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Post by davecisar on May 12, 2009 9:52:56 GMT -6
I will be in Dallas in 2 Weeks Do you have contact info? PM me if you do. Dallas has good flights
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Post by davecisar on May 11, 2009 9:27:54 GMT -6
I never let kids choose their positions, but if they were placed there the previous year, a starting point Kids do change some year by year though, especially in that puberty window, probably a good idea to evaluate em all to see if your predecessor had them in the right spots. IMHO it is a team game, so Im putting kids in the positions that are best for the team and that fit their legit physical and mental capabilities, not what they think their capabilites are. I figure that out where to put em on the first day with the fun eval games like deerhunter, towel game, sumo etc
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Post by davecisar on May 11, 2009 5:59:57 GMT -6
Just like you probably do with the HS kids Depends on what blocking techniques/schemes you use as well We are a shoulder blocking team so we probably teach it different than you Just like any movement Break it down into teachable components Teach and perfect the step, then add to it Doing it all in walk- close quarters mode Then moving it up in speed and distance We do all this with no real contact each player freezes on "impact" as coaches determine if the player has the proper pad level, foot placement, knee bend, head placement/angle With the exception of our "splatter drill", there is no "contact", that drill is in my blog etc
If you know these kids will be linemen Im also teaching the base blocking rules in those 3 days.
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Post by davecisar on May 7, 2009 11:04:27 GMT -6
AR,
In youth ball Ive done it Had the linemen get there 30 minutes ahead of the rest of the pack THe rest stayed 30 minutes after the linemen were through Allowed me 30 minutes indy time with each Im sure you could have the backs/rec do warm ups while you are getting after it with the o-line You might consider finding out which youth coach in your area is the most consistent at the upper age groups and offer him an asst position. Many of the real good ones are self employed businessmen where we live. Sounds like dire circumstances
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Post by davecisar on May 6, 2009 18:42:21 GMT -6
Interesting project, Dave. I wish you the best of luck with this endeavor. What is going to happen to the teams you're coaching now in 2010? Will they all have moved on to HS by then? I wouldn't think you'd be able to coach your existing teams in addition to taking on a major project out of your area. Of course, you routinely do things that I wouldn't think anyone would be able to do. LOL. BTW, you might want to mention if there are other criteria that you will be looking for, such as age, select vs. non-select, national affiliation of league (PW, AYF, Jr AA, etc.), weight limit rules, other special rules, etc. Letting people know what type of situation you're looking for might help you find the best possible candidates a lot faster. Good luck - I'll be anxious to see how this unfolds. Doug, Lucky for you the flights your way arent very good, otherwise I would be hounding you day and night to coach with me out there with an LA area team.
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Post by davecisar on May 6, 2009 18:39:51 GMT -6
That is our intention, havent done one of those since 2004, before that 2002 etc
Our preference is to go where we have lots of direct and reasonably $$ flights, like Chicago, St Louis, Dallas, Denver, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Memphis etc places reasonably easy to get in and out of. Preferably a place where football starts fairly early.
It's the real deal, have all the details worked out with the family etc.
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Post by davecisar on May 6, 2009 11:26:40 GMT -6
#1) Make sure they have fun AND figure out what you have DO a bunch of fun team builing games that allow you to see WHO CAN PLAY FOOTBALL< we like games like deer hunter, towel game, sumo game, dummy relay races etc #2) Teach basic skills, agility drills and 40s are such a waste of time We are teaching the base block ( yes without pads), ball seating/handling, pass catching, tackling ( yes without pads, angle fit, splatter tackling) It is too early to teach your schemes without consistent reiforcement, they arent going to remember them in 2 -3 months #3) You can do other things to have fun and see what you have: things like Hawaiian rules football, dodge ball etc can do that as well.
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Post by davecisar on May 6, 2009 10:21:04 GMT -6
What makes me a bit uptight:
We charge zero to play, we have raffle tickets. Dad has MUCH nicer vehicle than I do, with all the bells and whistles, vanity plates etc son comes up empty on raffle ticket sales, dad wont buy any
One kid I pick him up at his house for the game, as we get 4 blocks from the game field, I notice the dads van driving in front of us. Johnny isnt that your dad? - YEs I turn left to go to the field, he turns right, to go to the bar. Kid you not, the dad didnt attend a game in 5 years and the kids was great, good student also Yeah I got nothing better to do than pick up your son for practice and games with my own kids sitting at home without dad there.
It's frustrating but not about the imbicile parents, about trying to raise up kids so they dont turn into those same kind of ( need neutering) parents.
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Post by davecisar on May 5, 2009 19:06:47 GMT -6
Nationwide
Must be worst team in league not, 3-7 etc with good airport nearby
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Post by davecisar on May 5, 2009 16:26:57 GMT -6
Doug,
Ive been preparing for this for 2 years with my existing teams They would still run my system, but not by me, but my assistants
Thanks good idea, non-selects, the largest group out there, age 7 and up. When you are select, you have to be there and recruit, Im not doing that.
Mike,
Denver would be great, good flights, my preference.
Let any of them know to start getting ahold of me now.
My preference would be to see a game this season.
I get queasy very easily, so no helicopters thanks. I can barely tolerate planes and cars LOL>
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Post by davecisar on May 5, 2009 16:01:50 GMT -6
Im looking for the worst youth football team in the US
I want to be their head coach in 2010
This is for the 2010 season, but Im going to select in November of 2009 based on:
Need Willingness to change and give me 100% control of the football team Reasonable but not great facilties and equipment Ability to start practice by August 1 at latest
I will be looking at 2009 game film to verify how bad they are and of course have conversations with the board and an agreement in writing etc
They can e-mail me at dacisar@aol.com
If it is a locale that is real tough or extremely expensive to get to, it probably won't make the cut, so no Alaska, Maine or Seattle teams need apply.
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Post by davecisar on May 5, 2009 14:09:51 GMT -6
How did that work out for Clarett, what is he up to these days?
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Post by davecisar on May 5, 2009 9:15:15 GMT -6
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Post by davecisar on May 5, 2009 8:35:53 GMT -6
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Post by davecisar on May 5, 2009 5:51:22 GMT -6
Rams
I get it, makes sense
I ran option for age 8-10 the first 6-7 years I coached We ran speed option (double) and did pretty well with it, 2 league titles. Thought you could run it with any group of kids until I startd my own program and found out the reason we did so well with it was I was blessed with 2 very good QBS back to back. One was the son of a former NU QB that had won 2 NAtional Titles When I ran my own thing we didnt do well with the option, same teaching, different results. FOund it was talent dependent at that age group and 11-12 and did all the research to try and come up with something that wasnt so dependent on a stud QB/TB etc.
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Post by davecisar on May 4, 2009 15:40:34 GMT -6
We had kids that were with us for 5 years and not once did they drop a kid off or come to a game I had one game 24 kids on the team, we had 2 fans, not enough for a chain gang We were directly accrosss the street from the largest and most dangerous public housing project in the city
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Post by davecisar on May 4, 2009 8:32:49 GMT -6
Hats off to you guys, I dont know how you do it long term Ive coached in the suburbs and now rural area Those guys have NO CLUE how tough it is to coach in the inner-city, YOu are more social worker than coach and it can be emotionally draining and frustrating. The late night phone calls ( Johhnys in jail, Jerome brought a gun home today etc) Taking 10 kids to every game Kids with no food on the weekends Kids whose parent is living in a shelter or in jail, living with tired and worn out grandma AWOL parents/guardians Loser peers trying to make sure no one succeeds, crawfish in a boiling pot syndrome No phone Constant moves No dads in the home (70+%) Little parental/peer respect for getting an education and excelling Jerry Springer show like sidelines After 8 years of coaching there the distance we now live (90 miles) is too far to make it work. Part of me misses it, but part of me doesnt One of my former players beat his dad to death last week, he was on my first inner-city team as a 7 year old and his sis was a cheerleader. WHen I moved out west I used to stop and pick him up every day to go to practice ( he had moved 12 miles from the practice field and was kinda on my way) Horrific deal> www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30487419/BTW he was one of my few kids on that team to have both parents in the home and was doing well in school. Have no idea where it all went downhill.
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Post by davecisar on May 4, 2009 5:06:53 GMT -6
I had a similar issue last season, Tried to have my SE's run plays in. By the second game the plays started to get jumbled up, I'd call left and the QB would say right because the SE mixed it up on the way to the huddle. So I went directly to the QB with the plays, problem solved. Not a big fan of the wristcoaches for youth, I'd like my players to learn the basics of learning how to remember plays. Kinda like a 1st grader learning addition, yes you can teach him to punch buttons on a computer or a calculator but he has to know the basics. and ages 6-9 should be on the basics. When you run no huddle with wrist coaches for every player and all you have is the name of the play on the wrist coach, all you are doing is eliminating the huddle. AND getting each player about 30% more snaps, which is a good thing, they arent missing out on the "basics"
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Post by davecisar on May 3, 2009 17:16:19 GMT -6
There are some that say all football stuff should be free. I do a ton of free stuff but at some point you have to ask yourself how much is the time away from your family actually worth?
In season Im head coaching 3 teams and heading up and org, I already "steal" 20-25 hours a week from them for that on top of working etc
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Post by davecisar on May 3, 2009 8:15:38 GMT -6
There are a number of constraints you have to look at before anyone jumps to conclusions:
How old are the kids? What is the average number of years of experience? How many years has the team and coach been together? How much weekly practice time do they have? How successful has the team been on offense?
It is tempting to put too much stuff in, something most of us struggle with every season. Many youth coaches do put too many plays in, the key is perfect execution of whatever you decide to go with and not to add anything in until you have perfect execution AND adjustments down pat.
With older kids you can run the same plays out of different looks, but again you can get too many real quick, and become a master of none.
A team of 13-14 year olds that has been together for 5 years with the same coach and 10 hours of weekly practice time is different from a group of age 8-9 rookies with 4 hours of weekly practice time with new coaches etc.
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Post by davecisar on May 2, 2009 15:50:35 GMT -6
Coach,
Our kids knew our plays etc we repped them like we always did I thought I was being thorough by having all the detail on each individuals wrist coach We found that season our kids didnt play as aggressive and they didnt seem to play like the plays were second nature I realize this makes absolutley zero logical sense, but that's what happened for us.
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Post by davecisar on May 2, 2009 13:10:21 GMT -6
Coach,
Word or warning
One year on our wristbands that every player wears, we had the kids assignment typed out next to the play EX for our RG the - 43 Reverse- said: 43 reverse, pull left, block LB inside Kickout
I found our kids didnt learn their plays nearly as well as when we didnt have individualized armbands for each player with assignments etc, It became a crutch and I didnt think the kids played as aggressive. I found they spent WAY too much time looking at their wrist bands than in previous seasons/ I never did it again afte that year
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Post by davecisar on May 2, 2009 10:06:01 GMT -6
Coach
If you decide to go that route, make sure and laminate the cards my guess is they are going to get dirty/sweaty
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Post by davecisar on May 1, 2009 16:28:13 GMT -6
Coach Doug is 100% right on as usual
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Post by davecisar on May 1, 2009 8:25:44 GMT -6
Football is great at all levels, agreed.
I dont know the classifications of all the schools but I do know the below are for sure DII so looks like at least 5 kids: Abilene Christian -2 University Nebraska Omaha-1 West Tex A&M-1 St Pauls- VA-1
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Post by davecisar on Apr 30, 2009 16:25:17 GMT -6
I dont know all the NAIA schools Was seeing if there were any NAIA kids selected
There was a thread awhile back that some seemed to think a lot of NAIA football was on par talent wise with DII football and the draft picks were something that was used as data. Just trying to update the data.
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Post by davecisar on Apr 30, 2009 11:07:21 GMT -6
Dallas- 5/23 Houston 5/30 San Antonio 6/6
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Post by davecisar on Apr 30, 2009 10:40:25 GMT -6
I was looking for the 254 drafted players, not free agent signings
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Post by davecisar on Apr 30, 2009 5:39:44 GMT -6
I think most youth coaches could benefit from learning about series based offense. Since you're a Wing-T team, you could discuss how you use the series concept in your game planning and play calling. Agreed, many youth offenses are a bunch of plays, not an offense. You HAVE to have an offensive line session- worst coached area of youth football. Your base block and blocking rules, teach them how to double team and pull.
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Post by davecisar on Apr 29, 2009 14:38:22 GMT -6
Jim Collins says:
First Who: Hire a dedicated, smart, committed staff. He says, don't worry about the mix, just get the best
In "Good to Great" in many cases the best had zero experience in the business nitch, just smart guys who were committed, open minded and could figure things out
Im no HS coach, but I did start several very large youth programs and a fairly large company ( over 200 employees) and I agree with that 100%. Lots of credit to those great hires and looking outside the conventional box to get those committed "diamonds in the rough". Cant teach work ethic or motivation, can teach a lot of other things.
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