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Post by silkyice on Apr 24, 2018 9:54:53 GMT -6
Can you clarify? Did the team static stretch or did you see individuals in position warm-ups stop a stretch on their own? Stretching on their own, what they did before we got in i have no idea I will have to amend my earlier post that we haven't stretched in years. As a team, this is true. But every team has that guy that lies on his back and makes someone else hold his knee and push his leg back.
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Post by silkyice on Apr 24, 2018 8:42:22 GMT -6
I have been to 3 NFL games the last 3 years, including showing up an hour early because we were attending stadiums we had never been to. Not once did I ever see anyone do a static stretch. Indianapolis VS Jacksonville, Washington vs Cleveland, Atlanta vs Buffalo. zero static stretches. 4 Eagles games in 2 years saw it at all 4, mostly individual though, not team Perhaps it varies from position to position and team to team Can you clarify? Did the team static stretch or did you see individuals in position warm-ups stop a stretch on their own?
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Post by silkyice on Apr 12, 2018 16:27:32 GMT -6
Thinking out of the box here. Bring Fortnite to your lifting session a few times a week. Rotate position groups through, make it a team bonding thingy. It's not exactly in the Woody Hayes playbook, but worth thinking about. I almost posted something similar. Lift. Then play Fortnite in the field house. Kids will eat that up.
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Post by silkyice on Apr 11, 2018 16:21:00 GMT -6
We've a group of 4 rising seniors that I've been banging my head against the wall trying to get them to come out and run track for me. They're all terrific football players, but they would all be better served with some speed because WHO WOULDN'T BE. It's been frustration for the last two months. I see them training with one of our JV assts (who is a certified trainer) last Saturday at our field. Talking to them yesterday, I ask how much they're paying for that. $20 a session, but "it's worth it, he's helped me so much with my 40 times!" TRACK IS FREE AND WHAT THE F*** DO YOU THINK WE DO WITH THE SPRINTERS??? This coach would have been fired from any staff I have ever worked on. We had a middle school coach who was charging the kids for "speed sessions" using school equipment about a decade ago. He had offered to help out with our S&C program in the beginning of the summer just so he could get keys to the equipment. He showed up to a couple of morning sessions and then disappeared. I saw him unlocking the cage and pulling out our Speed City gear and charging middle school and high school kids $30 per session. I informed the AD and the HC, we swapped out the padlocks to the cage and he was not brought back as a middle school coach the next year. I won't begrudge someone for trying to make a living..But it's pretty shady to be a coach and using your relationship with the kids and parents at a school to make a buck. As I have stated before, I'm a CSCS certified trainer and I won't take on middle school or high school clients if there are free S&C sessions offered at their schools. This has actually helped me gain clients as the communities are appreciative of the fact that I won't take money out of people's pockets when the service is being offered for free elsewhere. What about the kids who are locked into schools with crappy S&C programs or coaches? That sucks for them to not be able to get your services. And whats schools have ZERO S&C program? Never heard of one. Therefore it sounds like you are training no one in middle/high school. Would you be oppossed to training them on top of what they do at school? Meaning they do the school program 100% and then come to you at other times. And you know what the school did so you don’t overtrain them.
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Post by silkyice on Apr 11, 2018 7:47:46 GMT -6
While I don’t agree with the situation described earlier, I also disagree with that broad and general statement. Can you expand? I could give a 100 examples where we would all agree that it would be best for everyone if someone employed by the school got paid to help out a student. I could also give a 100 examples where it could be bad. But just becasue something could be bad/misused is not always a reason to just ban it all together. And while I am sure that there are actual real life bad examples, I bet they are few and far between, while I could give you many that happen every year at our own school that are for the good of everyone. Things like tutoring, camps, batting lessons, catching lessons, pitching lesson, strength training for younger kids, etc. Ultimately though, I fundamentally believe in the right of people to choose their own course as long it isn't hurting others within reason. The less rules the better. That does not mean I am against rules.
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Post by silkyice on Apr 10, 2018 16:14:46 GMT -6
We've a group of 4 rising seniors that I've been banging my head against the wall trying to get them to come out and run track for me. They're all terrific football players, but they would all be better served with some speed because WHO WOULDN'T BE. It's been frustration for the last two months. I see them training with one of our JV assts (who is a certified trainer) last Saturday at our field. Talking to them yesterday, I ask how much they're paying for that. $20 a session, but "it's worth it, he's helped me so much with my 40 times!" TRACK IS FREE AND WHAT THE F*** DO YOU THINK WE DO WITH THE SPRINTERS??? Anybody employed by your school who charges money to your students should be let go. While I don’t agree with the situation described earlier, I also disagree with that broad and general statement.
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Post by silkyice on Apr 5, 2018 11:58:45 GMT -6
We ask parents to volunteer (or booster club) to sign up for summer workouts. 2 days per summer. The parents show up towards the end of workouts with several gallons of Chocolate milk and a bunch of pre-made peanut butter sandwiches. Football provides disposable cups and plastic spoons. We give them option to purchase themselves or have booster club reimburse them. I always have a couple of senior moms organize it. Great idea!! We do something similar during August practice. Gatorades, bananas, grapes, granola, popsicles, etc. Great idea for summer workouts!
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Post by silkyice on Apr 2, 2018 11:43:24 GMT -6
How about offering hard boiled eggs. You could get them for roughly $.15 each at BJs. give players 3 = 18g of protein under .$50. While this would be a "supplement", but WalMart sells 2 lbs Equate protein powder for $14.44. 18 servings with 30g protein each. So 2.67 cents per gram of protein. An average medium egg has 5.54 g of protein which they round up to 6. It would be 2.7 cents per gram. 65 calories. So they are about the same price. But the Protein powder also has creatine and BCAA and all that jazz. LOL. I just mix with water in a shaker and chug it. Actually mixes very well and tastes good/fine to me. I just think 2 scoops and 30g of protein of this powder is a whole easier than eating 5 eggs. Storage and everything is also easier. But I do understand that might not be possible.
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Post by silkyice on Mar 29, 2018 10:10:48 GMT -6
Shared with all my coaches!
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Post by silkyice on Mar 29, 2018 7:08:16 GMT -6
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Post by silkyice on Mar 28, 2018 17:26:47 GMT -6
We have done that before also, but Muscle Milk was way easier and less of a hassle. If you did the PB and J how did you make them? Coaches make them by position groups? 1-2 coaches designated this job? We just bought bread, peanut butter, jelly, paper towels, and plastic knives and let them eat what they wanted. Jelly went back in coaches office fridge.
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Post by silkyice on Mar 27, 2018 19:24:18 GMT -6
All we do before games is we do 2-3 minutes (about) of short lines for "Rah, Rah" stuff and then run some plays. We go out @ 15 minutes before kick off. If we did a long warm-up we'd expend unnecessary energy for the game. All of my players play LOTS of minutes but I did it at my previous big school also. I've always liked this idea. Every school/program I've worked for has had a long, detailed "warm-up" of at least 35 minutes and man that just seems like a very long time to me. Holy Cow. It takes us 1-2 minutes. Tops.
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Post by silkyice on Mar 27, 2018 10:13:27 GMT -6
Hope I'm not screwing up this thread if I take the discussion from practice to game day. How similar is what you do pre-game to what you do pre-practice? And, similarly, do you do any organized stetching at halftime ... and if so, is it the same as pre-game? An abbreviated version? And if not, why not? We keep it the same.
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Post by silkyice on Mar 26, 2018 20:02:50 GMT -6
After every practice. Not on game day though. So that is not stretching to get loose, but for recovery.
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Post by silkyice on Mar 26, 2018 19:07:45 GMT -6
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Post by silkyice on Mar 26, 2018 19:07:26 GMT -6
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Post by silkyice on Mar 26, 2018 18:55:28 GMT -6
Does your team static stretch?
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Post by silkyice on Mar 26, 2018 18:45:43 GMT -6
My point (as is well supported by a ton of posts here in this very thread) is that not doing static stretching would definitely NOT be considered "out of the ordinary" Well chalk it up to experience, I've never seen a team not static stretch. Seriously? Never. Or has no team that you have been a part of not stretched and you haven’t really paid attention to others. I couldn’t tell you if teams we play stretch or not.
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Post by silkyice on Mar 25, 2018 18:06:14 GMT -6
All the questions/arguments in this thread aside, to answer the OP We start every practice with kickoff or turnover station / tackling stations / or blocking stations at my previous school we did Team Take Off which was all of our core plays on air as fast as possible down the field. At my previous stop and current gig, once we finish our opening drill, we give them 1 minute to static stretch whatever they need to then its go time. We still do static stretch during pre game on Friday nights but I would prefer to get rid of that as well. Does anyone NOT do your standard static stretching during pre game on game day? I think alot of it is more so for the kids to get focused before the game but I am always interested to hear what others are doing I just find it odd to stretch on game day and not before practice. I would think that could lead to injuries. At the very least, why a different routine?
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Post by silkyice on Mar 25, 2018 11:02:26 GMT -6
Haven’t stretched in 15 plus years.
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Post by silkyice on Mar 23, 2018 6:26:18 GMT -6
SPX
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Post by silkyice on Mar 21, 2018 7:58:28 GMT -6
I just give pie right after practice for the late ones. We have a clock with an alarm set and the players know if they’re not ready before it goes off, they’re getting pie. I don’t lecture or bust their balls about it, but there’s a price to pay and they know it. I am assuming pie is some type of punishment. I just don't make that big of deal of it. We warmup, do our conditioning. Take a short break. Do specialty. Then special teams. Then defensive stuff, then offense. If a kid is late, he has to make up any conditioning he missed, plus a bear crawl either during break time or specialty. We are consistent with this. If it is school related, just make up the running. If it is non-school related, also do the bear crawl. Including being late because of going to the bathroom. We have this rule in practice also. If you have to use the restroom during practice (non-break time), fine. I am not going to get bent out of shape over it or decide if you have to use the restroom. But, it will cost you a 100 yard bear crawl. If it is worth it to you, then go use the restroom. Don't forget, some kids just want attention. Ignoring bad behavior many times makes it go away. By ignoring, I don't mean don't discipline. I mean don't make a big deal about it. Just give the discipline. Be consistent. Move on.
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Post by silkyice on Mar 19, 2018 7:35:40 GMT -6
I've taught classes on Chekhov and Tolstoy. I've taught Dostoevsky many times in surveys of 19th century Russian lit. My work is on Tolstoy and the ethics and practice of History, so, I'm more of Tolstoy person by nature. That said, I've come to love Chekhov. The plays are great, but I especially like his mature prose. Dostoevsky is fabulous. My favorite Dostoevsky text is THE DEVILS. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT is great, but its basically a super-charged detective novel. THE DEVILS is a narrative mess which makes it a blast to read and teach. It's also very germane to our world today. But could either defend the wing-t?!?! 😂😂😂
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Post by silkyice on Mar 16, 2018 12:24:32 GMT -6
Just picked up @dcohio from the airport... watch out Salt Lake City!!! Tell him silkyice said hey!!
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Post by silkyice on Mar 14, 2018 9:05:19 GMT -6
Can you really put a price tag on excellence? If it helps just one child... 199.99 For a system like this, I am assuming that is per player yearly fee.
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Post by silkyice on Mar 14, 2018 8:14:18 GMT -6
YOU FORGOT THE ONE BIG KEY.... HOW MUCH WILL THIS COST US? Can you really put a price tag on excellence? If it helps just one child...
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Post by silkyice on Mar 11, 2018 22:18:06 GMT -6
To add to my previous post and I don’t think the OP is doing this. I am just making a point that I have made before elsewhere.
Make sure you are doing workouts and not wearouts. The athletes in other sports in season should not be worn out or overly tired or sore.
You can lift and still get stronger in season, it doesn’t take much. But too much can be detrimental to them and wear them out. You want them at peak performance, especially around playoff time.
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Post by silkyice on Mar 9, 2018 11:27:47 GMT -6
There is, I regret to say, a dinosaur element to the system and I'm sure it will hurt sales. There is, I am excited to say, a t-rex and raptor element that is raw, natural, organic, and caveman like. I'm sure this will explode sales. Hire me as your marketing guy. We can get rich together!
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Post by silkyice on Mar 9, 2018 9:49:57 GMT -6
Does your system stop the Facemelter? IT IS THE FACEMELTER!!!
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Post by silkyice on Mar 9, 2018 9:33:01 GMT -6
After attending a few clinics, we've decided we're going to take our stuff and put together a system we can sell. We've seen enough RPOs, PPOs, RPOs, and even DQO--whatever the heck that is--to last us a lifetime (and yes, we have RPOs in our playbook so don't go thinking this is just the ranting of a two tight, full house backfield dinosaur--far from it--although dinosaur might be right). Here's what we've assembled so far, and I'd be glad to get some suggestions from some of you as to stuff we can include since we're not going to get rich just coaching high school football: We're planning to go with the basic concepts of RDB (run the d**n ball), which is rooted in SWD (s**t we do) and depends heavily on the concept of DFU (don'f F up). We'll also have a defensive system which revolves around similar concepts in which RDB is replaced by STR (stop the run), NBP (no big plays), and of course, being able to quickly ascertain WTFWTSTB (what the f was that supposed to be) and WTFJH (what the F just happened) We think we've got a winner. Ideas? This is, in case you haven't figured it out, tongue in cheek Post of the Year!
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