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Post by 42falcon on Jun 13, 2021 20:02:20 GMT -6
Let me throw something else out there. What about fair vs equal when it comes to other things not related to discipline? What do you do with a kid who works his tail off and makes progress in the weight room, etc. and may not be able to beat out a kid who does just enough to keep his "spot". Do you look to try and get him some reps or PT on Friday night? How does fairness come into play in this type of situation? ie. the employee who just can't get the promotion although he/she may have earned at least a look. We got this for a few years when we were trying to "build" a culture of team and work ethic. For a a while we turned the other way, star player didn't show up to all the wt room sessions but the back up did, star player would start and back up kid found some time on specials and at the end of games. As coaches we kept saying "why can't we just get these kids to buy in?". We tried buying them more clothing, getting nicer uniforms, etc. Then the light bulb went off, we just stopped rewarding the star guys that didn't buy in..... You know what?? We were losing before we did that and magically we still lost after, but our team was far more of a team, and then a year later we started to win some games we shouldn't have / traditionally didn't win and competed when we otherwise would have not. The moment we started rewarding the kids for buying in with the ultimate reward "playing time" everyone wanted to be "in" There are far too many teams who are sacrificing the values which make this game great, that are the real reason we coach it so they have a chance to win on Friday night. Now the discipline one is interesting, I read a book from Coach K "Leading with the Heart" and I still have stuck with that message from the book. I'll paraphrase & interpret -there is no laundry list of rules and consequences for breaking them - there is right and wrong -players: do not do anything that would embarrass your teammates, coaches, family -from there be fair treat kids with love We have governed ourselves by this and over the past 6-7 years since starting to find our compass we have not had the issues we have once had.
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Post by 42falcon on Apr 17, 2021 20:28:48 GMT -6
Kids have always shopped around / transferred schools or teams to better themselves (sometimes real other times not). The difference in this generation is social media and the very public online recruiting process plays a huge role in this. The kids and the adults are all guilty as sin on this one. Kids: many are looking for greener pastures. They all think "if I was at (insert school name) then I will have a better shot at getting to (insert next level here)" So in turn the kid and his parents use twitter, Instagram, HUDL, etc to market themselves. example: twitter.com/dannymcmullen15?lang=en This kid plays for us, wicked kid, hard worker, everything you could want in a kid. We have a glut at the QB spot he will be a G12 next year, his counterpart started for our SR team as a G10, is arguably a much better player, except he has a different skill set, shorter, much quicker, throws well on the run and very cool under pressure. The kid in the link hasn't started a game at QB since grade 8 or 9.. But has played a ton of 7v7. He would certainly have had a shot to play for us next year. He and his parents decided to go the prep school route. We have had a few kids do this we are a Canadian school and parents often see USA prep schools as a vehicle to the NCAA (not 1 kid from our school has made the jump). We play in a league where kids from our opponents have gone NCAA, 2 enter the NFL draft this year. I know for some of you that is normal but in Canada this is far from the norm. I do not blame this kid for testing the waters, his reality is:"stay and play for my coach who opens the weight room every day at 7am and have a shot to start but maybe not or go to the USA prep school and play 2 more seasons, where their coaches are saying I'm the next Jesus". Adults: there is a special place in hell for these dudes. At the HS level they prey on these kids and their families, parents take out second mortages in hopes their kid will make it. These adults troll social media, HUDL accounts and use some of the contacts they have developed over the years searching for "players". The sad thing here is when prep school coach hits up a guy they know who is training HS football players, trainer guy pumps the tires of his kids because trainer guy thinks he may get a job one day. Prep school or recrutuing school coach is playing a short term game. In many cases the mindset is if I win here I get a better gig somewhere else. As I mentioned I have had a good number of kids do this, to all of them I have said to the parents the somethings: 1) If you think this game is about recruiting, getting your shot above all else then I failed you as a coach 2) The best thing would be for you to get a NCAA scholarship, the worst thing would be to end up at a Canadian University having paid for half a degree already, the most catastrophic thing would be an injury that would end your career and or blowing apart your academic progress I have not had a single kid make it, at some point a kid will make it and good on them they better get me some tickets to a bowl game! But I have had 2 boys come back to play at Universities in Canada and 1 who sadly suffered a horrific knee injury and will never play again.
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Post by 42falcon on Mar 30, 2021 18:32:03 GMT -6
When considering game score (throughout the game and/or final result) please share your thoughts concerning the following.
What point differential do you consider an interscholastic football game:
1] as being close or competitive?
2] as a team having a safe/comfortable lead?
3] as a "blowout?"
1) close is within 2 scores. Competitive is less about score and more about how the game went. We have played games where the end score was 2+ scores but we were in it all game long but fell apart in the last few minutes. 2) Depends on the team you play. 3) 50pts by 1/2 time that is over
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Post by 42falcon on Jan 2, 2021 19:58:38 GMT -6
Hey guys anyone here run a morning practice in season? If so how long do you practice for & when in the week do you do it? Without expressing an opinion either way: 1. How early? If it's before sunrise will you be able to practice under lights? 2. How close is your practice field to a residential neighborhood. If it's close, will the neighbors object to stadium lights, whistles, and general practice noise early in the AM? 3. Can all of your kids get there? 4. Can all of your coaches be there? A plus: It forces you to stick to a schedule. School starts when it starts so there won't be much, "Run it again". All valid points. We have a turf field with lights about 30 yards from the school. I’m not sure we’d get all coaches, for sure we get all kids. Our challenge is “highly academic school we are limited in time after school bc of parents. Our parent group wants the kids at home for homework & tutors. We practice 120-130min a day and our parents already think it’s too long” I’m looking for creative ways to tack some into the morning and then some after school. The thought of a morning was maybe we do film & walk through then practice after school.
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Post by 42falcon on Dec 30, 2020 8:20:32 GMT -6
Hey guys anyone here run a morning practice in season? If so how long do you practice for & when in the week do you do it?
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Post by 42falcon on Oct 21, 2020 9:56:58 GMT -6
Hey guys for those of you who are coaching in areas where it gets cold sooner and you deal with snow and cold, what are your best practice ideas to manage the cold?
-some days we go inside if there is a gym available but there are days where that is not possible with Volleyball using both gyms -do you shorten practice on field and do more film or weight room work? -do you adjust the practice periods to put team periods earlier? -how do you keep everyone engaged when it is freezing out?
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Post by 42falcon on Sept 24, 2020 19:50:48 GMT -6
Hi guys so our athletic association has given us a green light to resume practices no games but practices only following the local health authority guidelines. Here are the guidelines that we are most concerned with in terms of numbers -50 max per cohort includes anyone on the field -we typically have 80-100 kids playing football from grade 10-12 with 2 teams.
What are some ideas in structure that would work. We will only get 4 coaches out it looks like because they will need to be teachers in the school to work with the student athletes.
Thoughts?
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Post by 42falcon on Sept 17, 2020 20:09:29 GMT -6
I wonder if COVID will change this? No organized sport, parents keeping kids inside away from other kids. Once things are "open" again will we see a resurgence of football and other sports?
For what it is worth I tell prospective kids "you love football, you just don't know it yet". The other avenue is and this is probably wrong nowadays or offensive to some but for what it is worth I do tell the boys "when was the last time you ever saw the hottest chick in school dating a guy on the robotics team?" It might be 2020, esports and feminized sports rule the day but, chicks still dig muscles and tough dudes.
For me, it is about selling football, getting kids to buy into that "Friday Night Lights" experience and, doing my best to use football to build school culture.
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Post by 42falcon on May 27, 2020 19:20:38 GMT -6
I've done my fair share of clinics from attending to presenting. I won't lie there is a a lot of fun that goes into getting on a plane, flying to a new city, seeing some cool local stuff before the clinic and then going to a full 48-72 hour football clinic experience. It is an experience for sure.
Now with that being said I actually much prefer the online clinic over the face to face session from the education piece. -I can re-watch it over and over if need be -I can pause it as I make notes or rewind it if I missed a diagram -if I can't catch the live session I can watch the recorded version and do the above -the recorded sessions in our area are coming with the speakers PPT slides so I can do a quick scan of that to see if I want to do the whole thing -if the clinic sucks I can exit and not take anything away from the presenter. Side story we were in Seattle one year and we went to see the OL coach from the Seahawks talk pass pro well atleast that is what was on the program, he instead decided to talk run game. Our co-HC got up to leave to go to a different session and the presenter ripped he was a total douche. I think with the online clinic there is less BS
I wonder if it is cheaper for a company like glazier to put on clinics in an online format and then have a few key face to face clinics.
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Post by 42falcon on Apr 4, 2020 19:59:57 GMT -6
Can someone elaborate why offense is harder on Fridays? Technically, haven't you been preparing Offense all week as well I've done both and I can say 100% game day is the toughest for me calling an offence. I found defense to be harder M-TH because of the volume of stuff to teach. On offence it is the calling of the game in the game that I find the hardest. On defense it was easier because I'd call something but as long as we did the work in the week the players adjust to the formation properly, read their key properly and ultimately as the play caller I'm playing the percentages so I have a good shot at helping my kids be in a spot to make a play.
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Post by 42falcon on Mar 31, 2020 19:36:47 GMT -6
Take this for what it is worth I have no idea what it is like in many of your states let alone the hot spot areas of your country. I'm in Canada and I am not sure we even have a fall season of any sport. Put it this way things are so far gone that I went to the bank to withdraw cash and the doors were closed with a sign: "We are open however in order to serve customers please email XXXXX to make an appointment and we will be happy to assist you". I do not see our officials loosening if anything we are tightening up more and more.
I obviously want a football season, yes we have not had the time we normally get with the players right now and into the spring. But I am still holding out hope. I think first though there needs to be signs things have improved ie: we get to a point where there are no new cases for a period of consecutive weeks. Only then can we start to envision how things get opened up again, that includes schools.
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Post by 42falcon on Mar 26, 2020 9:42:54 GMT -6
What about CoachTube anyone use that service? I have seen some of the free stuff but not the paid content. I like that you can buy individual clinics at a time seems a little more costly but the content I have seen looks pretty good.
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Post by 42falcon on Mar 24, 2020 10:17:36 GMT -6
We actually do our "fun" period after warm-ups, agilities, & EDDs. I think it allows for better chunking and helps keep up the flow of practice better than starting with it. Coach what's your fun period? Or what are the things you incorporate into that period?
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Post by 42falcon on Mar 24, 2020 10:15:46 GMT -6
The "culture" of football practice? Think about how you practiced football as a kid and then as a HS player and a College player. It probably has not significantly changed. However if you look at other sports and the way they practice using small sided games more "fun" / "competitive" periods. I am totally fine with the notion that some kids may not like football and won't play because they don't like it. But how many more kids could we engage if practices were more "fun/competitive". What I am looking for is how / what guys are doing to make their practices more fun for kids / more competitive all around. I saw a great video on preparation with Herm Edwards it was great but really illustrated the difference between our sport and others that 80/20 practice to game ratio does turn some kids away. Think about a competitive week kids are not dumb if they are not in the starting group they don't get a lot of team O or team D reps but are taking lots of scout team reps they know that means fewer game reps. When I talk about the "culture of football practices" what I mean is: -practices that are highly skills based with little emphasis on fun / competition -lots of drills not much play Don't get me wrong we drill and skill like crazy and this is far less about criticizing other teams / coaches and what they do and more about learning from the guys here because I am reflecting on what we do and how we can be better.
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Post by 42falcon on Mar 23, 2020 19:46:45 GMT -6
Hey guys the thread on kids quitting got me thinking about how "we" the culture of football practices. I'm not talking about the NFL b/c that is a job heck even the NCAA is a job for those guys. I am talking about us as HS and Youth coaches. I asked in the poll how you start practice Fun: anything competitive Skills: tackling period, skills, scheme walk thru What do you do in practice that is "fun" or "games based"? Please don't be a smart a$$ and respond with "we win, that's our fun" bc I call BS 1 team in your state "wins" and if we are all that team either there are 50 coaches posting on here or we are all great at telling stories Trying to get some ideas on how to juice up practice a little and create "fun" because the reality is we are all spend 80% of our season practicing and 20% playing games. If the 80% is fun kids keep coming out and then kids tell other kids how much fun this is!
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Post by 42falcon on Mar 23, 2020 19:15:59 GMT -6
I just messaged a friend of mine who coaches at another school we are in Canada and it is the same here. The general consensus was to charge as little as possible.
Reality is we are going to have a lot of parents who may have not been working for 5-6 months (if we are back in school as of Sept). They are going to be in debt up to their eye balls because of trying to survive financially through this time. Buying spirit gear is going to be way way down on the list.
I am going to build something super cheap into our package using a brand like Russel try to keep the fees under $200 if at all possible. Then offer some fancier stuff as an extra that parents can buy once the season has started. Those who can afford it will buy it those that can't won't and their kid will still have team stuff. Normally we build in as part of our package brand name (Adidas or Under Armour): -shorts, t-shirt, long sleeve, hoodie, socks, girdle, team gloves
Our kids are well looked after and look the part in high quality gear but I just don't see us getting all that stuff for them as part of the fees.
Our response as coaches needs to reflect the realities of the situation. I hope that the parents in our group are going to be able to hang onto their homes and feed their kids.
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Post by 42falcon on Mar 22, 2020 19:42:49 GMT -6
I have reached a point where I have to stop and evaluate what I am doing with my program. The reason for my self reflection is the newly developed trend of kids leaving my program. A few months ago I had an 8th grade QB quit to play basketball full time. His reason was that he felt he was a better basketball player. Today I had another 8th grade QB (the starter) also quit because "his heart just wasn't in to football anymore". Over the course of 3 years I have had 4 kids quit the football team to be full time basketball players. Has anybody else experienced something similar to this at your school? Is there a reason to be concerned? What are some ideas I can try to keep kids motivated and dedicated to the program during off season (which is when all 4 kids left)? Is off season too monotonous (we lift 4 days/week and do football drills the 5th day)? Any advice, suggestions or recommendations would be greatly appreciated. This is something that I have been rolling around in my head for a while now your post just made me really think it through. 1) Football is hard, really really hard for a whole bunch of reasons -physically this game is tough to play it hurts and it is not comfortable -if you play at the top end population wise you have to workout or your kids get hurt I am not even talking about winning or losing here I am talking about safety -it is complex compared to most other games out there: terminology, set plays, reading and reacting. Don't get me wrong when it is done right it is poetry in motion but it takes a lot of time, practice and energy to make it poetry Now all of the above VS: -year round basketball, baseball, etc -many of these other sports: don't hurt, don't require the physical sacrifice and preparation that football does -football is 80/20 practice/game these other sports are probably 30/70 practice/game: this hurts us when on a roster of 40 you have kids just playing special teams. That same kid can play "D" league soccer, hockey, basketball and get equal playing time. Plus play 2 games a week and not watch film or have meetings -in basketball a kid can work his craft hitting free throws, lay ups and shooting 3's and equal amount of time as the kid who's hitting squats and bench press. The basketball makes the connection regarding his gym time to his sport the football kid can be told all the time but at 7:00am it is tough to convince a kid that the set of squats he is going to do in January is going to make a hill of beans difference come October the following year. -there are so many more opportunities for kids these days. The reality is if you are running your football program with a 3 hour practice, plus weights, and film. You are catering that program to the kid who might play football after HS. If you got honest unbiased answers from the boys they would say "I just want to play and have fun". I don't know the answer to be honest. I just know it is a harder sell to a kid to practice for 2.5-3hrs and get limited game time when he could be practicing for 1.25-1.5hrs and play 2 games a week.
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Post by 42falcon on Feb 26, 2020 21:03:29 GMT -6
For us when we talk to parents it is about:
1) Values - what do we value and how is it that what we value will impact your student athlete in the long run 2) Experience - what is the experience that your student will get and how will that be special 3) Whole Student - football is a vehicle for something bigger, what is that something, how is it defined and how is that represented in the program, how will they see it in their kid
Winning - I don't think this matters worth a damn, there are kids who are playing on winning teams who are having a $hit experience. They stay because they want to be associated with winning and would be chastised by their peers if they left.
Participation: is important and I see that as part of the experience it is what is your kid getting by being here
Safety: I've spoken to parents every year for over a decade we have done 3 separate research studies on concussions, we've been part of the recent NFL funded study. We have had some of the most high tech gadgets inside our helmets, space age mouthguards, wireless, ipad bluetooth monitoring systems etc. Maybe, just maybe I've put 2 parents at ease with our discussions. We want to change the safety culture in football? The NFL needs to eject every player for hitting another player in the head with their head regardless of intent or circumstance. We can all we want but Mom and Dad see HS football for a sliver of time, they are instead bombarded with pro football coverage. Change from the PR standpoint starts at the top.
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Post by 42falcon on Feb 17, 2020 9:15:52 GMT -6
We signed up for some of their free stuff not sure that is still offered. I am not doing this justice here but the activities we got for team building games were really great the kids loved them. Now granted we didn't get any of the backstory stuff on it so that's why I am saying we just got a couple of activities.
I would love to try their whole package of stuff but I think we have to spend $100 a little more wisely if that makes sense.
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Post by 42falcon on Jan 20, 2020 20:48:55 GMT -6
Does playing music at practice help you play better-win? In HS football for example music - from bands or PA - is not supposed to be played after RFP (Ready for Play) signal. Seems like it be just another (big) thing to set up for practice. But apparently it works some programs? I think this falls into the "nice to have" category. If as a coach this is one of the concerns / focal points for you my guess is everything else better be top notch. So yes this becomes another "thing" to add to the to do list. However if you make it easy then it is not another thing it something that happens. We have a field that has our score clock and a sound system (it is not great but it does the job) and we play music often at practice. I don't think playing music at practice has won anyone any games. Why do we do it: -kids like it -makes practice less mundane -adds energy to the practice especially if kids are tired or down from a long day
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Post by 42falcon on Jan 14, 2020 20:37:39 GMT -6
You could see this coming from a mile away...
$900USD for a helmet at the school level is a touch steep if you ask me. Only then to be told you have to recon through us and buy parts through us etc.
We had a kid buy one for himself now I did advise he needs to have it recon'd himself now in case they stop doing this plus by some parts for all the same reasons.
The product looked legit and I don't doubt the science. I do wonder if one of the other two companies will buy the tech and re-brand the helmet?
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Post by 42falcon on Jul 31, 2019 7:07:15 GMT -6
Hey guys outside of football what type of activities do you or your parent group organize with your team for team building events? This could be in the morning of after school or on a weekend.
Thanks
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Post by 42falcon on Jul 28, 2019 20:21:10 GMT -6
Hi guys wondering about getting some advice from you guys. We have recently seen a run on our kids by USA and Canadian Prep schools over the past 3 years. Being a Canadian school we have massive talent gaps some of our starters are really quite good and then the #2 well he could be a #30 that's how far the gap often is. So when we lose a kid it hurts.
My question is are you guys who are at HS getting poached by Prep Schools if so what do you do? Do you talk to your kids about getting contact by prep schools, do you send info out to your parents to address the issue before it comes knocking on the door?
Often I end up talking with parents once it is to late and the pep school pariah have gotten their hooks into the kid and the parent so anything I say falls on deaf ears. The reality is 99.9% of our kids will never play NCAA D1 ball maybe D2 or D3 but for most that is a stretch. Our program does a decent job getting kids opportunities beyond HS in Canada where they get a solid education and the opportunity continue playing football. By the time the parents are talking to me about it they think their kid is headed to the NFL and I am underselling their kid.
Part of me wants to lay into these shysters but it won't accomplish anything. They promise the world, NCAA dreams they take parents money and the kid eventually comes home to Canada to play University ball here, which they all would have done anyway from our program.
I literally just heard of 2 kids same HS one went to a USA prep school the other stayed. Both ended up at a Canadian University one parent is debt free the other who sent their kid to the prep school has a second mortgage on their home. That being said it hurts us when a kid from our province ends up at IMG and starts splashing all over his social media all these D1 offers and just signed at Clemson. Trouble is that kid looks legit and when you see his film vs the rest of the league he clearly looks out of place because he is so physically different.
Do you guys encounter this at all and how do you handle it? Should I just ignore it?
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Post by 42falcon on Jul 22, 2019 19:45:40 GMT -6
What is most puzzling to me is this: -dude walks around calls these guys MF'ers -JB in not so many words says what a $hit hole the place is and now wait for it...... WHY DO KIDS WANT TO GO THERE? ? No word of a lie I am in Canada our program sends a good number of kids to University each year our kids get that. I have had kids who have Canadian University coaches talking to them they are going to end up at a University easily and since Last Chance U came out say to me "coach you seen Last Chance U?" me: "yes why" kid: "because I was like wondering what you think about me going to a JUCO?" I am baffled maybe they think what they see is cool? I don't know I must be getting old because that does not look like a place I would send my dog and he is dead..
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Post by 42falcon on Jul 18, 2019 10:19:02 GMT -6
The problem here is a global lack of understanding around "energy systems". In an isolated environment where yes football is a game of 4-5 second bursts followed by a 20 second rest. So this is where the twitter crew is getting that football is slotted into a specific energy system category. The problem becomes this does not account for: -different body types -different distances to run -different tasks associated with different positions *someone gave the contrast between a NT and a C their jobs are vastly different on every play* -in the NFL and even the NCAA a guy makes a big play and he often gets subbed out for a squirt of water then subbed back in again. In HS I don't know to many teams that can sub out the stud RB for another dude after a big run. Chances are the stud RB is playing O the whole series, he is on the PAT team and then the kick off team.
So I think the reality is the game is not 4-5 second sprint with a 20 second rest. As coaches we need to do something to ensure our kids can handle this type of a game where there is the need for a large amount of work capacity. Which in turn does require a stock of aerobic conditioning.
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Post by 42falcon on Jul 15, 2019 20:22:00 GMT -6
Love the idea of a picture of each kid playing at the next level just not enough space for that I wonder if I could do a wall with names?
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Post by 42falcon on Jul 15, 2019 19:17:54 GMT -6
Hey guys we recently took down our signage in the locker room I am the AD at the school and it is a shared space: football in the fall - basketball in the winter and then rugby in the spring / back to football in the end of school year.
I wanted to put some more school pride not just football stuff on the walls.
Wondering a few things
1) Anyone used peel and stick decals on the walls of their locker room if so what's your experience been?
2) We send lots of kids to post secondary and want to showcase that. Any ideas how you can do that in the locker room?
Thanks.
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Post by 42falcon on May 28, 2019 20:49:05 GMT -6
See I really disagree on that one. Players often think they are better than they actually are, players are often selfish or interested in what they will get out of this VS what is best for the team. The culture piece here is why good teams become great teams even though they may not have superior talent. I can say for a fact that my players do not like our scheme. They would rather us spread the field and chuck it around like they see on TV. However when we go out and beat a team ranked higher than us there is no complaining. They understand the scheme and who "we" are. So players may not like the scheme but then that just means we need to sell it differently / facilitate buy in. just curious..what scheme do you use? We run the double wing and the shotgun DW most of what we do we got from Tim Murphy's stuff which has been helpful. Starting to morph a little into more some Wing T concepts as we evolve. It really gave us an identity / something we could hang our hat on. We get 40-50 kids out for each team (SR and JR) so about 100 kids playing ball. Of the 100 about 80-90% have never played before. The 10-20% who have played range in ability from not great to the best in the Province. We play in a division with the best teams and 3 of them are the opposite of us maybe 10-20% of their roster has never played before. We are happy when 12-15 kids who have experience come to our school one of our opponents actually cuts kids who have played before because they just have too many kids coming out they are very tough to play. It is those 10-20% kids that sometimes get bored or wish we were more like the other schools in offence style. But they get and buy into the weight room culture, the idea of team. Had a kid last year REC/RB after we lost a great game early in the year ask to play D as we had the discussion it came out he felt useless on O. I asked him what his stats were on average in his (spring football season) we compared them to his stats in our previous game. He had close to double the touches with us. They just came in a different way. Once he saw that he was all in. This is what I meant by selling the scheme and showing kids why we do what we do. Doesn't mean I am right or that others are wrong just a different way to do it I guess.
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Post by 42falcon on May 27, 2019 19:59:02 GMT -6
Interesting, we found that a recent switch to the Wing-T helped IMPROVE our offensive production, culture and the excitement around the program. There were definitely several other factors at play in our Program's growth, but I think the Wing-T has facilitated this growth rather than hinder it. Yeah, my post wasn't about a specific scheme as much as it was to that if the players aren't happy with said scheme, then you better have something else. See I really disagree on that one. Players often think they are better than they actually are, players are often selfish or interested in what they will get out of this VS what is best for the team. The culture piece here is why good teams become great teams even though they may not have superior talent. I can say for a fact that my players do not like our scheme. They would rather us spread the field and chuck it around like they see on TV. However when we go out and beat a team ranked higher than us there is no complaining. They understand the scheme and who "we" are. So players may not like the scheme but then that just means we need to sell it differently / facilitate buy in.
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Post by 42falcon on May 3, 2019 19:48:52 GMT -6
I am not a big believer in having the book of 101 drills you can draw on at any point in time to keep it "fresh". Like a lot of guys have said you are: -trying to drill stuff the players are not great at / struggling at -trying to run a drill that mimics something they will see / experience in game play -trying to enhance their skills
The one thing that I don't think has been mentioned is:
1) relevancy: the drills you do should be relevant to the end product you are working toward. Stance is stance. So some skills / drills apply to all schemes. But if you play 90% man coverage you probably are not running a ton of zone coverage drills with the DB's.
2) progression: I would guess many of you just are not saying but you have 5 core drills and if you thought about it they progress and the skills in each build upon each other. I think this is important for young / new coaches especially. Understanding the reason for drilling things in a progressive manner. No different than a math teacher probably teaches the youngsters what the numbers actually are before they try to add or subtract.
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