|
Post by coachbleu on Jun 23, 2009 14:36:57 GMT -6
We have mandatory workouts all summer. We offer 21 sessions from 6-8 in the evenings. The kids have to make 18. I also come in on some off days when the kids have conflicts.
During a session, we lift for an hour, then go on the field for individual work for 20 minutes, then condition for 35 minutes. The kids get to wear their helmets. We can do this all summer long (except for the mandatory dead-weak). I don't understand why they don't allow this in all leagues. I know in some states, the coaches can't require ANY summer participation. What in the world do they expect to gain from this? If their kids go lay around and eat potato chips in the AC all summer, they probably are going to have heat issues when 2-a-days start.
What they should do is make summer conditioning mandatory for a certain number of days. That would get the kids acclimated to the heat and we wouldn't have to worry so much about all this stuff.
|
|
|
Post by coachbleu on Jun 16, 2009 15:47:36 GMT -6
Last night, my wife and I were watching TV. I had my laptop and was perusing some of the threads on this site.
A little later, after going to bed, I was tossing and turning in the sheets. I told my wife that she had just helped my clear my head and my thoughts were too strong for sleep.
To that she said "why don't you go get on you computer and go to that website, 'Huey, Louie, and Dewey' or whatever you call it".
|
|
|
Post by coachbleu on Apr 23, 2009 21:27:19 GMT -6
Our colors are royal blue and silver. I got one like this a few years ago at an airshow that has the camo in different shades of blue. Man, it's got some miles on it. The kids even wonder what's up if I ever have a different hat on.
|
|
|
Post by coachbleu on Apr 15, 2009 11:41:41 GMT -6
I watched Notre Dame play vs. Richwood this year. Talk about David vs. Goliath. ND was outmanned at every position excepts LB (and that was probably a tie).
Where is all this talent you are speaking of? Why don't I see LSU's football team riddled with ND players like Evangel?
They have good hs football players because they are well coached. Everyone knows that Cook is a great coach. Does anyone remember what he did with Crowley high? They were terrible forever before him.
You'll never convince me that ND has better talent than the public schools that they play. Only one time have I seen them have what I thought was the best talent, and they didn't even win it that year.
They play swarming, disciplined defense with guys who are under-sized, and are often not that fast.
|
|
|
Post by coachbleu on Apr 15, 2009 1:21:49 GMT -6
the last time i checked, Notre Dame is in the hunt for the ring EVERY season in La.
Let me know when they have more talent than any public school
|
|
|
Post by coachbleu on Apr 5, 2009 11:38:07 GMT -6
I love this site as well. I also want to thank all the coaches on here that share and post. If it weren't for you guys coming here every day, this place wouldn't be worth that much. I check this site for new posts SEVERAL times a day.
Thanks guys.
|
|
|
Post by coachbleu on Mar 31, 2009 13:02:35 GMT -6
I've always just handled it by saying something: "hey slapd!ck, we need to do something about..." or "I don't like how we are __________." Just open your mouth and speak it. My kinda tact. I like it.
|
|
|
Post by coachbleu on Mar 30, 2009 12:02:11 GMT -6
ok Gotcha now. We have much lower numbers, but do only parallel squats without a surface to touch. The most we've ever had was 515. I cannot imagine being able to achieve that with a bunch of kids (at a small school).
I have some film of us squatting from our lift-a-thon this year in Feb. I'll have to cut some up and post it.
|
|
|
Post by coachbleu on Mar 30, 2009 9:50:33 GMT -6
Is there any way that you could post a clip of your 580 pound squat? Is that a parallel squat, or what we see taught at the other schools in our town? We hear claims of monster squats, a lot of times from incoming students. ONLY 1 TIME IN MY 15 YEARS HAVE I WITNESSED A KID WHO COULD ACTUALLY DO WHAT HE CLAIMED.
Whenever I hear of monster stats like that, throughout a program, I have to call BS. Please prove me wrong. I'll show you mine if you show me yours(hahaha). Let's see if we are comparing apples to oranges, because I think we are.
|
|
|
Post by coachbleu on Mar 30, 2009 9:45:33 GMT -6
Carpet is a bad idea. Rubber floor it. There's lots of affordable flooring out there. Do it yourself and save money. It will last 10 times as long as carpet and will look good forever.
|
|
|
Post by coachbleu on Mar 21, 2009 10:19:03 GMT -6
We have started a couple of "new" traditions. One I took from a coach on this site. We did custom "fatheads" for all football players that got straight A's during the 1st quarter (during football season). It went over GREAT. I had only 6 out of 125 players, but I bet next year I have 15. There is a company that does a custom action photo (you e-mail them the photo), into a 3'x5' decal for about $35 each. Totally worth it. Another tradition...we had a problem with guys playing their Frosh & Soph year, and then not playing Junior year because they "weren't going to get much playing time." Huge excuse to be lazy. So we instituted a 4-year emphasis with two perks: 1) All 4-year Seniors get to pose in the annual Senior Poster that has our schedule on it. They like that. At the end of the season, all of the four-year players that completed the season get a 4" patch for their block jacket. They liked that even more. That's good stuff coach. I'm actually going to look into the fathead thing and the 4 year emphasis. Sounds like some great positive reinforcement. Exactly what we need.
|
|
|
Post by coachbleu on Mar 21, 2009 10:10:54 GMT -6
once you get to second tier teams from each state, I would think the ones in Texas would be a lot farther along for a variety of reasons What kind of reasons? Population could not explain that, right? Reasons that Texas football is better than most states: #1. They pay better, so they can get better coaches. I personally know of at least 20 guys that moved to TX to coach because of the pay. #2. Fans. In the rural communities in TX, that's all they have and all they care about. The movies "Friday night lights" and "varsity blues" were not exaggerations. Those people worship football and the kids who play. For most of them, it's the most important thing that they ever do or witness in their lives. #3. State pride. TX people love their state and are very competitive. They love to be the best at something. People associate TX with cowboys, roughnecks, and hard workers because it's true. The people from TX love that fact and embrace it. I'm not from TX, but lived there for a while. In the big cities, football is big, but not much more than it is all over the south. In the small towns in the middle of nowhere, football is king. It's insane. Now I know that in AL and LA, people love their football. Heck, people get murdered in alabama over rivalries. But they don't have the economic power to bring in HS coaches like TX does. Also, those states are turd-bowls. TX is a much nicer place to live.
|
|
|
Post by coachbleu on Mar 20, 2009 15:32:44 GMT -6
The Glazier clinic in Destin was good as usual. I love the format of their clinics because I can always find something good to sit in on. I don't have to wait around or sit through junk I'm not interested in.
|
|
|
Post by coachbleu on Mar 18, 2009 10:26:32 GMT -6
The full clemson experience. I'm not a Clemson fan, but I've been to the stadium and love to watch their entrance as they rub Howard's Rock.
|
|
|
Post by coachbleu on Mar 13, 2009 10:28:32 GMT -6
I agree that the top tier schools in most states would be very competitive. However, the emphasis on football in the south and especially in TX probably results in better football. Also, the talent level in the south is better than a lot of places. Look at the amount of "athletes" that come out of LA, MS, AL and FL as compared to other states, then look at their population densities. Nobody lives there! Most states have at least one city with more people than the entire state of MS.
|
|
|
Post by coachbleu on Mar 1, 2009 20:16:55 GMT -6
First, lay out a triangular field.... Thank you for that comment. I just had the water I was drinking spew out my nose.
|
|
|
Post by coachbleu on Nov 9, 2008 12:30:52 GMT -6
In order to maintain my status as the "tech" guy and computer teacher, I've had to go back to school, though I always participate in teacher development and also have a masters degree. I really wanted to find a way to be through with school forever, but they keep pulling me back.
I put it off as long as I could and finally found some courses that I could take online. After enrolling in the 2 courses, I realized that the course work was going to be very simple. Apparently most teachers are computer illiterate. While scouring the projects offered in the two classes, I found one that was called online professional development. The project description envolved going to online chat rooms and gave a list of suggested sites for teachers. All of these had calendars with dates for particular discussions. I realized that I was going to have a tough time attending these sessions at the scheduled times because of football demands, so I contacted the teacher and asked if my participation on this site counted. To my delight, she said yes, so I copied all the topic I had posted on and all the plays that I have logged on the drawing board and sent them to her.
I received and A in the course and should not have to go back to college any time in the future. Thanks CoachHuey!
|
|
|
Post by coachbleu on Feb 19, 2006 20:21:03 GMT -6
Why not use a standard balanced formation to shift from?
I saw a team use their TE as a fullback in the no-TE wishbone. They ran lots of stuff from it on short counts and they also shifted to the formations you mentioned above.
|
|
|
Post by coachbleu on Jun 4, 2007 7:14:40 GMT -6
I don't know, but Randall Cunningham was a beast on Tecmo Super Bowl !!! Man I loved that game!
|
|
|
Post by coachbleu on Jun 3, 2007 21:18:32 GMT -6
Post-corner, z-out, z-flag, post-flag
|
|
|
Post by coachbleu on Oct 30, 2007 20:05:53 GMT -6
Hershel Walker was the most dominant RB I ever saw in college. It's hard to leave him off this list
|
|
|
Post by coachbleu on Jun 3, 2007 22:16:55 GMT -6
Defense 1. tackle leader 2. sack 3. whopper lick 4. tackle for loss 5. forced fumble 6. recovered fumble 7. int 8. knocked down pass 9. blocked kick 10. special teams tackle 11. touchdown on d
Offense 1. best downfield blocker 2. best job faking by a back 3. best lineman coming off the ball 4. knockdown leader 5. pancake block 6. no bad c-qb exchanges (c and qb only) 7. no bad long snaps 8. 100% fg's and xp's 9. 60% passing 10. 2 or more receptions 11. touchdown
|
|
|
Post by coachbleu on Jun 5, 2007 21:54:36 GMT -6
One of my fellow coaches witnessed a stabbing on the field!
His player died in his arms. He got out of coaching for several years following the incident. I didn't blame him.
|
|
|
Post by coachbleu on Jun 5, 2007 7:23:43 GMT -6
Louisiana had a running back/basketball player about 12 years ago that was arguably the best talent in the state. He went to Patino's basketball camp during the summer and was camper of the year. During the fall of his senior year, he lead (and I do mean lead) his team to the state title. After football season, he stopped going to school regularly, and after being reprimanded, stopped going all together.
this kid had an entire community trying to help him get through school. Everybody in this small town was interested in seeing him graduate and go on to college. People visited him at his house; he even lived with a coach who took him in.
But in the end, it was all for nothing. He dropped out of school and I have never heard of him again. This kid had the grades, the intelligence, and surely the skills. What a jerk!
|
|
|
Post by coachbleu on Jun 19, 2007 6:40:41 GMT -6
I played for great coaches in high school. All 3 of them were old-school guys. I learned a tremendous amount about line play and mental toughness from them. I also learned about motivation and the basics of the game. Another thing that I took from them was what not to do. My coaches were very distant and difficult to talk to. I prefer to make myself more available to my players. There always has to be a line there, but they often need to have an outlet. Football is a tough game both mentally and physically. The weight of it can bear down on a young mind and it can be overwhelming. I like to blend in humor and my personal life whenever possible to show the kids that I am human.
|
|
|
Post by coachbleu on Sept 6, 2006 3:55:21 GMT -6
Punish them all. They all lied. The coaches AS WELL AS THE PLAYERS signed affidavits stating that the players were not physically transported by anyone from the school. This was a complete lie. Many coaches in the state of La. took the opportunity to troll for talent in the aftermath of Katrina. I don't know that Bastrop did that, but they flat-out lied about what actually went on.
Then they had a kid on TV talking about receiving money and new cars. I think some bad things went on there besides what has been exposed. Some of it has been ignored or swept under the rug because there is no solid proof, however, the coaches and players LIED about how they got there. That should be well enough to make everyone pay.
|
|
|
Post by coachbleu on Jun 3, 2007 21:54:39 GMT -6
I coached for a legend in MS. One of the many things that made him good was that he could get kids to do what he wanted with fewer words than anyone i've ever met.
When preparing to coach the o line for him, I asked him about teaching blocking progression, with different steps and positions. His response was "tell them to lead with their nose and run their feet. To hell with all those steps. Get em blocking now and correct em as you go."
While in TX, I ran into the exact opposite in fellow coaches. It was like they knew too much for thier own good. Like they had been to more clinics than they could handle. "Worrying about mice when elephants were coming"
|
|
|
Post by coachbleu on Feb 19, 2006 20:11:47 GMT -6
The legendary JT Curtis out of John Curtis School in River Ridge, LA. I heard him speak at a clinic in LA several years ago. If anyone has ever seen them play, you know that they are one of the best coached teams around. And, after seeing him at the clinic, I understand why.
|
|
|
Post by coachbleu on Sept 6, 2006 4:00:20 GMT -6
I hear that some programs are having problems with staph infections. Something about build up on sprint turf. Anyone else hear about this?
|
|
|
Post by coachbleu on Jun 3, 2007 22:19:31 GMT -6
We call our linemen the fatboys, even the mommas. I take out an page in the football program with a picture of all of us every year. Last year we got shirt with our mascot on the back and it read "i'm a fatboy" on the front. they loved em.
|
|