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Post by mrjvi on Sept 13, 2019 9:58:31 GMT -6
Had a coach on my staff the first years I was a head who knew he was over the limit and pulled over but was still behind the wheel when the police came upon him. He addressed the whole school and got involved in the different substance abuse programs. He wasn't suspended but definitely turned the bad situation into something good. A great guy actually. A local coach a few years back (head coach) got a DWI. He wasn't fired or suspended and sort of got a "what a scamp" reputation. A "that's just him" thing. Did not turn a bad situation into something good.
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Post by mrjvi on Sept 13, 2019 9:52:35 GMT -6
I have the kids pay @ 22 bucks total for the home and away name plates. They can only wear them if they hit a minimal level in the weight room. No punishment, just reward. They are sewed on and can come off pretty easily.
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Post by mrjvi on Sept 3, 2019 11:43:21 GMT -6
I'd say Oak. Sorry.
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Post by mrjvi on Sept 1, 2019 5:16:13 GMT -6
Being able to talk to the o-line in a game when the defense is on the field is tremendously helpful to me. Great any year I can do it.
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Post by mrjvi on Aug 22, 2019 12:38:52 GMT -6
mnike23: Those things are some of the exact things we do. I would venture to say that our work on the 5 man especially has been a key to us still being competitive. Thanks. Even though the sled isn't what I call "collision conditioning", it does simulate it enough for our situation. Plus it helps me minimize contact a little in practice. I feel there are 2 kinds of conditioning needed in FB. Collision conditioning and the more traditional anaerobic conditioning.
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Post by mrjvi on Aug 21, 2019 4:51:44 GMT -6
I guess I was responding to alot of posters saying to work V and JV together. 8 man has been approached but now some schools are combining their FB programs. Except for a few schools who have great numbers, most are in the same boat. I can live with 24 or so because most do but less would be super hard. Another HUGE problem is that we don't have enough kids to support soccer, XC and golf also, which we have. @ 80 in graduating classes. As soon as soccer was added 8 -10 years ago, FB suffered and soccer has never been good. I've told the administartion they should do FB OR soccer but ??
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Post by mrjvi on Aug 20, 2019 12:05:02 GMT -6
What if you are a small school with no JV? We have a varsity and a 7,8,9 modified. We have 24 but @ 10 are not "scout worthy" even.
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Post by mrjvi on Aug 19, 2019 13:01:18 GMT -6
NYS has to use a certain ball in the playoffs. I'll check. You can use leather or composite of that brand. I want to say spaulding but I may be wrong.
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Post by mrjvi on Aug 18, 2019 11:38:31 GMT -6
In HS I'm remembered as being extremely quiet. As I became knowledgeable in areas of my life, I became very comfortable speaking on them. If someone asks me to address a large group and speak on football or track, training, nutrition, brain typing (I'm a nerd), I'm downright babbly. If someone wants me to speak on relationships, technology, etc. I'm dub,dub,dub, tongue tied. I think you'll go that route if you learn ALOT more in your areas than most people around you.
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Post by mrjvi on Aug 18, 2019 11:31:55 GMT -6
Maybe they differ from company to company but we like them better in all weather.
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Post by mrjvi on Aug 2, 2019 4:53:31 GMT -6
Their original direction with this was honorable. Then $ took over like it always does.
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Post by mrjvi on Jul 30, 2019 10:24:44 GMT -6
I'd contact Hugh Wyatt coachwyatt@aol.com He coached in Finland for multiple years in your same type situation. I'm sure he'd be happy to give some advice.
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Post by mrjvi on Jul 25, 2019 19:09:52 GMT -6
I wish. The bb coach absolutely would not work with me. Says he doesn't tell kids not to play but the few FB kids who play BB say he really does say that. BB is the only sport that has been any good for a while.
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Post by mrjvi on Jul 25, 2019 13:56:40 GMT -6
I don't do morning and night workouts any more. I was damned if I did or didn't. Night workouts never got more than 3 or 4 kids and often none. Many if not most of the kids play basketball, baseball and other sports all summer at night. They want to play anything more than train for football. . They all should be able to make mornings but they don't very often. Overall though, I still get more kids with just morning workouts. Jobs keep many away but some come in before their job. We average this year about 10 kids coming. People tell me how great that participation is. Shows how bad it was before.
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Post by mrjvi on Jul 20, 2019 19:06:34 GMT -6
I usually say that about 1/2 are doing the proper strength training and if we get all the kids to play who should, we'll be good. If not, we'll be average. Usually covers it.
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Post by mrjvi on Jul 19, 2019 5:28:16 GMT -6
I agree with speed and endurance but I start to add the "conditioning" stuff in early August daily after the strength/power stuff. It seems to get us more ready for our 1st game which is extremely important for us since our season is so short (too few games). Plus many of my kids need to go both ways early because the other half of the kids only show up to play day 1 and it's hard to use them as 2 way players right away.
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Post by mrjvi on Jul 18, 2019 10:59:23 GMT -6
True that requirements may vary but not IMO 16 x 110's.
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Post by mrjvi on Jul 14, 2019 13:44:28 GMT -6
All of our pre-season tests are strength/power. Squat, Bench, Clean, Trap bar deads, pro agility and 4 Bounds for distance. They need 20 workouts with a summer possibility of over 30 workouts available or pass the test. Otherwise they do have a 20 minute to @ 1/2 hour extra session after practice during the pre-season. Explosive conditioning on the BEAR. It is actually done at the end of each summer workout anyway so it's not even something different.
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Post by mrjvi on Jul 14, 2019 6:03:27 GMT -6
My thoughts almost completely mirror silkyice. I have NEVER understood the 16 110's. Totally out of the energy system for great speed and power gains. We also do 5 or 7 man sled work (season) where we follow the same energy system as football. 5 seconds of effort with @ 30 seconds of rest for 10 reps. Only thing we don't usually do is a longer run, but that's only a minor difference. Our "Hour of Power" offensive session (not really an hour) runs on the same energy system.
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Post by mrjvi on Jun 25, 2019 16:23:51 GMT -6
No saturdays most of the time, sometimes during playoffs. We usually have half of our games on Saturdays, though.
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Post by mrjvi on Jun 19, 2019 10:32:19 GMT -6
Winning is important. Always badly losing tells me much more than winning, though, IMO. My "secret" has been in 37 years, the stronger our whole team is, the more we win. Getting far into the playoffs then also requires some saavy athletes.
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Post by mrjvi on Jun 18, 2019 5:11:00 GMT -6
This may be the biggest thing that burns my a$$. The "specialization" of kids at the smaller school I'm at now is making it REAL hard to develop the FB program. The other coaches say they don't tell kids not to play football but the way they talk to them CLEARLY gives that message. We just got done with our FB camp we go to each year in June. I had good strength gains from about 3/4 of the 18 kids I had at camp. We were significantly better than last year and we didn't do ANY "off season" FB stuff. The other sports don't train, they play "off season". That's what attracts the live in the moment kids. Kids playing multiple sports AND proper strength training year round would make FB and ALL the other sports better. That's the formula but too much ignorance out there. If the AD's don't make it happen, the schools will wallow in average except for the occasionally successful seasons despite not doing the above. I guess I'm venting also.
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Post by mrjvi on Jun 16, 2019 9:16:41 GMT -6
I've actually gone to a split of one of my TE's. I did it because I don't have as many TE's this year but you'd think the wr position would attract some of those bb players. We did pass alot at our camp last week but the 3 BB players didn't want to play wr. coachjm-I agree somewhat but I think the BB players just want to practice BB by games and scrimmages. That's what the coaches are doing "off season" to attract them. They never work on skills during their "open gyms". They play games to get ready for AAU. You need skill work during FB practice so it's not fun for them.
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Post by mrjvi on Jun 13, 2019 11:54:43 GMT -6
At my previous school (bigger school) I just gave up trying to get the Bball players to play FB. They didn't do much of anything else but BB. At my present small school you can't afford not to have them play but I only get a few at best. and they are the FB players who play Basketball. Only have 1 or 2 at the most BB players that play FB. I guess it is what it is.
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Post by mrjvi on Jun 13, 2019 7:49:26 GMT -6
It's NEVER easy to get ANY basketball players in the weight room EVER.
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Post by mrjvi on Jun 1, 2019 12:57:25 GMT -6
Some games are on saturday but on Friday night games-nothing on the weekend. O and D coordinators will contact whoever they need to (assistants) for their plan of the week. O and D coordinators have already put the format together for a typical week before the season started and only need to tweak it. (Hopefully) We may stay a bit later on Mondays as coaches. Have kept my staff pretty much everywhere I've coached. They like weekends where they can have family time.
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Post by mrjvi on May 18, 2019 9:42:55 GMT -6
Quality by far but I'm not talking physically. I want kids with ,a cliche, the right attitude. If I get them, I can make some of them (the less athletic) productive and contributors. They absolutely need to buy in at least minimally to our strength program.
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Post by mrjvi on May 7, 2019 15:32:13 GMT -6
In 3rd year of rebuilding a small upstate, NY school. More kids have paid dues in the weight room (still never enough). Could (should) make playoffs. First game is against the team that kept us out of the playoffs last year. I'm almost 60 so anything still exciting is a good thing. School's football history up until the last decade has been VERY good. Some years off the charts. Need to get it back.
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Post by mrjvi on Apr 28, 2019 11:34:30 GMT -6
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Post by mrjvi on Apr 25, 2019 5:42:30 GMT -6
I've mentioned it before but we arrive at school 1 hour before kick off and we go out 10-15 minutes before kick off and run a few plays. I don't have enough kids to do any extensive warmup, not that I ever would.
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