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Post by kylem56 on Jul 17, 2022 18:12:07 GMT -6
thanks for having me. I am also trying to be more consistent in posting to the Old School Football Blog that is on the website. best of luck to everyone as they start to prepare for this upcoming season
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Post by kylem56 on Jul 16, 2022 20:23:18 GMT -6
I will preface this by saying, I wouldn't condone cheap shots in a game. Social media has changed trash talking so much in athletics its actually embarassing. During 2-a-days, we bring in someone who is an HR professional who talks about how they will actually background search social media pages of prospective employees and they have actually denied hiring potential employees of 10+ years old pictures posted to MySpace! But anyway, I like to think it serves its purposes as best as it can in todays age.
So our opponent was not necessarily a huge rival of ours, but a league opponent, and the one opponent we have been playing longer than anyone in school history which we will call School B. This was during the 2018 season. At this school, I was the building sub, in addition to some other roles like dealing with discipline for the student-athletes and supervising lunches. On the Monday of the week before playing this team, one of their star players decided to put a picture online from 9/11 with the airplane hitting one of the towers with the team logo on it, and the towers having our team logo and helmet on them. Why? I don't know, it might have been one of the dumbest examples of social media trash talking I have ever seen. Anyway, he then puts a message directed at our stud defensive end (who now plays college baseball and broke the school record for 15 sacks in a season) saying something along the lines of we will take you out just like them. Why an American would choose to use such a terrible day in American history to talk trash about a high school football game I will never understand. This also made it quite personal for our defensive end (well actually most of our team, but out DE in particular) because his father was in the military and had several close calls following his deployment post 9/11. His father would actually return home, join the reserves, and become principal of our school at the time! So this happens on a Monday, on Tuesday, school B brings this kid into their AD's office and he admits to posting this picture/message as a joke. Their AD was an assistant football coach and we were notified that evening that the young man who was also a good offensive linemman/defensive end for school B will be suspended a quarter and apoligize to our team following the game on Friday. Our Principal, AD, and myself thought it was a joke. My AD was also my defensive coordinator FYI. Since many of our parents had seen the infamous message from the player from School B, they wanted to know what School B was doing about this incredibly stupid act. In consultation with those above my paygrade, the Athletic Department said that the opposing student-athlete would be suspended an unknown length of time.
Still, we knew things could get ugly, and our superintendent may have overeacted, but regardless decided to bring in extra security for that night's game. While School B's player who posted the message was never named, word quickly traveled and I just said no comment we are focused on the game. Needless to say when our parents and fans knew about the incident and who the offending player was. Fast forward to Friday in the 2nd quarter, when the opposing dumb@ss was finally allowed to play, he was placed on their kickoff return team. I reminded our kids to maintain their composure and they will not do anything to embarass our program or school, regardless of how BS the entire situation was. Well right before halftime, one of our players went down with bad cramps. Thinking nothing of it, I plugged in the first sub which happened to be the young man on our team who was the target of the stupid social media message. He plays both ways, every snap of the game, so I tried to limit his time on special teams but with it being cramps, I figured ok lets just plug him in for now.
The lightbulb or "oh sh!t" alarm is not going off for me yet until right before the ref blows his whistle to signal that the 2nd half opening kickoff can take place. I see our stud defensive end switch spots with another kid so it was him and one of his good friends, a tough wrestler kid on the kickoff team. As the kicker begins his approach to the ball, I realize what is about to occur, "oh sh*t "Johnny" and "Timmy" are about to." and thats when I see/hear the BOOM! Our two kids had sprinted down on kickoff, and at full speed, hit Donny Dumb@ss who put the stupid post on social media as hard as they can, making him do this almost backflip type reaction on their way to cleaning up their kickoff returner, stuffign him on the -32yard line. Our crowd erupts, our sideline erupts, all I can do is think oh sh*t I might be fired but needless to say it was one of the hardest hits I have seen in high school football. Donny Dumb@ss from School B was slow to get up, and walked to the opposing sideline and did not return to the game. Stupid social media post or not, I was glad the kid wasn't hurt but my goodness did he ever pay for his stupidity!
The next week, I would get called into the AD's office where I am "questioned" if I ordered this and on the record I explain the turn of events and that was end of it. After the season was over, the boys would explain to me once they say Donny Dumb@ss on kickoff return, they hatched their plan to get a piece of the dummy and boy did they ever! We never did get our apology either
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Post by kylem56 on Jul 14, 2022 18:20:05 GMT -6
I would take a look at your practice plans. Are you starting off with something high tempo or slowly easing into practice? Add something competitive and intense right off the bat to start your practices, be selective with the times you slow down and teach.
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Post by kylem56 on Jul 8, 2022 2:23:29 GMT -6
Hey coaches I have posted on here before about Wing-T/really any under center teams that utilize alot of shifting/motions from under center. I know there are some on the glazier vault from my friend Steve Channel but I was wondering if there was anyone out there willing to share a film or two where they are shifting every formation or close to it. The closer to the Wing-T the better. thanks in advance for any help you can give, God Bless-
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Post by kylem56 on Jul 8, 2022 1:49:17 GMT -6
For the record I HATED the midnight madness practices cause it almost guranteed a 2nd bad practice but if I did it all over again and structured it better:
-Capture the flag within the stadium after dark -Bonfire on school property (obviously not within the stadium) - Camp out in the end zone / behind FG post - Team breafakst -Team lift - Practice (2 hours) - Film Review) - Special Teams only practice (90 minutes) then send them home for the day
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Post by kylem56 on Jun 24, 2022 23:18:55 GMT -6
tax write off
gear- polos, t-shirts, hats, preferred parking, print their names at a "level" in the program and on social media
We have 3 big time donors (over 10K, more so in the 20-30K range) that are old timers that we let them come and watch practice. They are just happy to be there and we greet them as such.
outside of that- be careful how much you take, they might think they have a vested interest in the decision making
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Post by kylem56 on Jun 23, 2022 20:46:16 GMT -6
I will start with this. I may be in the minority when I say this but I am all for a coach capitalizing on his success because we live in an age where communities/schools expect instant results and many of us are moving sooner than we wanted. However, the twitter posts that drive me nuts, come mostly from high school assistants who post videos of their kids working out, doing agility drills etc. and post about #thegrind or X amount of days until ___ High School! Especially the videos of kids working out with bad form. We put out a blanket social media policy 2 years ago that no videos or pictures will be posted by any coach or player in regards to any team activity and its worked out nice. When pictures get posted online, it comes from our school's director of marketing who keeps them generic and more about the program/school. Also individual spotlights on kids attending certain camps. Nah, we will promote our TEAM and leave the individual promoting to emails/phone calls. Just my 2 cents for what its worth..
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Post by kylem56 on Jun 21, 2022 22:03:50 GMT -6
Reach out to your local colleges, see if they have some you could PAY FOR to rent from them. Especially D3 schools will always have extra helmets due to attrition. That could at least get you through until your helmets come through. If I knew all the know-with-alls, I would get into the helmet reconditioning business because those I know who are operating independently are making a killing
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Post by kylem56 on May 27, 2022 22:08:46 GMT -6
It sounds like the previous coach may have felt so pressured to keep kids on the team by the low numbers, so he let a lot slide and admin didn’t like that. Be ready to start year one off with like 15-20 kids, unless you can really sell yourself in a short, short amount of time. If you build it properly, kids will come out. What will honestly make or break you at a small school in the long run is simple: 1. Petty small-community politics (just stay out of them!!!) 2. Relationships with the players and their families 3. Weight room culture 4. Numbers 5. Money In that order. If you can handle those things and have a little bit of flexibility on scheme, because you’ll need to emphasize cross training and one platooning, you are going to be giving yourself the chance to at least be the best team that you can be. Now, it helps if “relationships with the players” includes being able to recruit athletes to the school to play. One or two kids like that can carry an average group of kids a long way in small school ball. It also helps if you have at least 1-2 guys you can count on as assistants, but with a truly small roster sometimes you may get stuck coaching with whoever you can coax into helping out. Share athletes and make nice with all the other coaches and teachers, but you will all need to share athletes if you want to be successful. FWIW, the school I am at now (ironically, I am not coaching here) is in our state’s smallest class. This year, we went to state in football, basketball, girl’s basketball, and then came a game away from making it to state in baseball. The coaches are good people who all have great relationships with the kids and their families, teams here all share athletes unselfishly, and kids are allowed to lift on their lunch breaks and during PE since they can’t all get in a lifting class. That’s really the foundation of it. It helps that there is a tradition of success in football and basketball here that’s set a high standard. Kids come through as third generation players and sports mean a lot in this community. It’s nice. For a lot of these kids, it’s all they really have. Coach I agree with you, we play in D7, (D8 is the smallest) in Michigan and while we have 30 kids on JV and 30 kids on varsity, what you posted still applies. Especially at a small private school where you HAVE to learn to share athletes because $ talks (on a donor level). Appreciate all the coaches input on this. My *friend* decided not to take the job but I am still looking forward to reading the answers as I coach at what most deem to be a small school now. I will likely be a "small school" coach as I believe in the Power-T offense which scares off big schools.
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Post by kylem56 on May 26, 2022 13:29:43 GMT -6
I would think that a private school there would be enough focus on academics and discipline that you wouldn't have to stress it nearly as much as in a public school setting. I agree 100% here. Having other's say that about the previous HC at a small private school seems to be somewhat of a red flag... kylem56 Regarding small school success, I think a big part is how things are structured in your area. When I first joined huey long ago, I quickly realized that things are different all across the country. In my neck of the woods, it was geographically possible for districts to be set up containing just small schools. I have since learned that in some areas, small schools are forced to play larger schools. That can be tough. Also, when you say "grow numbers" keep in mind that 30 kids on a team with 155 total students represents almost 1/3 of the entire boys population (if coed) or still 20% of the population if it is boys only. That is equivalent to having a program of 200-300 kids in a school with 1000. Coach That is a fair point I havent thought about. In Ohio, we have a voucher system that allows students from "failing schools" to attend private schools. I have talked to the previous HC and current coaches who played the school and I get all types of answers. From what I was told, while they had athletic talent, they did not have the type of discipline you would expect. In fact, even though they are located in a small suburb/almost rural town , only 10% of their student body comes from that town and 70% comes from the city. Thus, bringing in kids who may not have had high academic standards for themselves for one reason or another (and thats a topic for a whole different discussion) could be the reason for a lack of academic success. Their behavior in school? Well when the HC is not in the building, who does that fall on? While the HC can reinforce discipline at practice, and give them consequences for their actions in school, I would think their behavior falls on the classroom teachers? I don't know, sorry if I am rambling, just thinking out loud here.
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Post by kylem56 on May 25, 2022 17:49:32 GMT -6
I have a friend who may be taking over a program that has 25-30 kids 9-12. 155 kids in the school total. Private school that has room for growth. He was told the previous HC did not emphasize academics or discipline. For those of you who have been in this situation, how did you find success? I know myself, the years I coached at a school this small we went 2-8, 3-8, 2-8, 1-9 and it was always a battle but I was a young kid back then. What would you do to grow numbers and find success?
thanks in advance for any answers
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Post by kylem56 on May 15, 2022 0:21:06 GMT -6
I'll echo what someone said about google classroom and posts
Also I randomly will call kids down to my office just to chat for 5-10-15 minutes. At first they sometimes think theyre in trouble but really I just want to check in on them.
Also if you have opportunities to bring them all together to do some kind of bonding or even just have dinner together, do it. Those meals will bring kids together.
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Post by kylem56 on May 4, 2022 17:40:42 GMT -6
thanks for having us on- I enjoyed talking football with a great Texas high school football coach like Danny Ramsey
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Post by kylem56 on Apr 22, 2022 22:30:47 GMT -6
Coach I actually have seen it at the high school level in Michigan, Ohio and California, it seems like most high school 'Recruiting Coordinators" are doing the following: - Obtaining transcripts and ACT/SAT score copies to keep a file on each student-athlete - Creating a recruiting resume that includes all the background information on said student-athlete plus stats, and links to film - Attends area recruiting nights if the Head Coach is unavailable - Gives tours and sets up 1-on-1 time with student-athletes if the Head Coach is not available or in the building - Researches the best camps for prospects to attend - Helps student-athletes in creating highlight films on Hudl, "encouraging" them in what clips to include and what to not include - Does the student-athlete need film of them in the weight room performing core lifts such as bench, squat, power clean, and dead lift - WORKING WITH WINTER/SPRING SPORT COACHES so the student-athlete can visit schools. Just really keeping an open line of cmmunication i.e. "Hey Coach Smith, Joey was invited to Junior Day at University of Awesomeness on April 23. I see the Athletic Calendar that you only have practice on that date. Would it be possible for Joey to go on the college visit? I will also be attending with him to gather my own information on his potential post secondary destination and network regarding any of our future studetn-athletes with extraordinary talent" - One impressive "Recruiting Liasion" I saw had put together a separate website for all of the program's college-ability (whether that student athlete expressed interest themselves or colleges inquired) that included a separate page including film, password protected files such as official transcripts, ACT and/or SAT scores, letters of recommendations from coaches regarding athletic abilities and letters of recommendations from teachers/administration regarding academics. This was in addition to being an assistant coach, just like there is an Offensive , Defensive, and Special Teams Coordinator, they may also have had a (Position Group Coach) / College Recruiting Coordinator (or Director, playing semantics). Early in my career like (2007-2010), I was coaching at a small, rural high school that aside for a decade in the 80s under a legendary coach named Dave Hansbarger (may he rest in peace), the football program has always been TERRIBLE.. At the time, our Head coach was teaching in the middle school while I was in the high school. Whenever a college coach stopped in, I was responsible for greeting him, taking him to meet the prospect and also making sure I had copies of transcripts and scores, letters of recommendation when possible, made sure to give him a business card of the Head Coach and obtain his, and provide a DVD highlight film before he left. Even though it was my 4th season at the time, I was still a kid and little did I know how many networks I developed from this time. in those 4 years, we were never more than 3-7 each year but as a young coach in hindsight, I was able to develop relationships with coaches who now are Head Coaches in D2, D3, coordinators in all levels of college football, and a couple of coaches who are quality control type assistants in the NFL. I know from my time as a Head Coach, I enjoyed this part of the gig, especially with Hudl making life so much easier in terms of highlight films and sending film out. However it became tedious when we had kids who maybe were a rotational player at best, or were the split end in the Wing-T as a senior Regardless, I did enjoy networking with college coaches, developing relationships with them, etc. I know alot of college assistants who will only talk to the Head coach as well but I have seen those dynamics change over the last few years as social media has become more prevalent. Even though I still see it today, I would imagine it was probaly more prevalent in the days of having to manually cut up film for a DVD-R or VHS tape. At the end of the day, I see this kind of gig going to a guy who can take away some of the headaches from the Head Football Coach that come with helping kids get recruited i.e. transcripts, finding camps for current student-athletes, setting up the 1-on-1 meetings with the student-athlete and/or Head Coach if schedule allows, etc. My hope for this post is to learn more about those staffs that do have someone like this, explore all that they do and see how we can best adapt it to our situation at my current gig. God Bless- Kyle Oh ok so it's more of an administrative role 👍🏻 Yes coach. The coaches I have seen who have someone in this role are position coaches as well but do not coordinator a particular phase of the game
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Post by kylem56 on Apr 22, 2022 20:02:54 GMT -6
Hey coaches, I am starting to see more and more high school programs that have a set "Recruiting Liaison" or "Recruiting Coordinator" for colleges. I know in the past, all things recruiting fell on the Head Coach or a trusted assistant that was in the building if the HFC wasn't. For those of you who have someone with such a position, what are some things you do to promote your student-athletes without being "overbearing"? What do you do to make it easy for recruiters to know who your prospects are? What do you put on the student-athlete to complete before you start promoting them? I have always believed in being honest with college coaches in terms of when I have someone that *could* play at some form of the next level and I am currently exploring different ways to make that easier to communicate such information beyond the standard email with all sorts of information in it for multiple prospects. I appreciate your responses, thanks - Kyle Other than the Texas FBS...I mean Texas HSFB, lol...I dont see how a lot of programs are able to swing a recruiting coordinator when they are lucky if they have 5 truly solid, dedicated coaches on staff. Seems like the recruiting coordinator would need to know all the players in the program and their abilities as good as the HFC, seems kinda tough for someone other than the HFC. Not trying to knock what you said, just saying! Coach I actually have seen it at the high school level in Michigan, Ohio and California, it seems like most high school 'Recruiting Coordinators" are doing the following: - Obtaining transcripts and ACT/SAT score copies to keep a file on each student-athlete - Creating a recruiting resume that includes all the background information on said student-athlete plus stats, and links to film - Attends area recruiting nights if the Head Coach is unavailable - Gives tours and sets up 1-on-1 time with student-athletes if the Head Coach is not available or in the building - Researches the best camps for prospects to attend - Helps student-athletes in creating highlight films on Hudl, "encouraging" them in what clips to include and what to not include - Does the student-athlete need film of them in the weight room performing core lifts such as bench, squat, power clean, and dead lift - WORKING WITH WINTER/SPRING SPORT COACHES so the student-athlete can visit schools. Just really keeping an open line of cmmunication i.e. "Hey Coach Smith, Joey was invited to Junior Day at University of Awesomeness on April 23. I see the Athletic Calendar that you only have practice on that date. Would it be possible for Joey to go on the college visit? I will also be attending with him to gather my own information on his potential post secondary destination and network regarding any of our future studetn-athletes with extraordinary talent" - One impressive "Recruiting Liasion" I saw had put together a separate website for all of the program's college-ability (whether that student athlete expressed interest themselves or colleges inquired) that included a separate page including film, password protected files such as official transcripts, ACT and/or SAT scores, letters of recommendations from coaches regarding athletic abilities and letters of recommendations from teachers/administration regarding academics. This was in addition to being an assistant coach, just like there is an Offensive , Defensive, and Special Teams Coordinator, they may also have had a (Position Group Coach) / College Recruiting Coordinator (or Director, playing semantics). Early in my career like (2007-2010), I was coaching at a small, rural high school that aside for a decade in the 80s under a legendary coach named Dave Hansbarger (may he rest in peace), the football program has always been TERRIBLE.. At the time, our Head coach was teaching in the middle school while I was in the high school. Whenever a college coach stopped in, I was responsible for greeting him, taking him to meet the prospect and also making sure I had copies of transcripts and scores, letters of recommendation when possible, made sure to give him a business card of the Head Coach and obtain his, and provide a DVD highlight film before he left. Even though it was my 4th season at the time, I was still a kid and little did I know how many networks I developed from this time. in those 4 years, we were never more than 3-7 each year but as a young coach in hindsight, I was able to develop relationships with coaches who now are Head Coaches in D2, D3, coordinators in all levels of college football, and a couple of coaches who are quality control type assistants in the NFL. I know from my time as a Head Coach, I enjoyed this part of the gig, especially with Hudl making life so much easier in terms of highlight films and sending film out. However it became tedious when we had kids who maybe were a rotational player at best, or were the split end in the Wing-T as a senior Regardless, I did enjoy networking with college coaches, developing relationships with them, etc. I know alot of college assistants who will only talk to the Head coach as well but I have seen those dynamics change over the last few years as social media has become more prevalent. Even though I still see it today, I would imagine it was probaly more prevalent in the days of having to manually cut up film for a DVD-R or VHS tape. At the end of the day, I see this kind of gig going to a guy who can take away some of the headaches from the Head Football Coach that come with helping kids get recruited i.e. transcripts, finding camps for current student-athletes, setting up the 1-on-1 meetings with the student-athlete and/or Head Coach if schedule allows, etc. My hope for this post is to learn more about those staffs that do have someone like this, explore all that they do and see how we can best adapt it to our situation at my current gig. God Bless- Kyle
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Post by kylem56 on Apr 22, 2022 17:07:32 GMT -6
Hey coaches, I am starting to see more and more high school programs that have a set "Recruiting Liaison" or "Recruiting Coordinator" for colleges. I know in the past, all things recruiting fell on the Head Coach or a trusted assistant that was in the building if the HFC wasn't. For those of you who have someone with such a position, what are some things you do to promote your student-athletes without being "overbearing"?
What do you do to make it easy for recruiters to know who your prospects are?
What do you put on the student-athlete to complete before you start promoting them?
I have always believed in being honest with college coaches in terms of when I have someone that *could* play at some form of the next level and I am currently exploring different ways to make that easier to communicate such information beyond the standard email with all sorts of information in it for multiple prospects.
I appreciate your responses, thanks - Kyle
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Post by kylem56 on Mar 29, 2022 19:18:01 GMT -6
We don't use that exact company's product but a similar looking product for both practice and games. The kids like them. We like them because for pre-game we will have them wear shells (girdle/shorts/shoulders/helmet) and then ramdomly if we feel like we need a little boost, we will go shells in the middle of the week and for whatever reason the kids have a little more energy and we feel they are still protected with those. We have never worn the 7 pad girdle (where the kneepads are included), but I would be curious to see how the kids even like them. The officials in our area were hardcore about making sure the knees were covered up so that would be a big factor.
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Post by kylem56 on Mar 27, 2022 14:48:00 GMT -6
Is there a way to have people pulled from PE 2x a week to do weight training? We did this at one school where all freshmen were in a basic freshman PE/Health block but 2x a week they came to the weight room. In-season 2x is enough anyway Essentially yes but none of us have the same planning period to do lifting at that time. Plus our school encourages kids to participate in varsity sports to get a PE waiver.
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Post by kylem56 on Mar 25, 2022 22:40:12 GMT -6
Coaches, I have question for anyone willing to offer their advice in regards to winter...well now spring off-season weight room strength & conditioning scheduling A little background to my question: Anyway at my current position, a Catholic school (also my alma mater), of 347 kids, we have a pretty successful athletic department overall. State powerhouse in volleyball and not bad in the other girls sports, Football is the face of our school but basketball, baseball, hockey and track are pretty darn good as well. We The pros here= 90% of our football team are 3 sport athletes. The problem? Besides football, and wrestling which is in a major rebuilding mode, none of the male sports have interest in lifting program. We currently offer a morning session at 6:30am-7:30am (1st period starts at 8:00am) and afternoon session at 2:40pm-3:40pm to try to accomodate peoples schedules on Monday-Wednesday-Thursday. Having a rigid schedule resulted in low turnout numbers cause basketball coach We are still battling the same issues as the school prior. We have kids struggling to make it because with spring sports in Michigan, and I am sure for any coach who coaches in a northern state, you are highly unlikely to start your spring season on time because it could be 63* one day then 38* and snowing the next, followed by 3 days of rain then 68* again lol. As result, our kids can't come to lifting because of their coaches policies. So in all this, I have some questions for you 1) Has anyone ever just published a workout calendar for the month based on the dates of your winter / spring sports schedules while being respectful of those coaches seasons? I guess going away from havbing a set M-W-R schedule and it would vary based on the athletic week schedule?2) For those who have 3 sport athletes, how many days did you expect them to attend the weight room?3) Has anyone had a separate workout program for "in sport" athletes vs. athletes without a spring sport?4) Any advice for dealing with those coaches who say "oh doing ____ will hurt their swing" etc. etc. aside from showing them the actual research, or getting admin involved?5) Lastly, We use Teambuidlr app, has anyone trusted their kids who say their "working out at home" (due to their spring sport) and allowed them to use the recording feature on the app? How did it go for you?I would love to hear anyones answers on those questions or your philosophy on your football kids lifting when they are multi sport athletes. I know apart of me thinks "you have to let them just be kids and enjoy their sports season" but our program has won 2 state titles in the last 8 years and that certainly wasn't accomplished by kids showing up in early June to start lifting for the year. Thanks for taking the time to read this. You're putting together the argument for having a FB or athletics weight training class during the day. IDK if that's in the cards with your situation, but it's definitely a solution that solves most've your problems. Also regarding #5: you can use Teambuildr to have accountability. Have them submit videos via the journal feature and you can review them. Just have them do their working sets of Squat, Bench, etc and trust that they're doing the supplementary stuff, too. Coach I see where your response is coming from but not necessarily. Since such a large majority of our students play sports, we offer a PE waiver if you play a varsity sport. Our school only offers PE 1 hour a day because of it. They have already said no to a zero hour or during school weight training class because of this. I do like your suggestion of using teambuilder journaling feature for them to submit their workouts. Of course we have to trust they re doing the full workouts but agree. Does your program use this feature as well?
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Post by kylem56 on Mar 25, 2022 21:59:30 GMT -6
Coaches, I have question for anyone willing to offer their advice in regards to winter...well now spring off-season weight room strength & conditioning scheduling
A little background to my question: Anyway at my current position, a Catholic school (also my alma mater), of 347 kids, we have a pretty successful athletic department overall. State powerhouse in volleyball and not bad in the other girls sports, Football is the face of our school but basketball, baseball, hockey and track are pretty darn good as well. We
The pros here= 90% of our football team are 3 sport athletes. The problem? Besides football, and wrestling which is in a major rebuilding mode, none of the male sports have interest in lifting program.
We currently offer a morning session at 6:30am-7:30am (1st period starts at 8:00am) and afternoon session at 2:40pm-3:40pm to try to accomodate peoples schedules on Monday-Wednesday-Thursday. Having a rigid schedule resulted in low turnout numbers cause basketball coach We are still battling the same issues as the school prior. We have kids struggling to make it because with spring sports in Michigan, and I am sure for any coach who coaches in a northern state, you are highly unlikely to start your spring season on time because it could be 63* one day then 38* and snowing the next, followed by 3 days of rain then 68* again lol. As result, our kids can't come to lifting because of their coaches policies.
So in all this, I have some questions for you
1) Has anyone ever just published a workout calendar for the month based on the dates of your winter / spring sports schedules while being respectful of those coaches seasons? I guess going away from havbing a set M-W-R schedule and it would vary based on the athletic week schedule?
2) For those who have 3 sport athletes, how many days did you expect them to attend the weight room?
3) Has anyone had a separate workout program for "in sport" athletes vs. athletes without a spring sport?
4) Any advice for dealing with those coaches who say "oh doing ____ will hurt their swing" etc. etc. aside from showing them the actual research, or getting admin involved?
5) Lastly, We use Teambuidlr app, has anyone trusted their kids who say their "working out at home" (due to their spring sport) and allowed them to use the recording feature on the app? How did it go for you?
I would love to hear anyones answers on those questions or your philosophy on your football kids lifting when they are multi sport athletes. I know apart of me thinks "you have to let them just be kids and enjoy their sports season" but our program has won 2 state titles in the last 8 years and that certainly wasn't accomplished by kids showing up in early June to start lifting for the year.
Thanks for taking the time to read this.
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Post by kylem56 on Mar 22, 2022 18:29:31 GMT -6
Coaches I will be in San Diego area to attend a conference on April 8-9. On the Friday the 8th, I don;t have much going on so I am looking to see if I can meet with some coaches to talk football (special teams, practice organization, game planning, T football) . Any recommendations, feel free to reply or shoot them my way on twitter @coachmcelvany I bet as a Michigan guy you could reach out to Coach Hoke and get someone to sit down with you and talk ball over there. When he was at Ball State he and his staff were extremely open and generous with their time when we had questions or wanted to visit. I don’t know if it’s what you are looking for but just an idea if you can’t connect isn’t any high school guys. thanks coach I have reached out to coaches at SDSU and Univ of SAn Diego, we will see what happens
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Post by kylem56 on Mar 21, 2022 17:57:16 GMT -6
Coaches I will be in San Diego area to attend a conference on April 8-9. On the Friday the 8th, I don;t have much going on so I am looking to see if I can meet with some coaches to talk football (special teams, practice organization, game planning, T football) . Any recommendations, feel free to reply or shoot them my way on twitter @coachmcelvany
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Post by kylem56 on Mar 20, 2022 16:24:35 GMT -6
I didnt realize it then but when I was 19 or so and looked back and realized my high school head coach was the man that guided me through tough times, even though I was a pain in the @ss and should have been given up on. Now my first son is named after him and his lessons have been passed on to my players and former players who have become coaches
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Post by kylem56 on Mar 10, 2022 14:43:27 GMT -6
This happened to me TWICE at a previous school. It finally took a lawyer I knew writing a letter stating we were prepared to file suit because of the potential liability of putting our kids in older helmets, not to mention the liability to an entire school district. They eventually made it right but we had to borrow helmets from aanother local school to get through the summer. The second time, well VICIS went out of business so we do have a business of those helmets for sale if anyone is interested in purchasing one
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Post by kylem56 on Mar 10, 2022 14:36:43 GMT -6
Had a very successful clinic... Tons of fun... even have an awesome story about our vehicles being towed at midnight the last night of the clinic with all the out-of-town speakers stuff inside!!! LOL This is a GREAT clinic. I've been to many clinics and been really lucky to speak at many others and this is by far, top 3 I have ever been to, as a speaker, its #1 easily to be apart of. Casey and his staff take good care of the speakers and those who attend the clinic. I don't know how the guy gets any rest as hes always on the move during this weekend.
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Post by kylem56 on Mar 4, 2022 21:57:44 GMT -6
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Post by kylem56 on Mar 4, 2022 20:15:34 GMT -6
Kent State University
The clinic will be held April 8th-9th! Contact @dfo_JTO (jolson18@kent.edu) to register or for more information!
not a Kent State fan (actually a 2x University of Toledo grad) but I know Coach Lewis and his staff are doing a good job recruiting the states of Ohio and Michigan and treat high school coaches right
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Post by kylem56 on Mar 4, 2022 20:10:50 GMT -6
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Post by kylem56 on Mar 2, 2022 11:35:24 GMT -6
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Post by kylem56 on Mar 1, 2022 14:17:08 GMT -6
University of Toledo March 18-19 great staff that has added some very successful HS coaches recently as well
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