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Post by jturner on Dec 13, 2020 20:09:49 GMT -6
Welcome
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Post by jturner on Dec 13, 2020 19:20:00 GMT -6
Bill Curry I believe is who you are looking for. I think it's called the huddle.
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Post by jturner on Nov 10, 2020 15:00:03 GMT -6
line dust ups take shape long before that. Oh it builds for sure. Its a teaching and learning experience even if it goes South I totally agree with you. That’s a great part of being a great sportsman. I just liked not having to mess with it is all
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Post by jturner on Nov 8, 2020 13:30:33 GMT -6
What’s the longest amount of time you’d take to do this? Just curious about doing it next year or during the spring I assume you mean how long are the meetings? No longer than 20 - 30 minutes. We haven't gotten to play this year but were able to have limited practices so we filmed practice and zoom met ( actually we used google meets) afterwards. Since we are not in season, we were practicing twice a week and we would meet once to discuss. My plan going forward for in season is to give kids the day off on Saturday. Coaches meet & get everything broken down and ready by Sunday evening. Then we google meet for 30 min w/ kids to share the scouting report / game plan. Monday longest practice of the week b/c kids haven't done anything since Friday & should be well rested. About 2h40m, no goggle meet due to length of practcie. Tuesday practice 2 hours & google meet 30 minutes to review practcie Wed 2 hours 30 min goggle meet Thursday 2 hours & 30 min google meet review of opponent. friday WIN & start all over. I'm hopeful this will be a welcome change for all. less time at practice for kids & coaches, more time at home. That’s what I meant coach. Thanks for the detailed reply
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Post by jturner on Nov 8, 2020 11:29:29 GMT -6
Zoom meetings for sure. Kids can go home much earlier and we can do film w/ them from home. I've definitely reinforced the idea to myself about working smarter not harder. What’s the longest amount of time you’d take to do this? Just curious about doing it next year or during the spring
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Post by jturner on Nov 8, 2020 10:50:59 GMT -6
No handshakes at the end of the games were nice. I’m all for sportsmanship, but the majority of the “brewhahas” I’ve seen between players or coaches has happened during the hand shake line. Not having to mess with this was actually pretty nice.
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Post by jturner on Jun 9, 2020 19:59:19 GMT -6
No clue. Seems to me that it depends on the school district too. I’m in the southern part of the state and it seems like athletics is trying to get moving, but I don’t think they even know how they are going to have/do/go to school this year. There’s an article on wdrb.com about New Albany Floyd county schools’ plan to come back
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Post by jturner on Aug 21, 2017 19:19:19 GMT -6
We had that day built into the calendar, it's a work day. And everyone is released by noon. All practices have to conclude by noon. Same here
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Post by jturner on Mar 5, 2017 18:30:27 GMT -6
That percent is awesome. Around here, the best is 30%
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Post by jturner on Jan 31, 2017 22:19:09 GMT -6
We're looking at getting the first pitch machine as it's cheaper. I looked around to find a used version of either and had no luck. It seems like the only difference is the name and color, but I could be wrong
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Post by jturner on Jan 24, 2017 21:42:40 GMT -6
I've heard of something similar where coach a will send film to coach b and they will gameplan one or both sides of the ball. This is done to a) get more practice scouting an opponent and b) having someone that doesn't play you tell you about your tendencies, deficiencies, and strengths you might not think you have. The last one is the most helpful in my opinion. We all know Johnny is a turd, but has the other team found him? Finally, it may also be a good opportunity to bounce some what if/x and o stuff off each other without having to worry about giving away secrets. I've never done this full fledged, but it seems to have it's merits
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Post by jturner on Jan 4, 2017 14:09:00 GMT -6
I've already got the camp part going. The youth program is more than likely in on this, but they are looking to get some type of storage near the practice field. If I can find a way to get this done, I think I may have everything headed the right direction. Sounds like so familiar...I am also the track coach so between football and track we were able to clear an area for the youth program to store most of their gear. We were also had a trailer donated that they use for the overflow and for the teams to use for travel needs, Big logo on the trailer and club has used it for a tailgating celebration at the first game of the year. The Trailer is a white enclosed 10 X 16 (I think). A side note on the 501 status was that the youth program had run a raffle in one of their initial years that made them a large sum so they were on board with the legal side to cover their butts. The ability to get a gambling license was another plus too. The current booster club for all sports let theirs go, so we don't even do a 50/50 at games. The hope was to be able to start doing things like raffles and other events that can be outside the normal scope of "school" functions to make money. I'll probably have to coach track this year too, but I doubt I'll be able to swing moving that stuff out to somewhere else.
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Post by jturner on Jan 4, 2017 6:31:00 GMT -6
I can't say that we are much different, play-offs in 2010 and 2011 and before that 2002 and before that I don't recall. In looking at our historical budget requests it had been nearly identical $$ amounts since 1996. Getting the program aligned is a great start, I would suggest hosting a camp for your youth program utilizing the HS kids as coaches. You can charge a fair amount and market the program through camp shirts and make sure you end up in a local paper. Creates a great mesh with the 2 programs and hopefully you will be able to grow the relationship. Side note is that the board members I currently have are parents of to be seniors, they all started after their kids 8th grade season...they still run the youth program activities (games, combine, draft, organization etc..) The bonus is that I think all of their kids are good enough to be productive members of the team next season (starters at least one side of the ball). The hard part is going to be replacing them if they decide to hang it up after their kids graduate. I've already got the camp part going. The youth program is more than likely in on this, but they are looking to get some type of storage near the practice field. If I can find a way to get this done, I think I may have everything headed the right direction.
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Post by jturner on Jan 4, 2017 6:29:11 GMT -6
I am the president of local swim board and we discussed the 501 status, and it does not seem worth it, unless you plan to raise over the max amount they allow. The paperwork and fees were too costly plus the end of the year report was something we did not want to deal with The report was a deterrent, but I personally wasn't going to be the one to do it. So, I'm not letting that me bother too much other than needing someone competent to do it.
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Post by jturner on Jan 3, 2017 16:22:00 GMT -6
The sooner you get started the better...be very selective about who you get to work with you on this make sure they are committed to the program as a whole and not little Johnny. The above part is what I'm most worried about. It's kind of a weird place where I'm at. It's been 20 years since they went to state, and there's not been many good years since then. Some of the people still feel like we are in those days. Our budget is probably about the same as it was then too haha. The spike in budget is what I'm hoping for mostly. When I took over last year, the first thing I did was meet with the youth league director and have him move his practices to the HS so I could have all feeders practice where we practice. I did that so I could later justify getting things for the "Football Program" not just the HS or MS. By adding in the football only booster club, I think I can make this even more of a reality as many of the things we need as a program can be shared throughout. Thank you for your post. Those were things I needed to hear.
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Post by jturner on Jan 3, 2017 11:13:07 GMT -6
Has anybody here on the board created one of these to help get donations for your football program? Where I am the Head Football Coach, it is extremely hard to get funds for various reasons. No need to go in depth. School policy is that I have to have some type of fundraiser request to make any money what so ever. This isn't a total problem, but it can make planning things spur of the moment difficult. Also, many businesses that are willing to donate to us cannot as it isn't considered a deduction based on our tax status. What am thinking about doing is having a trusted parent or community member create a booster organization for the entire football program youth through HS that we can funnel money into to circumvent the issues with the school corporation. I've read through how to do it, but how difficult is it really to do? Also, if anybody has any advice as to how to run/organize these, I'd greatly appreciate it. Also, if I'm wasting my time, please let me know too haha.
As always, thanks for the replies.
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Post by jturner on Dec 22, 2016 17:03:22 GMT -6
Counter for us is the same way. We had the hardest time getting our guys to make one cut and get North and South. They wanted to run outside and then would get mad at the OL for "not blocking." We watched a ton of film to show the RBs who was in the wrong. A Wing T team from a previous coaching stint used this drill. Nothing like a cinder block wall to give immediate feedback on bouncing the ball outside. Coach, thank you very much. I'll be stealing and using that one this year. I bet I've got one knucklehead that still tries to run into the wall haha
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Post by jturner on Dec 16, 2016 13:39:53 GMT -6
Counter for us is the same way. We had the hardest time getting our guys to make one cut and get North and South. They wanted to run outside and then would get mad at the OL for "not blocking." We watched a ton of film to show the RBs who was in the wrong. We started having success doing 1 of 2 things. 1st - Super slow walk through explaining where I run through the hole saying, "we're pulling the guard to divide the defense, split it in half" and have them understand, run straight. The kids need to learn that on counter, trap, power, it's a down hill run and the image of a red sea parting in the middle helps 2nd - "If you don't run through the right hole, the hole we tell you to run through, you won't carry the ball any more and will only block". Our RBs hate blocking more than they hate running inside runs. Hierarchy of needs. It's really funny because we could hit the hole on Trap on Power. It just blew my mind.
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Post by jturner on Dec 16, 2016 7:57:17 GMT -6
On offense it's zone blocking with the oline and trying to get RBs to not bounce everything immediately. Our RBs, no matter what grade, want to take trap (an a gap play) immediately outside the tackle box and usually run head first into the guy we're trying to kick out. On defense, communication out of the LBs and DBs. Not knowing the coverage, not following your guy in man if he motions, etc. You go over the basics of what areas of the field you have, the land marks you use, etc. Counter for us is the same way. We had the hardest time getting our guys to make one cut and get North and South. They wanted to run outside and then would get mad at the OL for "not blocking." We watched a ton of film to show the RBs who was in the wrong.
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Post by jturner on Dec 14, 2016 9:05:53 GMT -6
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Post by jturner on Dec 14, 2016 8:49:21 GMT -6
Anybody use wraps or the like to spice up the locker room? What kind of $$$ did it cost you to outfit the place?
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Post by jturner on Nov 21, 2016 9:18:56 GMT -6
So, I'm potentially going to take over a program that hasn't won in 2 years. Have any of you been in a similar situation? And if so, what were your experiences? What was the first thing you did? YOU ARE NOT READY. And that's okay. No one is. Some crazy, unbelievable, mind-numbing sh*t is about to happen to you. Accept it now. 1. Re-Calibrate what "Success" is in your own mind... These guys have not won in two years. You won't win the state championship next year. 2. Master The Now, Win The Day, Row The Boat, Samurai Zen Meditation, whatever, you better live that every minute of everyday. Don't worry about yesterday, or tomorrow. Don't worry about this morning. What is important right now? Ask yourself that about 10,000 times a day. 3. Fire everyone you can. Seriously. If you have the chance fire the staff. Be fair and set up an evaluation period, but if given the opportunity let the dead weight go. You will have a couple of good guys, maybe they are out of position or overwhelmed. For the most part you will have a large number of coaches on your staff that are not worth keeping. So don't. 4. CULTURE. Focus on culture, rules, and expectations with players and staff. Show them that you care and that you are all in. 5. Weight Room. 0-20? Part of the problem is weight room culture. You can bet on it. Start attacking that weight room with a vengeance. Think old school barbell lifts. Powerlifter type workouts this Winter/Spring so you can get some quick gains and some physical confidence. 6. Enjoy it. Enjoy and embrace the challenge and accept it for what it is. What is the ceiling for this school? 3-7, 5-5, 10-0? Be realistic. Will they give you the resources to achieve that ceiling? If the answer is yes then take the job. Once you take the job you need to scratch and claw to achieve what is possible, but enjoy it for what it is. I agree with everything said here. I am moving on to year 2 in a school just like this. I will also add to #3. Find and hire the best coaches you can get. I was short staffed this year and had to coordinate everything. This was extremely taxing as I wasn't able to focus enough time on everything. Get good help, and you'll be surprised how much better you'll be quicker.
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Post by jturner on Nov 21, 2016 7:23:25 GMT -6
We are going to try to do one this year for the first time. Like Chris said, only thing I am worried about is the number of teams available. We are in a larger population area, so I should be okay there. I think the first year will be kind of small, but once you get it established, you may have a better turn out the 2nd year.
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Post by jturner on Jul 8, 2016 15:17:41 GMT -6
High School, Varsity Level, 400 kid High School. It was a 7 on 7 and 11 on 11. More worried about what happened in 11 on 11 Full pads? As far as mental mistakes the kids are making, is the system to complicated? Did you install too much? Go back to basics and keep it simple if they are making a lot of mistakes. Also are your drills focused on what they need to do on the field or are guys just running drills to run drills? Are your DB's working on reads and reaction as part of their indy? Are qbs and rbs working on hand offs in indy? Sometimes as many have pointed out the first time their is live action the players just crap their pants. Sometimes they need that first taste of action to get things going. Helmets and shoulder pads. System wise, we had 3 run plays: Power, Counter, and Outside Zone. Power and Counter use the same rules. Power looked good, counter, not so much. Outside Zone was ok. I knew it wasn't going to look good as we're still working on getting the feel for it. Pass wise, we had 5 pass plays. 3 were 5 step/play action. I carry them over for both to reduce teaching, and 2 quick passes. Of the 5 steps, they are only half field reads and the backside WRs have either a Post or a Drag. The quicks are mirrored. We've spent a lot of time doing routes on air with the QBs going through their progressions and throwing to a different WR in the pattern. We've repped the heck out of this and this is probably what I'm most disappointed in. Mostly because WRs didn't know which routes to run. Not sure if it's a lack of effort in knowing what to do, they're a little slower upstairs, or the game atmosphere really shook them. Drill wise, I'm guessing there is some of the running drills to run drills. This is something I'll make sure to focus on more with the coaches. My guess is that the DBs aren't working reads and reaction. Their coach is a rookie coach. so I'm guessing it's not something I've made clear for him to do. Totally my fault. We do work on handoffs in indy, but not everyday. The guys I've inherited have some wicked 3/4 or side arm deliveries that make it tough to consistently throw the ball accurately. I've been trying to focus more time on mechanics to fix this, and it is helping, but you're probably right in that handoffs have suffered as a result. I do want to say thanks for your post. It really has me thinking in terms of how we are structuring practice and the whys behind some of the things we were doing in the scrimmage.
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Post by jturner on Jul 7, 2016 22:44:37 GMT -6
What type of scrimmage and what age level are we talking here? High School, Varsity Level, 400 kid High School. It was a 7 on 7 and 11 on 11. More worried about what happened in 11 on 11
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Post by jturner on Jul 6, 2016 18:10:11 GMT -6
Coaches, We had out first scrimmage last Thursday with a team on our schedule that we should be able to compete with. However, that didn't happen. We forgot most of the things we had been working on all summer. (Started May 31st) Sadly, these were mostly easy things like running the right route or knowing when and when not to reverse out on certain run plays. The worst was the secondary knew their rules, but couldn't tell me why they weren't following them. After I thought about it over a few cold ones, I came to the conclusion that most of these errors were caused mental lapses when the bullets started flying. What are some ways you guys train your players to keep their wits about them when the bullets start flying? I know some of it is reinforcing and drilling techniques in practice, but are there any other things I should be doing? Thanks ahead of time. Do you watch film as a team? We haven't been able to yet. I finally got a couple of girls to come and manage last week, so we'll be able to do this more. We did film part of the scrimmage, and I plan on watching that when we get back from Dead Week. I've also started to put together game clips from old stops on how to do some of the things we are doing. I'm hoping visually see what to do helps as well.
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Post by jturner on Jul 6, 2016 16:28:24 GMT -6
Our scrimmage is always kind of bad, actually. And it's mainly due to the first real live action of the year. We do our best to replicate the situations in practice, but when there's officials and a different team in front of a crowd, things are different. Hell, we scored a total of 20 points between 2 games a few years ago. Against absolute garbage teams. Started the season against a much better team, and ended up scoring 65 points. You do everything you can to make it "feel real" but until it's actually real, you can only get close. This is what I'm afraid of. Unfortunately, we are probably one of those garbage teams right now. I'm hoping we can get competitive through discipline and knowing what to do. We don't have the stuff in our pants to be good enough otherwise. I'm trying to make sure the emphasis I'm placing on being disciplined and knowing what to do leads to some confidence and success. Hard to battle the ole beaten dog syndrome.
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Post by jturner on Jul 6, 2016 16:24:39 GMT -6
Challenge the kids in practice by making them think about their assignment and allowing the kids to ask questions. Walkthrough, walkthrough, walkthrough, plays multiple times, no 5 or 10, but 15 to 20 times in a row, until all kids know their assignment. If a kid makes a mistake, do another rep. Are you 100% sure they were doing it correct in practice? Sometimes coaches get caught just watching the ball and not the secondary and wide receivers, I know I get caught watching the play from time to time. But good news is that it is early so you have plenty of time to fix it. Offensively, I think they are minus the WRs, but defensively I think you are correct in that they probably aren't getting it 100% correct. I like your idea of getting mass reps though. That seems like it will help.
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Post by jturner on Jul 5, 2016 19:55:47 GMT -6
Coaches,
We had out first scrimmage last Thursday with a team on our schedule that we should be able to compete with. However, that didn't happen. We forgot most of the things we had been working on all summer. (Started May 31st) Sadly, these were mostly easy things like running the right route or knowing when and when not to reverse out on certain run plays. The worst was the secondary knew their rules, but couldn't tell me why they weren't following them. After I thought about it over a few cold ones, I came to the conclusion that most of these errors were caused mental lapses when the bullets started flying.
What are some ways you guys train your players to keep their wits about them when the bullets start flying? I know some of it is reinforcing and drilling techniques in practice, but are there any other things I should be doing?
Thanks ahead of time.
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Post by jturner on May 26, 2016 10:54:37 GMT -6
my idea of a plug is a nice piece of rope tobaca that you bite off I feel like this every time I teach math to my 6th graders
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