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Post by indian1 on Jul 12, 2012 19:03:06 GMT -6
Meetings 7:30
On the field 8 (Offense practice and special teams)
Break at 10
10:30 Defensive practice (no special teams)
12 Done
We don't lift during 2 a days.
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Post by indian1 on May 10, 2012 5:51:31 GMT -6
Pay forward because we can so seldom pay back
Woody Hayes
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Post by indian1 on Apr 3, 2012 11:10:16 GMT -6
Great Urge To Succeed
Personal Responsibility In Daily Effort
What's Important Now
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Post by indian1 on Mar 24, 2012 20:16:50 GMT -6
let the lazy soft ones quit. why chase them if they are lazy and soft? let them go and coach the heck out of the tough guys who want to be there. it's more fun to coach the tough guys anyway.
and before anybody says you might "need" so and so because he is so talented... there's an old saying that graveyards are full of irreplaceable men.
I'll have a blast coaching the tough guys.
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Post by indian1 on Feb 14, 2012 19:16:44 GMT -6
I'm a HC at a very small high school going on 8 years. Our Jr High (7th and 8th) grade staff is part of my staff. I hired them. I work with them on everything, how to set up a practice, terminology x and o's, we go to clinics together... everything. We have a Youth program 3-6 grades. I work with those guys every year in a youth camp. I do a clinic with those guys too. This year I'm planning on helping at their practices. Showing them what drills we use to teach what we want our guys to do. Yes I expect the same basic structure of the offense and defense because I want there to be STRUCTURE within the offense and defense.
Bottom line is it's my name on this program so I'm going to make sure its run the way I want it run from top to bottom. I'm not going to give our youth coaches our playbook and say "run this" I'm going to TEACH them EVERYTHING. The guys who do our Jr High and youth program are not educators and not really football coaches (they would admit). They are good guys who want to help kids and they have some playing experience.
Even so, some have bucked a little when I told them how I want things done. My response...everything about this program reflects back on me so I'm going to make damn sure everything is done the right way. If that means some guys get sore toes... I don't give a sh!t.
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Post by indian1 on Jan 20, 2012 6:57:41 GMT -6
I didn't know I wanted to until I started doing it. All I wanted to do was be a teacher, but I guess I had "Coach" written on my forehead. Once I got in I was hooked.
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Post by indian1 on Dec 18, 2011 11:56:10 GMT -6
This is a bad idea. What happens the first time a guy gets injured? To me its not worth sacrificing possible injury to make sure you are "fired up". How dumb do you look as a coach if you have one of your best guys out for the game because he got injured in THIS drill in PREGAME?
... and if you tell me you hold your best guys out of this drill in pregame then the drill is what I suspected when I saw UL Lafayette do it... a show... something for the TV people to talk about
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Post by indian1 on Oct 29, 2011 13:43:42 GMT -6
If the coach is going to bench those six guys for that, they must not be very good players
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Post by indian1 on Oct 23, 2011 19:10:14 GMT -6
If your wife asks you that, you're a dumb a$$ for marrying her in the first place.
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Post by indian1 on Aug 27, 2011 20:24:57 GMT -6
Forget it. Put it behind you as quickly as possible and get back to focusing on the grit and determination you were showing before. This is a bump in the road. Get back on track. Focus on what you want from them not their shortcomings in that particular game.
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heat
Aug 7, 2011 12:00:56 GMT -6
Post by indian1 on Aug 7, 2011 12:00:56 GMT -6
Try to get some managers to get water for your players at all times, so if they are in the back of a line in a drill or whatever they can always be drinking water. Limit the amount of time on the field. Plan specifically what you need to get done and get off the field.
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Post by indian1 on Jul 21, 2011 7:16:36 GMT -6
as usual, blb is right.
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Post by indian1 on Jul 19, 2011 20:30:33 GMT -6
That is @&$?$&@ awesome!
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Post by indian1 on Jul 13, 2011 16:35:51 GMT -6
That guy is full of $hit
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Post by indian1 on Jun 20, 2011 7:20:16 GMT -6
Love this thread. I think the key is figuring out how to do your off season stuff really well. By that I mean doing what you gotta do, not wasting anyone's time, making sure everything has a purpose and is well executed.
This argument is similar to discussions I've heard about hours put in during a week. Some guys put in a ton of hours but are not very productive. The same thing happens with summer stuff. It might make you look better if you can show everyone how many activities you have in the summer, but that doesn't always mean its all going to help you or even be necessary.
Blb mentioned the longevity of coaches being related to how much extra stuff they do and I think he's right on the nuts. I want to coach for a long time so I'm always working to strike a good balance between coaching and family. I really look up to the guys who have done this for a long time and still manage to have success on the field and have solid family lives. I know a lot of those guys and try to emulate them.
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Post by indian1 on Apr 16, 2011 6:48:33 GMT -6
We emphasize 5 things for all defensive players
Key Shed Cover Pursue Tackle
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Post by indian1 on Jan 12, 2011 8:25:47 GMT -6
I've made too many to list or try to mention here but the first time I read this it was like getting a much needed slap upside the head.
COMMON COACHING ERRORS AND HOW TO AVIOD THEM By: Bud Wilkinson (Winner of 47 straight games & several National Championships at Oklahoma in the 1950’s) GENERAL COMMENTS: The best coach is the one who makes the fewest mistakes; the one who does the best teaching job; the one who is the best organizer. Writing the X’s & O’s is not the most important thing. There are 22 variables in a football game. Coach must be a salesman to the extent that when his team loses, they don’t blame him or the offensive and/or defensive system, but rather themselves. ERRORS IN TEACHING METHODS: FIRST = FAILURE TO USE TIME EFFICIENTLY. Failure to recognize the time factor available to get the job done. Planning makes for valuable use of time. Too long on any one thing produces boredom. When boredom comes in, learning goes out. Football players have a short attention span. Hold to time schedule. SECOND = FAILURE TO EXPLAIN THE PURPOSE OF THE DRILL. Tell the boy WHY he is doing what he is trying to accomplish and he will do a better job. Explain WHY, then show HOW. THIRD = IMPROPER TEACHING PROGRESSION. You can’t teach a boy how to block until he has learned stance. If he hasn’t learned stance, he doesn’t know how to step out of the stance into the block. FOURTH = TOO MUCH VERBAL INSTRUCTION ON THE FIELD. How much can boy learn from your verbal instruction with his helmet on, he’s breathing hard, he aches, he’s stunned, etc. Do WHO and WHY in chalk talk. Teach assignments before hitting the field. Correct on the field. Teach – no! (HOW is taught on the field – not WHO & WHY). FIFTH = TOO MUCH DEMONSTRATION BY COACH. How much you know is not important. How much player knows is. SIXTH = BEING ON THE FIELD TOO LONG. Better to have a team eager to play rather than physically tired. How long to practice is a judgment factor. Cut down as season goes along – not going to change mechanical ability late in season. Only one rule never violated at Oklahoma. If one coach on staff feels practice too long, we must cut it down. More boys play poorly because they practiced too long than boys playing poorly because they didn’t practice long enough. ERRORS IN TACTICS AND STRATEGY: FIRST = TACTICS AND VICTORY. You get very few victories on tactics. Victories come if you can out block, out tackle, out fundamental your opponent. Red Sanders quote: “Intimidate them physically”! Outmaneuver – no. Defeat – yes. SECOND = CLEAR CUT PHILOSOPHY A MUST. Decide on an offense and defense that will suit your personnel then stick to it. Depth of morale can be determined by a kid’s reaction to a loss. If morale deep, they’ll blame themselves. If morale shallow, they’ll blame you. THIRD = TOO MANY PLAYS AND DEFENSES. Subtract the number of different plays used in the game from the total number of plays you practiced. If this number is too large you better get rid of some plays. It is difficult enough to know when to run off- tackle, but if you have four ways to run off-tackle, you will never get the right play. Beauty of Split-T was it’s very limited number of plays ERRORS IN JUDGMENT: FIRST = BE REALISTIC ABOUT PLAYER’S ABILITY. Don’t just put an X or an O on the board. Put up the boy’s name. Immediately his limitations affect the offense or defense you put up. Whale of a lot of difference between Dick Butkus and Humpty Dumpty. SECOND = WHEN CHIPS ARE DOWN, BEST PLAYERS ARE IN THE GAME. It is a mistake to be able to play blue chippers only one way. Say best kid you have can only go on offense. Say opponent has ball for 45 minutes. These are 45 minutes he cannot help you. ERRORS IN OFF FIELD RELATIONSHIP: FIRST = RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER FACULTY MEMBERS. The environment that exists has a lot to do with winning or losing. If they are with you, your job is easier. If they are against you, you’re in trouble. Work on a program of how to win friends and influence faculty members. SECOND = ORGANIZE A MOTHER’S CLUB. Get mother on your side by pointing out to her what he can get out of football besides winning games. THIRD = PRESS, TV, AND RADIO. Straight up fact of life that the great majority of people get their impression of you from what they read in the paper, see on TV, or hear on radio. Their jobs depend on info. Get it to them to make their jobs easier. Get these people on your side. Let them know what you’re doing. They will interpret what you’re doing in the way you want it interpreted if they are with you. ERRORS IN DEVELOPING MORALE (MORALE IS TO THE PHYSICAL AS 4 IS TO 1). FIRST = FOOTBALL BEGINS WITH MORALE! Once you get morale, it is easy to maintain. How to get it is a problem. SECOND = HOW TO LOSE MORALE. Do what you said you’re going to do. Don’t say we’re going to practice 1 ½ hours and go 2 ½ hours. Training rules – if you’re not going to enforce them, don’t have them. THIRD = MORALE STEMS FROM DISCIPLINE. FOURTH = TREAT PLAYERS AS A PERSON. If he feels you are interested in him only as a football player, he won’t go all out for you. If you are interested in his academics, his personal problems, etc. and he knows this, he’ll go all out for you. Convince him that football is good for his future. FIFTH = One year, Knute Rockne had 2 QB’s. Under great athlete, team failed; under mediocre QB, team succeeded. Why? Captain’s reply – “the great athlete is trying to show how good HE is. The TEAM is trying to make the average guy look good”. COACH IN YOUR OWN WAY: FIRST = DON’T COPY! Note clinicians and their personalities. ALL different ways of being successful. Plan carefully in the off season. Can’t take golf lessons between the 8th green and 9th tee. CONCLUDING REMARKS: The man who is best organized and does the best teaching job, is the best coach.
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Post by indian1 on Nov 9, 2010 9:17:04 GMT -6
How could you ever defend to a parent or principal why it was Ok on any occasion to cuss at or in front of a player? Its simply an indefensible position so it should be avoided.
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Post by indian1 on Nov 4, 2010 18:45:59 GMT -6
This whole concept is horse $hit. If a player can't shake hands without losing it he should be suspended or dismissed outright. If a coach can't handle it, he should be fired. Enough of this "people can't control their emotions crap". The whole goddam reason we have high school football is to help teach young men life lessons. This seems like a pretty simple lesson to me. Fight like crazy and have the sportsmanship to shake on it after. What is the world coming to?
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Post by indian1 on Jun 10, 2010 16:58:55 GMT -6
phantom, that's not what I meant to imply. My point is that a lot of guys just run what they know, and then always justify it with "we'll this fits our kids so.... or this is what we have to do to compete in our league..."
I think a lot of guys use the personnel thing as a cop out, but I know guys who win all the time, who have the teams that others point to and say "boy if we could have those athletes", and even the coaches of THOSE teams act this way. They don't view themselves as having the best personnel. I don't think very many coaches do, and that can actually be a healthy thing.
I'm probably not being clear or saying this the way I want to.
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Post by indian1 on Jun 10, 2010 12:46:23 GMT -6
This is sort of a safe approach to coaching, and I don't mean that in a negative way.
Start with the assumption that you can't just out-athlete the other teams because sometimes you will be able to and sometimes you won't. So what is the safe bet? Plan, practice and execute like you absolutely HAVE to every time to be successful.
I think a lot of good coaches have the mindset of "oh jee wiz, with the guys we have we are going to have to teach our butts off, with the kids we have we are going to have to make sure we play harder than the other teams, we are going to have to execute better" and on and on.
Now in many cases this assumption of having inferior talent is incorrect but the approach is perfect. Why just assume your guys are better? Would it be better coaching to say "we're so damn much better than the other team that it doesn't even matter if we play hard or execute or have a sound scheme"? What coach in his right mind does that?
The funny thing is, in terms of scheme, I've heard it both ways. A 3-3, blitz heavy defensive coach says "we just don't have the guys to play a basic 4-3 with quarters, we have to come after people", and a 4-3 quarters coach will say "we'd blitz more but we just don't have the guys to lock up and play man". An I formation coach says we don't have the athletes to run a spread and spread coaches say they don't have the horses to run the I.
They are just starting with a good (if incorrect) assumption that they can not rely solely on the talent of their team to be successful. There are way too many other parts of the puzzle that they MUST control, so they create this weird mindset that we HAVE to do all of these things well because we can't rely on just having the Jimmies and Joes.
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Post by indian1 on Jun 2, 2010 8:53:28 GMT -6
I think a major problem with the recruiting thing is that people think coaches can "get" there son a scholarship. The boy gets the scholarship. The coach can't "get" him anything. Thats the first thing I tell my players and parents regarding recruiting. I also then tell them what steps to take if THE PLAYER is interested in playing college ball. Schedule the right classes, take the ACT early and often. Go to camps. Send out video, and let the COLLEGE COACHES decide what level the kid is. I tell our guys that if they haven't had any contacts with a big school by the end of their Jr. year they probably aren't going to get any. Just the way it is.
When dealing with college coaches I'm BRUTALLY honest, and they appreciate it. I have a kid some D-I guys have come in to see. They take one look at him, smile at me and say "boy, he really is 6'5'' isn't he". They always say how many times they go to see a kid who is 6' 5'' and find out he's really 6'3''. Those coaches really appreciate your honesty, and you will develop good relationships with them. Tell them the whole truth. Get everything on the table, good bad and ugly and let the chips fall where they may. Don't be afraid to talk about the kid's weaknesses or other potential issues. Remember you don't get the kid the scholarship, he does.
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Post by indian1 on Jun 1, 2010 13:34:44 GMT -6
Report the message to admin. and ignore it.
Ditch this kid. He will be a cancer. I don't care how talented he is or how much you "need" him. If he can't accept his role on the team all 230 lbs of him will be worse than worthless. He will undermine the whole idea of TEAM that you are trying to build.
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Post by indian1 on May 26, 2010 19:49:10 GMT -6
This entire thread is exactly why I will not watch any football TV shows, or movies. Every time a new show or movie about football comes out one of my friends tells me how much I would love it and every time I have to tell him football movies/ TV shows SUCK for all of the reasons mentioned already.
Although there is ONE that I LOVE. Rudy is the only hollywood version of football that is worth a $hit, and it might be for only one reason. Rudy portrays what college football really is like for many guys who play. You have to worry about keeping your grades up. You go to practice everyday and basically take a royal @$$ kicking. You spend considerable time in the training room before and after those practices to TRY to stay healthy, and if you bust your @$$ hard enough and are lucky enough to stay healthy maybe, MAYBE you have a chance of getting on the field.
I will not watch other shows/ movies about football.
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Post by indian1 on May 24, 2010 19:59:23 GMT -6
Dubber, You are totally and completely crazy. I love it. This is an awesome thread. You're giving us some good things to think about.
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Post by indian1 on May 15, 2010 9:11:43 GMT -6
I think what is appearing here is the formula for winning consistently.
A defense who at worst is making the offense run a lot of plays and take up 8 minutes of clock is still doing a pretty good job. That kind of D is going to keep you in games.
Just like some other guys have stated the issue is with the offense. At some point you have to be able to possess the ball when you have a lead.
I think this is an inherent problem with a fast-paced type of offense that relies on "getting in a groove". What do you do when you're just not in the grove? What do you do with a 1 TD lead and you just need to grind 1st downs. Nothing wrong with that style of offense. I'm a fan of it, but its high risk, high reward. Do you always need to do it?
Look at the most successful college coaches over an extended period of time. Many of them are considered "conservative". No big plays vs the defense. Possess the ball offensively. BE IN CONTROL. These guys often get criticized for this type of "archaic" philosophy (Joe Paterno, Jim Tressel, Nick Saban, Lloyd Carr). Contrast these guys with a fella like Mike Leach (who I also like). Leach is going to bite some teams in the @$$ when his team is hot offensively but I think you lose a lot of control when you are trying to win games 45-41. The bottom line there is you HAVE to score a lot to win.
I guess what I'm trying to say is the safer bet is probably to try to keep the games lower scoring if you have a choice because in those kinds of games you will be in it have a shot more often than in a score fest.
Dubb you mentioned getting "hot" and jumping on a team 22-0 and then getting the wind taken out of your sails when the other team possesses the ball for a long time. If you change your defense, and your offense has a cold spell, you are likely to be on the other end of that score at times. Then you HAVE to get hot. IMO the answer is to make your offense "momentum proof". Maybe that means running the ball more, or a slower tempo.
I've been looking at the same kinds of things with our team. We have been fast paced offensively and very aggressive defensively. That has allowed us to upset some teams but more often than not is has gotten us in the position of playing from behind. When we are hot we can explode and get 3 and outs or turnovers but if we are not hot and the other team hits some plays BANG we are down 14. Too much rides on the offense, and more often, the QB being in a groove.
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Post by indian1 on May 8, 2010 7:05:10 GMT -6
Boosters deciding what offense to run?
Get out! Get out! Run like hell and don't look back!
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Post by indian1 on Apr 2, 2010 10:37:21 GMT -6
It's amazing how much better all of the players pay attention when they know if they screw up everyone is going to run a sprint. The pace of practice goes faster. They ask more questions when they are unsure.
No one wants to be the guy who costs the team a sprint. Not because they are afraid of retribution but because they genuinely care about their teammates and their performance. They are accountable to each other just like they are in a game.
This has been the only way I've truly been able to replicate the intensity of a game. Guys really go hard when they are on edge and they know their buddies are counting on them. What I've noticed is guys point fingers less and take more responsibility for themselves.
As far as practice time goes. We don't run all day for a mistake, just a quick sprint across the field and back to work. But it reminds everyone what we are out there for. Also even though you may burn a minute or two per practice doing springs, the QUALITY of your practice is usually greatly increased.
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Post by indian1 on Mar 30, 2010 19:39:56 GMT -6
Play the kid at both, and if he's really good have him punt and return kicks too.
Get the good kids on the field.
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Post by indian1 on Mar 26, 2010 15:37:12 GMT -6
if one guy f##ks up the whole team can lose right? well then...
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