.
This was hit on earlier but I will also reiterate it. Proper technique.
I could say something like DL using hands. Which I feel is important. But there are several teams I would consider well coached on defense I have seen who don't realy use hands. They slant like crazy and avoid. This would be good techqnique for their scheme.
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Post by groundchuck on Jan 28, 2024 21:06:00 GMT -6
Two D1 guys I have actually coached as their position coach. 3-4 more I was around either as young coach who had them as sophs or guys who did not play a position I coached. So I had nothing to do with thier development.
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Post by groundchuck on Jan 25, 2024 16:09:05 GMT -6
Scout D is not that big of an issue as long as they line up and try hard.
Scout O can be a debacle. We are a small school. Sometimes the scout team could not even get the snap which leads to a wasted rep. So one thing we did was give the QB the ball and simulate the snap. Speeds up execution of the scout play a little bit too. Just like everyone else it is the best players we can put in there. We have done some 1/2-line work as well. The biggest problem you get is the DL blowing up the play before it starts. Try to get the best matchups possible. Even if that means your #3 DT is in so that the #2 kid can give a better look on the other side of the ball.
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Post by groundchuck on Jan 23, 2024 5:21:13 GMT -6
I don't know enough about him as a coach other than when he was at Navy and ran th triple option. Is Coach Niumatalolo the kind of coach who recruits and drives culture? I don't see why people are "upset" about him not running the triple.
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Post by groundchuck on Jan 19, 2024 21:09:27 GMT -6
We drank water from a hose connected to a iron pipe with holes drilled in it. {censored} it probably lead for all I know. I had an old school neck roll and huge pads and Nike Landsharks....I had Spot-Bilt cleats for my first three years of high school. I wore a Max Pro helmet with a cloth chin strap until my senior year. I earned the Air Helmet and hard cup chin strap as a senior. One day a thunderstorm rolled in and we kept practicing. We did bull in the ring while wondering if we were going to get electrocuted.
And to bring this full circle to the Deion thread. I had a pair of those mid-1990s Air Mac Diamond Turf Trainers and a pair of those 1990s vintage Oakley Razors. I thought I was part Prime and part Boz.
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Post by groundchuck on Jan 19, 2024 12:46:56 GMT -6
We use BSN and a couple local companies too.
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Post by groundchuck on Jan 17, 2024 13:09:27 GMT -6
If we worked on it before then yes. Rarely do I want to install something new on Friday night.
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Post by groundchuck on Jan 15, 2024 9:38:43 GMT -6
Avoid the dreaded resume slide or make it brief. Make your slides and video available ASAP to the attendees after the clinic. If you are speaking at a clinic be prepared for follow up emails after the clinic and answer them. Have an outline of your talk. Sometimes I have heard a a coach speaking on O or D scheme and he is critical of the other team. Saying things like "these guys are no good we could do whatever we wanted....". Don't say that. On that last one, not only is it not classy, it ironically undermines the supposed efficacy of their scheme they are trying to present to you. Haha I only remember hearing it twice and I have been to a lot of clinics. One time the guy was being a dick. The other time the coach was just trying to fill the void with words and I don't think he "meant it like that." Either way their is a lesson in that.
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Post by groundchuck on Jan 14, 2024 10:46:46 GMT -6
Avoid the dreaded resume slide or make it brief. Make your slides and video available ASAP to the attendees after the clinic. If you are speaking at a clinic be prepared for follow up emails after the clinic and answer them. Have an outline of your talk.
Sometimes I have heard a a coach speaking on O or D scheme and he is critical of the other team. Saying things like "these guys are no good we could do whatever we wanted....". Don't say that.
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Post by groundchuck on Jan 12, 2024 9:31:35 GMT -6
I have never attended in person but have the videos and I agree. If you are looking for great value for your money this this clinicc checks that box.
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Post by groundchuck on Jan 11, 2024 13:08:08 GMT -6
1. No nonsense approach to grinding for the satisfaction of perfection. So many before him would sugar coat the success pyramid. He has always presented the cost required to achieve any greatness. 2. The MSU/LSU playbooks as a comprehensive program syllabus. He lays everything out from the calendar, expectations, glossary,defense & scenario checks....its exhaustive because he intentionally defines what success is, rather than leaving it open to interpretation. 3. Communication. Understand the glossary terms and you're able to unlock the entire playbook. That streamlined method to use terms that capture very specific meanings is th le glue to holding his player developlemt together. All of the above and more. I remember being a Cover 3 coach until I hired a DC who understood Rip/Liz and ho-lee-balls did it change how I schemed on defense. From there it was Quarters and zone match, then man match and so on down the rabbit hole. Jimmy/Pony stunt....it goes on and on. The trickle down influence he has had on the game can't be measured.
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Post by groundchuck on Jan 11, 2024 13:04:41 GMT -6
Saban played in the same conference same time I did (he at Kent State, me at Western Michigan). He played for probably one of the most underrated great CFB coaches ever in Don James (latter won a NC at Washington in 1991). Kent State hasn't won the MAC since James was there. Probably not a coincidence. Saban was an assistant at Syracuse when the guy who was best man at my wedding was OL coach there. Met him when he was HC at Michigan State. I won't say I "knew him" but have followed his career and his coaching as a result of above. Trivia: Who did Saban replace as DB-Secondary coach at Ohio State in 1980 under Earle Bruce? Pete Carroll. I am old enought to remember Don James at Washington and he was certainly underrated.
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