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Post by coachwilliams2 on Dec 11, 2012 6:06:57 GMT -6
30 years from now, no one will remember what your record was (for the most part), but they WILL remember how well you raised your child.
As much as I love football, my son takes my priority. Now, I still devote alot of time to football (probably too much), but as others have said, you have to realize that you don't get down time. You get home, spend that time with your child and wife.
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Post by coachwilliams2 on Nov 9, 2012 8:36:58 GMT -6
Yes, we send every helmet in the program off every year. SOme just get recertified (unused) and the others get the full work up.
We will not hand out a helmet with a scratch on it in the spring.
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Post by coachwilliams2 on Nov 8, 2012 8:11:27 GMT -6
1. I want our kids to be happy they played in our program. Not look around and wish they were somewhere else.
2. Playing hard
3. Physical
4. Compete in every situation
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Post by coachwilliams2 on Nov 8, 2012 8:08:06 GMT -6
Helmets? Every year. Period. Anything less you are open for a lawsuit.
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Post by coachwilliams2 on Nov 5, 2012 8:06:10 GMT -6
....So we lost a bunch of games this year...and I will probably be fired right after this banquet....but everyone have a good time and enjoy the party!
Sorry, I am a pesimist.
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Post by coachwilliams2 on Oct 15, 2012 12:56:30 GMT -6
It is not that they cannot/should not communicate. It is HOW it is brought to their attention.
In my opinion:
1. In Private 2. As an idea/not a demand 3. Not in an insulting (I am better/smart than you) 4. NEVER EVER in front of the kids.
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Post by coachwilliams2 on Oct 2, 2012 11:24:47 GMT -6
How does romping up and down the field against weak or no competition remind them of anything related to a REAL football game? Playing at game speed is different from practice speed. Again, I'm not talking about a situation where there's an occasional blowout. I'm talking about a season where you're going into the playoffs on a string of blowouts. You can't get ready for the playoffs with starters who don't know what it feels like to play close to a full game at full game speed. Padding stats has nothing to do with it. I respectfully disagree as well. If you are blowing a team out, that is not playing a full game like they will see in the playoffs. Condition more at practice, find ways to make practice more up tempo, but you get nothing out of running up the score on less talented players. Plus you embarrass 15-18 year old kids on the other side of the field. I don't want to get in to the "its their job to stop me" debate, but I have been on both sides of very lopsided losses. Its not fair to your backups/JV kids and its certainly not the right thing to do for those young men on the other side of the field. Win. Win convincingly. Then back off.
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Post by coachwilliams2 on Oct 2, 2012 7:03:11 GMT -6
I think it depends on the area you coach at. In an urban setting, the kids may need to be around the coaches as much as possible. Not sent to "maybe" go to the library. We will do a manditory study hall before practice for all those who don't have a 2.0. Everyone else does pre-practice or special teams.
We make kids come to practice with their books. They cannot practice until they get grades.
Of course we also make them get weekly progress reports signed from every teacher....so there is not a suprise come grade time.
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Post by coachwilliams2 on Oct 1, 2012 12:41:36 GMT -6
How many times can you say "I" "me" "my" and "my son" in a series of posts?
Stop, take a breath, and realize its not about YOU. And, for all intensive purposes, its not about YOUR SON. Its about a TEAM that is 5-0.
Be happy with being 5-0 and keep teaching FUNDAMENTALS. Build a LOVE FOR THE GAME, and help them progress.
11-12 year old football is not the SEC.
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Post by coachwilliams2 on Sept 27, 2012 5:26:36 GMT -6
I think it depends on the type of program you have. If you are one of the "new wave" guys that go shotgun, no huddle, basketball on grass and plays 100, 7 on 7 games a summer then I think crazy uniforms would be a great choice.
If you are a hard-nosed, tough, no nonsense program then a simpler look might fit what you are trying to teach the kids.
Its all personal choice. The kids do like them. That is big in our area because we have a huge problem with players transfering schools. You almost have to compete to keep kids in your program.
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Post by coachwilliams2 on Sept 21, 2012 6:52:04 GMT -6
Coach,
For what it is worth I have been a part of a couple of turn arounds as a player and one as a coach. The difference to me is the coaches selling the vision of the program 24/7/365 until you have one group with a little talent and alot of B@LLS to go out and decide that it will be different.
Example, as a player, we were 0-7 and the HC was about to get fired. We were playing alot of young kids and a group of sophomores had alot of talent (I was a 9th grader). We finished that year 3-7 and had a great off-season because those Soph. kids were tired of losing and held EVERYONE accountable. The next year we made the playoffs...then again the next year. By that time I was a senior and it had become an expectation that people show up and work hard. The coaches were the same, the message was the same, but the peer expectations were different.
Just my 2 cents...
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Post by coachwilliams2 on Sept 18, 2012 11:24:10 GMT -6
Coach,
Our band has actually NOT shown up for a game because they had to rest for their competition the next day.
We also had the band director bad mouth the team at a game to our opponent's greeters.
Different world...
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Post by coachwilliams2 on Sept 18, 2012 10:17:17 GMT -6
What do you get out of running your O v. D during the season unless its what you will face on Friday?
Sounds like a wasted period anyway.
If he is doing it to show you up...he is the HC. He can do whatever he wants. It may be bush league, he may be a jerk, but its his show. Don't let little stuff get to you. This job is too hard already.
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Post by coachwilliams2 on Sept 12, 2012 10:52:47 GMT -6
Is the reason alot of kids don't play football, or come out late for football because we as coaches PUSH the year-round aspect of it?
OF COURSE off-season weights are important. OF COURSE summer and camp practices are important....
But maybe just maybe that kid can help win some games. Is it fair to those who have worked so hard to win LOSE the games because the COACH was too set in his ways to give him a chance? Maybe the kids want that kid on the team?
Maybe you let your captains decide whether the kid comes out? There are some good athletes in our school who we recruit every year. Most do not come out, but the players know those kids can help us win...so if we do convince them to play how am I supposed to tell the TEAM that I turned down one of the best athletes in the school? How is that fair or honoring their committment?
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Post by coachwilliams2 on Sept 12, 2012 9:27:02 GMT -6
We let Juniors-Freshman come out whenever they want.
They have to make up TWICE as many practices as they miss starting the first week in August.
"Coach I really want to be out with my friends. I love being part of a TEAM..."
"REALLY? good. You have missed 4 weeks of practice...you have to make 8 weeks before you play in a game. What? The season will be over? Its OK you will still be a part of the TEAM"
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Post by coachwilliams2 on Sept 6, 2012 6:37:25 GMT -6
How about giving them a day off? How much did you practice this summer? 7 on 7 etc..? If they feel "grinded" they will go in to self-preservation mode.
"If I go hard all the time my body will give out, so I will dog it in practice and turn it up for the games."
Kids are different now for the most part. You can't grind them into submission unless you have some special kids who like it and come from homes who preach the same thing you do.
Unfortunately our kids are almost the opposite. They will fly around in practice against teammates, but them play timmid on gameday.
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Post by coachwilliams2 on Sept 5, 2012 9:13:38 GMT -6
I give my staff full input. We meet on the weekends and I develop the gameplan. I expect them to have watched the film before the meeting and provide input.
They are welcome to bring suggestions and I have used TWEAKS to schemes or tid bits that help us win. But I am not adding a play just to add a play.
I am probably not going to agree to put something in for a week and they know this because I believe that you need to rep a play 100 times before you run it in a game situation.
Plus, as a play callers, I have to have confidence in a play in order to call it in a game. We don't have enough practice time to rep plays we are not going to call in the games.
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Post by coachwilliams2 on Sept 5, 2012 7:18:40 GMT -6
"The can of worms comes from the guys who say "I will listen to what you have to say", but they're not going to consider it. It's like someone saying, "Sure, you can come up with a curriculum for your film class that you really want to teach, and you can spend a lot of time researching how to do it, and you can even pitch the idea too!" But the whole time they were never going to consider adding the class." Read more: coachhuey.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=post&thread=54809&page=1#ixzz25bKKeSODI don't think he was talking about guys who have researched and put alot of thought in to the suggestion. I think he is talking about guys who want to run whatever "cool" play they saw on Saturday watching college games.
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Post by coachwilliams2 on Sept 4, 2012 7:12:19 GMT -6
Duece,
I agree with you. I think partly it is because the defense now has time to figure out MULTIPLE ways to stop the triple. Change up with option responsibilities and have enough time to rep them while still being sound.
Then the OC gets a chance to work on an adjustment. When they give you multiple looks it becomes more difficult.
I think when the opponent gets one week, they can have ONE way that the kids understand to stop the triple, they may say they have more, but do the kids understand?
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Post by coachwilliams2 on Aug 28, 2012 11:29:33 GMT -6
Part of the up side is just getting guys focused on football for a set period of time.
So many distractions in their world, some players may not think about Friday night until Friday Night.
I definately see a benefit.
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Post by coachwilliams2 on Aug 22, 2012 10:10:56 GMT -6
I just had a kid tell me that his "doctor" told him that Mountain Dew works just the same as Creatine but without the bad side effects....
This is the type of stuff that kills me. We can't even get "educated" people to educate our kids about proper nutrition, supplements, etc.
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Post by coachwilliams2 on Aug 22, 2012 7:59:38 GMT -6
Coaches,
I am confused by my squad this year. We have simplified schemes, coached our kids etc...
but we cannot get them to practice hard and it carries over to the games.
We have no depth so getting a good scout team look is not possible. Also, we do not want to go best on best for fear of getting someone hurt in practice.
Thoughts/Suggestions are appreciated.
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Post by coachwilliams2 on Aug 17, 2012 7:40:22 GMT -6
We don't game plan, but we want to make sure we put our kids in a position to have some success.
I look at it as a chance to get kids on film running base stuff (which should be most of your gameplan every week anyway) so that we can get it fixed before game #1.
We don't hide anything, but we usually do not end up showing a whole lot either. Formationally I stay basic so that game one, we still have an ace or two up our sleeve.
I definately don't think I would do anything in a scrimmage that I would not do in a game...just my opinion.
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Post by coachwilliams2 on Aug 14, 2012 7:06:06 GMT -6
It is a great way to create depth. Get the next kids ready.
Chances are, they are your best players because they know the schemes and are athletic. That won't change.
Practice like usual or you are sending the message that "the team doesn't work without these three guys." or "The world stops without them". What happens if they get hurt during the year? Sack the bats and call it a season?
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Post by coachwilliams2 on Aug 13, 2012 8:56:46 GMT -6
We were playing the #4 team in the state in the first round of the playoffs when I was in High School.
It had been raining all week and they we rolling and jumping in the mud etc.
We beat them 17-0...Intemidation means nothing. Let the pads talk.
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Post by coachwilliams2 on Jun 15, 2012 19:16:29 GMT -6
If effort cannot be taught then why do we harp on it? I am not trying to be a jerk but you contradict yourself in your post. I agree that you have to teach kids how to work. I agree that summer is getting ready for the season. But I have been on staffs that were ready to jump off buildings in June because a few kids had travel baseball and missed workouts or we had a bad day in the weight room. I am not saying you accept poor effort. I am saying, like many others, that football is not as important to many of our players as it is to us and if you grind them too much they will find something easier to do. I choose to praise effort and reward those who give it rather than wanting to claw my eyes out in the summer time when the kids are dragging for a day. Life is too short to get mad at 16 year olds for being 16 year olds. *Disclaimer: This has come after years of FREAKING out about every workout and doing all the things I have spoken against in this post. I still struggle with it, but I am getting better. I think that that's important. When I've visited colleges this is what I've seen: "voluntary" summer workouts are less intense than spring practice; spring is less intense than in-season practice; In-season practice is much less intense than games. sorry fellas, i don't buy this at all. if you are showing up for a workout...its all out. there are two things that matter in high school football...speed and more importantly, effort. the workouts (weight room, or field) are supposed to get you ready for the season. how can you get ready if you aren't giving all your effort? that's a major issue (in my opinion) with at least teams in my area/league/district. you see kids who don't understand what MAXIMUM effort really means. our kids have been learning it since last year (our first as a staff), and honestly, its still a struggle at times. however, we demand that they give it all on every rep. you would be amazed how far we've come since last year. our head coach has a great saying that i've 100% bought into. "You get what you demand". don't let kids slide. harp effort every play. yeah, your techniue was off a bit, but your effort was fantastic! guess what? technique can be taught. effort has to come from the player. YOU cannot teach it. so, why wait till the season starts to start harping on effort. demand it now, demand it always. and surprisingly...the kids will soon see why you do. and if you are wondering, we get about 40-45 kids every night to our workouts. thats out of 60. and my goodness do they love it!
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Post by coachwilliams2 on Jun 14, 2012 19:03:22 GMT -6
Not everyday can be a great day. Praise the heck out of the kids who bust tail. Get on those privately who dont. Set the tone as coaches as to a sense of urgency. Highlight when its good and point out when its bad.
Be careful that your guys dont peak too early. Last year we peaked mid july at team camp. The season was down hill. Build up momentum in the summer but be sure they are fresh and not grinded in August. No score board in June.
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Post by coachwilliams2 on Jun 3, 2012 18:10:30 GMT -6
People change offenses because it is sexy. People can pick up on offense better than defense and most fans point to the offense as the reason teams lose games.
No one plays madden for the defense, no on creates a player on a video game to play nose guard...
Its alot easier to say we cant win because the coaches run a boring offense than admit you dont have enough hamstrings or toughness to stop anyone from scoring 40 on you.
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Post by coachwilliams2 on May 24, 2012 19:01:32 GMT -6
Most BCS school never list a national title with their goals...win thier league, win conference, play in a Jan. 1st bowl game.
Keep all goals attainable. Not listing it doesnt mean you don't believe you can win, but you also arent setting up goals and "failing" to meet them every year.
Our goals are: 1. Undefeated at home 2. Beat RIVAL 3. Play a Home playoff game 4. Win a region championship.
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Post by coachwilliams2 on May 21, 2012 7:28:49 GMT -6
A few snaps around the facemask, and a pull strap on the back of the helmet.
As easy as installing a chin strap.
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