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Post by Coach.A on Sept 20, 2020 10:05:56 GMT -6
You need be careful when one side of the ball experiences great success while the other side struggles. If it isn't managed properly it can create division amongst the staff and/or players. As blb said, it is a TEAM game.
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Post by Coach.A on Sept 14, 2020 17:00:44 GMT -6
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Post by Coach.A on Sept 9, 2020 15:19:01 GMT -6
Did the other Team only dress 12 players? I don't see their bench anywhere.
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Post by Coach.A on Sept 4, 2020 8:45:35 GMT -6
If you have strong leadership and a solid culture, I would recommend getting feedback from your Captains on how to handle major discipline issues. In my experience, our Leaders generally want harsher consequences for violating team rules compared to the coaches. That makes it easier to justify decisions in my opinion.
Rarely will I completely remove a player from our Program without some way to earn his position back on the team. That said, EARNING back a spot on our Team could be very challenging if the violation was severe.
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Post by Coach.A on Aug 14, 2020 8:23:01 GMT -6
Just called Rogers, they want $370 for the replacement cover! That's not happening. Has anybody found a good DIY solution?
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Post by Coach.A on Aug 13, 2020 10:44:43 GMT -6
The cover over the base of our old pop up dummies has warn through...this is from years of dragging it across our track to get to the field.
Can we purchase a replacement cover or does anybody have an alternative solution? I'm sure others have encountered this same problem.
Thank you in advance.
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Post by Coach.A on Jul 24, 2020 11:49:30 GMT -6
Ontario, Canada we have significantly less cases than almost every US state and a population of 15 million people. I'm 95% sure we won't get a season...nothing official announced yet though. We were going to have our most talented Team ever!
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Post by Coach.A on Jul 17, 2020 14:31:43 GMT -6
I'm in Ontario, Canada. No official decision has been made yet, but it is HIGHLY unlikely that we will have any Fall sports.
Ontario's population is 15 million. Geographically, Ontario is significantly larger than Texas. Iowa's population is 3.2 million.
There have been less COVID-19 cases in Ontario than Iowa
The district (county) I'm in is about double the size of the state of Vermont and we have ZERO active COVID-19 cases. We haven't had a confirmed case for over a month....yet there's a 99% chance we will not have football in the Fall.
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Post by Coach.A on Jun 21, 2020 19:20:49 GMT -6
We got the Soundboks speaker. It is pricey, but worth the cost in my opinion. LOUD and durable. www.soundboks.com/
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Post by Coach.A on Jun 17, 2020 8:14:55 GMT -6
I'm pretty sure I never had a senior who could do all that, much less a freshman. Not even the kid who went on to become a two-time D-III All-American Decathlete. But then I never asked our players to do that stuff. Did they do Mile Run twice, once with weighted vest? You have. For God's sake I did it age 40 at 270lbs. Without the vest of course, but it's really not that hard. You just have to break up the pullups, pushups and squats. 10 rounds of 10 pull ups, 20 push ups and 30 squats. I want to say we (me and my wife) did it in 50ish minutes. I'll look it up. EDIT- we made it 20 rounds of 5, 10, 15. I did it in 49:49 and my wife did it in 48. It was 2015. I couldn't find my 2016 picture. 10 sets of 10 pull ups at 270 pounds at the age of 40? If these are legit full range of motion pull ups, that is SUPER impressive! I think it's safe to say less than 2% of 270 pounders could do that. Even if these were kipping pull ups, still impressive at 270 pounds. If you're 270 pounds and you can complete 10 consecutive strict pull ups, you are jacked! There are many D1 lineman that can't do this.
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Post by Coach.A on May 26, 2020 9:43:10 GMT -6
Loved all the free content. I live in a relatively remote area. Most years we are lucky to get our staff to one clinic and it usually involves at minimum a 5 hour drive each way. Being able to see all this content and learn from HIGH SCHOOL coaches in far away regions was awesome! Having the ability to re-watch my favorite presentations was a nice bonus. Also having the ability to screen shot important parts/notes/diagrams was great. I found that I rarely was able to log in a specific time to see a clinic. 98% of the clinics I've watched during this time were re-plays. I don't understand why some of the hosts would only allow viewers during a small window and not provide replays. Fortunately, the vast majority of hosts did provide replays. A major issue with the Zoom format was the choppiness of game film due to internet lag. Some coaches figured it out later and only played slow-mo clips of game/practice footage. But most of the film I saw on Zoom clinics was unwatchable. kylem56 just checked out your YouTube page. Watched 2 clinics so far and both were excellent! Thank you for sharing!
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Post by Coach.A on Mar 28, 2020 9:07:34 GMT -6
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Post by Coach.A on Mar 11, 2020 15:12:37 GMT -6
Where can you buy custom knives with your logo engraved on them?
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Post by Coach.A on Feb 29, 2020 10:35:55 GMT -6
A few thoughts:
- The scoreboard is important because things like: the score, down & distance, time remaining, number of time outs remaining, etc. can heavily dictate strategy and even technique. I understand that when you say "ignore the scoreboard" you mean it figuratively but I don't think you can hide the reality of a game situation from players.
- I still think you need to enforce the importance of focus, effort and compete level regardless of game situation. I feel that teaching the true value of these traits is a better approach.
- As for pressure, we take the approach of trying to teach ALL players how to cope with pressure situations. I think it's a mistake to shield kids from pressure situations or to have them pretend a pressure situation isn't an actual pressure situation. There are all kinds of sports psychology strategies to help players perform in these situations. - Our approach to handling pressure is to flip their mindset to "Pressure is a Gift". How many times have they pretended to hit a last second shot when playing basketball in their driveway? How many times have they pretended to be QB or Rec on the final play of a game? We fantasize about being in these situations and admire people who perform in these situations....it's a gift to actually have an opportunity to compete in these high pressure situations! "No pressure, no Diamonds!"
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Post by Coach.A on Feb 5, 2020 16:28:16 GMT -6
If the FCPGA digitized all their videos and created a membership streaming website, it would probably be the best football coaching resource in the world.
Their out-dated system of mailing DVDs and VHS's back and forth is not practical.
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Post by Coach.A on Jan 27, 2020 17:47:55 GMT -6
A few thoughts on this. - I think it's very unfair to bring up his son's death. Even if he worked 1/3rd of the hours he does, there would still be regret & doubt when a tragedy like that strikes. - In the quote he says: " I love the relationships maybe most of all". I think that should be the focal point of the quote. At the NFL level, I'm sure he truly sees his organization as his family. Also, I don't know for sure, but I would assume his actual family is fully immersed in the Chiefs organization as well. - I doubt he consistently reports to work in the dark and returns in the dark in the off-season (less hours of sunlight in Oct-Jan as well ). I understand NFL football is a full year deal, BUT even at the NFL level there is an off-season where the "grind" slows down. - Reading that quote, the man seems at peace and very content. He's doing what he loves and is developing strong relationships in the process. He's also making millions for it. How many of us can say that? I'm not really fanatic about any NFL team, but I'm cheering for Andy Reid on Sunday!
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Post by Coach.A on Jan 23, 2020 20:58:06 GMT -6
The Martin Football 3 Panel Wrist Coach has been our preference the past few seasons. Usually under $4 each and pretty good quality.
Be sure to check the size of the window on the wrist coaches to make sure you can fit your play list in the provided space. One thing that we liked about the Martin wrist coaches is that there is plenty of room on each panel.
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Post by Coach.A on Jan 20, 2020 11:00:17 GMT -6
I don't think those Notre Dame & Iowa dates are correct. March 30th is a Monday...never heard of a clinic that runs through Monday. Hmmm, that is true Coach, I found them on Twitter under the clinic list. Notre Dame is March 26th - 28th: und.com/coaches-clinic/
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Post by Coach.A on Jan 14, 2020 15:59:12 GMT -6
Notre Dame- March 28-30 Iowa- March 29-30 I don't think those Notre Dame & Iowa dates are correct. March 30th is a Monday...never heard of a clinic that runs through Monday.
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Post by Coach.A on Dec 30, 2019 21:49:36 GMT -6
Every time you turn on a college game with a new coach, that is all they talk about. If you have to explain how YOU teach your team how to compete, how do you answer? Specifics if possible, not the generic “we compete in everything we do.” They just said on the Louisville game that when the current staff got there, the DBs did not know how to cover, how to compete. With the old staff, everything they did in practice, the DBs had to let the WRs catch the ball. Put them in competitive situations in practice. Run drills where there is a clear winner and loser. During crossover drills (eg. Rec. vs. DB 1 on 1's, OL vs DL pass rush) keep score. Reward the winner(s). Do this often, in the off-season and early in-season. I feel like most NCAA teams do this competitive contact drill fairly often:
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Post by Coach.A on Dec 30, 2019 11:33:13 GMT -6
For example if you run jet sweep or working deeper pass routes on sprint days. If your more like a wing-t team you could run belly but have the players sprint 30-40 yards past the LOS. On non sprint days it looks like your typical football practice. You’re not going to reach max velocity in most typical football drills. If players don’t get enough time to recover it ends up training the wrong energy system. You need to train both but you can train the other system (what most of us think of as conditioning) by doing things like tempo runs. I think the true value in having players sprint 30 yards downfield is that it teaches FINISH. I think it's great drill to add during the week, but I'm not sure if I buy in to how this is a newly invented practice philosophy. Seems to me that the vast majority of coaches are already doing a lot of these things...and have been for decades now. Things like less padded practices, reducing the length of practice as the season progresses, greater focus on explosive power and max strength in the weight room vs. "make you puke" / endurance type workouts, greater emphasis on recovery, etc. I'm always leery when people try to assign new names (e.g. "sprint based practice planning) to things most people are already doing....usually it's because they're trying to sell you something.
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Post by Coach.A on Nov 24, 2019 10:37:01 GMT -6
Not sure if this is what you're looking for, but we will often run our base plays at unfavorable defensive looks or run plays where we are outnumbered. We do this to set up complimentary plays, counters, play-actions or screens.
Some outsiders see us doing this and lose their minds, but they aren't seeing the big picture. I should note, we are very much a series based offense.
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Post by Coach.A on Nov 16, 2019 16:21:27 GMT -6
I would say that the strength training must be built around compound multi-joint lifts (e.g. Squats, Deadlifts, Presses, Rows). Olympic lifts could be included in there as well, but that isn't a deal breaker for me. I've seen plenty of very strong teams that don't do the Olympic lifts.
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Post by Coach.A on Sept 22, 2019 12:42:30 GMT -6
Will there eventually be pressure for the Tioga "Indians" to change their name/mascot?
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Post by Coach.A on Sept 2, 2019 6:29:40 GMT -6
We have found that using a slow tempo no-huddle play-call system was better for slowing the game down and conserving energy vs. huddling. Having players run to and from the huddle after each snap can add up over the course of the game.
We also found the no-huddle communication system more effective for milking the clock. It was easier for us to have our players line up and get the call, then just wait until the play clock wound down to 5 seconds before we snapped the ball. When we used this strategy, we only had a couple formations though, so that made this easier to do.
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Post by Coach.A on Jul 25, 2019 17:27:23 GMT -6
Upload the clip to YouTube then paste the web link to the YouTube video
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Post by Coach.A on Jul 23, 2019 13:55:10 GMT -6
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Post by Coach.A on Jul 23, 2019 8:34:51 GMT -6
How much does it cost?
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Post by Coach.A on Jul 18, 2019 20:45:32 GMT -6
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Post by Coach.A on Jul 3, 2019 21:36:12 GMT -6
This past season, we had a bye for the first round of the playoffs. I started a similar thread here: coachhuey.com/thread/82650/week-round-playoffs-practice-planningWe really shortened our practices but made sure to have some intense compete periods. The compete periods were non-contact though because we didn't want to risk injury before the playoffs. We used tug-of-war type competitions that were relatively safe but still intense. That kept the energy and enthusiasm high. I think the very short practices along with high energy compete periods really helped us maintain energy and focus through the lull of the bye week. That said, 3 consecutive bye weeks is crazy. I think keeping your players from drifting too far in to winter sports like basketball and hockey would be a huge concern in that scenario.
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