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Post by coachplaa on Mar 15, 2018 14:08:59 GMT -6
Coach Tua- Can you tell me what coach in SD started that? We've been kicking around the same idea.
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Post by coachplaa on Mar 13, 2018 11:41:07 GMT -6
I tell them NO ONE owns a number. And a Senior who thinks he should have rights to "his number" is looking for a lazy way out. If anything, Seniors know our system and if they don't EARN the right to get their number than its completely on them.
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Post by coachplaa on Mar 8, 2018 14:03:17 GMT -6
I'm 99% sure they use ProLook Uniforms to make them, which is a quality company. May want to look at a direct rep with ProLook to avoid the Riddell markup?
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Post by coachplaa on Feb 27, 2018 10:51:59 GMT -6
I make spring sports as mandatory as I can make them so those are all the same pride points. For the winter, we have a wrestling program that is barely surviving. Plus it is one of the hardest sports to get kids out for. So I talked to my AD and basketball coach first, and told them what I wanted to do. They both understood and were on board. None of our kids is going to choose to quit basketball and go wrestle for extra pride points.
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Post by coachplaa on Feb 21, 2018 11:07:05 GMT -6
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Post by coachplaa on Sept 12, 2017 11:58:19 GMT -6
We go about 45 minutes on defense, then 15 minutes with everyone together, and another 30-40 minutes just offense. I have a gameplan checklist I go through to make sure everything gets covered.
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Post by coachplaa on Sept 11, 2017 9:36:52 GMT -6
I agree with Coach Gordon. They have really helped us because 1) everyone can make it no matter what's going on, and 2) sharing the screen has been great. Best yet it gives back another hour of commute time to coaches that don't live nearby.
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Post by coachplaa on Aug 23, 2017 9:22:19 GMT -6
The other great thing is I have some coaches that have Windows and some have Macs. One coach couldn't get his mic to work so he downloaded the Zoom app on his ipad and it worked perfectly. So its easily adaptable to whatever your coaches have available. Two used their iphones, and the rest used computers.
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Post by coachplaa on Aug 22, 2017 9:49:53 GMT -6
In case anyone is interested.....we used Zoom.com. Its the same platform that is used for the Glazier Clinics. Besides a few tech glitches with the microphone that we eventually figured out, all 8 of my coaches were able to meet through the computer. They saw my computer screen as we went through practice & game plans, and I have the ability to turn the camera on/off for the coaches if I need to see their face for some reason. You can have free meetings for up to 40 minutes, or $15 pays for unlimited minutes, per month. So for $45-60 its perfect for us for football season. Our first meeting went very well and all of our coaches seemed happy with it, especially since time is so important.
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Post by coachplaa on Aug 11, 2017 14:26:08 GMT -6
I know this should be in Technology section but I think it could belong in General too.....
We are thinking of doing an online meeting this year on Sundays- with one of the many apps/websites out there- just to go over a few things from the previous game and initial game plan thoughts for the new opponent- and then meet on Monday's after practice to solidify things. I've never done this before but like most staffs we have some challenges at times to meet on the weekends.
Has anyone done this and if so, WHAT APP/Website would you recommend as being the best or easiest to use?
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Post by coachplaa on Nov 18, 2016 13:27:24 GMT -6
We've used them for two years. Our school district bought them for our entire 7-high school district.
Instead of spending the money on them, convince your admin to buy neck and other strength equipment for your weight room, or tackling equipment for practice, to help reduce the occurrence of concussion, rather than just diagnose an "impact".
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Post by coachplaa on Oct 21, 2016 14:01:36 GMT -6
We could do that too, but I was thinking pre-selling might hold everyone more accountable to sell at least a few each. What do you think?
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Post by coachplaa on Oct 20, 2016 9:38:36 GMT -6
Ok so in our section of CA, we have a "seeding show" similar to what the NCAA does with hoops.
For us its on the night after our last game. We are thinking of doing a spaghetti feed that will start 30 minutes prior to the show, get all of the food needs donated, and then sell tickets as a last-of-the-year fundraiser. My question is for anyone that does something like this where you sell tickets- what is the best option??
1) Have the kids bring cash and then give them the tickets. 2) Give the kids 4-5 tickets each, tell them money and/or tickets is due the day before the event?
Any other ideas or suggestions I'm open too. I get the best ideas on this forum for sure.
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Post by coachplaa on May 2, 2016 14:31:16 GMT -6
We went to one tourney with real helmets, left with two players hurt, one with a concussion and one with a deep thigh bruise that took 3 weeks for the player to recover from; both as a result of kids using the helmets as a battering ram. Never again will we enter one of those.
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Post by coachplaa on Apr 24, 2016 8:11:24 GMT -6
We wear them for 2 reasons: 1) had a parent generously offer to buy them for the team. 2) if it makes our players even a little safer, I'm all for it
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Post by coachplaa on Mar 10, 2016 12:52:55 GMT -6
For kids that move in late: Start their points from that point on. They should get "back of the line" treatment anyway. Not to punish but to reward the players that have grinded ALL off-season. For kids with legitimate reasons, they will have to make up the points in some other way- good grades, community service, etc. The points system does offer some flexibility.
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Post by coachplaa on Feb 17, 2016 12:21:51 GMT -6
I'm not saying I purposely TRY to kick kids out. But a kid that is doing the wrong stuff like partying or missing practice on purpose, is a kid that the majority of the team wants to be kicked off. So I usually give two warnings, first to the kid, second one to the kid and the parent; and if it continues I remove them from our summer program. The rest of the team usually responds with an "its about time." For us, our summer program is not a "school event." Our district makes us do an off-season AAU club to use our own facilities, so our administration has nothing to do with our summer program. Any kid I remove from our summer program, I let the kid and parent that the kid has a right to tryout for the team in August and leave it at that. I know every situation is different but that is how I handle it.
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Post by coachplaa on Feb 12, 2016 14:49:22 GMT -6
One thing I've started doing is kicking 1-2 obvious kids out of our summer program if they have a serious attitude problem, and tell them they will get their district-mandated two day tryout in August, but they are officially kicked out of the summer program. It only takes 1 or 2 of your worst offenders to get the entire program in line. And most of the time, the majority of the kids are extremely happy about it.
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Post by coachplaa on Feb 4, 2016 10:32:59 GMT -6
We coached an all-star game last year and we put in 9 plays, and coded them 1-9. We tried to get the kids to memorize all 9 plays in 5 days of practice. While it worked for the most part, our QB's struggled to get the reps and reads that they needed. One QB was our own school's QB so he was so far ahead, we gave him most of the reps and we had our backup QB play WR and FS. Right before halftime of the game, our starting QB went down and we were scrambling since our backup QB had almost zero work at the position during the week. We focused on our one RPO that we had installed, which was basically Empty Stick-draw and we ran that about 75% of the time in the second half. We'd disguise it with motion, but we just let our QB play and we came back and won the game. So, if I had it to do again, I think I would install maybe three RPO's, and rep the heck out of them, and make the defense wrong with however they try to take our offense away.
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Post by coachplaa on Dec 18, 2015 13:14:00 GMT -6
I think we are going to see all pads go away completely for camps in CA during the off-season.
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Post by coachplaa on Dec 17, 2015 10:52:34 GMT -6
Hudl Campaign sends you a check when you are done. No loose change or bills to collect. Can't beat the 97%. Its so simple that you might as well do BOTH the Campaign and the Lift-A-Thon. They used to keep 30% like some of the other fundraising companies out there, but they went to 3% because as I understand it they didn't want to be in the fundraising business, but they wanted to give coaches a platform to raise the money to pay for their film service.
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Post by coachplaa on Dec 16, 2015 23:43:52 GMT -6
Hudl Campaign! Made 8k last year with minimal effort. They only take 3% for processing fees. You keep 97%!
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Post by coachplaa on Dec 14, 2015 9:43:47 GMT -6
I've been giving clinic talks for almost 10 years now, and I know the most well-received are the ones with LOTS of video, specific examples and adjustments, and lots of information packed into the 50 minutes that you get. Personally, I like speaking out of state much better than local clinics- I don't feel paranoid about giving up some good info that my opponents might use against me. A short handout helps, but I've noticed there is a fast growing trend for coaches to snap photos or take videos of every slide/drill that is put on the big screen.
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Post by coachplaa on Dec 1, 2015 16:42:08 GMT -6
I love the "start, stop, continue" idea! We have always done the Good, Bad, Ugly; but find usually (hopefully) the ugly goes further away each year.
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Post by coachplaa on Nov 26, 2015 18:23:22 GMT -6
We have two good ones. They are with us at all practice and games, so they get the PE credits just like the players. I think that is the starting point. Finding the right kid is where the work comes in. We try to identify freshmen that love the game but for some reason or another don't actually play. We include them in our team building, team meals, etc.
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Post by coachplaa on Oct 21, 2015 13:34:45 GMT -6
We do similar things to you guys- only wear a pink decal on the back of our helmet. Many of our kids have been affected. If we allowed them to wear pink, some kids would go all out and most of my boys couldn't afford to buy anything pink because they have no money. We tell them we stick to team colors as a program rule. As soon as October is over, we pull the pink decal off.
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Post by coachplaa on Sept 10, 2015 9:09:52 GMT -6
You have to put ice in them of course, but the powered part comes from a pump on a rechargeable battery that shoots the water through the hoses.
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Post by coachplaa on Sept 9, 2015 18:03:26 GMT -6
We have a few 20 gallon powdered water cart by sports cool, but I'm in the market for a new one and I'm looking for recommendations. The Sports Cool ones are good, but I'm wondering if there is a more reliable one out there. Looking for a bigger tank that can take abuse and is portable.
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Post by coachplaa on Aug 9, 2015 14:41:57 GMT -6
We only wear them to practice and check out football knee pads when we check out our game pants.
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Post by coachplaa on Aug 2, 2015 15:58:22 GMT -6
I include them in our JV spirit pack and tell them take care of them and they will last three seasons. Amazing how they last when they are "theirs" compared to the "team's."
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