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Post by Coach.A on Aug 9, 2012 16:49:31 GMT -6
Please. The FCCA is a cabal, and you're on the inside. How could you not? Ontario HS and club coach running a pass-first max-spread scheme? If it was up to some of those guys that's all they'd ever talk about. LOL, that was a bit extreme. Seriously, they didn't have a clue who I was 3 years ago...I actually approached them and asked if I could speak at the clinic. They liked the presentation and as a result they asked me back. I actually think they struggle to find enough Canadian coaches willing to speak at their clinics. I doubt they would turn anybody down that approached them. I would love to hear a Chris Clement presentation on the 11-1 defense...or is it the 10-2 in Canada? Or how about a double wing presentation...Apparently the university of Ottawa is running the double wing next season - but I'll believe it when I see it.
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Post by Coach.A on Aug 8, 2012 12:21:25 GMT -6
FCCA Clinic March 23-24, Burlington, ON. Very accessible for guys in MI, Western NY, as well as northern OH, IN, and IL. Expect to see our very own steelhawk talk about chest-to-chest tackling. Well I haven't been asked yet, but I think there's a very good chance that you're right.
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Post by Coach.A on Jul 29, 2012 13:56:32 GMT -6
we are not only preparing the boys for Friday night but for life after high school as well. Isn't this our jobs? In your opinion, is this extreme discipline environment you created a reflection of "what life is like after high school"? I agree with much of what you do, however I'm a little bit more relaxed on many of the issues. A great piece of advice I got when I started coaching was: The more rules you have, the more you have to enforce.If you chose to have all these rules, you better be prepared to enforce them consistently. In my opinion, too many rules can end up being counterproductive.
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Post by Coach.A on Jul 23, 2012 20:14:36 GMT -6
More info here: www.canadafootballchat.com/cfc-forums/index.php/page/articles.html/_/the-front-page/news/cfl/grey-cup-9-regular-season-games-on-nbc-sports-r22621Here is the full schedule for the CFL on NBCSN (all times Eastern): Monday, August, 27 2012 at 7:30pm - Edmonton/Toronto Friday, August, 31 2012 at 7:30pm - BC/Montreal Monday, September 3, 2012 at 1:00pm - Toronto/Hamilton Monday, September 3, 2012 at 4:30pm - Edmonton/Calgary Friday, September 7, 2012 at 9:00pm - Calgary/Edmonton Friday, October 5, 2012 at 9:00pm - Hamilton/Edmonton Friday, October 19, 2012 at 10:00pm - Edmonton/BC Thursday, November 1, 2012 at 7:30pm - Hamilton/Toronto Friday, November 2, 2012 at 9:00pm - Calgary/Edmonton Sunday, November 11, 2012 (Division Semifinals) - 4:30pm Sunday, November 11, 2012 (Division Semifinals) - 11:00pm Sunday, November 18, 2012 (Division Finals) - 4:30pm Sunday, November 18, 2012 (Division Finals) - 11:00pm Sunday, November 25, 2012 (Grey Cup Championship) 6:00pm
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Post by Coach.A on Jul 18, 2012 22:01:24 GMT -6
Probably because one coach did it once to squeeze in more practices and everyone started doing it to keep up with the joneses. I'm not sure it's really worth the squeeze. I partly agree with this ^, but I think you also need to take into consideration the highly structured nature of our sport. Every step of every play is planned and needs to be precise. Contrast this to a sports like basketball or hockey that sort of 'flow'. I believe there is far more planning and systems work needed for football compared to other sports and there is almost a mad rush to get it all in before the week 1 game...especially when you add special teams to the equation.
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Post by Coach.A on Jul 12, 2012 10:09:15 GMT -6
The good news is that football in Canada is booming at the club level. Outside of a few high school football hotbeds (British Columbia is strong on high school football), club football/community leagues is how we are going to grow the game here going forward. Relying on the schools to do it is a pipe dream. There are some regional hotbeds for high school football in the province. Places like Burlington, London, Sault Ste. Marie, Windsor, and Hamilton all have relatively strong high school football programs.
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Post by Coach.A on Jul 11, 2012 22:35:23 GMT -6
Overall, football in Ontario has improved significantly over the past 20 years. In my opinion, the main reason for the improvement is the boom in club football. Prior to the emergence of leagues like the OVFL and the OFC, many kids were only playing 5 or less high school football games a year...this also meant they were only getting about 7 weeks of practice.
Now if you play summer football you are getting at least 8 more games...possibly 12 more games (and the accompanying practices). In the 2009 - 2010 school year, my high school team won the provincial championship and our local summer club team made a run in the playoffs. We had some kids that played over 20 football games that year.
That being said, if the kids aren't getting quality coaching then it doesn't matter how many extra weeks of practice you get.
It still pains me to see some high schools in our province that are flooded with gifted athletes yet unable to field a football team because they can't find a coach. There are numerous schools in the greater Toronto area with well over 1000 students (many of whom are freak athletes) and they don't even have high school football teams.
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Post by Coach.A on Jul 9, 2012 11:30:40 GMT -6
Does anybody think that a top notch program like St Thomas Aquinas(Fl)or De Lasalle could line up and beat these international teams. I would take the consistency of a team over all stars any day. You might be right, but team Canada was put together relatively late as well and they only had a few practices together to prepare...so they were in the same boat as Team USA. I'm not sure what the prep time was for the other international teams though.
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Post by Coach.A on Jul 8, 2012 17:30:53 GMT -6
Here's the game if you're interested in watching:
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Post by Coach.A on Jul 8, 2012 13:28:04 GMT -6
I think this is a bigger deal for the "world" than it is for the united states. The best of the best are not playing for the US. True the USA may not have their best players playing, but there are far more kids playing football in the USA to chose from compared to Canada. United States population = 315 million Canada population = 35 million There are more kids playing football in the state of Florida than all of Canada. I'm not trying to imply that Canada is better at football. I'm pretty sure that a true Florida all-star team could probably beat team Canada. BUT I still think this is an incredible accomplishment for Canada and it will only help promote the sport north of the border.
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Post by Coach.A on Jul 7, 2012 21:52:13 GMT -6
Wow! Team Canada defeats team USA in the U19 world championship game. Huge milestone for football development in Canada!
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Post by Coach.A on Jun 27, 2012 20:00:35 GMT -6
Actually I'm not talking about the offense so much as the other "risky" areas-not punting, etc.. The tendency is to take less risks as the personnel gets better because the risk/reward isn't as favorable. I think we're talking about two different issues here...taking game situation risks vs. installing "extreme" or unconventional systems. In my opinion, running an uncoventional style of offense and/or defense isn't necessarily "high risk" if you install it and rep it from day one.
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Post by Coach.A on Jun 27, 2012 13:26:57 GMT -6
At one time the Air Raid offense that Mumme helped develop was considered "living in the extreme". Now you have already successful programs adopting this offense.
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Post by Coach.A on Jun 25, 2012 11:35:36 GMT -6
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Post by Coach.A on Jun 9, 2012 8:58:54 GMT -6
Falcon,
I feel like we are in almost identical situations. I also coached the juniors last season (who also lost in the city finals), and I'm now moving up to Senior. I have all of the grade 9 and 10 kids on my side and buying in, but it's an everyday battle to get buy-in from some of the seniors who I haven't coached yet. I just handed out equipment 2 weeks ago for Spring football. I was VERY tempted to give the kids with the best weight room attendance (mostly gr. 9s and 10s) first pick, but opted with the status quo of letting returning seniors get first pick. I think blb was right in that if you are going to hand out equipment based on weight room attendance, you need to clearly communicate this ahead of time to your team.
In my opinion, you can't win in high school football unless you have great leadership and buy-in from your seniors. That being said, in the long term, you might be better off without those senior players you mentioned. You'll probably have less headaches and enjoy your coaching experience more without them as well. Without senior players you will likely take your lumps next season, but the year after you will have a veteran team with lots of experience.
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Post by Coach.A on May 15, 2012 20:53:15 GMT -6
I was having the same problem the other day. I released the facemask just to see how it worked but then I couldn't get it back on. I finally got the quick release pin in the metal ring but it took me forever. I'm still not totally sure how I did it but I used the "Riddell Quick Release Combo Installation Tool" to apply pressure around the metal ring and the pin finally clicked in. There's a picture of the quick release tool this page: www.sppss.com/helmet_tools_accessories.html I guess you could use something else to apply pressure around the metal ring. I realize my posst isn't very helpful...hopefully somebody with more knowledge can chime in here.
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Post by Coach.A on May 5, 2012 21:11:49 GMT -6
Watch film by position. Maybe Monday is DL, Tuesday is LBs, Wed. is DBs. Select no more than 10 plays to show each group. Any more than that you'll probably lose their attention. Try to get the players involved as much as possible in the process...ask them: "What were your keys on this play?", "What did our DT do wrong on this play?" "What should he have done?", etc...
Same with HUDL, I would only send a maximum of 10 plays (specific to their position group) to players to watch. This will require more work on your part because you will have to break down the film and select the 10 most relevant plays to show them (these 10 plays could include some of your best and worst from your previous game, OR they could be your upcoming opponents best runs / passes / tendancies).
I'm still working on getting HUDL for our program, but this is what I intend to do with it.
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Post by Coach.A on Apr 29, 2012 16:03:07 GMT -6
We play in Northern Ontario, Canada and we use an Air Raid style system. We won a provincial championship with it. I'd be surprised if any of you play in a harsher climate than us.
If it's below zero with freezing rain pouring down and 55 mph winds you will have trouble executing offensively no matter what offensive system you run.
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Post by Coach.A on Apr 8, 2012 8:56:01 GMT -6
I agree that we need to change our coaching language to eliminate any references of initiating contact with the helmet. But for run blocking, I don't think saying "lead with the chest" is a fundamentally sound way to teach the skill. An O-Lineman doesn't want to expose his chest plate to a defender when drive blocking.
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Post by Coach.A on Apr 8, 2012 6:43:01 GMT -6
Contact to and with the Helmet Over the years, the NFHS Football Rules Committee has repeatedly emphasized the need to keep the HEAD OUT OF FOOTBALL because of the potential for catastrophic head and neck injuries. The committee – in its publications for review by coaches and game officials – has specifically targeted some form of helmet review or illegal helmet contact emphasis 24 times since 1980. In the past few years, all levels of football have increased the focus on decreasing the risk of concussion, and it is widely conceded that one of the biggest steps in this effort is to eliminate direct helmet-to-helmet contact and any other contact both with and to the helmet. Any initiation of contact with the helmet is illegal; therefore, there must be a focus on enforcing the existing rules. These rules include fouls such as butt blocking, face tackling and spearing (all of which are illegal helmet contact fouls) as well as other acts prohibited by the provisions regarding unnecessary roughness. These types of contact, such as blows to the head by the defender, initiating contact to the head, and helmet-to-helmet contact are all unnecessary to the playing of the game. When in doubt, contact to or with the helmet should be ruled a foul by game officials. nfhs-football.arbitersports.com/Groups/105409/Library/files/2012%20NFHS%20Football%20POINTS%20OF%20EMPHASIS%20-.pdfI still hear many highly regarded OL coaches in the NFL and NCAA talking about making contact with the hands and facemask when executing a drive block...do you think this should this be prohibited?
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Post by Coach.A on Apr 7, 2012 15:41:15 GMT -6
Fast forward to 3:08. Saban talks about the importance of body language.
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Post by Coach.A on Apr 7, 2012 15:27:29 GMT -6
I always thought that hands on hips was a considered dominant and confident body language....wouldn't that the be the image you want to portray to opponents?
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Post by Coach.A on Mar 19, 2012 20:42:51 GMT -6
Jump video ahead to 3:19....what's fun is doing something that other people can't do!
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Post by Coach.A on Feb 29, 2012 2:08:16 GMT -6
In my opinion, you will never win a championship unless your best players and leaders are your hardest workers. Sure you can have success without this, but I don't think you can win a championship. I make sure to pull aside our best players and leaders to explain this to them during the off-season.
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Post by Coach.A on Feb 2, 2012 9:38:35 GMT -6
The game is getting a lot of coverage on Canada's main football website: www.canadafootballchat.com/It looks like several Canadian kids signed with D1 schools after the game.
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Post by Coach.A on Jan 31, 2012 13:30:56 GMT -6
Our team loves the leather Wilson GSTs....just got to break them in right. How do you break them in right?
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Post by Coach.A on Jan 15, 2012 18:20:51 GMT -6
Should have got an email with the speakers if your a member or if you signed up for the clinic. I got the email last week, looks like a solid line up.. Well I'm not a member. I'm not from Michigan. But I might consider making the trip if the topics and speakers were interesting enough. Could you possibly cut and paste the lineup on here? You would think that they would make this information more accessible. If the line up is as good as you guys make it out to be than why don't they advertise it? Surely this would increase the number of people signing up.
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Post by Coach.A on Jan 15, 2012 1:20:23 GMT -6
Is there a list of speakers and topics for this clinic? I can't find it anywhere on the MHSFCA website.
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Post by Coach.A on Jan 1, 2012 21:50:23 GMT -6
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Post by Coach.A on Dec 27, 2011 15:41:11 GMT -6
I have much better results searching the board by going to google and typing "coachhuey" before the topic I want to search.
For example in the google search text box I would type: coachhuey inverted veer
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