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Post by option1 on Jan 19, 2020 11:12:53 GMT -6
You guys use 1 or multiple? just 1 Interesting. What is the range? Do you have it on a stand?
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Post by option1 on Jan 18, 2020 13:28:23 GMT -6
Are you for it or against it? Those of you that do not have a PA system what do you use? We love playing music during practice. Seems to add more energy for the coaches and players. We have fun alternating days between the kids' music and the coaches' music, but be sure to use Pandora with explicit lyrics turned off. Here the weatherproof unit we currently use - www.ionaudio.com/pathfinder2-greyYou guys use 1 or multiple?
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Post by option1 on Jan 18, 2020 13:27:51 GMT -6
Not that I have an opinion one way or the other but I'm surprised that edited versions are a big deal.
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Post by option1 on Jan 15, 2020 11:55:36 GMT -6
Are you for it or against it?
Those of you that do not have a PA system what do you use?
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Post by option1 on Jan 1, 2020 8:18:19 GMT -6
Thanks. I'm good on the order of operation and there are lots of good threads here on that. However, I'm wondering if there should be an "information" period that allows me time to get information out and for players to get affairs in order. What affairs? These are 14-15-16-17-18 year old fortnight addicts. School starts back up when? Monday? Have a meeting on wed/thurs - start weights Monday the 13th If A few days is what you meant by “information period”. Sure, it would probably make sense. If a few weeks? No This is more less what I was looking for, Thanks. Fortnight addicts yes, but there are other sports, jobs, family commitments. I didn't want to go in there too quick expecting kids to miss practice or have any other "obligation" as an excuse. I've already been told I will have to meet after school so I'm leaning on more experienced coaches on the forum to help get my ducks waddling.
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Post by option1 on Jan 1, 2020 7:23:56 GMT -6
Thanks. I'm good on the order of operation and there are lots of good threads here on that. However, I'm wondering if there should be an "information" period that allows me time to get information out and for players to get affairs in order.
No.
What Bob (bmcclintic ) said.
Ok. So I'm doing that my first day in the building?
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Post by option1 on Jan 1, 2020 7:16:18 GMT -6
Thanks. I'm good on the order of operation and there are lots of good threads here on that. However, I'm wondering if there should be an "information" period that allows me time to get information out and for players to get affairs in order.
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Post by option1 on Jan 1, 2020 6:07:18 GMT -6
Season ends First week of November. The H.C. resigns end of November and no one has organized the team since. As far as I can tell there haven't even been updates with-in the school on what/when to expect to return. Most teams in our area that do not go to the playoffs usually start weights, etc after Thanksgiving break.
My question is what would be an appropriate timeline upon returning from Winter break to get started (there will be another week of lag time for processing). Is it weights, meeting, etc day 1?
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Post by option1 on Dec 22, 2019 19:04:44 GMT -6
In FL, schools get a preset number of stipends for teachers who coach. Non-teachers can get paid from the booster club this is illegal in our county. Centralized funding.
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Post by option1 on Dec 10, 2019 8:40:28 GMT -6
This was a big deal, "feel good" kinda thing because the team was a powerhouse with 120+ kids on the roster. At least 1 series for O and D was dedicated to a wholesale 11 man sub situation. I probably phrased the thread title and question wrong.
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Post by option1 on Dec 6, 2019 17:14:16 GMT -6
I've read in the past about a team that wholesale subs a tleast series of O and D. Maybe Jenks? Anyone?
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Post by option1 on Nov 11, 2019 18:10:45 GMT -6
Middle School - CA - Can't have contact with them until they have graduated from 8th grade. Undue influence. The AD's can go and have generic sports talks and take names for interest lists, but they won't let coaches go and directly interact with the kids at all. And most of the schools won't distribute materials/flyers to the kids, too much work/trouble even if the materials are provided. I tried that and was told that at 1 school they just dump the materials in the trash can, don't even try to get it out. That leaves standing in the cafe looking for candidates. But when you are an off-campus coach (who happens to sit in an office in the library), and you don't have anyone on staff that is on-campus, it limits what can be done. The guy that took over for me was on-campus and got 6-8 kids to come out, so it is valuable. What? Bro, that reads pretty sad. Try personal letters. "Dear Swingin' ****, or not" hope to see you at our spring meeting...
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Post by option1 on Nov 11, 2019 8:12:02 GMT -6
How are you recruiting your own hallways other than standing in the cafe at breakfast and lunch?
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Post by option1 on Aug 28, 2019 10:28:12 GMT -6
We are 1 of the top 10 largest school districts in the U.S. and 9 teams in our county cannot field JV teams.
The issues are too many to list but a growing trend is 1 sport athletes. Last year our basketball, our 3 win BB team that is, cut nearly as many kids as we had on our varsity roster and many of them were good athletes. Instead they go and pay to play for some awful AAU team, drink the fool-aid and dream big.
We don't have many baseball kids at our school that would help us but still, baseball is year round. They don't work hard and get to play against other teams. Basketball is the same way. That's hard to compete with. Transfer rules don't help. Students can go where they like as long as they can provide their own transportation. Schools end up with less than a good product, become a laughing stock and in the end lose kids that otherwise would play but just do not want to be "laughed at".
We use as many resources as we can to brand our program in a positive way. We have cool gear, are a presence in the community, send kids to college, provide tutors, etc. I don't have answers beyond that. I do believe you have to be willing to give knowing you may get nothing in return.
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Post by option1 on Aug 5, 2019 4:24:53 GMT -6
What has happened to their original site? I can no longer access content that I paid full price for long ago. I've called, emailed and written with no response and Glazier says they have nothing to do with previous accounts. Anyone else having this problem?
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Post by option1 on Jul 14, 2019 6:03:26 GMT -6
Maybe there's more parity in your area. Kids and adults situations should not be compared, IMO. I would think that most adults make decisions base on tangibles and not perception of better opportunity based on win/loss column. However, to your point of "greener grass", I am working on a proposal right now. I want to take "perception" out of the equation. If school A. is truly better than school B then it should have to be that way on paper. If you want your kid going to a different school then declare before his freshman year. If school A has a better overall school grade, great, let them transfer. But no more transferring to get a 4 yr certificate in dental assisting when you only have 1.5 yrs left in school. No more transferring because school A only wins x number of games a year. Fact of the matter is we are one of the largest districts in the U.S. but our schools are all very similar and school grades mirror demos, and the schools with lower school grades but better sports those kids don't leave. I could go on and on but transferring can and has killed programs and needs to be addressed differently. Did you say band? We may have a little more parity in our area, but I’m in a large Metro area in FL too. You can’t force parity at the high school level by controlling students. They have not signed contracts, and probably shouldn’t be forced to be in a situation that may not fit them just because some people want more parity. I disagree with your assessment that this is a kids vs adult situation. For any student to change schools, it has to be a parental or family decision. Kids can’t enroll and unenroll themselves. So while a kid may influence their parents thinking, it is still the adult making the decision on what they feel is best for their child. I want to go on record and say that I am not a fan of the rampant transfers throughout our state. I’ve been on both ends, losing some really good players (D1 caliber), and gaining some really good players. I also don’t think you can force someone to be in a situation they don’t want to be in for parity. What if they made good coaches sit out a year when switching schools unless they met some arbitrary guidelines? Saying I want to be the head coach at school B because I like their tradition, administration, and community support is pretty much the same as a parent deciding to send their kid to school B because they win more, or have the reputation of being a D1 factory. We can agree to disagree. Transfers are a much larger issue than parity, which I didn't say I wanted. I want everyone to win and lose with their kids. I don't believe entire schools, programs, and, communities should suffer because of transfers affect a teams ability to compete. I've been a part of that very scenario and it still lives (see Leto High School history). Transfers are a safety issue. Say what you want about this being a "coaches responsibility" but transfers not only have an affect on quality it affects numbers. Obviously the ones that leave won't be on your roster but if they are good, and can help your team compete then more kids want to play. In this scenario teams don't need to put kids on the field the entire game. There is no "kids vs. adults..." And you are correct, it takes an adult to sign off. This comes up because just as you did, people love to say "well if a coach (adult)..." And just as the example I gave about tangibles, good administrations are tangible! These are important to an adults career and livelihood. Coaches live and experience these situations daily. Meanwhile we have people making decisions (transfers) based on nothing but Friday night. This is the point about if another school is better and Joey wants to go there, then the school actually has to be better! Please, help me in my cause. Explain what "type of situation" may not fit a 15 - 18 year old? Exclude anything involving academics because I'm all for that.
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Post by option1 on Jul 14, 2019 5:38:23 GMT -6
Maybe there's more parity in your area. Kids and adults situations should not be compared, IMO. I would think that most adults make decisions base on tangibles and not perception of better opportunity based on win/loss column. However, to your point of "greener grass", I am working on a proposal right now. I want to take "perception" out of the equation. If school A. is truly better than school B then it should have to be that way on paper. If you want your kid going to a different school then declare before his freshman year. If school A has a better overall school grade, great, let them transfer. But no more transferring to get a 4 yr certificate in dental assisting when you only have 1.5 yrs left in school. No more transferring because school A only wins x number of games a year. Fact of the matter is we are one of the largest districts in the U.S. but our schools are all very similar and school grades mirror demos, and the schools with lower school grades but better sports those kids don't leave. I could go on and on but transferring can and has killed programs and needs to be addressed differently. Did you say band? option1 what is the difference between those students choosing to attend those schools as a Frosh, or transferring before their Jr. years with regards to creating "have and have not" programs? I guess I am asking why transfers seem to be the issue, as opposed to just open enrollment and school choice policies. Because while there is that "little league" crew that thinks they have a clue, IME transfer most often happen after in one way or the other players are "identified" as being better than their current situation.
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Post by option1 on Jul 13, 2019 4:58:09 GMT -6
Please include your District or county if they are allowed to make their own guidelines. My state (FL) is burdened by HB 7029 signed by Rick Scott that says a student may attend whatever school they wish with such provisions as school capacity, class size and transportation. Please consider helping one of my colleagues grass roots anti-transfer campaign by liking his transfer tweet @ebhs_D I coach in FL, and I used to have a problem with the transfers, but I’ve become used to it now. If a kid wants to go, no problem, if they want to stay, great. I wouldn’t like it if I’m losing a good player, but I’m empathetic of those who seek to put themselves in a perceived better situation. I don’t think kids and their families should be punished for moving on, while coaches, teachers, and administrators aren’t. If the grass truly isn’t greener on the other side, then they have just received their penalty when they arrive at their new location. I don’t think many in society would agree that people should be able to stop you from going to a place that you believe will make you happier, or feel is in the best interest of you and your family. Would you have any problem with little Timmy going to school B if their ROTC or marching band was a perceived better fit? Maybe there's more parity in your area. Kids and adults situations should not be compared, IMO. I would think that most adults make decisions base on tangibles and not perception of better opportunity based on win/loss column. However, to your point of "greener grass", I am working on a proposal right now. I want to take "perception" out of the equation. If school A. is truly better than school B then it should have to be that way on paper. If you want your kid going to a different school then declare before his freshman year. If school A has a better overall school grade, great, let them transfer. But no more transferring to get a 4 yr certificate in dental assisting when you only have 1.5 yrs left in school. No more transferring because school A only wins x number of games a year. Fact of the matter is we are one of the largest districts in the U.S. but our schools are all very similar and school grades mirror demos, and the schools with lower school grades but better sports those kids don't leave. I could go on and on but transferring can and has killed programs and needs to be addressed differently. Did you say band?
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Post by option1 on Jul 10, 2019 5:41:48 GMT -6
Yeah I agree with brophy . I hear a lot of complaining and what folks think the reason is. How about some logical solutions instead. Duece Update on my original post/ logical solutions This week is our annual youth camp which is an open invite to all 6/7/8th graders We open up the week doing a quasi "combine" in which we have all the kids compete in a 40 yard dash, Shuttle drill, broad jump, etc. My station this year was the broad jump. With this thread in mind I was more alert to monitor the kids overall enthusiasm... I did my best to do my usual "hype up" of the drill but they were obviously just going through the motions of their practice jumps, and even for their initial jumps... We were going through their 2nd attempt and the emotion was still lack luster, when all of the sudden the wind blew a piece of garbage in the way of the station (some small piece of rubber?) and as I picked it up to toss it an older coach who I was working the station goes "he coach how about we place this where their previous jump was so they can see if they can beat their score" HOLY@#$% did the enthusiasm go through the roof! They were legitimately excited to do the drill! They were celebrating if they made it, dissapointed if they missed it, but overall they were all amped up to be doing the long jump! There were kids literally begging to jump a 4th and 5th time just to show the other kids he could beat his high score! Afterwards we had a good laugh over how these screen addicted kids were legitimately exited to jump over a literal piece of garbage. Overall I believe the way to combat this is to get Gen Z kids interested in football through instant gratification and visual ques... even if it as simple as giving them a piece of garbage to jump over. This. Is. Good!
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Post by option1 on Jul 9, 2019 12:06:16 GMT -6
Iowa is an "open enrollment" state. To help curb transfers for strictly athletic reasons, however, I believe any transfers are ineligible for varsity competition for 90 school days unless the family relocates to within the district. Yes, but schools are hundreds of miles apart in the MW
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Post by option1 on Jul 7, 2019 5:55:36 GMT -6
Please include your District or county if they are allowed to make their own guidelines.
My state (FL) is burdened by HB 7029 signed by Rick Scott that says a student may attend whatever school they wish with such provisions as school capacity, class size and transportation.
Please consider helping one of my colleagues grass roots anti-transfer campaign by liking his transfer tweet @ebhs_D
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Post by option1 on Jul 6, 2019 6:53:13 GMT -6
Twenty years ago I attended a clinic session about "Dealing With Today's Player". The speaker, a D.1 coach at what was then a top program, said that when he was hired the HC gave him some advice. He said that, "All of these kids are selfish bastards. It's not their fault, it's how they were brought up". The HC told him that if he remembered that he had a chance of making it. If not, he'd fail. This stuff isn't new. Not new, but nowhere near the same. HARD:>>>>>>>NOT AS HARD:>>>>>>GETTING EASIER:>>>>>>EVEN EASIER>>>>>>EVEN EASIER>>>>>NO EXCUSE BAREFOOT................SHOES.........................BICYCLE......................CITYBUS........................CAR................ESCOOTER/UBER WORK-----------------STILL WORKING----------STILL FEELING IT..........LESS WORK..................NO WORK.................GEEZ Huge difference between coaching players that understand "hard" when they get to you and those that have to be taught what "hard" is.
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Post by option1 on Jul 6, 2019 6:32:37 GMT -6
well, they’re ours and we’re theirs. They are just as stuck with us as we are with them. We all want better/tougher/ whatever players, but let’s keep in mind that they could have better coaches too. Maybe just keeping focused on holding up our end of the bargain is the answer. Have coached w/ guys who when they win they pat themselves on the back and when they lose "they have no talent" or " our kids just suck". But.....if kids say that about us, well they must be entitled little pricks. Bottom line, kids come & go, but if you never look in the mirror and develop YOURSELF, then you are at the mercy of your talent. Yes....we all are to some extent, but my goal is to try and take every team I have to +1 or better than what they are probably capable of. 3-6? I'm pushing for 4+. 5-4 I'm pushing for 6+. Maybe I can and maybe I can't but one thing I know for SURE. $hitty attitude and excuse making has no shot. Getting after it gives you a chance. JMO. D@mn good post!
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Post by option1 on Jul 3, 2019 15:08:49 GMT -6
Maybe it's just me since I'm new to Twitter and the world's of "free" advertisement but there seems to be a lot of literature on the scene that would require certain credentials or experience to write. There are books and articles on NFL and college schemes, books on fairly "new" organizational structure strategies... It goes on and on. The thing is as much as I am intrigued some of these authors have never even coached much less coordinated! Are you purchasing these books? If so are you somewhat skeptical going in or coming out of reading? Can you give some examples? I don't want to do that.
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Post by option1 on Jul 3, 2019 9:50:56 GMT -6
Most of it is pretty introductory, and aimed at the serious-casual fan. My dad, basically. He’s enjoyed watching football for decades and in the past decade has wanted to understand it a bit better than he used to. He doesn’t want to get into arguments about robot technique, he just wants a clear understanding of basic run concepts and coverages. These books do a good job at explaining stuff he wants to learn. If you’re a serious coach then the notion of looking at play doodles is sort of useless. I’m not some sort of ubermensch but I can still look at just about any diagram and figure out how to install it to within a reasonable degree of the original. I understand spacing and timing in a football context and I can figure out that the post is going to come open before the 15-yard dig, or that both edge defenders can’t take wide, looping paths. I need a much more technical explanation that contextualizes plays within a system and discusses specific techniques where relevant, but at the same time doesn’t spend five pages discussing techniques that are already pretty universal. The provenance of the books is probably an indicator of their intended audience. If it’s written by a media personality or ex-player it’s probably written as a pop book, if it’s marketed to the general public it’s almost certainly not meant for you. Good points. Many are aimed at coaches though and some are even written by coaches who only indirectly have knowledge of the they write about.
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Post by option1 on Jul 3, 2019 6:22:42 GMT -6
Maybe it's just me since I'm new to Twitter and the world's of "free" advertisement but there seems to be a lot of literature on the scene that would require certain credentials or experience to write. There are books and articles on NFL and college schemes, books on fairly "new" organizational structure strategies... It goes on and on. The thing is as much as I am intrigued some of these authors have never even coached much less coordinated! Are you purchasing these books? If so are you somewhat skeptical going in or coming out of reading?
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Post by option1 on Jul 3, 2019 5:45:05 GMT -6
Since I was in HS (1969-72) and got my first HC job (1979), not only has the world changed (we had three TV channels, our city had two movie theaters with one screen each, phones were attached to an outlet on the wall with cords on them) and parents-adolescents with it, so has HS Football.
At least in my neck of the woods, there was no year-round weight training (unless done in PE classes), no 7-on-7s, no summer camps, no school-sponsored Soccer or Lacrosse, no travel or fall baseball, and AAU basketball was not as big as it is now.
Football practice started the week before Labor Day (had three practices a day) and school began the next day (Tuesday). We had nine regular season games and no playoffs. We played with rubber Voit balls and wore Riddell suspension helmets.
We played for fun-love of the game, for the camaraderie, to beat our neighborhood rivals, and hopefully win a league championship.
Kids actually had time to be kids and coaches had lives outside of football (except some coached two sports or had summer jobs to make ends meet because teachers got paid doo-doo before the rise of unions).
Yes, I know that was back when dinosaurs roamed the earth.
The point is, with all due respect to Socrates, things have changed over the years, and our kids with them.
I can't like this enough times. Our HC is on the "kids haven't changed..." wagon and we debate it all the time. It is impossible to be blind to the evolution of even Socrates formula. Our sport is and always has been hard while progress is designed to make life easier. Those two things don't go together.
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Post by option1 on Jun 19, 2019 12:01:08 GMT -6
The example I gave was of one incidence with 1 player but we have a team full of em'. Spring was very enlightening for us as coaches with this group and how they are "maturing".
This particular kid definitely won't quit in fact he and a couple others were already suspended for spreading transfer rumors (very bad issue in our county) and he quickly had his parents threatening legal action. He wants to be with us.
The thread was referencing how to change the dynamic. How can we get players to adopt a goal that may not be there own? If they just want to play, and don't really care to "win", how can we change that? And if it makes a kids high school athletic experience miserable is it worth it?
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Post by option1 on Jun 17, 2019 5:31:42 GMT -6
Let a kid like that go. He doesn't want to try, he'll bail when it gets tough in a game, and he'll be a pain in your ass the whole way. What's the benefit of keeping him? This is a no brainer for me and if I was the HC these types of kids would have a much shorter leash. As it is I am just a DC. I am trusted enough to make personnel decisions and many of these kids do not play on defense. From an athletic perspective they give us the best chance to compete but in my mind if competing is as close to the goal as we can get then I'd rather do that with guys that give the most effort. We're not a losing team. We're an extremely average .500 team that every year finds a way to lose 2-3 one score ball games. The past two seasons we have lost to the same region finalist 13-6. We have also bungled games against teams with losing records. We can win with these kids but we have to find a way to tune them in. Doesn't help that we have 3 ESPN top 200 players that transferred and still live in our area and hang out with our kids. I believe this broke our kids will some. One of the biggest issues with all of this is that these are likable kids. They are not bad, mischievous or disrespectful. You want to root for them. It's very hard telling them that I do not trust them to play on my side of the ball. They hate playing in our offense so much it almost makes football a punishment which is not the goal. IDK, off to fight the good fight another day, for now.
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Post by option1 on Jun 16, 2019 17:16:17 GMT -6
It may be sarcasm, but it definitely happens.
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