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Post by 90rocket on Jun 10, 2014 21:47:00 GMT -6
I have to agree with Coachgeorge. Even the good parents are just "agents" for their kids. My favorite parent is the one who I never talk to specifically about football.
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Post by 90rocket on May 29, 2014 21:47:09 GMT -6
I find it near impossible to watch film after a loss. I typically watch a qtr or two, find what we did wrong and cringe at the fact that I did not teach it well enough at practice.
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Post by 90rocket on May 22, 2014 22:03:31 GMT -6
Read "The Inner Game of Tennis." It's similar to what I think you're talking about. It's all about having the body move freely without conscious thought.
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Post by 90rocket on May 21, 2014 15:50:44 GMT -6
I'll be honest...I will never sit down and set a single goal focused on winning with any team that I coach. Saying your goal is to win championships, beat rivals, make playoffs etc. is all bologna. Obviously every team wants to do so. If you are coaching a varsity football team that has no chance of beating anybody in the league and you want to adjust your goals then obviously these kids never had the motivation to be good football players. Writing down goals that are attainable before the season will help them in no way.
I remember sitting down with my basketball team when I was in HS and writing down our team and personal goals. I knew then that to me, it was a complete waste of time.
With that said, I think players setting goals with themselves can be great. After this past season, I sat down with one of our better 11th grade players who made 0 off season workouts last year and missed over 40 days of school.. (It was my first year at the school) I asked him what his goals for next year were. He wanted to play college football, get stronger, and dominate next season. I told him to write those goals down on a piece of paper and tape it right next to his bed so he sees them every morning he wakes up. Long story short, he's doing much better in terms of coming to before school workouts and keeping up with academics. Is it because of asking him about his goals? Maybe, maybe not. But I know for certain having that conversation with him made a bigger impact on him then telling him that our team goals next year were to win the conference and make playoffs.
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Post by 90rocket on Apr 30, 2014 20:58:35 GMT -6
We currently use shirts and it irritates the heck out of me. 1) almost every damn kid gets a shirt. It's based on maxes for a combined bench/squat/clean/dead. It's as low as 750. My momma could get a shirt! 2) there's no attendance requirement from what I've seen. I had a kid, who hasn't touched a weight since the season ended, walk in a get himself a shirt his first day. Ridiculous! Have them reach a number based on body weight. We use 3x your body weight for sophs, 3.5x for juniors, 4x for seniors. Bench, squat, clean only. We get about 75% of the kids to pass this.
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Post by 90rocket on Apr 30, 2014 10:38:50 GMT -6
How many days a week do you guys go in the summer? We did 3 last year, about 1.5 hours a day. Thinking about upping it to 4 days this year. I keep one offensive position stay later 1 day a week to work fundamentals an install.
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Post by 90rocket on Apr 29, 2014 20:03:57 GMT -6
Were getting chrome decals for making 65% off summer lifts and hoodies for making 85%. Wish it were easy enough to just get the kids there without incentives but there is a huge difference between me getting 10 kids to 75% of the workouts at getting 20 to 90% of them.
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Post by 90rocket on Apr 28, 2014 11:19:59 GMT -6
Has anyone come up with a good tiebreaker system? We have an 18 team league, 3 division format. Top 8 teams make the playoffs. Top 2 from each division make the playoffs, and then any two after that. All division winners host the first playoff game as well as 1 non winner.
Here's the real kicker. Half the teams are playing a team within our section who competes at a larger classification, while the other half will play another team in the league. One team is even traveling to play a team from out of section. Any thoughts?
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Post by 90rocket on Apr 27, 2014 7:35:25 GMT -6
Like Chip Kelly says, it's science. The kids perform better. I don't care if they need it or not. We were better in practice with music, bottom line.
How did Kelly (or you) measure the improvement in practice?
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Noticeably more reps in practice. Our conditioning period was better. On days that it rained our practices seemed to have less energy. I know kids should always be amped to play football but what happens when they were up til midnight studying for the algebra test they just took and all they had for lunch was an undercooked hotdog? This just gives them a little pick me up. Another thing to note, kids who don't play football heard we often play music at practice. This has created much more of an interest of other athletes in our school. BLB, maybe you have scholarship players and don't need to do this. I'm at a school where we graduate 60 kids a year. I need the kids to be upbeat and focused everyday. I have no measureable for you, other than it being our best season in 40 years and a noticed difference when it rained and I couldn't bring my music player out.
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Post by 90rocket on Apr 27, 2014 3:57:51 GMT -6
Like Chip Kelly says, it's science. The kids perform better. I don't care if they need it or not. We were better in practice with music, bottom line.
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Post by 90rocket on Apr 23, 2014 20:20:33 GMT -6
Read somewhere that chip Kelly would go full pads on Fridays before a Saturday game.. Shells Thursday.. Anyone have anymore info on this or what a Friday practice looked like. We did this after week 2 last year. Tuesday and Wednesday - just uppers. Thursday - Full pads w 5-10 live plays. The goal was to each day do a bit more contact so by Friday they were chomping at the bit. We won more games that we ever have. Now, I couldn't tell you if we won because of this or despite this, but I plan to do it again next year.
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Post by 90rocket on Apr 22, 2014 21:46:55 GMT -6
Can he restructure coaching roles? How about moving one of you guys to a coordinator position? I realize that you said these guys are knowledgable, but the kids will have faith in the guys who put in the time.
I currently do every job that you 3 do, albeit at a much smaller school with less pressure to win. I have a family member who is the DC and is my top paid assistant. However, if a new young buck comes in and is willing to put the time in that I do in the offseason I will have no problem adjusting my staff as I see fit.
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Post by 90rocket on Apr 21, 2014 19:38:56 GMT -6
Our kids loved the music last year. We played it about 90% of practice. Was especially great during conditioning. I'd ask a player what kind of music he wanted to hear before all conditioning and there was definitely an increased effort. I'm thinking of doing something where the first Indy group to have all thier players out on the practice field gets to pick the genre of music to start practice. All of our music comes from pandora.
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Post by 90rocket on Apr 19, 2014 6:00:20 GMT -6
For this offseason I designed 24 hoodys for guys who make atleast 90 percent of summer workouts. They say, Every Rep, Every Set, Every Sprint. Then in larger letters below that it says, Every Day. Took it from Arizona State.
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Post by 90rocket on Apr 16, 2014 20:03:44 GMT -6
Its interesting. I am a head coach. I am in the wt room every single day and spotting and tracking attendance and progress. I am the first one at practice every day and the last one to leave. I am usually the first to arrive on game day and always the last to leave. I coach offensive line and linebackers most years with some years having a bit more focus on the backfield depending on my assistants. I also sometimes have to coach a second position such as def line or dbacks again depending on the strength and number of my staff. Some years I call the O and the D and some years just one side. I am a small school- mid size school coach so I cant really wrap my head around not actually rolling up my sleeves and coaching a position or two every day. The best staffs allow me to roam and oversee things and sometimes, just get a break to clear my head. I'm in the exact same boat coach. I'm the HC of a staff of 4. Only one other coach is a teacher at the school, and he isn't the most motivated. I'm the only one who opens the weight room 3x a week before and after school, over vacations, summer etc. I coach 2 positions, handle all of the behind the scenes work, parent issues, grades, apparel orders, printing wrist coaches, practice plans for O and D, HUDL breakdown, etc. Don't get me wrong, I love it..but I often wonder how nice it might be being at a larger school with a full staff.
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Post by 90rocket on Mar 6, 2014 17:13:51 GMT -6
This will be my second year at the helm of a varsity football team. I was hired just before summer last year with no staff so I had no time to run a team camp last summer. Here's the question...besides the easy stuff like scheduling of skills and drills, how the hell do you run a team camp? I was going to ask some local coaches what they do, but I figured I'd touch base with you guys first. First off, I'm from a state that does not make summer practices mandated. In our area, about 95% do a one week team camp either by themselves or with a group of 2-3 teams at some point in the summer. Most schools charge between $50-$100.
Here's my list of questions that I've came up with..
- Where does your money go? We have a booster club, but this isn't really a fundraiser. I'm not looking to make money (I've lost more money coaching than I've made) but do you pocket some for your expenses through out the course of the season?
- Do you pay your assistants? How much?
- How much do you charge? Do you tell the kids where the money goes? I know our school insurance covers our kids as long as I am there, so that isn't an issue. We are a very poor district so it's tough to tell a kid he can't come if he can't come up with the money.
Any other things I'm missing that I should think of before I schedule this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks guys.
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Post by 90rocket on Jan 21, 2014 12:47:11 GMT -6
The service who reconditions our equipment is coming next week. I'm a first year HC and I have no idea how this process works. The guy have me a call a few weeks ago and gave me a general idea. I was hoping some of you guys could help me out. We had 60 kids modified thru Varsity this fall. Obviously all of the helmets will be reconditioned. Do you typically do shoulder pads every year as well, or is that an every other year type thing? I know they do pants and jerseys as well, but I didn't notice anything besides some normal wear and tear. Is it abnormal to only recondition helmets?
On a side note, does anyone have an idea as to how much it would cost to get a Matte Black finish on our helmets?
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Post by 90rocket on Jan 16, 2014 3:27:24 GMT -6
How much do these youth coaches get paid? I know there are youth coaches out there who swear and yell at 9 year olds but my jaw dropped when I say the kids with wrist coaches, coaches breaking down film, president of an organization demanding a schematic change etc.
It didnt really seem like most of these guys were very knowledgable coaches for the most part. All you really hear is "toss the ball and get outside to use your speed."
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Post by 90rocket on Jan 15, 2014 3:13:37 GMT -6
Do you teach PE? If not, I would be very careful as to how you word things if you discuss it with the PE department. Watching film is not PE.
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Post by 90rocket on Jan 5, 2014 10:37:58 GMT -6
I absolutely will. I reach out to a teacher in Washington and I'm having a phone call with him tomorrow. Hopefully I can get some more insight.
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Post by 90rocket on Jan 3, 2014 9:18:51 GMT -6
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Post by 90rocket on Nov 5, 2013 10:30:59 GMT -6
From my understand in talking with other schools, it's not a college level course. It's basically a strength and conditioning class. Just PE for your "advanced" students who are athletes. Some schools mandate that you must get at least a 90 in your first semester of HS PE to get into the AP class.
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Post by 90rocket on Nov 4, 2013 16:03:20 GMT -6
Coaches,
There has been some talk within our school of possibly getting AP PE for our athletes. While my principal was a former PE teacher, I am going to have to be the one that really pushes this. While I am a first year teacher and head football coach, our team experienced a good deal of success this year....our only losses coming against team that were clearly much bigger, faster, and stronger than us. They are also the only two teams in our league with AP PE. When my principal asked me why those two schools are always so good in almost every sport, I explained to him the AP PE course that they offer, which gained his interest.
I fully plan on presenting to the school board all of the benefits of weight training for athletes to the school board. I understand the connection between success on the field and in the classroom, confidence, lowering the risk of injury, more student-athletes etc. I know how and where to get this information. It also helps that 2 of my better players have parents on the school board and it seems that I have built a pretty solid reputation within our small community.
My question to you guys is what would be the best way to get this thing moving forward? It seems as though the principal is on board, but I know he is not much of a go-getter. I know I will have to be the one to push this forward, but I don't want to be too pushy in this being my first year at this school. Do any of you currently use AP PE? From my understanding, the schools I have talked to say every athlete has the option to take this class. Is this how your school does it as well?
Do any of you have a curriculum of AP PE? I'm not really looking for workouts, just an outline of rules or procedures that work for your school. I'd appreciate anything. Thanks guys.
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Post by 90rocket on Oct 5, 2013 22:59:20 GMT -6
I'm not saying this is the best idea but for the past 3 weeks we have gone full pads on Thursdays...after helmets or helmets/shoulder pads Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday. It is still your typical pregame with one minor exception. Towards the end, we will do a full live goalline period. There will be consequences for the winners and losers. This will only be about 5 plays but I think it keeps the players much more focuses knowing that there will be a live period towards the end.
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Post by 90rocket on Aug 17, 2013 6:52:46 GMT -6
As the HC, do you guys give out phone numbers at parent meetings, player meetings, or both? I was only going to give out my e-mail at first, but some parents do not have the internet in my district.
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Team Motto
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Post by 90rocket on Aug 14, 2013 13:09:06 GMT -6
Trying to think of any good mottos to put on the back of our t shirts this year. Brand new coaching staff, brand new defense/offense, small low income school district, lost our QB/captain for the season due to an unrelated injury this summer, and they haven't had too much success in recent years. Any thoughts that could be unique to us?
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Post by 90rocket on Aug 8, 2013 8:15:07 GMT -6
Help out at practice? Sure. In the box? Nope. I agree as well here.
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Post by 90rocket on Aug 7, 2013 19:35:58 GMT -6
We had that happen last year, actually. What he ended up doing for us was helping out in drills, with the younger kids especially. He also did a ton of filming for me when we did some of our large group drills. Great ideas guys. I think I'll have him work some skills during practice and break down some film and such so he can help out the kids on the sidelines during the games.
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Post by 90rocket on Aug 7, 2013 15:45:22 GMT -6
We had a 3rd year starting QB sustain a head injury in the offseason unrelated to football and he is out for the season. He asked me what he can do to best help out squad. We're a very small team and under staffed. My first thought is to have him coach the WR's during skill breakdown and to be up in the box during games. He's a very respected kid amoung his peers and parents. Do you foresee any problems with doing this? Like I mentioned before, he is a great leader and a very respected kid.
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Post by 90rocket on Jun 27, 2013 7:23:30 GMT -6
Also a simple game of dodgeball works great. Big skill vs skill, juniors vs seniors etc.
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