agame
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Post by agame on Sept 8, 2014 1:25:46 GMT -6
You can't prepare for losin guys like that.. I would say as you pointed out.. It builds character And if they happen to be anythin like that situation again they will know we have been through if and wasn't stopped by that situation.
What if your kids folded in that situation?
How would you have tried to prevent that?
To be honest.. Not sure if it's the level we coach at but we have this happen a fair few times.. Being amateur and guys missing games through work and illness and holiday So we always have that next man up approach.. It maybe somethin that is just accepted as normal here In the English game.. But I have always coached that next man up, plus and play approach.. All my wrs know all 4 positions.. Stuff like that.. Linemen is always a worry I remember the university team I coach at ( was it's first year last year, ) lost 2 oline in our first home game.. We had no back ups and a lb and wr played oline for 3 qtrs.. So we face that kinda situation all the time.. Maybe were hardened to it?? No sure Maybe it's good prep by getting our guys to rep other positions.. Could be a mix of both
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Post by agame on Sept 6, 2014 14:06:52 GMT -6
You can't prepare for losin guys like that..
I would say as you pointed out.. It builds character
And if they happen to be anythin like that situation again they will know we have been through if and wasn't stopped by that situation.
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Post by agame on Sept 5, 2014 14:47:35 GMT -6
You can prepare yourself in many ways.. But it's like the game itself..
You won't know what you have till the bullets fly for real...
Or maybe that's my way of dealing with adversity. Embrace it and tackle it head on... And I'm sure every coach here has dealt with it there own way
I like the idea of puttin kids in position to over come defecits however that's not adversity for me..
Great example on my end, We took 28 bodies on the road for our last game of the year.. We were bare bones.. We lost our starting rb Y and Rg in the first qtr.. We hadn't got enough guys.. We had guys playin both ways our back up QB played X as we moved our x to Y These kids played a full game no plays to rest
We lost 33-32 but the way those guys faced adversity head on and played hard, spoke volumes of them as players and men... Their character was built that day and it is something we can reach back on at any point when things are not going our way.. Look at how you responded to that adversity.. U can over come anything..
Adversity comes of various guises .. To me being 2 scores down is not the same type of adversity ....
But that's just me..
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Post by agame on Sept 5, 2014 11:49:22 GMT -6
Best way to prepare for adversity..
Go through it.......
Then you, your young men your staff will know what that adversity feels like and will not want to do it again.. Or feel that way again
Every player, coach, team faces adverse situations all the time.
Recognise and react according
As a coach I always keep a calm demeanour.. Even if my head is exploding on the inside..
( bit like a swan in a lake ... Calm on the surface but kicking like made out of site.. Lol )
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Post by agame on Feb 7, 2012 13:20:49 GMT -6
Converted a soccer player into a rb last year. ( he got rookie of the year ) and this year I have a rugby player, I'm converting to fullback..
They both liked to bounce it to the outside..
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