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Post by macdiiddy on Mar 29, 2014 2:38:40 GMT -6
I really don't follow what we do to much. I think homecoming is a giant distraction but that's me. I think the school does all the pink and stuff. I know Ruidoso HS in New Mexico does Military Appreciation Night they go the whole 9 yards for it. I like the camo jerseys with a different branch on the jerseys. Camo jerseys...$$$$$$$$. Great idea, but it took me 3 years to get rid of our old jerseys and ended up footing pretty much all of the bill. In Indiana, the National Guard has been going around "sponsoring" schools for a week. They basically just get to give out a bunch of promotional materials and set up a booth at the football or basketball game. Then they give the home team, generic Camouflage jerseys to wear for the night. Our basketball team did it this year and I have seen some of the local football teams do it as well.
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Post by macdiiddy on Mar 26, 2014 21:27:53 GMT -6
Indiana is currently going through some major rule changes this year. Regulating spring and summer practices.
Indiana
- We have a 1 week dead week, 1st week of July
-You can have as many practices you want during the summer as long as you dont use helmet and shoulder pads.
-You are now allowed 5 "Competition Days", competition days are anything you do with another high school. 7v7, lineman games, camps. (this was previously not regulated)
-Starting this year you now can only have 12 padded practices before august 1st. Before this was not regulated.
-Start of the season is normally the 2nd to last weekend of August
-We have 9 regular season games and 6 playoff games (if you go to state). In Indiana, everyone is in the playoffs, teams that go 9-0 and teams that go 0-9 all have a chance to win a state championship starting week 10.
-Not much as far as off season regulations. Can essentially practice when you want.
-We have no spring ball
-2-a-days start August 1st. You can only be in helmets for the first four days. And starting this year the first 4 days you can only have one practice. After that you must alternate between two a days and one a day.
-When you have a 2 a day there must be a 3 hour break between practices. During that time you can meet for no longer than 45 minutes for walk through and/or film.
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Post by macdiiddy on Mar 26, 2014 21:15:11 GMT -6
We have a few SPX, but most of ours are the evolution series.
The SPX make good DB pads because they are pretty light weight and compact. But for the most part, I'm pretty pleased with the evolution's. Its nice to have a couple on hand but I don't know if it is necessary to have an entire set of them. In my opinion.
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Post by macdiiddy on Feb 13, 2014 23:20:32 GMT -6
We haven't retired a jersey, but I like the idea of adding a patch to the jersey like the University of Michigan does.
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Post by macdiiddy on Aug 21, 2013 23:49:06 GMT -6
Deeds not words, was our motto last year
Watching hard knocks, I saw the bengals were using,"Success, A lot of little things done well" which I like.
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Chants
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Post by macdiiddy on Aug 21, 2013 23:39:01 GMT -6
Our players will do this one before leaving the locker room for the final time.
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Post by macdiiddy on Aug 1, 2013 4:45:09 GMT -6
We have used saddle soap in the past, and we dont condition the balls every year.
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Post by macdiiddy on Jul 30, 2013 23:40:22 GMT -6
We have the 35 point rule with the running clock as well. The only problem we have experienced with this, is that we circle the game as an opportunity to get the JV and even the Freshman some reps on friday night. We always play a pretty weak team the last game of the regular season. So we use this as a reward for all those underclassmen that have stuck it out all season.
We have purposely pulled starters in the 2nd quarter out of fear we would reach 35 points by half.
But with that being said. Its a good rule. I feel as a team you should try and put as much points up in the first half as possible. If you are up by 4 scores, call off the dogs and start subbing after the starters gets the first series of the second half.
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Post by macdiiddy on Jul 1, 2013 23:16:19 GMT -6
Mondays are no longer then 5 minutes of formations we will see, addressing their favorite plays and anything else of note.
on tuesday we will have multiple hudls showing different formations and motions. They get to the line, defense adjusts. If there is a motion in that formation they show it. then next group is up.
On wednesday we do the same thing, but add in the different blitz packages we will be using. Causing them to adjust properly and check out of blit' against certain formations
Segment is only 5 minutes long each day.
With that being said, we now will have a "pre-practice" built in to our schedule this year. So monday and tuesday maybe accomplished through film before practice.
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Post by macdiiddy on Jun 19, 2013 15:57:00 GMT -6
We have informal depth charts during the offseason. Just shooting the breeze with the other coaches. This is mainly done for the purpose of seeing where kids could get moved around. (Like a LB who would be in a better position to start on the DL). But there is no real weight taken in these talks.
Then, on the first day of 2-a-days we have our complete depth chart hanging in the locker room. Day 1 its arranged by seniority. Then after the day is over we move and adjust the kids up and down the depth chart based on performance in practice. The idea is to reward those who are making progress, even if its our 4th nose guard moving up to number 2. Also in doing so, it creates competition.
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Post by macdiiddy on Jun 18, 2013 21:08:29 GMT -6
We have actually made this a priority in our program as a way to attract players, and excite the alums, etc. The video on the bottom of our website ( www.auroracentralcatholicfootball.com) was a "promo" video my videographer did for the 2012 playoffs last year. He also did two in the summer for the season, and one just before the homecoming game. My videographer also does a "highlight" video after every win during the season, and obviously a team highlight film. Not sure what everyone else is working with video wise, but I say that we have the best video production staff in the country for any high school program. Forget the highlights, I just wish we had your video camera haha. But I would say you have a strong case for production quality at the high school level. Very cool stuff.
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Post by macdiiddy on Jun 14, 2013 12:55:38 GMT -6
I would think, as long as they are playing a sport, competing and becoming better/well rounded athletes I wouldn't worry too much about getting them in the weight room. Especially if the other programs have some sort of lifting program.
If they don't, you can talk with the AD and/or the coaches about implementing and inseason weight lifting program.
Lastly, I would say it has worked out best for us when we don't "compete" with other sports but share the athlete. As long as you can get the other coach on board and even work on scheduling to have less conflicts and make sure your athletes are not put in a bind and missing summer football practice for a summer baseball game. This has worked out quite well, until you have that other sport coach say one thing to your face and another behind your back.
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Post by macdiiddy on Jun 13, 2013 20:42:10 GMT -6
I'm of this nature too, and it's why we do it in our "football class" (glorified PE for varsity players) on Mondays. The only reason I bring the kids in on Saturdays is if their extra curricular on Friday nights is beginning to have an effect on them (i.e. drinking and partying after games). Only takes one Saturday with me to run that "Nectar of the Gods" right out of em', and then we don't have much of a problem after that. I agree that film study Saturday morning is usually wasted and it's why I went away from it. Duece I always believed that is the most beneficial aspect of Saturday mornings. Either being a deterrent to bad decisions after the game or as character development time for those who may need a little extra work on where they put their priorities. But our weekend consist of: 9 AM - coaches report in, start watching/grading the film 10 AM - Players report in -Short addressing of the troops by the HC -Pick up trash around the stadium (if we had a home game) -Offense and Defense split up, one watches film while the other unit lifts then run/walk/jogs
We are done when we are done, normally out by 11:30
If we have film up on HUDL, we may watch it as a staff and start inputting some of the fields.
Every defensive coach will be responsible for specific columns. ODK, DnD, Yard Line, etc. However we leave certain ones like formation, play, blocking scheme etc. blank. We will discuss as a staff on Sunday what play or formation it is, due to some film can make plays quite undecipherable.
Sunday the Def. Staff will meet at 10 AM We will input what was mentioned above, run reports, draw up scout cards and develop a game plan. These days can be done as soon as 1 or as late as 6. It all depends on how many films we have, what the opponent is running, quality of the film.
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Post by macdiiddy on Jun 13, 2013 14:36:58 GMT -6
I wanted to do just an image like this when we got our new UnderArmor jerseys two years ago, but we didn't get them in until week 6. It was a big mess, so it never came to fruition.
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Post by macdiiddy on Jun 11, 2013 21:27:41 GMT -6
We go 7:30-9 in June. Keeping it early allows for less conflict of scheduling with other things outside of football, like jobs or even worst AAU. The HC has been around for awhile and found its better to work around the Summer Basketball and Baseball schedule and try to share the athletes.
Plus we hit the ground running the first week school is over so kids are use to getting up that early for the last 10 months.
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Post by macdiiddy on Jun 11, 2013 21:20:49 GMT -6
We have 10 Varsity Coaches for about 65 Senior, Juniors and Sophs, then 25 Frosh.
Head Coach who is also our OC Defensive Coordinator D line Coach LB Coach DB Coach RB Coach WR Coach x 2 OL Coach x 2
Then 2 guys working with our Freshman
Not all are paid guys, and the HC has divided up some of the stipend to spread the wealth around a bit more from our allotted paid coaches.
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Post by macdiiddy on Apr 2, 2013 0:44:45 GMT -6
jgordon1 Yea, depending on the film quality, it normally takes 2-3 hours. So it is time consuming but I feel it is beneficial as I stated before. And luckly with hudl you can check up on them and see if they actually went back to watch the previous game over the weekend.
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Post by macdiiddy on Apr 1, 2013 21:29:49 GMT -6
I will grade the DL after the game on friday so the kids will have them in their hands on Saturday morning. They are graded on Hands, Gap, Job, Lack Of EFfort. Series | Play | Player | Hands | Gap | Job | Loef | Comment | 1 | 11 | 50 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | | 1 | 12 | 50 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | Losing too much ground | 1 | 13 | 50 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | fight pressure, don’t get washed out of B | 1 | 14 | 50 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 10 | contain | 1 | 15 | 50 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | great play | 1 | 15 | 50 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | half the man | 1 | 16 | 50 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | | 1 | 17 | 50 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | make a pile | 2 | 22 | 50 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | | 2 | 23 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | don’t watch, defeat the block | 2 | 24 | 50 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | | 2 | 25 | 50 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | | 3 | 30 | 50 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | half the man, defeat the block | 4 | 41 | 50 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | |
They will receive a 0 if they didn't accomplish it, 5 if they sort of did, 10 if they accomplished it. I also make sure the play number on hudl is included so they can go back an watch it over the weekend. Averaging all the scores together will give them their letter grade. 8.1 = 81% = B - It takes longer having multiple categories but it allows you to give credit to a kid who did perfect technique, defeated the block but wiffed on a tackle. I also find this is helpful for me. It helps reinforce to me what, we as a unit, are good at and are struggling at.
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Post by macdiiddy on Apr 1, 2013 20:57:48 GMT -6
"Receivers that can't catch become guards" Receivers that can't catch become Defensive Backs. Defensive Backs that can't cover or tackle, we point to the Soccer Field. Similarily, I was listening to the Indiana University Dline coach talk, and he said OL is the last stop. They have the worst athletes. If you cant play DB you get moved to LB, if not LB then DL, if not DL then OL. IF not OL you are cut.
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Post by macdiiddy on Apr 1, 2013 20:49:57 GMT -6
Fiscally, are artificial fields more cost effective?
At first glance the answer would seem to be yes. You dont need to mow, water, seed or paint.
However, I heard arguments where you need to disinfect the field and then the overall lifespan of the field itself compared to the high start up cost.
What type of maintenance is done on artificial fields? How often do you have to spray some sort of disinfectant to prevent staph disease and whatever else? Has anyone ever had to get their artificial field re done?
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Post by macdiiddy on Apr 1, 2013 20:36:45 GMT -6
You could create goals that build upon themselves.
Like as far as winning games go
1. Win the game 2. Winning season 3. Make Playoffs 4. Win the Conference 5. Secional Champs 6. Regional 7. Semi 8. State
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Post by macdiiddy on Mar 26, 2013 15:15:03 GMT -6
I paint the game field for our team on Fridays. I find it enjoyable and I like to add something to the field each week. So by the end of the year it normally is covered in paint haha. Just curious to see if anyone does this OR if there is anything unique you paint on your field. More or less just looking for something I can add or change up next year. Our last home game we hosted regionals and there was Marian in one end zone and Knights in the other, both startled by our school shield. M with a sword through it on the 50. Little M's on catty corner 25 yard lines and a 1 yard thick out of bounds line. Do you have a job besides coaching? I ask not because I want to be catty, but I painted our field one time on the Friday before our Homecoming game because we had a half day that day and it had rained on Thursday night and couldn't do it then and our maintenance guy was on vacation. It took FOREVER and I was exhausted before the game. And I didn't do much more than just the basic lines. I don't know how anyone could do that on a regular basis if they had another job. I work maintenance at the school. So I get all Friday to paint the field. Normally painting from 8-3ish depending on the week. I have been painting the fields for about 6 years now, so I got a system down. Normally if I am doing anything that stretches the entire endzone length I will start on Thursday. And you are right, it can be quite exhausting, on your feet all day and under a time constraint. But I find it rewarding when it is all finished.
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Post by macdiiddy on Mar 25, 2013 22:56:30 GMT -6
We did it to culminate a lock in type thing we did. Basically we did a bunch of white board install and competitions that required communication, leadership and teamwork.
I thought it worked pretty well. Even the coaches got involved in the paintballing. One of the cool things is the place we went to had this castle. The last thing we would do is put all the seniors and any coaches who were playing inside it. Sp the rest of the team would try to advance on position and get the people inside. That was probably the highlight for me.
We stopped doing the lock-in so we stopped doing the paintball thing as well.
Every time we did it, there was always 2 or 3 kids that had some insane paintball ball gun that they own. And everyone knew to stay away from them or be on their team haha.
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Post by macdiiddy on Mar 25, 2013 15:10:45 GMT -6
I paint the game field for our team on Fridays. I find it enjoyable and I like to add something to the field each week. So by the end of the year it normally is covered in paint haha. Just curious to see if anyone does this OR if there is anything unique you paint on your field. More or less just looking for something I can add or change up next year. Our last home game we hosted regionals and there was Marian in one end zone and Knights in the other, both startled by our school shield. M with a sword through it on the 50. Little M's on catty corner 25 yard lines and a 1 yard thick out of bounds line. Attachment DeletedAttachment Deleted
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Post by macdiiddy on Mar 25, 2013 13:49:01 GMT -6
I know we have gone back to old film for a very particular reason.
Week 1 game, against a new coach who hasn't had a team in a while/in the area. But we have old film from when he did. It helped us add more formations and plays when we saw it was the same stuff they were running in their scrimmage.
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Post by macdiiddy on Mar 25, 2013 13:43:24 GMT -6
I think most can agree with the pros of wrestling. I loved what wrestling did for me as a player. It taught me so much about how to be an athlete. With that being said, in hindsight, the cutting aspect isnt worth it. I know there are plenty of rules about not being able to wear trash bags, body fat percentage or initial weigh-ins before the season.
But there are many ways to get around this. I remember cutting 20 lbs each year to get to the lowest possible weight class. This didn't help me mature physically nor did it help in the big picture of wrestling success.
If I ever took over the wrestling program here, I wouldn't allow anyone to cut weight unless they truly have weight to give. And have them do it the right way through a healthy, monitored diet.
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Post by macdiiddy on Mar 18, 2013 16:29:53 GMT -6
1-0 Today (same concept as win the day)
Play like a champion today (we live by Notre Dame so this has always been popular)
It simple...Just Score
Deeds not Words
OPS...One Play Somewhere (Was our defensive motto one year after a tough playoff loss, where one play somewhere would of made the difference in the game)
Blame No One, Do Something, Expect Nothing
Finish (Finish every drill, every play, every drive)
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Post by macdiiddy on Mar 18, 2013 16:24:59 GMT -6
We normally train for a lineman games competition while everyone else is doing 7v7. The competition has:
Farmers Walk Bench Press 5 man sled drive Sand Bag Relay (normally an army ruck pack filled with sand which they have to carry 30 some yards and bear crawl back) Platform lift? (not sure what you call it, but basically 5 jump boxes of varying height are lined up and you have to put increasing amount of weight on top of each box. timed event) Iron Madden (timed event to see how long you can hold 15 lb weights with a straight arm. The competition has an apparatus where if your arms move so much a block of wood will fall.) Jump ropes Wagon pull (A hay wagon with a harness, all team memebers except for one must sit on it while the other pulls it 50 yards) Tug of War
and one year they had the "dead mans lift". Where teams had to lift a weighted coffin into a hearse then push the hearse a given distance.
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Post by macdiiddy on Mar 18, 2013 14:16:40 GMT -6
coachhenry27 , But isnt that reinforcing putting football ahead of the other 3. Your scenario makes sense and works if the kid chooses to go to the top 3 priorities (because he is putting football on the back burner for something more important in life). But what if (because we keep using the same example) a kid chooses to not go to his grandmas funeral in fear of missing playing time.
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Post by macdiiddy on Mar 17, 2013 13:49:27 GMT -6
The team cannot go into the lockeroom until the athlete has served his extra help. This is another great way to shape improvement. We had a few kids that were constantly late. So we made everyone except the tardy players do updowns. Those who were late just stood their and watched. The next couple of practice you have the team practically dragging them out, making sure they are out on time. Peer pressure is a powerful tool at times.
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