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Post by Coach.A on Jul 8, 2018 9:45:32 GMT -6
What is the process for selecting officials in the playoffs for your state?
We had a scenario where we were playing in the State Semis at our opponents' home field. They had an all local officiating crew. Is that common in other states?
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Post by Coach.A on May 8, 2018 13:35:12 GMT -6
Does anybody know what kind of football this is? I didn't find any Wilson footballs on their website that looked like this.
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Post by Coach.A on Apr 30, 2018 17:22:10 GMT -6
I just got a sample jersey sent to me from ProLook that is reversible (blue jersey, then when you flip it inside out it is a white jersey). Does anybody have experience with these? One concern I have is that it's the style of jersey with no sleeves and there's no flap to tuck your shoulder pads under like other sleeveless jerseys we've used in the past.
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Post by Coach.A on Mar 28, 2018 13:28:59 GMT -6
The cycle of losing may never end if you continue to allow kids to play without attending workouts. It may have to get worse before it can get better.
The only other way I can think of is to provide benefits and praise to the kids who do attend. In our program, kids earn a t-shirt if they attend a certain number of workouts. The kids with the best workout attendance get first pick of equipment. We hype up the players who attend our workouts on social media. We have all kinds of record boards and strength clubs and make a big deal of it.
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Post by Coach.A on Mar 26, 2018 9:20:59 GMT -6
This past season we had 3 Team Captains, but also assigned Unit Leaders for each position group. The main purpose of this is to provide a greater sense of ownership for the Athletes in our program. Unit Leaders get input in some program decisions, they break down their unit at the end of each practice and before games, they are responsible for coming up with a name/identity and even logo for their unit. Next season I'm considering having the unit leaders run an EDD or two during indy time. I think this worked well and we're looking at expanding on the idea this upcoming season.
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Post by Coach.A on Mar 8, 2018 22:24:49 GMT -6
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Post by Coach.A on Feb 7, 2018 9:41:48 GMT -6
Let me put it to you this way, do you know who McDaniels OC was in Denver when they were going 3-9? Do you know who the OC was for the Seahawks in the 2015 Super Bowl (e.g. the guy who actually called the pass on the 1 yardline)? I don't know, but I can guarantee you that any NFL organization looking to hire these former coordinators is aware of their past work.
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Post by Coach.A on Feb 7, 2018 8:22:20 GMT -6
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Post by Coach.A on Jan 18, 2018 18:42:28 GMT -6
Ask your Captains what they think about having him on the roster. Ask if they foresee any potential problems with having him on the team. If the kid is a drug dealer the players on your team probably know.
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Post by Coach.A on Dec 29, 2017 13:09:38 GMT -6
For us there are 3 sections each semester (so 6 classes all year). The classes are offered at various periods throughout the school day (we have 4 periods each semester).
There is 1 teacher in the class. Class sizes range from 15 students to 30 students.
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Post by Coach.A on Dec 29, 2017 11:01:26 GMT -6
i honestly have no idea.... Maybe he was busy or something... Didn't want to bother him too much.... But in the mean time will I ask again is there any ideas for just general studying? t.co/6XMDM6cQ4FThank you for sharing this! Great resources!
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Post by Coach.A on Dec 29, 2017 10:10:24 GMT -6
School size 700 Currently Co-ed only Just another PE class
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Post by Coach.A on Dec 27, 2017 11:37:45 GMT -6
@vegas_DC what Riddell uniforms did you buy? They have several different styles with different materials. We purchased the 4-way stretch polyester motion fit jerseys. We are very satisfied with the material. Price listed is not what you pay.
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Post by Coach.A on Dec 19, 2017 6:56:01 GMT -6
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Post by Coach.A on Dec 18, 2017 15:20:29 GMT -6
We have 2 sets of Riddell Motion Fit jerseys and love them. What is the deal (with helmets) right now?
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Post by Coach.A on Dec 16, 2017 21:31:59 GMT -6
silkyice I knew that, I was speaking tongue in cheek. I'm looking forward to watching Nathan in his bowl game.
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Post by Coach.A on Dec 16, 2017 18:09:41 GMT -6
I coached in the 2015 all star game. Our qb was Nathan Rourke. 6'2" 200. Great arm, speed, vision, student of the game, all the intangibles and measurables. Threw for 3700 yards and 59 td's senior year. Was UNSACKABLE in high school. Also a young kid. He is just 19 right now as a college sophomore. He had zero offers. Zero. I thought it was crazy. My son also played in that game. Plenty of d1 players in that game. (By the way, I don't count those guys in my count of d1 players coached LOL). I am not an autograph guy. I have no autographs of anyone. I had my son get his autograph. Other players did also. He was that good. I knew he would be something even though he had ZERO offers. Goes juco. Goes to Ohio Univesity. Wins starting job. Responsible for 37 td's this year. 15 passing. 1 receiving and 21 rushing. That is 9th in the entire nation NCAA d1. Again, no offers. And I KNEW he was going to be doing something like this. So how does every single d1 college miss that kid? It really was obvious. Probably because he's Canadian!
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Post by Coach.A on Nov 24, 2017 16:50:05 GMT -6
Can these games be streamed or downloaded anywhere?
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Post by Coach.A on Nov 1, 2017 8:10:56 GMT -6
I'll throw in a vote for Riddell. We've got the basic generic ones, not the ones with the sleeve issues. Sleeves are short but pads don't hang out. They have been awesome, and kids like them. Wash extremely well too. We've only had to replace a couple in 3 years. Second that. Ours are going on 4 years old and holding up well. We have the nicer ones with the tackle twill ( think that's what it's called) numbers. Our guys really don't care about the brand as long as they look good. Third that. We got the 4-way stretch Riddell Motion Fit jerseys without sleeves. Our players love them and they've been durable.
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Post by Coach.A on Jul 20, 2017 9:09:17 GMT -6
Would anybody ask the same question of, say, barbers? They have kids sat down in front of them for a certain amount of time that could be used to help turn them into real men or women. So do dentists. How about DJs -- they get the kids up & moving in groups like coaches of team sports. How about driving instructors? Do you think barbers, dentists, DJs, and driving instructors have discussion forums in which any of them say they have a desperate need to do more for their charges? I could imagine them exchanging stories about particular kids in bad straits, but not about any general desire to get into character building with those they serve. Bob, obviously there are some self-serving benefits to football coaches focusing on this training...developing character and leadership in their players and programs can translate to wins. You could also argue that it can help translate to success off the field, which would result in greater support from the school, community, and alumni. I'd like to think that most coaches would strive to instill these traits in their players regardless of wins, but I doubt you'd see this recent growth in the "leadership training" market if there wasn't potential for personal/financial gain. A dentist, barber, DJ, etc. will not directly benefit from developing these traits in their customers/patients. Why would a barber or dentist care if their customer had poor leadership skills? The barber, dentist and DJ get paid regardless of their customer/patient's leadership skills. I just don't think there's anything special about football coaches that makes them a preferred means of doing this, nor of football players as having particular needs in that regard as a class. If someone were to point to differences in character between people who've played football & people who haven't, I would think that much more likely to be a selection effect rather than a result of the experience -- that those of either elevated or low character are more likely to choose to play the game than is the avg. person. As I said earlier, I think football coaches have a superior platform for teaching these skills. In my opinion, it's much easier to teach a kid about teamwork, toughness, commitment, discipline, etc. in a football team setting compared to a barber's chair. As for differences in character/leadership between people who played football versus people who haven't...that's aside the point. You'd have to compare athletes who came from programs that prioritized character/leadership vs. athletes who came from programs that do not. Still very difficult to prove, but anecdotally, I played in both types of programs and I experienced a very clear and obvious difference in myself and my team mates. We conduct exit interviews with our players at the end of each season and the overwhelming majority of our players identified our leadership training as the critical component for our success. We've experienced more success on the field since prioritizing this training. We've experienced greater "buy in" from our players as well. Bob, you're correct that you will not "i mprove people's character with just some slogans for a few mins. a day in groups". To quote quote Urban Meyer: "Average leaders have quotes. Good leaders have a plan. Exceptional leaders have a system."
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Post by Coach.A on Jul 18, 2017 16:07:42 GMT -6
Have you ever looked at a character program? The one we use that I posted uses a word of the week and maybe 5 minutes a day of our time to talk about that word. It's not some intensive immersive time consuming thing. Why not take a few minutes to talk to the players about stuff they probably aren't exposed to, at least in our case with some of the backgrounds our players come from. We model it and live it for the most part, I mean no one is perfect but we have good dudes coaching with us and keep that circle tight to make sure we get those kinds of coaches. We deal with some kids coming from bad situations, parents struggling with addiction, living with older siblings cause mom is dead and dads never been around, kids seeing adults make bad decisions and not having high or any expectations for their kids, violence in the home and streets....a word of the week and less than five minutes a day seems like a good seed to plant in so,er of these kids hoping it grows and they remember it at a critical point in their life. In fact we've had kids come back and tell us about times they remembered and thought about stuff from those programs in the past, seems worth it to me. Yessir. I have seen character curriculum programs. Question: how did coaches back in the 60's, 70's or even 80' and 90's ever make an impact on their players without a curriculum to follow? I'm an old fart and my coaches helped share and mold a lot of kids and never had a curriculum to teach from. They were leaders. If there were opportunities/resources for those coaches back in the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s to improve their ability to teach leadership and character development, don't you think they would take advantage? I can assure you that even coaches back then read books about leadership...it may not have been packaged as "curriculum", nevertheless it was a resource for them to improve their team culture. What if a coach struggles with teaching some of these traits? Why wouldn't this struggling coach seek out resources to help him? Furthermore, what worked with a group of teenage boys in the 60s and 70s won't necessarily work (or be allowed) today. The social and institutional landscape has changed significantly and it has impacted the behaviors and thought processes of players, parents, administrators and coaches.
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Post by Coach.A on Jul 17, 2017 11:58:28 GMT -6
What character/ leadership development tools or programs do you use for your players? Does anyone do focused classes for athletes on character/ leadership? Just have a desperate need to do more for the athletes. They need to know what it means to be a "real man". Why, out of all the adult contacts the players have, is this the job for a football coach, or any athletic coach? Why, out of all the kids, would only the players need this? Bob, I'm not sure if you're just playing devil's advocate or if you're being serious. In a perfect world, parents would be instilling character & leadership in their children along with multiple other people in the child's life. Unfortunately, this is far from the norm at present. Fewer and fewer kids know how to lead these days...there are various factors at play, but that's another discussion. While it isn't necessarily the coaches "job", I do think football provides an excellent vehicle for teaching character and leadership. Also, I believe teaching these traits will help your team be more successful. I think everybody would agree that it isn't just football players who need this training, anybody can benefit from it....but again, I think sports (especially football) provide a great team setting for teaching these skills that is superior to any classroom setting.
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Post by Coach.A on Jul 17, 2017 11:42:41 GMT -6
We switched to Riddell Motion Fit jerseys (with no sleeves) 3 years ago. We just bought a second set of these jerseys in another color. Great jersey! We couldn't be happier with the product.
Only difference I noticed this year was that the jerseys seemed even stretchier (which is a good thing). I think I recall our sales rep saying they changed manufacturers? I probably would have bough a a few jerseys a size smaller this time around knowing that they are stretchier, but not a big deal.
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Post by Coach.A on May 29, 2017 12:32:09 GMT -6
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Post by Coach.A on May 1, 2017 8:08:49 GMT -6
With those kind of open lockers, are you worried about theft? Looks like every company posted so far has the option of putting a lockbox/safe within each locker.
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Post by Coach.A on Apr 30, 2017 14:15:23 GMT -6
We did Longhorn lockers in our new facility last year and they have been great Do you know what lockers you purchased from Longhorn (e.g. Hero, Conquerer, etc.)?
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Post by Coach.A on Apr 30, 2017 8:45:55 GMT -6
The Remind App has been great for our program. I highly recommend it.
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Post by Coach.A on Apr 27, 2017 6:11:12 GMT -6
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Post by Coach.A on Apr 26, 2017 14:41:44 GMT -6
Have any of you recently purchased lockers for your football change room that you are very pleased with? I have a long term project of redoing our football locker room and I'm having a hard time finding lockers designed specifically for football (i.e. locker has places to put your shoulder pads, helmet, cleats).
We are NOT looking to build our own for several reasons. We want to purchase a quality football locker that is durable. If anybody has a website or insight please share.
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Post by Coach.A on Apr 23, 2017 12:52:24 GMT -6
99% of the time when a kid quits football he gives one of three reasons: 1. "My mom wants me to work on my grades" 2. "I'm getting a job" 3. "I'm concentrating on baseball/basketball" Every now and then you hear one that comes out of left field. Have you ever heard one that was really weird? We had a kid who said he was quitting to focus on "semi-pro cage fighting". 1. Rarely have I ever seen a quitters grades improve. Managing high school academics and football does not require much effort. Three years ago the top academic performer in our school was our starting QB. This same kid played basketball, track, badminton and soccer. 2. Most student jobs are more than willing to work around a football schedule. About a third of our players have jobs. 3. We've had basketball bench warmers tell us they weren't playing so they could concentrate on basketball while the basketball league MVP was a receiver on our football team....those bench warmers continued to be bench warmers, our receiver is now playing college basketball. Bottom line, those are just excuses. I would much prefer a kid just be honest with me. If a kid tells me that he genuinely doesn't enjoy football, I leave him be....but when kids use the above excuses I can't help but point out the flaws in their reasoning.
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