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Post by husky44 on Jun 17, 2017 16:36:04 GMT -6
coachcharacter.com/This is the character program we use all season and also now through the whole athletic department. Good stuff if that's what you're looking for. As far as the other topics I'm sure coaches have been trying to figure that out for the last 40 years or so. Pretty sure my team had the same problems when I was in HS (not that it's right or makes it okay) just one of those magic unicorns we chase as coaches, I remember old coaches when I started out always saying "Remember Pu$$y is still undefeated". I think you have to pick your spots when talking about that or they tune you out. Maybe come up with a quick saying you close each practice with like "make good decisions" and have them all say it before you break. During the season when do you implement this character program? How long is each session? We do a word of the week and spend five minutes each day talking about it but that has been about it. We have a guy who teaches leadership professionally offering his services to our team once the season starts but I am having a tough time deciding when and how to do this.
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Post by husky44 on May 21, 2017 20:14:29 GMT -6
Escape from Saigon/Baghdad is my personal favorite. Please explain this.
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Post by husky44 on May 21, 2017 7:30:30 GMT -6
I love the board drill. They start on the middle of the board fit up. The winner is the one who drives the loser off the board. Not only is this competitive, it forces them to have inside hands, get their feet in the ground, and stay under their pads. If a guy doesn't want to go or hides, he will be definitely called. If a guy doesn't compete, he will go again and again. The whole team is watching, so guys tend to want to be physical. We do this drill Monday and Tuesday during the season. We usually go 5 to 7 reps, and guys go against their corresponding position group. This is A&M doing the drill. This is more or less a daily drill for our whole program. I'm a big believer. We do perfect play as a competition where two huddles are running the same plays and whoever executes bests wins, whoever makes a mistake does down ups. I like it for a start of practice warm up and I like to think it helps us learn to execute right from the start. When you do the perfect play do you do this on air, with a defense holding bags, or a thud situation?
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Post by husky44 on Apr 17, 2017 19:46:02 GMT -6
Coaches,
We are working on our youth football web site and I am wondering if it would be helpful for parents to have a section on concussions and concussion education. I would post a number of articles and videos about the topic. The idea is to educate but not scare. I am trying to decide if this helps or might hurt our program since it brings the concussion issue to the forefront. Thoughts?
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Post by husky44 on Mar 4, 2017 18:18:06 GMT -6
something i have been thinking about more and more going to essentially score everything and have a winner and loser for everything So how would you do that? What examples can you come up with?
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Post by husky44 on Mar 4, 2017 14:46:44 GMT -6
Coaches, So I have been meeting this off season with those players who are returning next year and a theme is starting to emerge when I ask them a couple of questions about how to improve our practices. The kids are asking that we create more opportunities to compete. We do a a number of different things but obviously it is not enough. 1. 3rd down situation - 10 plays from various distances and out offense must make 6 of 10 first downs or they have some running. We put our next best players on defense. 2. On the 10 yard line and 3 or 4 downs to score. We put twelve on defense. 3. Once a week on Wed. at the end of practice we take 10 minutes to have our coaches create some type of competition - winners don't condition. Relays, strength tests, you name it.
I would love to get some more ideas from others about ways to generate more competition. Let's compile a list.
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Post by husky44 on Jan 18, 2017 16:55:16 GMT -6
We have 5 and use them everyday. They work pretty well; just have a couple broken guys/managers pull them around in drills. If they hit them too high they do flip like realdawg said and the kids will go for a ride. They learned to stay low after the first couple days. I like them, we're looking into getting some tackling rings for this year. What is the advantage of the Shadowman over the tackling rings? We have some money and are looking at both options. We could buy 7-8 tackling rings for the price of a couple of shadowman's. I would also think the tackling rings would be easier to store.
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Post by husky44 on Jan 1, 2017 21:10:52 GMT -6
We are looking at purchasing some. How much are they used in your program? We do a tackling progression and some individual tackling drills but are always looking for ways to reduce contact in practice. With a varsity/JV of 50-60 kids, how many would you suggest we buy?
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Cramps
Aug 28, 2016 14:30:33 GMT -6
Post by husky44 on Aug 28, 2016 14:30:33 GMT -6
Thanks for the idea!
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Cramps
Aug 28, 2016 10:31:15 GMT -6
Post by husky44 on Aug 28, 2016 10:31:15 GMT -6
Pedialyte is so expensive. To give each starter a bottle would be quite costly. Any ideas?
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Cramps
Aug 26, 2016 12:38:43 GMT -6
Post by husky44 on Aug 26, 2016 12:38:43 GMT -6
Why is pediallyte better than powerade?
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Post by husky44 on Aug 17, 2016 19:21:07 GMT -6
I used to bring the kids in Sat. morning like many of you. After year two, I said some things have to go or I will get burned out. I gave up Sat. film sessions. Best thing I have done. I have noticed more enthusiasm as the season goes on because the kids are not going six days a week. We make all of our comments on HUDL for the kids and they watch them on their own time. We check if they watch and ask them to do a short write up on what they need to improve on based on film study. This is turned into their position coaches.
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Post by husky44 on Jun 21, 2016 13:42:48 GMT -6
Mind sharing some ideas on how you do that?
First and most importantly, coaches need to be as positive and enthusiastic as can be - it is possible to chew azz with a smile on your face.
Second, do some things just for fun but still Football-related.
For example, we did a Scoop 'n Score Drill for Warm-up one day during Pre-Season instead of Form Running or whatever.
Instead of running sprints at end of practice, do Arch Drill with entire team including linemen once in awhile.
When we did run 40s for Conditioning during Two-a-Days, we would run one for each "win" and yell name of an opponent off LOS.
To finish Monday practices we did "Beat (opponents)" Drill ('Perfect Play') instead of traditional conditioning.
I did "Ape Drill" with LBers when I sensed they were getting mentally stale - one be leader in front of rest inside ten-yard square. He could do whatever he wanted - Jumping Jacks, Shuffle, Seat Rolls, somersault, pushups, etc. for about ten seconds and others had to imitate or "ape" him. When I called "Out!!" he would try to "score" through square and others would gang tackle.
(I also would do a 'Man in the Middle' Drill for pass breaks and let them be the passers).
Midway through practice we did "Sky Drill" - after getting water kids laid on their backs with helmets on chest looking up at sky (hopefully visualizing success during games) for 3-4 minutes.
We would "force" enthusiasm by doing a 15-second clap and breakdown when I called them up for Team Comment at beginning and end of practice.
If it fits your personality, exhibit a sense of humor when appropriate.
I felt that because we ran option and passed on offense and were a multiple, aggressive, stunting-blitzing defense our kids had fun playing our systems.
I'm sure there were others but without writing a book those were the things that sprang immediately to mind.
What is the Arch Drill?
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Post by husky44 on Feb 10, 2016 13:23:02 GMT -6
So do you ever work on kicking? What about when you need a FG to win?
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Post by husky44 on Dec 13, 2015 17:34:18 GMT -6
Coaches, How much time do you give the kids after school is finished to get out to practice? We have given them twenty minutes in the past.
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Post by husky44 on Jan 17, 2015 23:56:38 GMT -6
That is a pretty good idea. Any others?
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Post by husky44 on Jan 17, 2015 9:08:49 GMT -6
Coaches, We do a fundraiser at the HS level and the MS level that covers most of our costs. The community has been very good in our fundraising efforts but are being stretched thin by all the programs in our community that fundraise. Our booster club has suggested we target our football alumni, some who live in the area but many live all over the country. We have a pretty active alumni organization and they donate half of all the proceeds from an annual golf tournament so they do their part. Our booster club is suggesting that we have a large board created with those who donate at various levels to the program posted at our stadium. The thought was we could either do a one time large donation board or do an annual donation. Does anyone do anything like this? What has worked and what has not? Any incite would be appreciated.
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Post by husky44 on Jan 12, 2015 19:47:51 GMT -6
Was informed today that will not be in the schedule for 2015 but will be under discussion for 2016. Our jobs are never getting easier, only more hoops to jump through.
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Post by husky44 on Jan 8, 2015 20:49:19 GMT -6
Coaches, We were informed this week that there is a good possibility our superintendent will require all coaches to attend professional learning communities every Wednesday from 2:30-4:45 every week this next year. Has anyone encountered anything like this? If so, how have you handled this and what advice can you share?
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Post by husky44 on Jul 6, 2014 7:33:33 GMT -6
Coaches, I have been contemplating having our seniors create and implement a leadership project for the upcoming season. I have thought about giving them a couple of options. 1) Service project - lawn raking, clean up, food pantry, etc... 2) flash mob at homecoming
My hope is that the seniors take pride in the effort and it helps develop the leadership capacity of the team. Do any of you do this? Any advice would be appreciated.
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Post by husky44 on May 15, 2014 15:05:18 GMT -6
We have a kid who is a great kid(4.0, good RB, high character kid) who has not attended any of our leadership classes or passing open gyms because he is traveling all over the country wrestling and playing baseball. Do I penalize him for not attending any of the off season programs by not naming him a captain? I have considered having the kids vote and they likely would pick him. I have three good kids who have regularly attended our off season leadership program who I will make captains. Is it a better idea to have three permanent and one rotating based on weekly preference?
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Post by husky44 on May 5, 2014 20:42:19 GMT -6
Coaches, What part in your program do you ask parents to play? I am looking at what we ask them to do in our program and I feel like it is very little compared to other sports and programs. We have a pair of parents work the 50-50 raffle on game night, this is usually done by freshmen parents. We also have about six families run a game farm hunt to help raise funds but that is about it. I prepare the end of the year banquet and have people to film our games. Would others please share what your parents are doing to help the program?
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Post by husky44 on Apr 30, 2014 20:11:46 GMT -6
I hand the managers our practice schedule and teach them what materials will be needed at each station for individuals. I also have one film or team sessions. I will also place a manager with a watch if they are responsible and have them notify me when a period change is needed. We have our managers wash towels, put away our jerseys and pants when they are returned from the cleaners. I also have one of them input our stats on-line on Mondays.
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Post by husky44 on Mar 3, 2014 16:50:01 GMT -6
One we did at our high school, usually it ws the first home game of the year Youth League Night: All CYO players (we were a catholic school) get in free if they wear their jersey the 5th grade teams scrimmage at halftime, introduce and recognize the 6th 7th and 8th grade teams and staffs Coach, Can you share a little more about your youth scrimmage at half time? I really like the idea and would like to do this. Do you mind sharing what you have done?
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Post by husky44 on Feb 21, 2014 21:01:41 GMT -6
Has anyone tried a scrips card from Kwik trip as a fundraiser? If your kids pre-sell the scrip cards (5, 10, 25, and 50$) the people will then use the cards to buy gas or whatever they want to Kwik trip. Everyone needs gas and it really does not cost the people anything to help your program. Kwik trip gives your program %10 of everything you sell.
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Post by husky44 on Feb 20, 2014 16:47:21 GMT -6
I was going, the weather will be terrible so we cancelled. We will be going to the Chicago Glazier though.
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Post by husky44 on Feb 16, 2014 14:31:36 GMT -6
96% of the money goes to you. You create a video and the players put in emails and it send it out. Similar to ourfund.com (we made 8,000 off of this), go you look Hudl Campaigns (its basically a begathon), I would have the kids login and the parents put in emails. (Give a % towards dues, etc...) Coach, Do you create the video each week? How long are these videos? Do the players need to send out the E-mails each week? What were you able to do to encourage the kids to participate in this?
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Post by husky44 on Feb 16, 2014 12:04:44 GMT -6
If you are already on Hudl, go the route of Hudl Campaigns. Its just like eTeamfundraising but it ties in directly to your kids on Hudl. We raised $2,000 this year with it and only had about 30 of our 150 kids REALLY participate. This year we will really push it. Very easy to do, very positive feedback from kids and parents. Coach, Does HUDL create a highlight film for you each week and then your players send out E-mails to friends and family encouraging them to provide funds for the program? How much of the funds actually makes it to your program? Please provide a little more of a description and how you plan to sell this to your players.
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Post by husky44 on Jan 14, 2014 19:44:58 GMT -6
Coaches, I am planning our summer schedule and would like to have a practice and then do an overnight camping/team bonding event. We have some nice parks in the local area and I was thinking we could hold a three day camp with the overnight stay at a local park taking place between the second and third practice. I would like any pointers you may have for those who have done this. Any lists that provide what the kids should bring, itinerary, ideas for fun team bonding activities would be much appreciated.
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Post by husky44 on Nov 10, 2013 12:27:35 GMT -6
I am looking at putting together a list of game situations to practice on Thursdays before our game. We already cover the following: 1) Up at end of game - run the clock and teach QB to look to ref before snapping ball. Staying in bounds 2) Down and end of game and driving - Spiking the ball. Throwing the ball away and not taking a sack. Getting out of bounds. 3) if injured, staying on the field so we can get the replacement ready instead of limping off. 4) Getting the FG unit on the field quickly to kick at end of game. 5) Taking a safety when backed up to punt if a tight ball game. 6) fair catching the ball on a punt and then using the free kick rule 7) Of course, onside kicks and hands team 8) Fake FG/XPT
I know there are more... please add to the list.
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