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Post by CoachWeitz on Apr 25, 2022 12:15:22 GMT -6
We are less than a week away from our Blitz and Coverage Clinic! This clinic going to feature some of the most creative minds in Indiana High School Football! See the full speaker list and register for the In-Person or Virtual Options at www.60secondclinic.com/bandc22
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Post by CoachWeitz on Feb 25, 2022 13:02:28 GMT -6
Coach,
That's a great idea!
I would love to take part in that or help out if I can at all.
We put on the Special Teams clinic which was awesome, shoot me a DM if you want of the stuff from that clinic.
We are also hosting weekly Zoom Clinics, I'm working on polishing up the details but I think next week we will have a Special Teams speakers.
I'd love to see some CoachHuey guys on the clinic, it's been a great time so far.
You can sign up at 60secondclinic.com/bandb
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Post by CoachWeitz on Feb 21, 2022 10:29:39 GMT -6
Air It Out Passing Clinic Feb 26, 9 AM to 3 PM Our Final Clinic for our Winter Clinic Series is coming up this Saturday! We have received great feedback from our previous clinics and used it to make our last clinic our best yet! Eight Different Speakers-one specific concept/idea in quick 25 minute clinic talks: Shane Fry, West Lafayette-Quick Game and the WL Read Drill Josh Wissing, Merriville-Downfield Play Action Game Luke Amstutz, East Noble-Knights Boot Game Jacob Wanner, Lafayette Jeff-Perimeter Screens Tim Miller, Lapel-Verbage in the Bulldog Passing Attack Brian Nay, LCC-Four Verts as a Universal Answer Josh Shattuck, Elkhart-Double Post Variations Aaron Daniel, Bloomington South-Smash Variations Rapid Fire Sessions. By popular demand we will have multiple rapid fire sessions. These will consist of 1 minute ideas from each coach. We will have two sessions of this, one for the first four speakers, and one for the second four speakers Introducing Beat the Coverage: Here the coaches will start in a formation of their choice and show how they would attack specific fronts and coverages that the moderator throws out. All of these sessions, plus access to the presentations, clinic footage, breakfast, a catered lunch, and food at the Social at Parks Place Pub after the clinic! $30 In Person Tickets and $20 Virtual Tickets This is the best deal in clinics! In person registration is limited to the first 75 coaches! Go to www.60SecondClinic.com/AirItOut to register
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Post by CoachWeitz on Feb 21, 2022 10:27:09 GMT -6
Sorry I totally missed this.
They are posted on the site behind a members wall but membership is free.
We had a great turnout, about 40 coaches and two great talks!
I'm looking forward to hosting it again this week
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Post by CoachWeitz on Feb 17, 2022 9:31:10 GMT -6
We are hosting a first Free Hour Long Zoom Clinic tonight (2.17) at 9 PM EST. This is the start of a weekly clinic series where we will have a one hour clinic that is focused specifically on developing High School athletes. This week we are hosting Coach Yoder from Brownsburg HS talking about the Fundamentals of the Outside Zone as well as Coach Burtron from Westfield who will talk about their system for Grading the Offensive Line Based on Productivity. This is a free Zoom Clinic but you must register at www.60secondclinic.com/bandb
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Post by CoachWeitz on Feb 2, 2022 14:19:00 GMT -6
We had some coaches asking about what would happen with the weather. For the most part the Indy area should be fine by Friday Afternoon so traveling should not be an issue.
With that said, we will plan on having the clinic virtually if need to ensure we get a full day to talk about the greatest position in sports!
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Post by CoachWeitz on Jan 30, 2022 18:10:34 GMT -6
Well our clinic series was off to a roaring start with our Special Teams Clinic. It was great hearing detailed, focused content instead of the broad recycled stuff that gets sent out all the time at various other clinics. We are hosting another clinic. Instead of Special Teams we will be focusing on the other item that will win or lose you a game...the Offensive Line. We will have 5 talks focused specifically on developing great high school linemen. There will be a streaming option as well as in person option for this clinic. Visit www.60secondclinic.com/hogtalk for all of the details! We look forward to seeing you there!
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Post by CoachWeitz on Jan 25, 2022 10:46:32 GMT -6
I was there Friday.
Sat in on some really good sessions but more than anything it was really nice just to see everyone again.
The Social Friday Night might have been one of the more refreshing things I've seen in a while.
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Post by CoachWeitz on Jan 23, 2022 6:22:49 GMT -6
Well, turns out I'm not very smart and forgot to include the link! The link to sign up is below! www.60secondclinic.com/virtualsignupAny questions please reach out! David Weitz DWeitz7@gmail.com OC Hamilton Southeastern Fishers, IN
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Post by CoachWeitz on Jan 20, 2022 8:32:52 GMT -6
We are excited to announce the we have actually just added an online option to this clinic.
Our Virtual Option is $20 and you gain access to our Special Teams Clinic which features 7 great sessions.
All in person and virtual attendees will also have access to the clinic video for a month after the clinic!
This is going to be a great day and I'm excited to share my love of Special Teams with coaches across the country!
If you have any questions please reach out and let me know!
David Weitz DWeitz7@gmail.com OC Hamilton Southeastern Fishers, IN
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Post by CoachWeitz on Jan 6, 2022 10:10:04 GMT -6
Register and find out more at www.60secondclinic.com/crucialthird We are excited to announce the speaker list for our upcoming Special Teams Clinic. The clinic will be hosted at Launch Fishers in Downtown Fishers and include six elite Special Teams Coordinators from around the area. The talks will cover all aspects of Special Teams: from game planning to creating accountability to small school special teams, this clinic will have it all. In addition to the 6 sessions there will also be a Rapid Fire Idea Session where Coaches will have 60 seconds to share some of the concepts that have had the biggest effect on their team’s performance. The cost of the clinic includes a light breakfast, a catered lunch, and an after clinic social at Parks Place Pub. If you are looking for a way to win more games next season, it’s hard to get a better bang for your buck than this Special Teams Clinic. Clinic Speakers Wes Anderson-New Pal-Creating Winning Special Teams Through Opponent Scout and Gameplan Russ Mann-Warren Central-Developing Accountability with Players and Staff Kyle Padgett-Practice Planning Special Team at the Small School Level Garrett Hudson-Hamilton Southeastern-Developing A Kickoff Coverage Unity Ryan Spoonmoore-Center Grove-Kickoff Return Game Breakers Jared Urban-Zionsville-Punt Return and Punt Block Register Now at www.60secondclinic.com/crucialthird
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Post by CoachWeitz on Nov 10, 2019 20:40:17 GMT -6
Perfect!
I'm going to have to try it on a smaller playlist to make sure I don't screw it up too bad but that's awesome.
Thanks!
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Post by CoachWeitz on Nov 9, 2019 5:44:47 GMT -6
Alright quick question with Hudl Assist.
We are starting to get into our end of season film breakdown. We have several videos that we got from other teams that have the Down and Distance done but not the yard line and yards gained.
My immediate thought was to send it to Hudl Assist and have them do it but I've found that they tend to mess things up pretty frequently. I don't want them to change any of the Down and Distance since I know those are right.
So the question:
Can I have Hudl Assist just do the yard line and yards gained lost?
Does anyone know how to do this?
Thanks for your help, the coolest part of this job is the coaching community!
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Post by CoachWeitz on Aug 16, 2019 12:41:57 GMT -6
Shirts are good, and we've done those before at previous places, but I prefer things that kids will wear for multiple days. Builds your brand and gets more kids interested.
We got some of the big rubber bands made, those work really well and are very cheap.
Another thing that we tried this year that I think is good is backpacks. String backpacks are cheaper than tshirts, you can get decent backpacks for pretty cheap too.
If a kid is wearing a backpack that says "future ______" every day to school that's a great way to build your brand.
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Post by CoachWeitz on Jan 29, 2019 10:00:26 GMT -6
I was in charge of this at the previous program I was at and went after it full force (a unique situation where we felt like we needed to recruit our middle schools combined with young coach eager to take on a project).
Some things that we did: Facility tour on the last day of the first semester, got their info showed them the building, the uniforms, all the cool stuff Combines at the Middle Schools-we did this before our Middle School Academy, went there and set up a bunch of drill in the gym on a Friday. Went to lunch the day before to find the kids and advertise Visit every team-went to a practice for each basketball and wrestling team to meet the kids/coaches Middle School Academy-did two rounds of middle school camp, one right before spring break, one right before summer Postcards Home-we printed out postcards and sent them home, my goal was to get our camp schedule on every refrigerator in the township.
The biggest thing was to have feet on the ground and go out and meet the kids. I went so far as to take the pictures and make a powerpoint for the coaches to learn their names. I would go through it before camps, can't underestimate the value of knowing a kids name.
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Post by CoachWeitz on Apr 10, 2018 9:13:52 GMT -6
Is this stuff really that secret? This is a great point...and on top of the question of secrecy how often will the kids that figure out the direction call not figure out its opposite foe them since they are facing a different direction. Sadly I have to coach behind my guys because my mind makes too many mistakes trying to flip the play.Tota Totally agree with this. I think it's very easy to overthink this and make a code that tricks your kids. With that being said I think what has been shared has been really good but to me, it's always important to not make it so complex you trick your own kids...gotta find the balance.
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Post by CoachWeitz on Apr 6, 2018 5:33:58 GMT -6
An old rugby way to distinguish right middle and left is using phrases and go from left to right since you read left to right.
For example
Red (Left), White (Middle) and Blue (Right)-Good for packaged plays Rock (Left) Roll (Right) Steak (Left) Eggs (Right)
Just a little different take on it, I think it makes it a lot harder to pick up on than the Rodger/Lucy.
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Post by CoachWeitz on Mar 14, 2018 6:14:20 GMT -6
This was an area I took over so it's something I'm pretty passionate about.
We do a lot but Indiana has open enrollment and we have a really good township so we have to.
1. Middle School Visit-for the High School the last day of the first semester is a teacher report day for the high school but the middle school is in session. We have the middle school coaches pick a list of about 20 kids from each middle school and they take a bus over. We give them a tour of the facility, get their information, show them our uniforms, etc. We feed them pizza then send them back. The Middle Schools love it because they have 20 of their kids out of the school on a day that classroom management is normally pretty tough.
2. Middle School Team Visits-when I was running this my goal was to visit every team's practice and talk to them. We have 3 township middle schools so I go to visit the 7th and 8th-grade basketball team and wrestling teams in the winter and baseball and track teams in the spring. I'm a big believer in getting in front of the kids and forming a relationship face to face.
3. Middle School Combines-we use these building up to our middle school academy (more on this on the next one). We go test the kids on their 40s (we do it across the gym so it's not a 40 but that's fine), 5-10-5, L Drill, and normally sled push for the big boys. The whole goal is to get in front of the kids in their environment, rides can be an issue so we want to take away that excuse.
4. Middle School Academy-We've done this a variety of different ways. My favorite was two weeks 4 days a week the last two weeks before Spring Break because the wrestling season is done and the track season hasn't started. We do the first-week offense and the second-week defense. Go over base concepts and drill. I always tell the position coaches they want to get the EDD installed with the freshmen.
5. Middle School Camp-The last two weeks before Summer break. We normally do a round of combines leading up to this to increase interest. This is on the field or turf when there isn't a game being played. Normally we can get the base concepts installed offensively.
6. Summer Camps-We offer free youth and middle school camps. With the youth camp we are just trying to get numbers and get kids excited. It worked well, the first year we went from 40 campers to 130 or so. At the middle school camp we installed our punt and kickoff schemes. We figure this takes one thing off the plate of the coaches since the majority of them don't have the time or coaching manpower to devote that much time to Special Teams. During the Middle School camp we also do a clinic series before the camp. Here we get all the certifications done (concussion, heat, etc.) and go over our basic drills.
7. Communication and Advertising-I'm a big believer in this. Beyond being in front of the kids I want them to see our messages constantly. We are sending letters home and postcards to every kid we have an address for. We send emails too but kids have told me that the letters and postcards have had the biggest effect. I always make sure these postcards refrigerator ready so they can go on the fridge and make sure the whole family knows the date and time.
I go a bit overboard with this but am a big believer in it. If you're not actively developing your feeder system you aren't setting yourself up for sustained success. Since I took over the Middle School Academy and developed all of the different parts our Freshman record went up and we won the conference 2 of the 3 years we did it.
Hope that helps, let me know if you have any questions!
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Post by CoachWeitz on Dec 11, 2017 8:07:43 GMT -6
A lot of the intimidation comes from unfamiliarity with the test, not intelligence or ability to be successful in college. To be honest, I think success in college is more about time management than intelligence but, that opens up a whole new can of worms that is bigger than this message board.
To get back to testing, in my opinion, it's just like anything, you've got to make them familiar with it and provide them with help to navigate the landscape.
In college a lot of times these same kids are very successful because they're normally very internally motivated. I think this success can again be amplified by providing them with a mentor to help guide them through the college world.
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Post by CoachWeitz on Dec 7, 2017 8:16:27 GMT -6
Yes, it's really to get more kids into college. It's probably not in the specific outlined role of a coach but I always want to find a way to give kids the tools to be successful.
Kids at our school struggle with standardized testing and many times will sign up for it and then not show up. I believe a lot of this is due to the fact they are intimidated by the test (family has never taken it, never done well with tests, etc.).
My goal was to give them some sort of confidence taking the test so they didn't step into the room defeated before they even picked up the pencil. What we did was very basic and we didn't really follow through for a variety of different reasons. Even still we had more kids going into their Senior year having taken at least one of the tests than we ever have which in my eyes is progress.
Maybe it's not in the written description of the coach but I don't think 90% of what we do is.
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Post by CoachWeitz on Mar 1, 2017 7:37:45 GMT -6
A couple of things. I would say, like the majority of people above, warm-ups and stretching are done as a matter of habit.
That being said I think there is certainly some validity in the idea that the body needs to be warmed up. My uneducated opinion would be you need to get a sweat going (and no it doesn't necessarily have to be a sweat but the the general idea of getting the body temperature elevated and blood flowing is the goal).
Now, this can be done in a variety of different ways and, in my opinion, they each have strengths and weaknesses.
Dynaimic stretching is good for getting the body moving but also it's good for focusing on general team culture. This is a great time to emphasize getting behind the line, finishing through the line, everyone claps, etc. This means that all coaches need to be focused on their position group and holding them accountable. If half the staff is throwing the ball on the other side of the field it's not exactly useful.
I prefer doing warmups with drills so we can steal an extra 10 minutes of practice time. Drills are great for working on skills but they do come with a downside. The big downside I would say is there isn't the team building effect that you get with dynamic warmups. Again this is debatable and could be done during different times but there is certainly a team building effect of having everyone doing the same thing at the same time.
To go to the original post we've used defensive position warm-ups before. It's not overly difficult, essentially it goes down to the first stage of Indy time. This could be something as simple as stance and starts and initial reads. I like the idea of the post above with a Special Teams circuit. No, need to overthink it, just start with base level drills and slowly build up the tempo.
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Post by CoachWeitz on Jan 31, 2017 13:17:35 GMT -6
That would be perfect.
Did you guys develop your own curriculum or did you get it from somewhere?
Also, do you like it/think it does a good job?
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Post by CoachWeitz on Jan 31, 2017 11:34:00 GMT -6
Do any of you guys offer SAT/ACT Prep courses or materials for your kids?
Our kids struggle with these tests and I feel like a lot of it has to do with a lack of experience with taking tests like this. My thought was it'd be nice to make some sort of program to help prepare them for the test. My issue is that I don't have the first clue on where to start. I know there are apps and websites that let them practice but it would be nice to have some sort of curriculum to go through.
Has anyone done anything like this or know of anyplace to get some resources for something like this?
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Post by CoachWeitz on Dec 4, 2016 15:16:48 GMT -6
Does anyone know if there is a Twitter talk for Special Teams?
It seems like there would be but I haven't been able to find it.
If not would anyone be interested in one?
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Post by CoachWeitz on Jul 19, 2016 16:46:06 GMT -6
I'm curious as to how everyone does their youth camps (grades K-6). In my area the traditional model is to have the kids do a station for every position/skill. For example on an offensive day the stations may be throwing, route running, blocking, running back drills, and normally some sort of special team. Then we have them play what we call Warrior Ball (shockingly we're the Warriors) which is basically Ultimate Football. Does anyone run theirs any different?
Also, what's something you've done that's helped your camp? I'm thinking anything here, from giving the kids popsicles to specific drills.
Thanks in advance
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Post by CoachWeitz on Mar 10, 2016 9:10:37 GMT -6
I believe we have already had this discussion, please use the search function to search about the search function.
The one major thing that helped me with the search function was to check the box to have results displayed as threads not posts.
I do think sometimes it's good to bring up a topic that's already been discussed and get some new blood flowing, but before creating a new thread you should probably read the old thread, include that you have looked at the old thread and maybe say something about has anything changed.
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Post by CoachWeitz on Mar 4, 2016 12:29:55 GMT -6
Had an idea and figured I'd throw it out here and see if anyone has experience with it.
We are a large high school with 3 middle schools that feed into us. We also have a two week fall break that falls at the end of the middle school football season. My thought is to compile an "all star" team from all three middle schools. This team would be open to anyone who played at our middle schools who came to practice. The practices would be at the high school run by Frosh and Varsity Coaches with help from the Middle School coaches. I figured it would be a good way to pull them into the program.
I haven't worked out any of the details, which there are obviously many (what time to practice, who to play, equipment issues, etc. to the point of being almost endless) but has anyone done this or anything like it in the past and willing to offer some advice.
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Post by CoachWeitz on Jan 21, 2016 9:09:02 GMT -6
I'll be there and would love to talk some flexbone. Where are you guys planning on meeting up?
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Post by CoachWeitz on Jan 15, 2016 7:10:54 GMT -6
Except for playoffs (when we would bring some or all up) only once had our JVs practice with Varsity and that was because of numbers. Wanted JVs separate because of physical disparity between Varsity and JV kids, especially Seniors-Sophomores; In-Season the JVs schedule would be different because they played on different nights; Varsity kids would get less reps-I would be spending time coaching kids who wouldn't be playing for me Friday (and some who would never play Varsity); wanted our JV coaches to coach both sides of the ball as they would have to on game night to aid in their development, and let them have some autonomy. Thanks for the response guys. The physical disparity is kind of what got me thinking about this. Also I feel like the JV players could probably develop faster if they had more reps and practices aimed directly at them. We're a large program in the largest division so we two platoon. We have a very large coaching staff so I think we could probably handle it in that regard. For those of you who two platoon and separate your JV, what players make up your scout team for the Varsity? Also how do you handle special teams? Is that all Varsity players? Thanks again guys, this board is awesome because of how great members are at sharing ideas, definitely lets me think outside of the the way we've always done things.
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Post by CoachWeitz on Jan 14, 2016 8:00:57 GMT -6
I hope I'm not recreating a thread but I tried to search for it and couldn't find it.
How many programs have their JV as a separate team where they don't practice with the Varsity? I'm assuming this would be mainly large, two platoon teams or are there a few small schools that do this as well? If you do have a separate team for your JV what are the advantages/disadvantages of doing it this way and do you prefer it?
In my area all JV teams practice with the Varsity and the Frosh operate as their own team so I'm interested in how this works and what are some of the potential advantages of it.
Thanks in advance.
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