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Post by coachwoodall on Nov 4, 2017 10:13:46 GMT -6
Every 2 years By school enrollment (135 ADM) By geography
There is an appeal process, but you have to present a plan, it has to work for every school it affects, all schools must be in agreement with the plan.
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Post by coachwoodall on Nov 2, 2017 9:30:17 GMT -6
This is one of those, 'I don't know where to put this' type threads- so I will start it off here. Rematching a team this week, and reviewing with my TE's and Wings as to why they had such difficulty getting off the line against them last time. According to my players the opposing DEs would jab them in the gut as they went upfield; but what is weird is how they did it. They wouldn't ball their fists rather have them flat and firm in a karate chop position (with palms facing in like they were pretending to be a robot). Still they would not chop, instead jab forward- keeping their hand firm- and strike my players in the gut leading with their middle and ring finger; in a somewhat credit card swipe attack (knocking their air out at times). This was a new one to me, never seen it or heard of it before. Am wondering if anyone else has come across this, taught this, etc? Also, what would you even call this technique (my best idea is the subject line)? Oh, I thought you were going to tell us about your faculty flash mob dance at the next pep rally....
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Post by coachwoodall on Oct 31, 2017 8:58:41 GMT -6
I have sat in the stands at playoff games after our team was eliminated and heard "fans" trash coaches with unbelievable records. It doesn't matter how much you win or even how, you will always have detractors. It's just part of the job. And you will never change their minds regardless what you say or do. So don't bother trying. Do what you believe in to the best of your ability, and if that's not good enough, like Grandma said: "Piss on it!" I think duece posted on here once that he went to an Alabama game and there were some fans in the stands beeching about Saban....
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Post by coachwoodall on Oct 25, 2017 9:27:59 GMT -6
I've said it before and it bears repeating. It really is our fault. We, as coaches, have access to dozens of people every year that are at least interested in the game of football. If we all recruited 2 graduating players to become referees and only 1 stuck with it, then we'd have more than enough quality officials.
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Post by coachwoodall on Oct 25, 2017 8:43:10 GMT -6
Last week, we had a player on Kickoff team called for holding while covering the kick. had that happen to me in a huge game they return a kickoff for a TD, flag comes out during the run, we get happy....ref steps up and makes the holding sign, then points our way. So I yell out 'hey don't you mean to point that way'...and he looks a me and shakes his head..."sir did you just call holding on the kicking team? how is that possible?" he won't look over anymore, knows he screwed up but too stubborn to admit it, so naturally the penalty is declined and the TD stood. crazy why didn't they take the penalty on the kick off?
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Post by coachwoodall on Oct 24, 2017 12:58:33 GMT -6
There are many schools that just don't deserve a good coach. Something about bringing a horse to water comes to mind... @dcohio would respond to "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink", with "Well I can dame sure drown him trying"
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Post by coachwoodall on Oct 23, 2017 13:44:32 GMT -6
Ever since scouting a game and seeing a kid get laid out while walking through the line we have our kids wear their helmets when shaking hands. our state association requires that
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Post by coachwoodall on Oct 20, 2017 9:32:21 GMT -6
Well first thing, it's too late to address it the day before. I operate under the mind set that Monday is a Monday is a Monday. A Tuesday is a Tuesday is a Tuesday. And so forth. I always bring it up at the beginning of the week. And then we go chop wood.
Basically I say something along the lines of: Yes this is a big game. Everybody is going to talk about in the school, in the community, at home. This game is to make the playoffs/end the losing streak/win a championship/etc.... We are going to do what we do. These type of games are why you play football. Let's go to work.
If you make it a big deal/pressure game, then it will become one. Sometimes it may be necessary to make it one, but to me I'm not going to change anything just because we aren't playing the region doormat.
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Post by coachwoodall on Oct 18, 2017 12:57:13 GMT -6
I worked for a guy one time who told this story. He was a guy that had a reputation for taking on down programs.
One place he worked had some private property right next to the practice field, a little hill right near the fence. Guys would back their trucks up to the fence and watch practice. During it they would make comments about how bad the coaches were and how bad the kids were, who should be playing, playing where, etc.....
When he took over, he was having the same problems and happened to mention it to one of the dads. Big guy, retired Marine. Marine says, "Don't worry about, I'll take care of it"
Next day the Marine shows up before anyone else, parks his truck in the best spot right in the middle. He puts a lawn chair in the back and sits there waiting for the rest of fence hangers to show up. Once they all show up, he says in his best DI voice, "I dare anyone of you suns of beeches to say anything about my boy"
Watching practice wasn't much fun after that, so they stopped coming.
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Post by coachwoodall on Oct 17, 2017 20:41:44 GMT -6
But the consensus is if you win the coin toss, put the defense on the field 1st; so if in game because of momentum/conditioning/feel/contrarian thinking the call says go offense first, then why? More HC's have confidence in their defense? I honestly don't know what the statistics are for games ending in 1 OT. I would think the majority go at least 2. In NCAA rules, the possessions flip every on the next OT. So with your philosophy, play for even on 1st OT (put the defense on the field first); then play to win in second OT (offense has to go first). (not sure if Federation rules are the same) Also remember in NCAA we start at the 25. For us, the play starts at the 10 and flip each series only 1 coin toss
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Post by coachwoodall on Oct 17, 2017 20:34:12 GMT -6
is it like winning the coin toss at the onset of the game and deciding to defer and go on defense?
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Post by coachwoodall on Oct 17, 2017 20:31:16 GMT -6
how much does this play into your -confidence on your offense -confidence on defense -wanting to flip the usual rational for the coin toss -program philosophy ? I've often wondered about the over time and how often it goes more than a single OT. Elaborate. Thanks in advance. Very few of the OT's that I've been involved in have been a single OT. The 2 or 3 that have are because of the momentum one team has that carried over from the 4th quarter. Every HC that I have worked for has chosen to go defense first. They want to put it in the defense's hand to get a stop, or hold to a FG, then let the offense win it. But the consensus is if you win the coin toss, put the defense on the field 1st; so if in game because of momentum/conditioning/feel/contrarian thinking the call says go offense first, then why?
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Post by coachwoodall on Oct 17, 2017 19:48:50 GMT -6
I will admit this is a little unconventional but if we win the toss we take the ball 1st in OT. My thought process is I want to be ahead and play loose on defense. That being said...we are 3-1 in OT games but only one of those did NOT go into double OT. And each double OT game ended with us on Offense anyway (scored on 4th down, fumble going into the end zone, and went for 2 to got it). So my philosophy is flawed...but I keep it. how much does this play into your -confidence on your offense -confidence on defense -wanting to flip the usual rational for the coin toss -program philosophy ? I've often wondered about the over time and how often it goes more than a single OT. Elaborate. Thanks in advance.
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Post by coachwoodall on Oct 16, 2017 9:06:19 GMT -6
We practice our red zone every Tuesday, so it's in the routine.
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Post by coachwoodall on Oct 13, 2017 9:42:18 GMT -6
I'll echo what brophy said. Think locally. Is there an event you can be a part of? Sponsor a float in a parade, clean up after a parade. Work a city/community fair/fest/concert/movie/etc... Take a group to read at an elementary school put on a free/low cost youth camp and have the players run it get kids to be study buddy/mentors at an elementary offer come as you are flag football games on Saturdays Go serve meals at a soup kitchen
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Post by coachwoodall on Oct 12, 2017 9:42:20 GMT -6
Hello Coaches, I hope everyone’s seasons are going well. On game day our team has a group of players that gather before our walkthroughs and have “chapel”. It’s a chance for them to talk a little bit about their faith, God, sportsmanship etc. I am honored that the kids asked me to speak at it this week. I’ll have about 15-20 min to talk with them. I asked what they want me to talk about and they said “God”......I figured that was fairly obvious. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance. Sounds like some FCA Huddles I've been around. Basically the are wanting you to share like 19delta mentioned. Think of as simply an opportunity to meet with players on another platform or another level. I've found that the most impactful thing you share is to talk about something going on with yourself instead of trying to tailor a message to the individuals of the group. They asked YOU to come talk (about YOU) to them. I'm not saying bear your soul if that is uncomfortable, but just: this is who I am this is my faith/testamony this is what I struggle with this is where I gain strength/rely on
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Post by coachwoodall on Oct 12, 2017 9:21:47 GMT -6
It's all on the line tonight. A win gets us a shot at a winning season, which I wouldn't have believed we had after our 0-4 start. Keep chopping wood
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Post by coachwoodall on Oct 7, 2017 11:23:11 GMT -6
Fast forward, kid finally got cleared about a month ago. He wasn't a starter, and is a senior. He could read the writing on the wall that missing all that time he probably wasn't going to get a lot of PT at WR. Asked to move to defense as a DB. He's 6'6" and about 220. I told him he was more than welcome, but with both safeties returning and 1 was All Region and he probably wan't going to get much PT over here either.
I said that honestly the best way to get any PT was to do what every college coach asked when the saw him on the practice field, would he put his knuckles in the dirt. He agreed to work at some DE. So now he is in the rotation there getting about 12-15 snaps a game and got his first sack the other week.
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Post by coachwoodall on Oct 6, 2017 8:30:54 GMT -6
If you're talking about wood, then go to a cabinet maker.
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Post by coachwoodall on Oct 6, 2017 7:54:18 GMT -6
No personal experience here but for starters, you've got hurricanes to contemplate about We missed a day of school b/c of the most recent hurricane and I can see the mountains from here..........
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Post by coachwoodall on Oct 5, 2017 10:20:13 GMT -6
We dropped 76 on a playoff opponent. We had 64 at the half. We had back ups in. It was 42 rip in the first quarter and we were subbing already. We knelt it before halftime. It was a running clock the whole second half by agreement between both teams. They got a score late to avoid the shutout.
How does this happen?
I'm not condemning you groundchuck , just seriously puzzled.
Twice in my head coaching career we were ahead 42-0 at half. That's the worst it's gotten. Never been behind that bad myself, thank the Football Gods.
Once our JVs were ahead 50-something to nothing at half time because other team insisted on throwing passes to us and not tackling returner, allowing Punt Return for TD, and not defending our base offense.
Would've been worse but our kicker couldn't make a PAT. In fact once he hit the scoreboard which was in the left corner of field behind EZ by the track (true story, have no idea how you can do that, but he did).
FWIW the other team did not change their offense or defense in 2nd Half. Wound up 60-something to nothing in spite of our efforts to not score when we had the ball, a running clock, and playing our backups as much as possible (we only had 22 kids so that was limited).
But that was a JV game, not a playoff game!
Our JVs can't dress for the varsity game. I've had 6 DBs at a couple of game this year (we start 5). If I had to 'sub' in a another DB, it would have been a WR. I've been at the small school setting in a couple of these and when we put in the subs, they often were starters on the other side of the ball. We were up 63-21 in the 4th running buck sweep with a 9th grader (Varsity) who ran 11 flat 100m. He was our 3rd HB. When he ripped off a 70 TD untouched, there was a 'holding' call that kept if from getting to 70. In subvarsity games, sometimes you can't help it. When you get matched up in Region/League play with a team that just isn't very good/struggle with numbers, sometimes you can't stop the dominoes from falling. We kind of had a JV game like groundchuck had; they kept turning the ball over and decided that the second half was flag football. After a while we would just take a knee on the PAT.
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Post by coachwoodall on Oct 3, 2017 9:22:48 GMT -6
Off POTW,Deff POTW, ST POTW get little footballs (about 1/2 size) the kind that has the white panels for autographs. HC gets them with the logo, date, team etc.... If the past we did stamped dog tags for game of the week for the defense chi5hi do you print those photos yourself and do the mock up on publisher or something? or have them made for you?
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Post by coachwoodall on Oct 2, 2017 5:45:39 GMT -6
One of the first guys I worked for had a system for jersey numbers based on sizes. I can't remember exactly but it went something like
0/1 - medium 2/3 - large 4/5/6 - xl 7/8 - xxl 9 - xxxl and 79 was a xxxxl, also I think 20/21 were small
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Post by coachwoodall on Oct 1, 2017 17:51:44 GMT -6
Where do you guys draw the line of "running up the score" and "playing to win? most will say, do what you need to insure you win; then sub as needed.
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Post by coachwoodall on Oct 1, 2017 17:50:23 GMT -6
guys, there's a story about shoes and walking.... something about a distance, maybe a mile or 2
I try to never assume something about a program or what they're trying to do b/c I'm not in the locker room everyday
then again some guys are just feminine hygiene products
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Post by coachwoodall on Sept 29, 2017 13:46:17 GMT -6
As @phantom says, "Here's #__. Make it great"
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Post by coachwoodall on Sept 29, 2017 10:47:05 GMT -6
I don't have any solutions really, but just coach them all up on every detail all the time and I lot of this will take care of itself. I didn't really even realize that we did this. I just thought it was coaching. But one of my assistants left this summer for another job. He got engaged and they needed to move to a central location more than an hour away. Anyways, one of the things he told me when he left was that he loves how we get onto the best players just like we do all of them. And that it isn't hollering or screaming, it is just coaching. It can be during a drill, scrimmaging, game, or film, if something isn't done right we point it out. It could be stance, hand position, fake, first step, eye discipline, reading keys, whatever. But if it isn't the way it supposed to be, we tell them. Meaning, the kids can't really finger point nothing because we as coaches are on them. I will say that when kids know exactly what is expected of them and they know what to do in all situations, they will give effort and have good attitudes. Now we aren't perfect. We were terrible last year. Mainly because we only had two seniors and they weren't even close to our top players. I have no real solution for other people's problems and situations. But honestly, I don't coach attitude or effort very much. Never have really. We talk a lot more about focus and doing it right. Teach them what to do and hold them accountable every time. All of them. One of our coaches stated this along this line of thinking, "If we're not coaching our best players, then we're not coaching any of our players"
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Post by coachwoodall on Sept 29, 2017 8:04:55 GMT -6
How do you develop strong chemistry with this personality. On my team, I have 3 very good players with this trait. In addition, they are very vocal. They are me first and finger pointers causing strife. Are there any team building exercises that could overcome this "condition." Well, the next it happens you can a team building up-down session, log roll the length of the field get-to-know-you, or a think-pair-share buddy carry up and down the field
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Post by coachwoodall on Sept 25, 2017 7:57:21 GMT -6
We got our first win to go to 1-3. 1st game. we are up 15-14 in the 3rd and fumble on our own 20. they score and we never recover. 3rd game we were up 28-6 at the end of the 3rd and imploded in the 4th. Cramps galore, 2 punt snaps over the head of the punter...what a night. Other night were are up 28-6 at halftime and all i can think about is "How are we going to blow this one" "What are we gonna do this time" We played well in the 2nd half and won going away. Final 45-22. Beer is quickly becoming my friend... what do you mean BECOMING?
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Post by coachwoodall on Sept 25, 2017 7:35:27 GMT -6
I know a guy that was up in a game 77-0 at halftime. He punted on 1st down the entire second half.
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