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Post by coachwoodall on Jul 31, 2017 14:17:48 GMT -6
Question, for those with declining numbers, is there a correlation between this and the number of coaches in the building/school system?
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Post by coachwoodall on Jul 31, 2017 14:02:27 GMT -6
To me a walk through is a physical mental review. Script every thing, have down and distance, field position, game situation, etc.... that you taught and expect the the kits to know.
If it's 3rd and 8+ and they like to throw the check route to the boundary, when we run that scenario on Thursday the secondary better be calling "watch the check route!"
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Post by coachwoodall on Jul 28, 2017 15:47:20 GMT -6
I've been reticent to reply to this thread. We do a lot of these. We go to the tournaments. We consider these important (we throw the rock around/we get the ball thrown at us a lot). We want to win the tournaments. We can get worked up over the refs.
On the flip side, we only do stuff we do in the season. We know the trophies are plastic trophies. We know it's not real football.
We do them because: We can't go to a summer camp We like that it's a chance for competition It gets our kids work We can practice against other people It gives our kids something to aim at
I used to put a lot of stake in 7 on 7, but now I just view it as just part of the process. If your program needs the confidence of winning to help carry over into the season, then by all means tout that trophy. If you go 2x2, motion to 3x2, then sprint the other side to run a double check route into the boundary on the 5 yard line to win; I'll probably let you know that you're a DA.
Take what you want from it, give what you can honestly give, then put the pads on for real in August.
It ain't going away.
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Post by coachwoodall on Jul 28, 2017 13:21:49 GMT -6
Has anyone been able to see the new Vicis Zero1 helmet in person? This is the helmet that is "supposed" to be our next answer to the concussion/CTE panic. I know a few NFL players wore them last season and more will wear them this season, as well as some college teams. Is this helmet all what it's cracked up to be? Is it cost effective for high school programs to invest in? We, as a profession, MUST stop touting that a helmet, ANY helmet, can prevent/limit concussions. Helmets prevent skull fractures.
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Post by coachwoodall on Jul 27, 2017 17:02:06 GMT -6
Also, have some nonmoving landmark to search for the corners.... fence post, tree, etcccc
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Post by coachwoodall on Jul 27, 2017 16:59:53 GMT -6
First, if you don't have corners already set, I'd get it done professionally. It would be worth the cost.
Once you have the field laid out, I'd put an 18 inch piece of lead pipe set in each corner about 3 inches below the surface. I'd cap each end of the pipe on top.
Then I'd have each 10 yard segment marked and either have another piece of pipe or a 20 or 30 penny nail set in the ground. That way you can come back and use a metal detector to find the corners and each 10 yard mark and then locate it with a screw driver. (Hitting the head/cap)
Then the only thing you have to measure out is each 5 yard increment. Be sure to paint each pipe/ nail with white paint.
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Post by coachwoodall on Jul 21, 2017 10:02:07 GMT -6
I think it works. There some debate on both sides of it. About 5-10 minutes helps the legs. I've even gotten in with the kids.
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Post by coachwoodall on Jul 19, 2017 20:24:50 GMT -6
Uuuumm, if you don't won't to teach it, then don't. If you do, then do. If someone else wants to, then it's none of your business. If someone else doesn't, then it's none of your business.
I don't get the the condemnation for those that want to make their community better.
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Post by coachwoodall on Jul 16, 2017 18:05:21 GMT -6
Helmets are designed to prevent skull fractures, nothing else.
If we as a profession proclaim anything else, then we are guilty of malfeasance.
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Post by coachwoodall on Jul 16, 2017 17:43:12 GMT -6
I disagree with the idea that coaching character is a slanted political construct. If you want to teach morals it is a simple right or wrong approach. Morals aren't some arbitrary guide post.
However, I don't know that you should spend your energy in that. Mostly you should be focusing on the values of YOUR program.
What are your core values?
What do you expect from your kids?
What do you define as 'the right way '?
What do you want to see exhibited by your kids?
If you're trying to change the culture of your program, what is the first benchmark? For us it was simply being there. Before if there was a cloud nearby practice was canceled. Also kids would quit at a drop of a hat. So we started with 'no days off' and 'finish '
Once we got them hemmed in to being part of the program, then we started preaching about loving each other. Once we got that then we got into the character component.
This past off season we used the John Gordon stuff... Energy Bus, Training Camp.
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Post by coachwoodall on Jul 16, 2017 15:48:48 GMT -6
I've never coached at a school that has great or even good numbers. We start with our worst player and work our way up filling positions. Generally a stud can play anywhere, but the hard part is finding jobs for your average and below players In a previous life, I worked at a small school and it was 'the best man up ' when it came time to the 'who plays where ' I totally agree about the idea of how do you play your worst starter. That was how we spent most of our coaching discussions. Short story, we had a kid who started 4 years at a D1 AA school at DE. He played OG and DE for us. Any whoo, we nominated him for the post season all star game. We sent film of both offense and defense. The coach recruiting our area said, 'his foot work is sloppy' Our HC said, "Hades, you're complaining about his steps on a trap, have you seen the other OG? We're coaching the Hades out of that guy so we can win. We don't have to coach Jimmy"
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Post by coachwoodall on Jul 9, 2017 18:48:18 GMT -6
Coaches, I am looking for one of those sleeve like deals that has a lanyard of some sort attached which then you can attach to your belt loop or pant. Any idea what they are called and where I can find them? Thanks for your help my dad worked on the railroad and had one of these on his belt all the time for his switch key. www.keybak.com/products/the-original-self-retracting-reel
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Post by coachwoodall on Jul 7, 2017 16:57:32 GMT -6
Dang, those guys down in amen corner sure know what they're taking about. Those guys really know football.
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Post by coachwoodall on Jul 6, 2017 6:41:30 GMT -6
As mentioned by several folks already, there's no magic bean. I think the first thing your have to identify is what exactly is the cultural makeup of the school community and what are the issues that the school has to deal with or address. I've been in a couple of these types of situations - trying to move a program from mediocre to something more. Both were very different situations. One of the common things in both was trying to create an identity, something unique for the kids to latch on to. Another was creating a standard for what is going to be accepted and not budging from that standard. It doesn't mean you have to be a ruthless dictator, but enforcing the rules you have consistently.
The school I am at now had been over the hump. There were multiple state championships won here and it was considered a contender every year. There was a coaching change and things slipped back into the range of mediocrity. One example of a simple standard change was practice and weather. The coach before us -- if it rained practice was cancelled and everybody goes home. We just simply said if the weather makes it so that we can't be outside, we will be doing something, somewhere; no matter what -- film, gym, quick workout, chalk talk, etc..
We came in and made the theme for the year No Days Off. We gave the offense a slick name, the WR coach gave his position group a slick name and put up some posters, gave the defense a slick name. Started out 5-0 finished 6-6. So the next year we made the theme FINISH. And so the story goes.
There was talent here. There was community support and admin support. One of the biggest changes was the HC changed the S&C coach. Even though we have 'gotten over the hump" we still have to hammer these kids everyday about the fact that we have set the standard and we are not going to accept anything less than the standard, for what every the expectation maybe. We play in a very competitive league (4 of the 5 teams have won multiple state titles about 36 total), so the difference between 1st place and 5th place is very little. We constantly have to harp on the little things. It gets tedious and down right monotonous.
The other stop was similar and yet different. A very socio-economically disadvantaged area. There had been some success and talent there, not state titles but one appearance and several conference titles. But there just wasn't much in terms of being able to all the resources you want/need. It wasn't a school that many coaches would point to and say, "I want to go coach there". The HC was able to have a bit of a perfect storm and put together a really good staff of local ACs; we all either played there or from nearby schools. We tried to give the kids an identity and something they could be proud of. And often times it wasn't much -- a special sticker on the helmet, shoe spats for the playoffs, a unique/different pregame warm up, running a few trick plays, etc.... And we had a few hard and fast rules and stuck to them -- things like if you don't come to practice, you don't play, etc...
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Post by coachwoodall on Jul 6, 2017 6:06:23 GMT -6
We spend a lot of time talking about changing the culture of winless schools. So what have you done to get your program that is historically for you 6-4, 7-3 over the hump. In finally beating the big dawg in your area or making it out of the 1st round of the playoffs? How's your defense? Are you letting up less than 10pts/game? You don't see great programs with lousy defenses. I wish I played in your league.
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Post by coachwoodall on Jul 4, 2017 13:46:53 GMT -6
I wish I had more Indy time in practice
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So far...
Jul 2, 2017 14:42:06 GMT -6
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Post by coachwoodall on Jul 2, 2017 14:42:06 GMT -6
I've got an experienced group on defense, so far it's been the little things. The most said thing I've done is to remind them to "Defend the catch all the way through the tuck " during 7 on 7s
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Post by coachwoodall on Jul 2, 2017 14:38:49 GMT -6
They should have had a scene "YES...PICTURE DAY!!! MY FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR!" I wish I could like this a 1000 times
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Post by coachwoodall on Jun 29, 2017 18:30:49 GMT -6
I definitely think that assistant coaches can be developed. One of the coaches I respect most in the world is a guy who only played just a few games of high school football and appeared a few times in a Varsity game on special teams. This was because of injuries, etc. But he loved football. When He came to the school I met him at, he told the head coach that he just wanted to be a part of the team and he would coach whatever position he wanted him to coach but he just needed to be taught how DE's should play or LB's or WR's etc. He's now coached nearly every position at that school, and after 8 years in the program, because he was just a sponge for knowledge, he became the defensive coordinator and a few years after he became DC the school had a 4 year stretch where they were within the top 40 in the state (all classes) for points given up average for the season. On the other side, I once knew a guy who was the OC for a state championship football team, and then later in life he became the head coach of the volleyball team at the school when they had a hard time finding someone who wanted the job and led them to some great things. I once asked his son how he was able to know both. He said that he really didn't know volleyball, but he was just great at working with kids and he talked to as many people as possible about techniques, skills, etc. in volleyball, so it worked out. Great story but I think the guys you're describing is the exception, not the norm I have to disagree. I've worked with a bunch of coaches that were great XXX coaches and went to another sport and excelled, because they were great at coaching period
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Post by coachwoodall on Jun 29, 2017 18:23:08 GMT -6
One of my top pet peeves in coaching is hearing someone yell general meaningless statements that have nothing to do with actual coaching. We have all heard them and probably have blurted them out from time to time. That's not coaching, it's reacting. You are being paid to coach football, not cheer like a drunk at a bar who has 3 grand on the Jets. Anyways this year I am getting a handful of new coaches and I want to compile a list of banned statements that fall under this category, here is what I have so far: Block Somebody Let's Go Come on It Starts Now What the !@#$ are you doing Man the !@#$ up Grow a !@#$ Grow some !@#$@ You aren't listening Wake up Make a Tackle Coach XYZ has no clue what he is doing Catch the ball Are you serious You Suck We Suck Coach XYZ Sucks What are you a !@#$% 1 I think some of these are done IF they mean something to the kids. IE they know it's a correction for a specific wrong. 2 Sometimes coaches don't realize they're saying something taboo. If you create a list of taboo coach sayings, then you also need to create a list of the proper alternatives. A lot of times it's learned behavior or habit. Sometimes it's cliche and there is no context to what it really means. Coach your coaches to how they coach and how they coach it.
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Post by coachwoodall on Jun 26, 2017 6:12:03 GMT -6
1700 kids AAAAA school Must knock Must go around through locker room ---- can't use our office as the cut through to the trainer
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Post by coachwoodall on Jun 26, 2017 6:09:32 GMT -6
HC has his office.
Defensive staff have an office 6 built in desks Table 2 white boards Pull down screen protector About 15'x15'
Offensive office Same basic set up but has another desk because longer and narrower
Plus a team/ multipurpose room that has a partition that can be moved
However it was a remodel/add on so it is wonky. The offensive office was the old training room and the remodel basically turned the defensive office into a hallway
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Post by coachwoodall on Jun 25, 2017 19:44:52 GMT -6
This might the 2nd most asked question on here after "How do I become a college coach"
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Post by coachwoodall on Jun 25, 2017 4:07:31 GMT -6
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Dang
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Post by coachwoodall on Jun 25, 2017 3:52:25 GMT -6
why did duece delete his account?
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Post by coachwoodall on Jun 25, 2017 3:51:35 GMT -6
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Post by coachwoodall on Jun 25, 2017 3:50:51 GMT -6
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Post by coachwoodall on Jun 25, 2017 3:28:35 GMT -6
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Post by coachwoodall on Jun 24, 2017 14:06:03 GMT -6
I've got a couple safeties that just get it... they think the game, they ask great questions, they anticipate situations, they evolve as the game goes by.
This is one of the best pair of safeties I've coached in my career. Both are returning starters, rising Jr and Sr.
I've even started letting the Sr makes calls in 7 on 7 and at practice
Funny thing, the Sr, we thought about playing JV at the beginning of last year because he had moved from QB after his sophomore year and was injured during that spring. He played our S$ (the overhang) last year and asked to fight for that job instead working in the rotation at Rover (weak safety) He did have some growing pains but made a ton of improvement during the year. This year he is the Rover.
The Jr, well he is one of those kids that humbles you as a coach. Last year the only returner was our Rover. We had 3 other seniors we thought would be the ones that would win out at FS. This kid had broken his collar bone really bad as a freshman and was just getting back into the swing of things during the spring. He spent the whole spring and summer with the JVs. He even played some CB during 7 on 7 last summer. We get to the end of fall camp and I'm not happy with how the Srs are playing and we have game 1 coming up. I told the other defensive coaches that we need to try the then sophomore to at least let him prove to us that he's not ready for it.
He started game 1 and stayed there for 14 straight games.
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Post by coachwoodall on Jun 23, 2017 15:19:42 GMT -6
Copenhagen for breakfast before 2 a days and Redman during practice because it kept you from getting dry mouth.
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