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Post by juice10 on Jun 22, 2012 10:34:53 GMT -6
This is what a neighboring school did for their new complex. The donation plaques are on the side of their concession stands, with different size plaques meaning different size donations. Their donations were substantial starting with anything under $2500, 2501 - 5000, 5001 - 10, 000, 10001 - 50, 000 etc.
They also sold seating for a new set of bleachers. I believe a seat was $250 a piece and then they put their names on the seat ot show the donation.
I don't know if this is what you were thinking, but another possible idea.
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Post by juice10 on May 18, 2012 20:44:11 GMT -6
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Post by juice10 on Apr 10, 2012 10:32:49 GMT -6
Got this one from the board:
Taking Our Team to Another Level
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Taking Ourselves To Another Level
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Post by juice10 on Apr 10, 2012 10:20:51 GMT -6
Those of you that have used dog tags, how did you approach giving them out? Did they have to earn them? Did everyone get one? Could you lose them? If so, how?
Very interested in comments!!
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Post by juice10 on Apr 27, 2011 10:44:09 GMT -6
I appreciate all of your input. Many of you have hit the nail with teachers and students both have a responsibility. I know one of our biggest issues right now is that the district has changed our grading policy and now kids can't just skate by with just turning in work. Our policy has weighted tests as 75% of are grades and only 25% to daily homework.
We are also from an extremely low SES community (close to 75% of our school is on free and reduced lunch) so for many grades are not a priority, college or tech school isn't a priority. Keep the ideas coming as I appreciate all of your input.
Thanks for the info and thanks to jd for putting up a website. We have tried the Coaching to Change Lives and I liked it, but I don't feel like it is as effective as it has been in the past. We are looking into implementing the 7 army values this year: LDRSHIP Loyalty Duty Respect Selfless Service Honor Integrity Personal Courage
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Post by juice10 on Apr 26, 2011 11:57:05 GMT -6
I was wondering if this is happening all over or just in my school. As coaches, we seem to always have those few that just can't seem to get the job done in the classroom no matter how much we try. The last few years, I have had an extremely difficult time keeping student/athletes grades above where they need to be to become eligible. This year is no different, but is much more extreme. As of right now with 6 weeks left in the quarter, I have approximately 40% of my kids ineligible. We have tried contacting moms and dads, sitting down with athletes, study halls before school and the grade thing isn't becoming better.
Is it something of the times? Is it parenting? Is it kids now? Is it laziness? All of the above?
Is this something that is happening in your district?
Are there tactics that you as coaches have tried to help curb this cancerous epidemic? Your suggestions/criticisms are welcome because I am at my wits end trying to cure this situation.
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Post by juice10 on Mar 16, 2011 10:47:34 GMT -6
Many of you have already said it, but I always think that the young men on our football team need to make an attempt. It is a two way street, and most of the time the kids we are talking about need to make an effort to become better people, teammates, etc. I don't expect these types of players to meet me halfway, but I do expect some type of an effort.
We all have kids on our team like this, and I believe in my experience I spent too much time on a few kids last year. They were good kids, but nothing at home. Kids who need football more than football needs them. No guidance, no boundaries, and I spent numerous hours trying to get them on the practice field and under my supervision. It bit me, and I think I lost some of our better players because a lot of my time was spend on them. Good, bad, I don't know, but I did learn that I can't save everyone and I did learn that there needs to be some effort on both ends to make this work.
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Post by juice10 on Mar 7, 2011 13:12:09 GMT -6
Thank YOU!!!!
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Post by juice10 on Mar 7, 2011 12:03:07 GMT -6
I saw this as a t-shirt slogan - motto on this website. I tried the search engine, but came up empty. Can anyone offer assistance to the acronym or point me in the right direction of the thread. Thanks in advance!!!
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Post by juice10 on Mar 4, 2011 14:51:57 GMT -6
One of the sales reps in my area showed them to me earlier in the year. I think they may have officially came out in December or January. I listened to his explanation and looked at them thoroughly, but I won't take a chance until I get some feedback from others that have bought them. I know of one coach for sure that has bought them for next year.
We did a comfort test ( I know that it doesn't prove that they can work on the field, but 8 of 10 guys thought that the Rawlings were more comfortable than a Schutt XP and a Rev helment.
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Post by juice10 on Feb 16, 2011 14:20:55 GMT -6
Job security!!
I think if your successful you can run anything you want? No punts, go for it on 4th down, 5 wide, throw 100%, 10-1, etc. You will look like genius and the best coach around. However, if your not successful you look like buffoon and will probably get run out for incompetence.
In my situation, I would like to be more daring but I don't feel that my personnel on the field on a Friday night will allow me to do that. I can be much more successful dabbing around a little and picking and choosing my moment to oppose the "norm".
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Post by juice10 on Jan 26, 2011 12:46:13 GMT -6
Graphic Edge? ?
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Post by juice10 on Jan 26, 2011 9:24:10 GMT -6
What or how are the responibilities divided up on your staff:
HC
OC
DC
SP Teams
Position Coaches
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Post by juice10 on Jan 21, 2011 13:52:02 GMT -6
We started stickers 3 years ago and it has been a little pain, but kids like to earn them. Only with a win though. We distribute team O, Team D, and special team stickers. Our little twist we also do give a scout O and scout D sticker to the most deserving scout player.
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Post by juice10 on Jan 11, 2011 8:38:15 GMT -6
Has wrestling always been at your school or has it come about recently?
If it has been around, have your numbers always been low?
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Post by juice10 on Dec 7, 2010 13:03:53 GMT -6
Someone beat me to the punch, but I also have a meeting with the parents prior to the season. I show a video by Bruce Brown about the role of parents in sports. By no means is this an end all, but I do believe it has helped. I lay out all of my expectations etc on that night so every parent is informed.
My biggest message is that we are all trying to work together to for one thing, and that is their child. As professionals we need to do what we can to the best of our ability to teach these student/athletes what we can about life and football. Any talk at the dinner table about what the staff is doing wrong is a detriment to our football program. In your sons eyes, whether you as parents agree with our scheme and program, we should be held at a high and respectable level. As soon as this is brought up by parents, we no longer are on the same page and no longer have the goal in mind.
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Post by juice10 on Nov 16, 2010 11:12:09 GMT -6
"One at a time". This is the saying we are tossing around. This past season we had so many mental lapses. We will try to incorporate it this way: One lift at a time, one rep at a time, one play at a time, one day at a time.
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Post by juice10 on Nov 10, 2010 15:25:03 GMT -6
Ditto. Ultimately, reading this board has been rather amusing. You can't control what the other team does. You can control only your side of the equation. I have been in both circumstances and in both cases I am doing everthing thing I can to get the heck out of the game as fast as I can. Being down 50 or up 50, I am not necessarily changing what I do, but what personel on the depth chart I am doing it with.
Some of this is coming down to society today. I am going to extremes here, but why not give everyone a championship ribbon, not keep score, and make all the moms, dads, and administrators happy by treating everyone equally. No winners or losers that way.
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Post by juice10 on Oct 19, 2010 11:52:56 GMT -6
If a kid isn't in school that day, home sick, if he doesn't show up for practice do you consider it unexcused? If he calls you, do you consider it excused. Just trying to understand better.
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Post by juice10 on Sept 21, 2010 8:06:47 GMT -6
I had one this year. I had a kid come out for football, made it through the first couple of days fine. We were actually looking at getting him some playing time, had good feet, fairly strong, etc. First day of pads came and we were doing a tackling circuit, he was the ball carrier and took a pretty good shot from a much smaller, but more aggressive kid. Shook it off thought everything was fine, came to me the next day and said, " Coach, I picked up a few more hours at work." I replied, " Your quitting!" He came back with, " I don't like the word quit, I would call it more like retiring from football."
Second one
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Post by juice10 on May 7, 2010 11:14:15 GMT -6
I think it has been said very well here in the previous posts, you need someone who is very understanding and supportive. When I took over as the HC, my wife and I had a long talk about the time issues during the season and out of season in terms of clinics, etc. She has always supported me and makes a point to bring all three of our kids to every game. She has been with me through the thick and thin of my job, and I appreciate that very much. Nothing better than after a win or a loss on the way back to the locker room, my kids are there to give me a hug. Puts everything back into perspective.
It hasn't been easy with the time committment, but posts earlier hit it right on the head. Communication!!!! Since my kids are getting older, I have been able to bring my family with me to the coaching clinics and I can spend time with them when the clinics are slow. This has been a little mini vacation so to speak with our family.
As a comment to the staff, our staff is very similar in age and all have kids. The wives get together during the games and let the kids play and they talk, and we try to get together a couple of times a year, so we coaches can get stuff done and they can chat and let the kids play.
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Post by juice10 on Apr 15, 2010 10:50:24 GMT -6
I was with you 100%, but after taking over a program that was less than stellar, we implemented pride stickers and they have been very successful. You are absoulutely correct as well that offenses and defenses tend to be set up so your star athlete are successful. But don't forget that your QB can't or will have a hard time throwing if you OL doesn't block or WR drops the ball. Hard for a RB to run without blocking.
Our leading tackler on defense has been led by our MLB for the last 2 years, but I would like to think that has a big influence on our nose being double and tripled teamed most of the game. To each their own and I know many coaches that don't use them because they have tradition already. Those teams don't need extra motivation to get the job done. I hope we can get their, but until then, it is important for us to utilize them.
To each their own!
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Post by juice10 on Mar 31, 2010 11:31:57 GMT -6
We preach winning but winning isn't our total and overall goal. We take pride on teaching our JV players how to win and what it takes to win. If you are a player that doesn't know how or what it takes to win, then you playing time is very limited. Essentially, busting your hump, being accountable, being on time, and knowing your role is important in our JV philosophy. Our best kids play the most, and if we can, we will try to play everyone. Doesn't always happen, but we want our kids developed and ready to play at the next level when they are juniors or seniors.
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Post by juice10 on Mar 31, 2010 11:25:03 GMT -6
I think that this would depend on where you are at and what expectations have been driven home before you. I can honestly say that we do very little team discipline because that is what has been told to me. We had an incident a couple of years ago, a few players were misbehaving and didn't understand the concept of teamwork, so we "disciplined", "punished", "taught" whatever word you want to use, and I had some ticked off parents because their little johnny did nothing wrong. They didn't do anything to help the matter either. So I got my A@@ chewed.
We do nothing to the team anymore other than football specific agility or conditioning drills. If a student is late, he does what we call "REMINDERS". "REMINDERS" are extra conditioning drills meant to hopefully curb that student/athletes thought process the next time he reaches that fork in the road.
I haven't had too many complaints from parents or admin since I started going to this. If you are a school or have been a school that has punished the team, then there are probably little to no problems; however, I am not able to do that at my school, or I am not willing to take the chance.
If things get really out of hand, I call on my captains or senior/junior leaders to help discuss other avenues that we need to take.
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Post by juice10 on Mar 24, 2010 10:02:02 GMT -6
Our practices typically start with about a 10 - 15 minute pre-practice routine. Our OL will work on footwork drills, ropes, agility while our QB, backs, WR are working on passing and catching (pat n go, mesh, routes, etc).
It has helped us tremendously in terms of being able to catch and pass better as well as it has seemed to decrease the number of minor injuries throughout the course of the year.
We do however spend time at the end stretching out.
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Post by juice10 on Mar 11, 2010 14:14:03 GMT -6
Very same philosophy on our end.
Our first week is always in the morning 8:00 - 12:30, but we change our second week to afternoons because of that very factor. We believe as a staff that games are played in the evenings, so we try to schedule practices accordingly. We also seem to have more parents on our side when practices are later, one less thing for them to gripe about.
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Post by juice10 on Mar 9, 2010 21:04:05 GMT -6
Unfortunately (or fortunately) however you look at it, you can't be at their sides every waking moment of their day. With that being said, sometimes you can instill values but it is ultimately up to them to make the correct choices. If they are continuing to make the same mistakes, ultimately they are not learning from them and they are hurting the overall make-up of the team. Decision is very simple, either they are with ya or against ya, and they are the ones who can make that decision.
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Post by juice10 on Mar 8, 2010 14:26:01 GMT -6
Along the same lines.
After taking over a program that wasn't very good for a long, long time, I stepped into a situation where I thought I could fix the problem quickly. I inherited 13 seniors in a very small school, sounds good right. I couldn't be more WRONG! Anyway, the last game of the year, we were getting beat 20-0 by a team we should have competed with and they pulled their starters with about 3 minutes to go in the game. So I did the same. I took the seniors out one at a time to give them some recognition and I had a parent, not even a senior parent yell, C'mon coach, you screwed up their whole season, can't take them out in their last game. I ignored him and he kept on. Finally, one of the seniors pepped up and said and I quote, "Its OK, we had our turn and now it is up to the underclassmen!" The parent then said, "if it is OK with you, then it is fine with me" basically saying we were horrible coaches and we didn't know what we were doing.
The parents son didn't play the following year because we were awful coaches and didn't know anything, so we ended up winning the conference without his son.
Never underestimate the power of a group of ignorant people!
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Post by juice10 on Mar 3, 2010 11:32:23 GMT -6
I don't know about the rest of you, but how much time do you devote to teaching the proper technique on running a 40. In my understanding, improving your start technique can drastically reduce your 40 time, and how much of football is running a linear 40 yd dash. To me, agility is more important. I once heard a very successful coach talking about the weightroom and his kids and how much they lift. His words were "As soon as they put a squat rack or a bench press on the 50 yard line and give us points for how much we can lift, I will start caring about the quantitative number. I want my kids strong, fast, and confident and not to worry about the number. Kids that can lift more generally have shorter arms and legs!"
That hit home with me and we focus very little on the quantitative aspect of lifting.
Another reason why I don't necessarily do 40 times anymore is my first year we took over as a staff, i timed all 40's and out of 45 kids, NOT 1 had a time under 5.0. That was depressing and we finished not very well. We took our focus off of the number and focused more on the result of just getting faster and stronger without the empahsis of how much one can lift.
Someone eluded to this earlier as well. Two years ago we had a senior move into the district, this kid was a speciman and played football at his old school. Legit 450 squat, legit 335 bench, 250 clean, and the fastest kid on the team, needless to say we were licking our chops. Couldn't play a lick of football. Threw the pads on him and he was just ordinary, nothing special.
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Post by juice10 on Feb 23, 2010 12:21:32 GMT -6
Won't make the game friday night, Green Day is playing. This is on Thursday night before the game.
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