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Post by husky44 on Nov 10, 2013 11:07:09 GMT -6
Other than replacing them with another player what other options are there? Kids do not respond to yelling or belittling today.
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Post by husky44 on Oct 30, 2013 15:56:29 GMT -6
Get this one, we end the season 6-3 second in conference. All season long I have had senior parents complaining about not playing their son a lot, though we attempt to play everyone if possible. We get seeded against the best team in our bracket for the playoffs and we narrowly lose round 1 on the last play of the game. We wanted to control the ball, run the clock and keep the score close. Throughout the whole game the stands are extremely negative about play calling, throw the ball, run something other than dive (we are an option team). My wife and kids leave the stands because of negative comments. I fear now that this will permeate down to the underclassmen. This is my second year in the community and it seems like some communities cheer the team on and have realistic view of sport and others do not. What happens when we have a losing season?
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Post by husky44 on Sept 15, 2013 19:47:52 GMT -6
No we do not watch the whole film. We watch about 45 min. to an hour of film and then lift and have the kids out in under two hours. We never get through more than a few series on each side of the ball. We ask that they watch the rest of the film with comments on their own.
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Post by husky44 on Sept 15, 2013 8:27:37 GMT -6
Coaches, We have a group of our starters who are decent football players who do not watch themselves on game film after games even after we provide constructive feedback on HUDL. We watch a short segment of both O and D on Sat. morning and then expect the kids who played to watch themselves over the weekend. We have found that 3-4 kids are not watching themselves. What would you do? The sad part of this is that they are making the same mistakes on game day.
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Post by husky44 on Jul 24, 2013 17:53:35 GMT -6
Coaches, I keep getting hassled by our cheer team coach to have our kids wear pink on cancer awareness week. I was able to avoid the distraction last year because I got the pressure a week before. They want the football program to buy each kid something pink. I really do not want any additional work/distraction but also don't want to irritate the public. How do you all handle this?
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Post by husky44 on Jun 25, 2013 10:33:12 GMT -6
If you have HUDL it is pretty easy. Divide up responsibilities between staff members and the HC holds them accountable. We do not grade, we make comments on HUDL and watch with athletes Sat. morning. I get up early or stay late after the game to do this. Makes sense. I guess most of the stuff we could do from home, and then maybe meet on Sunday for 6-8 hours for film review and practice/game plan. With 2 little ones under 4 in my house it's kind of nice to be at a quiet office to get stuff done. Too hard not to be dad for me when I'm home. We don't meet as a staff on Sunday, I feel everyone needs a day away. I will call the guy who helps me offensively game plan and will talk to the DC who is planning with two other coaches to get his plan Sunday evening. We meet Monday morning before school as a staff to talk about the general game plan and practice plan for the week about an hour and half before school.
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Post by husky44 on Jun 25, 2013 7:21:47 GMT -6
For those of you who only meet for a couple hours on Sunday, how do you guys get the scout cards and the scouting report done? Do you guys not do a scouting report with personnel sheet, D/D/H tendency, favorite formations w/plays? We will usually breakdown the last 3 or 4 games and any extra if they played a defense similar to ours and watch the rest together as a staff. When you add in the reports, cards, scouting report, game plan, and film watching I don't understand how you can be out of there in 4 hours. Then again maybe we're just terribly inefficient?!?!?! Also, do you guys not grade every play of the game film for your players? We give a player a +/- on every play and a percentage grade with a couple of notes on things that we will work on improving during the week. My wife would love the schedule some of you have in season, so I guess that goes a long way also. If you have HUDL it is pretty easy. Divide up responsibilities between staff members and the HC holds them accountable. We do not grade, we make comments on HUDL and watch with athletes Sat. morning. I get up early or stay late after the game to do this.
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Post by husky44 on May 5, 2013 11:39:00 GMT -6
How many of you think it is important to have your sideline "hooting and hollering" and actively cheering on their teammates on gameday and take steps to work on this? This last season our sidelines were pretty quiet except when we had a big play. It was not because we were not very successful, in fact we had a good season. We play some teams who have very active sidelines and others who do not. Is it worthwhile to focus on this as a part of practice, and if so, what can be done to create a more active lively sideline?
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Post by husky44 on Apr 6, 2013 16:12:23 GMT -6
If we stay healthy we should be pretty good this season, we should have high expectations for success but I don't like focusing on a distant future I want our kids to focus on the moment, I love Oregon's "Win the Day" theme. However, whenever you read about successful coaches or how to guide a successful business/program they always talk about measurable goals that focus the process of building success and then focus on smaller weekly goals that help you get to the final goal. I guess I want to start a discussion about the efficacy of long term goal creations or simply focusing on short term goals that will lead to success. I have a friend who is a HC who never talks about winning only what will allow them to win. His season goals are always:
1. Win the field position battle 2. Win the turnover battle 3. Next play - meaning he has the kids focus on the next play
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Post by husky44 on Mar 31, 2013 16:14:47 GMT -6
Coaches, I am planning on meeting with our seniors at the beginning of the summer to create our team goals and actionable steps to complete these goals. I have always focused on the traits of a champion and not the outcome but kids always want to focus on the outcome and fail to recognize the importance of the actionable steps. Things like winning a conference title or state championship are admirable goals but the season is often seen as a failure if they are not achieved since we wrote them down as goals and posted them. I think shooting for this outcome goals are great but can often backfire if you have setbacks early on in the season. I would like to create goals that don't focus solely on the outcome but also focus on the process but am unsure of how to do this while still including input from the kids. Does anyone have any incite or ideas for working through this process?
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Post by husky44 on Feb 19, 2013 18:59:09 GMT -6
I am looking for ways to include the assistant coaches in the end of the year banquet. Instead of just recognizing them and having them pass out awards, what are programs doing to give them some responsibility? This was my first year as a HC and the end of the year banquet went well but I am always looking for ways to improve.
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Post by husky44 on Feb 17, 2013 17:37:31 GMT -6
I picked up a set of Dyna-Claw football cleats this last weekend at the Glazier Clinics and am intrigued by what I heard with regards to reduced stress on the knees and better grip (at least on turf) that they appear to have. Does anyone in a cold weather climate and not playing on turf have experience with these? We play the vast majority of our games on grass and it gets pretty cold in Oct. so I am wondering how well they work in that type of situation.
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Post by husky44 on Feb 10, 2013 12:11:41 GMT -6
See you there!
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Post by husky44 on Dec 30, 2012 12:57:19 GMT -6
I bought a portable speaker and stand off of Amazon. I started with an iPod shuffle, but then started using my iPhone to play Pandora. Pandora was great because it's free and you can change the type of music you listen to. I used the Rock Workout station and the Pop Workout station the most. To my surprise, the kids liked the Rock workout station the most which gave us a steady diet of ACDC, Guns and Roses, etc. I think the music has a lot of unintended consequences that are beneficial. [/quote How many speakers and what type do you all think are needed to conduct a sufficient varsity practice? We have about 50 on the varsity who practice primarily on one field.
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Post by husky44 on Dec 16, 2012 20:14:56 GMT -6
What skills specifically? An OL circuit? Mix of everything? I was looking for a mix of everything. Appropriate skills that can be executed by the youth at all positions.
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Post by husky44 on Dec 15, 2012 20:09:37 GMT -6
Coaches, I am looking for a skills circuit to use at our youth camp this summer. If anyone is willing to share a copy with me it would be appreciated.
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Post by husky44 on Dec 13, 2012 16:19:12 GMT -6
Coach, I am entering my second year as a HC and would like some ideas of what to delegate to the assistants? The first year was tough as far as time, we were fairly successful and I felt like I did not ask too much of the kids and coaches but am looking for ways to lighten the load.
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Post by husky44 on Jul 8, 2012 6:37:50 GMT -6
I scheduled in a short install period at 7:30-7:45 and on the field at 7:50 - 10:05 practice. We will have a 35 minute break in between and then on the field at 10:45 - 1:00. We will break half the team up to lift during the first break and half the team after the second practice twice a week. We can't fit all the kids in the weightroom at the same time. I will also use the half hour after practice to walk through things on the board with the QB's.
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Post by husky44 on Jul 7, 2012 20:28:06 GMT -6
How long do you keep your kids during 2-a-days? I am planning on bringing them in at 7:30 and gone by 1:30. Two practices that are 2:15 minutes long. Is that too long? Do others practice longer?
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Post by husky44 on Jan 8, 2012 20:22:33 GMT -6
Coaches, What are your thoughts with regards to having an offensive/defensive day during the week and splitting practice time on Wednesdays? I am considering having an offensive day on Monday, Defensive day on Tuesday, and splitting on Wednesday.
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Post by husky44 on Dec 29, 2011 15:44:42 GMT -6
Is there a liability issue? I have not heard of one.
If there is one, to cover yourself you could perform 3 dynamic stretches such as the inch worm, elbow to instep, and reverse lunge with a twist and call it a day after 3-5 minute warmup.
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Post by husky44 on Dec 28, 2011 11:03:45 GMT -6
I am thinking you could focus on a defensive circuit focused on agility drills and takeaway drills at a gradually increased pace. Begin with some takeaway drills and progress to more physically demanding drills as the body begins to warm-up?
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Post by husky44 on Dec 28, 2011 8:08:08 GMT -6
Coaches, We as a staff are contemplating using our 15 minutes that have been allocated to dynamic/static stretching and speed mechanic work before beginning practice to a more football specific time period. We have a pass pro progression that our OL coach would like to use during this period each day and our QB/WR coach would like to use some Air Raid drills but not with all the athletes. We would only use the athletes who are likely to throw/catch the ball and want to find an alternative for the other athletes. Does anyone have any ideas about what to do with them? These are kids who might start on the other side of the ball and will not see any offensive reps or may be quite unathletic and have not fit anywhere.
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Post by husky44 on May 14, 2011 13:49:37 GMT -6
These are some great responses. I like the reminder to use positive and negative teachable moments on a daily basis to teach the characteristics of a winner. Focusing on dedication, determination, discipline, etc... is important but what about tangible goals like rushing yards, passing yards, 3rd down defense etc... How many of you see relevance to that in a situation like this?
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Post by husky44 on May 13, 2011 21:18:32 GMT -6
Coaches, I am preparing to take over a program that has won two games in the last three seasons. I want to focus on the process of winning and not wins itself. I would like to set tangible goals that are attainable and if achieved, can lead to success (wins). If you have been in a similar situation before, please share what you did with regards to goal setting.
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Post by husky44 on Apr 29, 2011 17:51:39 GMT -6
I am sure this topic has been discussed before but have not found a link so I will fire away. We are increasingly facing athletes who choose to specialize when they get to HS and this really hurts a football program that relies on numbers to be competitive. Other than making football attractive to kids, what types of things can be done to stem the tide? Has anyone found some good articles or studies that look at specialization and its impact on the athlete in a negative light and focuses on the benefits of multi-sport athletes?
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Post by husky44 on Feb 20, 2011 21:14:54 GMT -6
For those of you who have a current subscription with American Football Monthly how would you rate the current product/service? I had a subscription and let it expire because of poor service and quality. Has it improved of late? If not, are there any other suggestions for some good football coaching magazine subscriptions?
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Post by husky44 on Feb 19, 2011 13:43:34 GMT -6
Go ahead and start a new thread, you have a base plan idea, lets hope others contribute!
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Post by husky44 on Feb 19, 2011 10:43:41 GMT -6
I have been wanting to look at this idea more. Each position group focusing on a position specific warm-up that is football specific warm-up that is not a generic dynamic warm-up and/or stretch. Are there any DVD resources devoted to this concept? Has anyone put together a specific plan for each position group that they would be willing to share or trade? I am always looking for ways to improve our practice efficiency and would love to see ideas from others that are specific within each group.
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Post by husky44 on Apr 28, 2010 19:57:27 GMT -6
How do you find enough time during the week to watch film? We bring the kids in on Sunday evening to watch some cut ups of the previous game and to watch film of our upcoming opponent for about 15 min. O/D each and then lift. We watch a little bit of film on Tues. after practice 15 min. and that is about it. Our practices are 2 hours and 15 minutes, do you guys keep the kids even longer to watch film at the end? We also bring our kids in Tues. morning for lifting. We run a flexible modular schedule so we do not have a common lunch period available. How many of you bring them in before school? I would like some ideas.
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