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Post by mariner42 on Jul 2, 2012 16:12:02 GMT -6
The last two years for me have been incredibly humbling and, honestly, beneficial.
So far my best lesson has been that I WASN'T at the level I thought.
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Post by mariner42 on Jun 16, 2012 23:15:26 GMT -6
So... You're saying that we won't need these folks?
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Post by mariner42 on Jun 16, 2012 19:23:50 GMT -6
I'm not sure what IMG is. Is it an actual school, like with classes and teachers and stuff? Or is it just for training kids to be better at football? Feel free to correct me, but I think their main deal has been stuff like prepping NFL prospects for the combine and the like, although I'm sure they do some work with HS prospects for the right price. I remember hearing about a basketball 'club' like this that was essentially a 12 man, independent study HS with kids from like, 9 different states that was basically an all-star AAU team that got somehow 'legitimized'. I feel like a sanctioning organization (state level or NFHS or whatever) needs to step in and just say, "No ****ing way this is going to be allowed..." This is a REALLY big moment in football, to be honest.
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Post by mariner42 on Jun 16, 2012 15:10:26 GMT -6
Our kids get that way a lot, it's part of the local culture and they also know that we don't really have the numbers to do a lot about it, or so they thought. Now I just substitute liberally. LT takes a play off? He's out. We only have 6 OL, so the spare comes in. RG takes a play off? He's out. I find the hardest-working scrub I can, turns out to be a tiny RB, in you go. QB stares at a fumbled handoff like an idiot? Backup moves in from slot, LB goes to WR. One truly terrible practice got to the point where we had no subs left. The next kid to get the boot was a real snot-nosed turd, so when I canned him he had a good chuckle that I "couldn't," there was nobody left to replace him. The hell I can't. I'd rather play with 11, because with you loafing, I already was. So we finished with 11 guys. That was an extreme case, but the principle holds. You might argue that I end up wasting practice reps, but wasn't I already? I very much subscribe to this belief. If your starter isn't giving you full effort or isn't working hard enough, he's not your starter. Doesn't have to be permanent, but just show that you're willing to play someone else in 'their' spot. I had a very spoiled, lazy group of kids last season. During summer and fall camp, there would be team sessions where I told my assistants to just coach the hell out of whoever was in there and I would just stand behind the offense and sub out whoever wasn't giving full effort to the ball. Nothing dramatic, no big speeches, no shaming, just "Tevin, FS" or "Jose, Will Backer". Eventually, you'll find yourself with the 11 guys who are dying to stay on that field. I'll play 10 cowards and a midget if they're willing to do what it takes to succeed. I know you're a spread/TFS type guy, during your team take off or ROA periods bird dog the hell out of them for effort and finish and sub every single time someone makes an effort mistake. Correct schematic mistakes, but sub effort mistakes. It'll play hell on your tempo, but I think it's a worthwhile trade-off. Plus, you can get after the subs for their effort when they run on to field. SUPER IMPORTANT: Tell them this is coming. Before practice, before offense, before the specific period, whatever, tell them you're going to be taking them out if they're not doing what they need to be doing. It's fair and it is transparent, which I think matters. If you're correcting a behavior, identify to them which behavior you are correcting. I'll also echo some sort of consequence for sub-satisfactory performance in drill/group work. One thing I do that I got from the guy at my alma mater now is having them do 2 pushups. EVERYONE can do 2 pushups. My first day on the job last spring we probably did 25-30 sets of 2 pushups because of effort, focus, procedural mistakes. It's nothing major, you're just saying "That was wrong, this is your punishment, fix it." During an agility workout period, there was a kid who let up a step early EVERY TIME. He did 2 pushups EVERY TIME. He eventually got the message to finish through the line, but the group got the message a lot quicker. AGAIN, SUPER IMPORTANT: Identify WHY they're doing the pushups! I forgot this once, the kids just thought I was being a jackass.
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Post by mariner42 on Jun 16, 2012 13:09:37 GMT -6
I'll be honest, $70 sounds like a pretty reasonable price for what could be some pretty awesome film. I'll be closely watching to see how this is going to progress and be implemented.
I'll be especially interested if I can get IDM to let me download it off their site...
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Post by mariner42 on Apr 7, 2012 13:29:29 GMT -6
I'm curious to know if anyone else here has experienced coaching with someone who is like this. This name has been associated with a coach for the last 10 years. I've coached with this coach for off and on for a total of 4 years. I never knew what a sociopath was until I looked it up the other day and I was shocked because it was right on. The kids I care for but just dont know if I can coach for someone like this. For those of you who don't know what it is here is a link: Just read the summary. www.mcafee.cc/Bin/sb.htmlIs "P" really that bad or are you talking about someone else? I've coached under someone who was a world-class a$$hole and made me hate my job, but I don't think he qualifies as a sociopath. He was more than capable of being friendly and funny and empathetic, but he just didn't give a **** about your feelings or self esteem while doing football related things. I also spent this season with a position coach who could absolutely be considered a sociopath and it was remarkable to watch. He managed to manipulate the situation around him so consistently and thoroughly that a psychologist would have a field day with him. No regard for anyone else except himself and the ends always justified the means. I'm glad I worked with him early on in my career because now I've got a good idea of what to look for in the future.
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Post by mariner42 on Mar 27, 2012 0:31:17 GMT -6
can I get mine in columbia blue and scarlet red? HAHA couldn't resist - my schools colors are awesome to look at but a pain in the a$$ to work with on cloth... I never understood how you guys are in the bay area, mascot = hatchetmen, colors = blue & red? Not as bad as SHC and their gator mascots and purple unis, but still, very scattered. Definitely in for black w/ white lettering, although because of my last name most folks are going to think it's my own shirt...
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Post by mariner42 on Mar 12, 2012 0:35:05 GMT -6
St. Johns is getting young ADULTS who have already had at least four years' of Football instruction and experience To backup BLB, Gagliardi has said that they don't work on tackling because they purposefully recruit kids who are already competent tacklers. Just a different situation than most of us. The mindset he has can work at the HS level, absolutely, but you cannot go overboard with the other bits.
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Post by mariner42 on Feb 16, 2012 20:09:11 GMT -6
We have used a series of "Incentive" program and other academic/behavior/character development programs in the past. They've worked very well, as our GPA's increased, disciplinary problems decreased, school attendence went up, and overall group morale and attitudes improved. There are a number of ideas and programs that we used, that I have attached in a .pdf. "The Champions Club" has been really successful in the past for us. (It's on pages 8-10 of the attachment.) It rewards things like positive attitude, attendance, good grades, reliability and accountability, etc. While these are all things that "should be done anyway" ... we all know that they're often not. After all, kids are kids, and will sometimes do dumb things. So, the more we can do to help get them squared away, the better it makes our own situation... we shave-off a lot of the potential problems we might otherwise end up dealing with in the future. Coach, this is excellent! I like that it both praises and rewards positive team members while disciplining negative members. It's hard to reward the ones doing it right, you've developed a solid system for doing that. Consider it borrowed.
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Post by mariner42 on Jan 26, 2012 19:32:05 GMT -6
Passing that one up, will be at Glazier, though. Pretty amped for that one.
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Post by mariner42 on Jan 24, 2012 22:54:20 GMT -6
If you're from the left coast, the D3 options aren't as plentiful or as capable as some of the midwest (ohio or wisc) teams/leagues, but certain places are pretty good. My alma mater, Willamette, is usually nipping around the top 25 most years.
Your guys won't get any football money, but they will get some favorable scholarships if the program has any kind of pull. I got a $14k/year scholarship based on 'academics' that I only needed a 2.0 to keep! Facilities depends on the school and the success, WU's were pretty nice, some others are like a moderate HS.
If they can do it and they want to keep playing ball, they should.
Just my 2c
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Post by mariner42 on Jan 20, 2012 0:47:40 GMT -6
There was a massive blowup this year in our league over a coach having a 'no knees' policy and his qb defying that when a friend on an opposing team got injured. If you google "Alvarez high Michael turner" you should be able to see the news reports of the ensuing drama, which included pulled knives, concealed guns, and death threats. Sh!t went crazy down here.
Bottom line, I think it is forced sportsmanship and unnecessary. But not so much so as to freak out over it if a kid felt it was truly necessary.
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Post by mariner42 on Jan 18, 2012 12:06:30 GMT -6
Congrats man, now the hard part is keeping the job! Best of luck to you and your squad.
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Post by mariner42 on Jan 11, 2012 18:11:00 GMT -6
I did, unfortunately it didn't really say sh!t about anything other than "I yelled at him and he got worse, so then I didn't yell at him and he got better!" Which is about as common sense as it goes. Talked it over with a friend who has a masters in sports psych and he said its nothing revolutionary as a concept, although he said the application may be different than others. Most of us know the Meyers Briggs 4 trait personality type, I guess this one just uses different metrics to get there, so it seems anyway. Sent from my DROID2 using ProBoards
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Post by mariner42 on Jan 11, 2012 13:04:48 GMT -6
Job I got fired from: gave it all back to the HC/program. Worn/unworn, whatever, I didn't want it anymore.
Alma mater: saved in a few bags at my parents, since I would love to return some day and wouldn't it be nice to have some 'retro' gear to bust out in front of the kids.
Previous school: Kept my favorite T shirt, kept the nice track jacket, donated the rest to goodwill. Happy memories there from my first two years coaching with my college roommates.
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Post by mariner42 on Jan 11, 2012 12:58:58 GMT -6
I've always liked the phrase "Die Trying". Most kids are scared to fail, scared to really try, scared to dream big. I've always been the dream big type and I've always felt that I would rather die trying to do something extraordinary than survive in the shadows.
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Post by mariner42 on Jan 11, 2012 12:42:47 GMT -6
Yesterday at the AFCA convention I listened to the HC of Azusa Pacific University talk about how he changed his coaching using psychological theories to guide his method of dealing or interacting with his players. He was somewhat vague while talking and overall felt like a salesman, especially when my question about other resources for what he was talking about got deflected to an associate who gave me a business card that directed me to this site. Now I'm still curious about WTF this all was, so I'm doing my own homework/research and trying to learn on my own. The two major theories mentioned and repeated as I've tried to trace what he was talking about are these: 1-The Strength Deployment Inventory 2-Relationship Awareness Theory A quick look on Amazon reveals these books: Textbook by PorterTextbook by Phillips. Here's my question/query: can anyone with a more extensive psych background than myself shed some introductory light/explanation on these concepts and how they might be applied to coaching? Can you offer any kind of recommendation regarding the books themselves? We spend a lot of time talking Xs and Os or shoulder blocking vs hand blocking, etc, but one of the things that I'm interested in the most is HOW WE COACH. Is there something to these theories/approaches? Thanks fellas, sorry for taking so long to get to the point
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Post by mariner42 on Jan 10, 2012 21:38:40 GMT -6
The guy from Coaches' Choice, Dr. James Peterson, helped write the book (his name is on the cover). I'm pretty sure these are just copies he personally has around, I highly doubt you'll find them for anything near $30 online.
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Post by mariner42 on Jan 10, 2012 19:42:57 GMT -6
If you are at the convention, they have "Finding the Winning Edge" books on sale for 30 dollars. I almost bought him out of those so that I could re-sell them for ridiculous prices. Then I decided that probably wasn't the most ethical thing to do, which is why I'll never be wealthy.
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 31, 2011 11:39:25 GMT -6
Little known fact: New Year's Eve is actually a giant celebration of my birthday, but they needed to come up with another reason for it to make everyone else feel 'equal'...
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 27, 2011 20:35:39 GMT -6
I have much better results searching the board by going to google and typing "coachhuey" before the topic I want to search. For example in the google search text box I would type: coachhuey inverted veerSo, ummm... post of the year? Sent from my DROID2 using ProBoards
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 27, 2011 15:18:17 GMT -6
To restate Jgordon1's post: my effort generally matches yours. If you 'want to know if you can run quarters, cover 2, and still face The Spread', my answer will be something like, 'Sure!' If you ask me about problems I've had with my OLBs wrong-arming against a DW team, then I'll probably give you an equally specific answer.
Also, I realize the search feature here isn't very good, but I think at least a modicum of searching will offer a great starting point for people who want to know about Oregon's picture boards or TCU's DB play or GaTech's midline and so on and so on.
Just my 2c.
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 27, 2011 15:09:03 GMT -6
Not unlike Bdub, as an assistant I've always tried to have one part of the program locked down as 'my thing'. The last few years, I've been the 'tech guy' on the staffs that I've been on. HUDL this year and DSV before that, I was the guy who got the tech stuff taken care of. Understanding that loyalty means defending the program, players, head coach and not just avoiding being negative. This is so so so important and it's been one of the hardest challenges for me when there were things happening that I didn't care for. You have to lie for the company sometimes and it's hard to make peace with that. You can't just say "I'm not going to talk about playcalling" to a nosy parent, you have to say " We thought it was the best play for situation." People I tell the truth to: my parents, my best friend, the AD, and the other coaches. The first two are because I need to in order to stay sane some times, the AD because they need to understand what's going on within their area of responsibility, and the other coaches because honest discussion is crucial to growth. Everyone else gets told the company line and that's all there is to it. I'll also throw out that you need to be knowledgeable enough about the schemes being used that you can offer suggestions that work or exist within those schemes. I had assistants this year in particular that were making suggestions that were wildly outside of what we were teaching the kids to do. They actually saw this as a positive thing, but in my mind you don't fix a leaky roof by burning the building down, you figure out how to patch the roof with the materials and tools that are available to you.
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 23, 2011 15:18:45 GMT -6
I was a 24 year old varsity DC @ my alma mater. In some ways it was a smashing success and an awesome accomplishment, in others it set me up for a lot of future frustration. I don't know if there is such a thing as 'too young', but I definitely wasn't fully prepared. We won a couple games because of me and we lost a couple because of me.
At the end of the day, don't regret not taking a shot. I took a shot this year; it didn't pan out, but I'm glad I did it.
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 23, 2011 1:38:34 GMT -6
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 22, 2011 19:21:06 GMT -6
So this is something that's been on my mind for a while and the "Weaknesses" thread brought it to the forefront. For a while now, one of the things that I've wanted to improve or change about myself is my own tendency to be absent minded and/or not being focused on the details of things.
Any suggestions on how to build up this part of myself? I don't know that I'll ever be a meticulous, precise person throughout, but what can I do to make up where I feel I'm lacking?
Habits, books, whatever you think might matter?
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 22, 2011 19:14:27 GMT -6
Filming effort is a big deal. I've heard Mark Speckman say once that they would film their conditioning, and point their camera on one kid. They would show that kid on film to the team the next day, and critique his effort. Pretty stressful, but anytime there is good change there will be good stress. I love Coach Speck, but I would caution a few things first: 1-WARN THEM BEFOREHAND. Fair is fair, let them know what is happening so that they understand that they may very well be called out in front of their team. 2-Start by focusing on players that you KNOW won't get sad cheeks by it. Odds are they're the ones who are trying their hardest anyways and it lets you use positive praise if the situation warrants, hopefully in front of your kid that needs to understand if he's going hard or not. Peer pressure is wonderful, but you have to be careful to make sure you don't go down the road to shaming. Identify and critique, but focus it on what can be improved in a supportive way.
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 22, 2011 18:51:20 GMT -6
My biggest issue this year was that I let one of my assistants push me around. I hated myself every time, but he was such a manipulative, aggressive, and confrontational son of a bitch that I caved consistently.
Speaking to the bigger picture, I have a hard time reconciling all the aspects of my personality into something consistent. I'm goofy, laid back, and more than a little sarcastic, but I find those things to be conflicting with traits that I see from a lot of top coaches (specifically defensive coaches), notably being focused, detail oriented, and intense.
I'm also streaky. I work in furious bursts where I get a lot done, and then I get distracted by something else. I read through 4-5 books on something in the span of two weeks, then don't touch it for a month because I'm learning something else. I've the attention span of a caffeinated squirrel. I'm totally absorbed into my current acorn and OH LOOK! SHINY!!!
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 22, 2011 18:29:57 GMT -6
These are pretty intriguing to me.
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Post by mariner42 on Dec 20, 2011 22:32:16 GMT -6
It wasn't about 'hype' for me, it was about preparing the players to GO HARD so that when the first play comes, they're ready. I don't really jive to getting the kids 'hyped', but if we do it in practice, we oughta do it in a game.
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