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Post by eaglemountie on Jan 25, 2014 9:44:35 GMT -6
Call there parents and talk to them and see what happens. Be committed to playing the kids who are committed to your off season program. I like your incentives. Also base numbers and equipment hand out off attendance. Was definitely thinking about going the parent route. Parent support has not been great so not sure what type of response I will get but it's worth a shot. All incentives include: -Shirts, Shorts, Sweatpants, Hoodies -1st locker, 1st equipment, 1st number selection, helmet stickers -top 10: eligible to be elected captain, 1st in line for team meals, top 10 T-shirt, top 10 cookout, 2 days excused from august conditioning
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Post by eaglemountie on Jan 25, 2014 9:12:31 GMT -6
I have a serious issue that needs to be remedied. This is my second year as HC, we were 1-10 last year and have very low numbers in the weight room. I've promoted the off-season like crazy through flyers, Facebook, in my Adv PE classes, on the announcements, individually, etc. We have made the off-season based performance incentives, meaning we are giving rewards (shirts, shorts, hoodies, 1st locker pick, etc.) for breaking rep and max records daily. Kids will miss weights, I'll confront them about it and they will give me an excuse but I hear from their teammates that they heard from them directly that they "just don't want to go" or "just don't feel like it." Same kids I will talk to and ask/tell them to be in the weight room daily and they lie straight to my face saying they will be there and don't show. Another problem I have is kids coming for one or two days then I don't see them for two weeks. When they miss I will tell them the importance of the weight room over and over and ask if they are happy with a 1-10 record and the answer is always no. Even in that teaching moment they say all the right things but the action is not being taken. I feel as though I've tried everything from positive reinforcement to peer pressure to negative reinforcement to chasing kids down, etc.
Is there anyone else in a similar situation? Is there complacency everywhere? Anyone found a way to successfully combat this?
I know the key to turning our fortunes on the field around is through the weight room but the kids are not buying in...
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Post by eaglemountie on Jan 24, 2014 18:07:15 GMT -6
Soooo…
1.) Have more big plays 2.) Don't lose yardage 3.) Start closer to the goal line 4.) Score touchdowns 5.) Hold onto the ball
Yep, sounds like a winner!
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Post by eaglemountie on Jan 3, 2014 9:42:23 GMT -6
I agree that once you are 18+ you are legally not a minor anymore but what about the responsibility of the adult to act in a professional manner and represent their organization/school with class?
I just don't see the gamesmanship or professionalism or logical reason for saying to a player "F you, you F'ing F--" after he makes a great play.
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Post by eaglemountie on Jan 2, 2014 19:19:42 GMT -6
That's exactly what he said. I even played it back and had my wife read his lips to make sure I wasn't going crazy. I couldn't believe it.
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Post by eaglemountie on Jan 2, 2014 18:28:49 GMT -6
I would assume seeing a guy with a headset on and calling signals whether a paid assistant or GA would be considered a coach and a representative of the school.
Sorry I did not clarify.
EDIT: He was also wearing the same gear as the HC.
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Post by eaglemountie on Jan 2, 2014 16:03:44 GMT -6
Seems that every bowl game I have watched this year I have seen at least one coach trash talk (putting it kindly) a player from the other school. During the Armed Forces Bowl, a QB throws a touchdown pass and celebrates somewhat close to the other sideline. I didn't see him do anything demonstrative or give any crazy hand gestures but he was cussed out by an assistant coach and you could very clearly read his lips. As a HC, I would seriously have considered firing the coach on the spot not just for the trash talk but for how derogatory he was toward the opposing player. I know the players in college are not minors but to me in HS it is completely unacceptable to talk trash to opposing players.
Is this something that happens on your neck of the woods? What in the world would compel an adult professional to cuss out a 18-19-20 year old?
Maybe I'm just out of touch with the way todays game is played???
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Post by eaglemountie on Oct 13, 2013 14:16:16 GMT -6
Yes, we lift heavy twice a week. All we work is fundamentals. We have not installed anything in four weeks.
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Post by eaglemountie on Oct 13, 2013 13:03:22 GMT -6
We are 0-6. We have been blown out by teams the last 5 weeks we have no business being on the same field with. We are starting multiple freshmen and sophomores on both sides of the ball due to a number of reasons. We have injuries to seniors that play both ways. We have not scored a point on the road this year. We are giving up over 40 points a game. We are bad.
Now that you've heard the sob story, here's the question. Would you start to practice/game plan for the one team you have a chance to beat and scrap the rest of the season? (We play them on the road in two weeks) If no, why not? If yes, how do you sell it to the kids?
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Post by eaglemountie on May 27, 2013 18:52:41 GMT -6
I received a phone call today from a parent informing me that he and his wife came home last night to find their son smoking pot. I had spoken with their son about two weeks ago about rumors I was hearing, which he vehemently denied. I guess "where there is smoke...". Not a situation that I wanted to face getting ready to go into summer conditioning. My question, what is your opinion on the appropriat course of action. Our policy is a 365 day a year policy. I intend to let our AD know. I intend to have some disciplinary measures for our season, but I also understand young people make mistakes and I believe his fear is going to be a great motivator moving forward. Thanks for your input and thanks to all of those that have served that allow me to post such a trivial question. He has already lied to your face about being a part of these types of behaviors. If he isn't shying away from smoking after you said something to him what does he have to fear from a slap on the wrist?
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Post by eaglemountie on May 20, 2013 17:29:18 GMT -6
My best player is thinking of hanging it up for his senior year. He is an excellent young man, hard worker, respectable, polite and a nasty OL/DL. I just got the job 4 months ago and the star player (trust me, I watched film and he is by far the best) came to me today and said "Coach, I'm not sure I want to play this year, my head is in a lot of different places." His mother died in January and is struggling greatly with this situation. He was extremely tight with her and the kids on the team were as well.
I feel I'm not in a position to say things I feel I could say to him since the relationship I have built with him is only 4 months old. What to you feel, as a coach, would be the best route to try and reach this young man so that he does not regret sitting out his senior year?
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Post by eaglemountie on May 5, 2013 18:30:04 GMT -6
I've taken a kid or two to 7 on 7 that I knew would do well and ran stuff just for that kid so he could enjoy it and see his contribution without a ton of commitment. Worked a couple times. I'll echo what a couple have already said. Don't beg them. If they want to play, they will play.
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Post by eaglemountie on Apr 6, 2013 15:39:35 GMT -6
What we will do this year is have the seniors come up with the goals (ownership) and set a couple of parameters around those goals. Such as, they all have to be team oriented, only one can be directly related to winning or championships, one of the goals must include practice and commitment, etc.
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Post by eaglemountie on Mar 6, 2013 19:03:54 GMT -6
It's obviously a correlation between the two where if you cannot execute one soundly then the other has no matter.
Stance, starts, blocking and tackling need some direction of purpose while power, trap, fire zones are worthless without the desired end result.
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Post by eaglemountie on Feb 13, 2013 11:30:33 GMT -6
I think we are seeing a bigger problem from top to bottom and that is the first sentence you wrote. It's not our job to keep kids out of trouble, it's to arm them with the characteristics and qualities so they themselves can stay out of trouble. Fix the real problem and do always give kids a way out. They will learn more in the long run from a hard lesson than the easy way out.
Sorry for the off-topic and mini-rant.
And to answer the question, give him the same shot you would anyone else but also hold him as accountable as you would anyone else. He may surprise you.
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Post by eaglemountie on Feb 10, 2013 17:11:01 GMT -6
Get your hands on a Mac, and just use iMovie. Easy to use and you don't have to buy it. The "movie trailer" template is very slick. Coach, where exactly in imovie can you find the "movie trailer" template? Thanks.
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Post by eaglemountie on Jul 3, 2012 16:57:01 GMT -6
"We will never put power racks in our weight room, only machines so that all sports can benefit from using the weight room." "You can't win in football here, no one in the area cares about it." (AD is also the volleyball coach.) ![::)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/eyesroll.png)
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Post by eaglemountie on May 17, 2012 7:58:18 GMT -6
I hate taking away from team practice time to coach up one player and the other 21 are standing and watching. Isn't that kind of your job? To coach the kids one player at a time? Yelling "buzz words" at them may be short and to the point, but I wouldn't call it coaching. Yes I do coach kids up one at a time, during Indy (hence the name Individuals for that particular period of practice). If you will read the entire thread the words we want to incorporate are ones that have built in meaning behind previous coaching and can reinforce previously coached ideas, fundamentals and schemes without a long drawn out explanation of every single detail. Simply an idea to cut down on verbage but with a purpose and relates to previously learned material, which in turn can gain more practice time and mental reps of said drills/schemes/fundamentals etc. I'm not out there randomly yelling "hit somebody" or "run to daylight." These "buzz" words are things that have already been engrained in our players through repetition and can be utilized as helpful reminders during group, team and even in the game from the sideline. These words have meaning within our scheme and philosophy.
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Post by eaglemountie on May 16, 2012 18:30:46 GMT -6
Are you looking for snappy ways of shouting coaching points or are you trying to coach by cliché? I don't know if I would call it snappy but possibly cliche if you mean used by many. Just trying to narrow down long explanations to quick, exact and to the point words or phrases or coaching points that can match the attention span levels of teenagers. Many times I feel like the more I talk the less they hear and learn. I hate taking away from team practice time to coach up one player and the other 21 are standing and watching. These terms can be drawn from drills/skills built during Indy and group time and can earn meaning during those practice times while in turn gaining more mental reps during team.
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Post by eaglemountie on May 16, 2012 12:52:03 GMT -6
I was recently writing down some key words that I wanted my linebackers to understand when it comes to fundamentals, assignment, philosophy, etc. and thought it might make a good topic of discussion.
On either side of the ball at the position you coach what are some key terms or phrases (3 words or under) that you feel are critical for your players to know and understand?
Example For Inside Linebackers in 44:
Stance- Balanced and Mobile First Step- Mirror Near Back Reads- Backs to Linemen Hit and Shed- Explode, Disengage, Angles Zone Coverage- 2 to 1, Re-route Man Coverage- Inside Trail, Physical Pursuit- Spill, Inside Out Blitz- Read Near Lineman Tackle- Across, Club, Run Fumble- Punch, Rip, Secure Intercept- Highest Point, Timing
Def Philosophy- Hit, Run, Fast
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Post by eaglemountie on Feb 21, 2011 19:37:05 GMT -6
We finish every single defensive drill with either a form tackle, interception, fumble recovery, caused fumble, pass break-up, etc.
Our ball hawking skills and turnovers improved dramatically.
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Post by eaglemountie on Feb 20, 2011 21:46:39 GMT -6
What traditions do you have at your school that are unique?
Example: Nebraska's Blackshirt Defense. Born out of necessity due to the lack of colors at the local sporting good store but made what it is today because of the remarkable play of the defense.
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Post by eaglemountie on Jan 27, 2011 7:51:20 GMT -6
I’ve been kicking this post around in my head for a few weeks now and was waiting on the appropriate time to compose it for the board. I believe there are a ton of great ideas and different ways of going about running a successful championship caliber program but there are a basic number of cornerstone philosophies that seem to pop up every time a thread is started about how to properly build, maintain or rebuild a program.
These cornerstones are as follows, (in no particular order as all are essential):
1.) An off- season program that encourages continuous skill and strength development by all involved with the program. Weight room, 7 on 7, camps, lifting competitions, etc. It is a year-round sport not a 3-month activity. Maintain and build relationships in the off-season. 2.) Support, support, support. The game of football has to be important to administration, community, school, parents, etc. in order to see the plan through and have it survive the down times/building process. 3.) A booster club or fundraising system that is active year-round and has the fore-sight to keep the program up to date with the latest equipment and technology the football world has to offer. 4.) Simple, effective, proven plan delivered by a HC that is willing and able to delegate responsibility to loyal, hard working, kid first and process driven assistant coaches. Too much, flavor of the week, 5.) A feeder program that is willing to teach what you teach and run what you run. What is more valuable and more investing than having impressionable young people feel as though they are already apart of your program? 6.) Passion, Perseverance, Purpose, Pride. Each of these tangibles are exuded daily by people that surround programs that have championship success on a consistent basis. They KNOW they are going to win because they have a plan, they believe in that plan and believe even stronger in the plan with their results on the field. 7.) Luck. Most of the time the team that out works all others is the team that needs up having the most luck, so there must be a correlation between the two, work and luck. Some programs have it/do it, some complain about it.
Obviously, these are not merely a single individuals thought but have risen to the surface as either program builders or program killers. Many on this board and around the sport have great ideas on how to harness these cornerstones and mold their vision around these essentials but the basics always seem to be the same.
Thoughts on these cornerstones?
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Post by eaglemountie on Jan 25, 2011 21:41:41 GMT -6
I've been reading quite a few good ones lately and many that relate to everything we do on the field/classroom/weight room.
So what are your favorite football/coaching/life quotes?
“There are some tennis guys that could have never stayed on a team, but they were pretty successful on their own. When you are a member of a team you’ve got responsibilities to other people.” -- Bobby Huggins
Read that one recently, really hits home with some of ours kids/coaches that just don't get that concept.
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Post by eaglemountie on Jul 29, 2010 20:33:47 GMT -6
David Wilson, G.W. Danville, now in Virginia Tech's backfield rotation.
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Post by eaglemountie on Jul 29, 2010 9:49:13 GMT -6
I'm standing in the coaches box during a play (both feet in the box not on the line and this was before the rule that you couldn't stand in the box during the play) and the official runs into me. So after the play he comes up to me ranting and raving about staying off his field otherwise I would get 15. I didn't move the rest of the half from the original spot and he does it again.
So, I get flagged, the HC gets flagged for arguing and the white hat comes over and does something I never thought I would see...
He waves off both flags and kicks the other official off the field! I've never seen anything like it ever.
After the game the white hat tells us that he over heard the sideline official on the phone with someone saying that he was going to do exactly what happened and said there was no way he was going to let him get away with it.
Amazing...
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Post by eaglemountie on Jul 28, 2010 20:21:40 GMT -6
I coached with a guy like this once and he alienated himself from the kids and coaches in a hurry. He was the DC when we changed our Offense and I guess he thought that we might change our defensive scheme so he almost seemed to start to panic and talked about how much he loved our current offense and it fit our personnel better and how it would hurt his defense to practice against something that no one else ran, etc etc etc.
He stopped doing his daily before and after practice duties and used his pregnant wife as an excuse and even went as far as complaining to the HC that our "language" as a coaching staff became so offensive that he couldn't stand being in the coaches office.
The end result was he quit coaching after that season and didnt even bother to tell the HC he wasn't coming back.
He kind of took care of himself in terms of what to do, but sounds like your situation is close to what we went through with said coach.
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Post by eaglemountie on Jun 3, 2010 7:43:31 GMT -6
I have a unique point of view on this particular topic. I am against this type of success planning. A number of years ago I coached a very good team, we were highly touted, ranked in the top 10 in the country, and picked to win the conference championship, you get the picture. Our head coach (stud guy) developed a success pyramid with all kinds of things that we needed to do in order to get to the national championship. Long story short...we missed a couple of those pyramid blocks and proceeded to fall apart. Coach, believe me when I say we were VERY good. I truely believe that our kids started to lose faith in their direction and their abilities based on the few blocks/goals they didn't achieve. I think these things are good motivators, but what happens when you don't achieve these little goals? How are your kids going to handle that mentally? Food for thought. What would be an alternative for continuous motivation? Would you celebrate/recognize every little success or building block?
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Post by eaglemountie on May 26, 2010 12:16:19 GMT -6
I don't think I have ever been more turned off to a football discusion that this one. Cripes!!! You're not kidding. Makes me think someone is on the rag. Yeah, it's the NFL commissioner
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Post by eaglemountie on May 24, 2010 18:32:03 GMT -6
Delete it then... wasn't trying to cause problems... just trying to have a discussion of the possibilities of the future of the sport... which if Roger Godell continues his influence over the game of football it will wind up being flag football with ejections for any physical contact...
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