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Post by davecisar on Apr 20, 2009 14:27:17 GMT -6
Coach,
Not going to happen. He was on target to start before he broke his femur so badly falling down steps helping a friend move. It was gruesome, career ending deal. I think he actually hung around last year and helped coach a little if memory serves.
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Post by davecisar on Apr 20, 2009 11:33:33 GMT -6
It is a big problem also from where I'm from. As a probation counselor that's all I deal with is kids who are in gangs. As somone mentioned before we have to get to these kids when their young so they don't fall into that. Yes parents are to blame but what about the ones where both parents have to work two jobs just to survive. Do we still blame them for being a bad parent? I'm very surprised me and my brother didn't end up in gangs even though we hung out with guys in gangs. Raised by single mom with two teenage boys. She worked full time then at night went to night school so she could get a better job. I know a lot of kids go through this kind of stuff. Thats why I think the state's should have offer all sports for free at the elementary level. Over here just to play pop warner football it is $300. So what happens to the kid who wants to play but cant afford it? He just goes and hangs out with his other boys who couldn't afford it and they get into trouble. I talked to the president of pop warner and they only give 2 scholarships out to kids who cant afford it. Thats a joke and so is pop warner (not meaning to offend anyone but over here pop warner is only about winning) I know other school districts they offer all sports provided by the state and as far as I know parents don't have to pay a thing. I think by having it in the elementary schools we can reach the young kids. Most Pop Warner programs have scholarship programs' Our Youth program charges $75 and that has been waived a number of times My Omaha program was free
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Post by davecisar on Apr 20, 2009 10:50:29 GMT -6
Last year they can the zone read especially late in the year
Last season they ran some speed option early , none late
If QB depth is going to be an issue, maybe we wont see as much option as they would like, that always comes into play.
Zone runs Several boot waggle type play actions Screens to RB no bubbles etc Spread passing 3 -4 wide at least 50% of the time In the gun maybe 40% of the time Shovel option maybe 2 times
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Post by davecisar on Apr 20, 2009 7:51:07 GMT -6
Pic of the NU Red/White "scrimmage" Wet and rainy early in the day, so only 77,600 showed as they did away with the free tickets for kids they did last year: tinyurl.com/c73v62Observations: Defense played with a lot more speed and confidence NU is down to just 3 healthy QBs as one tore his ACL another quit ( was the 2nd team guy last year and the starter graduated) before Spring started because dad tried to tell Bo that if Bo didnt name a starter at end of Spring they were gone. I dont think Coach Pelini operates that way, so long. A former HS QB playing LB for NU ( jr Latrvius Washington) switched to QB and actually played about 1/2 the game and threw well. All 3 QBs in green jerseys so no option stuff, although we did see 2 'shovel" option plays. Much improved over last year- organization wide Only 2 major penalties and maybe 5 five yarders Kids seem to be playing with some newfound confidence and a bit of a swagger, very visible, especially on defense Suh will be a top 15 NFL pick next year, take it to the bank Several walk- ons will either start or see lots of playing time Roy Helu didnt play at RB ( hamstring tweak), but looks to be improved. 15 lbs heavier and faster as well Need some help at reciever, lost 2 top guys Chance for Rex Burkhead to play in slot as frosh maybe Loaded at TE, McNeil record holder back along with 2-3 others including coaches kid Ben Cotton who was outstanding Saturday with 4-5 catches including TD Zac Lee is the guy to beat at QB 18-22 for 216 3 TDs 0 Ints then Cody Green 17 year old frosh from Dallas then the LB/QB, there will be another frosh in the Fall , California player of the year expected to redshirt and Cody Spano ( redshirt frosh) hopefully back from knee injury. 98 recruits on hand for the game including a very unusual amount of out of state kids with pedigrees which Coach Pelini hasnt gone after too much. One of my former players Ronnie Coleman looks to be the top recruit in the state according to the papers, he was there.
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Post by davecisar on Apr 19, 2009 13:12:39 GMT -6
I didnt realize Ashton Kutcher who seems like in real life is really not so much different from his adolescent character on the 70s show was an expert on anything other than playing arrested development teenage practical jokes on people. There may be something there, I dont see it just yet. I would be more interested to see a true expert in the field views this, not some one dimentional goofball. Pete Carrolls music interests are of absolutley zero interest to me, but maybe they are to others. Mybe it increases his "cool" factor to the kids he is recruiting, who knows.
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Post by davecisar on Apr 14, 2009 16:04:24 GMT -6
According to McElroy of Saddleback College ( heard him speak twice), considered one of the top 3 Fly Sweep experts in the country the key is 7/8 speed, players need to run "under control" then accelerate at the handoff to 100% speed along with dipping about another yard in depth.
When we ran DW and JEt and 100% speed vs SW and JEt at 7/8 and a dip, got much better results with the latter. Key is getting a tight mesh by snapping when the jet back gets even with the tackle.
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Post by davecisar on Apr 13, 2009 19:32:06 GMT -6
Pop Warner has very restrictive weights, the big kids wont be able to play, but well organized group. AYF used to be very similar to PW but now has unlimited in some areas. In House is often not very competitive, depends on the league. There are more independent unlimited leagues than PW and AYF combined, quality varies some are very competitive and very well run some arent. You have to do a bunch of research.
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Post by davecisar on Apr 13, 2009 9:51:05 GMT -6
Just like the jet man split, it varies based on the perimter players speed.
We run much more between the tackles on that series than the Sweep, lots of off-tackle keeps/powers, wedges, traps and inside counters etc.
Takes a ton of time to get the timing down IMHO.
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Post by davecisar on Apr 13, 2009 9:47:54 GMT -6
Eric Crouch won the Heisman trophy at Nebraska
He didnt play at Kentucky
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Post by davecisar on Apr 13, 2009 8:17:48 GMT -6
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Post by davecisar on Apr 12, 2009 11:37:23 GMT -6
Coach,
Bad pizza The guys in that league sound like they should have teamed up with the Rich Rodriguez boys ex t-ball team and all the other fellow travelers that think no scores should be kept, every player play the same amount ( no matter if they showed to practice or not) and that the teams should all get together after each game drink juice boxes, fly earth day rainbow flags, sing kumbaya and get planning on their future soccer careers. ;D
The mega "special rules" guys and dont want to keep score guys, are rarely those good coaches that have success. Where I live, they are the the ones that want to legislate false outcomes or "no" outcomes to cover for their ineptness.
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Post by davecisar on Apr 11, 2009 16:00:30 GMT -6
Coach,
As you know he didnt make it in the NFL, brief career in the CFL.
He is the proprietor of a recreation company, playground equip, shelters, scoreboards etc fairly small, maybe 4 sales reps etc
Married, 2 kids, in Omaha.
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Post by davecisar on Apr 11, 2009 7:46:52 GMT -6
An interview I did with Eric Crouch this week:
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Post by davecisar on Apr 11, 2009 7:29:11 GMT -6
Local parks and rec is incharge of the league here, and each player pays $15. That covers all equipment except personal stuff like cleats, 10 games on a 80 yard field, and one jamboree at the high school stadium. There are 5 teams in 8-10 and 5 in 11-12. Most of the 12 year olds that play are players that wouldn't physically be able to play school ball. No travel in the league, only games can be with league opponents in town. Can only have 3 events a week, so if they have 2 games, which most will on Tuesday and Thrusday, they can only have one practice on either Monday or Wednesday, and the practice cannot last more than an hour and 30 minutes no matter what. Also have a weight limit that keeps most of the best players on the lines, our starting RB for the seventh grade school team last year could only block in youth league because he was 2 pounds over the limit. If a player doesn't come to practice, you still have to play them atleast one quarter, no matter what. If I was where some of you guys are, I would love to coach for the youth program, but here with all the crazy rules including defense and practice, I coach middle school ball. I coached one year of youth league, and it drove me crazy, other coaches complaining about my offense and defense until they got it banned, having to play kids that would never practice but would be at every game. Unreal, where are you Vermont?
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Post by davecisar on Apr 10, 2009 4:31:19 GMT -6
Rich Rodriguez says no to youth sports that don't keep score Posted by Justin Rogers | MLive.com April 09, 2009 16:37PM Categories: U-M Football There are many things I don't like in this world, but at the top of the imaginary list is stripping kids of the will to be the best.
Yes, I'm looking at you, parents who pushed the local school board to ban tag from playgrounds. The United States is never going to catch the top countries in math if kids are not allowed to play tag. It's a fact. I think I read it in Reader's Digest.
It's reassuring to know University of Michigan head football coach Rich Rodriguez is aligned with this tiny fraction of my world view.
April 9, ESPN.com: Despite the struggles in 2008, Rodriguez is upbeat. It is his natural front. Rodriguez may be the least self-important head coach in college football. A smile is never far away. But behind that smile there is no fiercer competitor. Here's a father who pulled his son Rhett out of T-ball a few years ago because the league didn't keep score. "Everybody bats, and everybody scores," Rodriguez said. "At the end of four innings, there's no winner. I said, 'To hell with that.'"
The quote actually comes from a lengthy column by ESPN's Ivan Maisel that paints a positive outlook for the Wolverines this season. I highly recommend reading Maisel's column instead of taking anything in the opening few paragraphs of this blog post seriously.
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Post by davecisar on Apr 9, 2009 15:11:51 GMT -6
Why 40 yard dashes, especially for little kids? How many youth football plays in a real game require kids to run 40 yards? Less than 2% in the games I analyzed. because it takes up time - the kids compete against each other - and everyone uses the 40 to test speed - if you are going for that long in the day, you need some time doing something other than drills to break the day up - especially for little kids Ive done about 40+ youth camps: Lots of competitive team building games Lots of fundies 40s IMHO = lots of standing around and serve no real football purpose for the younger kids
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Post by davecisar on Apr 9, 2009 9:34:08 GMT -6
"You fear what you don't understand" I think that explains a lot of apprehension, especially among my *ahem* 'older' collegues, about facebook and twitter. . Not true at all for twitter: Twitter approaches 10 million users ... driven by 45-54 demographic. www.comscore.com/blog/2009/04/twitter_traffic_explodes.html
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Post by davecisar on Apr 9, 2009 7:45:51 GMT -6
Why 40 yard dashes, especially for little kids?
How many youth football plays in a real game require kids to run 40 yards?
Less than 2% in the games I analyzed.
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Post by davecisar on Apr 8, 2009 15:46:48 GMT -6
Yep and the moon landing was faked right? ;D
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Post by davecisar on Apr 8, 2009 14:18:55 GMT -6
Those kids have a very bright future in professional soccer. Quite often they take these guys off in stretchers only to have them return within 10 minutes, more phony than "rasslin".
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Post by davecisar on Apr 8, 2009 13:50:52 GMT -6
Ever had a kid fake an injury?
Dont worry, there is a sport for kids like that I guess in soccer it is a little cottage industry:
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Post by davecisar on Apr 8, 2009 13:32:19 GMT -6
They play 9 man in North Dakota. Nebraska used to take 8 man players all the time. A number od schools here go back and forth 8-11 man and the coaches seem to do very well in both.
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Post by davecisar on Apr 8, 2009 9:23:12 GMT -6
Coach,
You wont get much done in 2 hours total
Ive coached that age group for 17 seasons, and they can go 2 hours no problem at all as long as:
You arent wasting any time No standing around It's fun They see some progress You incorporate "football" stuff
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Post by davecisar on Apr 7, 2009 17:22:25 GMT -6
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Post by davecisar on Apr 7, 2009 17:21:19 GMT -6
Guys,
I know coaches have problems with turnover and kids showing up late to practice. I know one coach in fact that regularly lost 1/3 of his team nearly every year.
Ive coached in 3 different towns ( rich suburbia, ghetto and now rural) in 6 different leagues and NEVER had a problem keeping kids or having kids show up late for practice. Rare when we dont have 95% + retention and 80-90% + perfect and on time attendance. One ghetto team, 32 of 36 kids with perfect attendance etc
How:
#1) Set expectations in mandatory meeting 30 minutes before the first practice. If the parents arent a "fit" no big deal, have them move on to another org, before you start.
#2) If you never waste a moment of practice time, fast tempo, kids always busy, no one standing around and get kids out on time every practice, pretty rare anyone is late. If you show YOU value time, most people "get it" and won't waste yours. When most people see organization and urgency, they wont waste your time. When they see chaos and time being wasted, they will waste yours as well.
#3) My practices are fun, the kids want to be there, we leave them wanting more and practice LESS than our competition. The kids cant wait to get there, most of them anyways.
#4) NEver value one player over another, we are a team. Interchangeable parts, never making a concession to a parent or player. We will succeed no matter who shows up etc.
#5) Play everyone, if they play in every game, they come to practice.
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Post by davecisar on Apr 6, 2009 11:55:00 GMT -6
We are in Los Angeles in 3 weeks- April 25th:
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Post by davecisar on Apr 6, 2009 11:35:23 GMT -6
$75, 10-12 games almost all in HS Stadiums All orgs in league are independent, we just pay the league $600 per team to enter, the rest of the money we use to outfit ourselves etc No fund raising ( we do sell sponsorships) All equipment including game jersey,practice jersey, game socks, mouthpieces included, minus shoes Kids dont keep the game jersey I provide all the dummys, cones, med kits to coaches When we travel to tourneys we do fundraise, parents choice.
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Post by davecisar on Apr 6, 2009 10:40:17 GMT -6
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Post by davecisar on Apr 6, 2009 8:37:14 GMT -6
I warm all 3 of my teams up together, and it is a dynamic warmup including angle form "fit" tackling. It takes 8 minutes. The reason we practice together: We are one team, eventually Younger kids play up to the level of the older kids When we get to indys we can group some of the real stud bigger younger kids up an age bracket to make them better ( when it makes sense) Conversely we can take a real small weaker older kid and move him down to get some confidence before moving him back up. Helps challenge and improve your best players IMHO. Otherwise often they plateau when they arent challenged. Come game day it's a huge advantage. It helps that I HC all 3 teams
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Post by davecisar on Apr 2, 2009 15:52:08 GMT -6
Thanks ' All local college kids, having a good time and making a few extra $$$. They come up with the scripts, they do it all. Just trying to have some fun, football SHOULD be fun, especially at the youth level Wait till you see what they do next week.
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