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Post by wildcatslbcoach24 on Oct 6, 2021 11:04:59 GMT -6
Hey y’all, So long story short, I’ve been told I am a JV coach on top of what I do as the varsity H backs and LBs coach. Instead of us practicing together and then splitting up for team, it has been decided to hold simultaneous practices; basically the rest of the varsity staff doesn’t want to deal with coaching/ teaching JV kids as they’re very good so they see no value in keeping them with them during Indy. I was a late hire and have had some concerns about how the program has been run so I think this is a way to push me out or keep me at arms distance. We had our first JV game, without having really practiced as a JV (don’t ask unless you have aspirin or a drink nearby), and now we’re trying to cram a JV schedule into the last 4-5 weeks. Yesterday I was the only one coaching the JV and I expect that will be the way from here on till the end of the season. Any suggestions on how to organize and schedule practice? Oh, and I have to have a practice plan the covers 3 - 3.5 hours on my own.. Wait...I want to make sure I'm clear here: you have the JV alone for the entire practice? It's not just for a team period? Was that way, our HC randomly demoted our Special teams coordinator to “Head JV Coach” so there’s two of us now
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Post by wildcatslbcoach24 on Oct 5, 2021 20:37:54 GMT -6
How is the 3 hour practice going? Long, aggravating to plan for, but breaking it into 15 min chunks with special teams “breaks” and short walk through periods before team sessions. Varsity was still practicing at 7 pm apparently while we were at our game. Practice starts at 3:30 pm, it’s been an incredibly long season team is on track to be 8-2, but the atmosphere is that of a 2-8 team. JV morale up significantly after this game and a week of more stable practice. Maybe it’s because I am older and have a toddler now, but we could definitely get everything we do done in 90 min to 2 hours tops - we’re definitely living in the Land of Diminishing Returns.
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Post by wildcatslbcoach24 on Oct 4, 2021 19:30:21 GMT -6
Well we won today 12-6 against a much bigger school. A lot to fix, but there was a lot of good as well. Now we’re up to two of us as the JV “staff”.,
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Post by wildcatslbcoach24 on Sept 29, 2021 23:24:36 GMT -6
About 22-30. Without going too far into things, we’ve had most of these kiddos since week 2, but there was no JV schedule made and we spent the first 5 weeks of the season trying to incorporate the JV into practice during pod work, inside run, etc. The HC, OC, and DC philosophically want to focus on a lot of periods of inside run and team; what we end up with is basically 3 hours of offensive and defensive run and team with special teams making up the other portion of time. Basically our first JV game we got our heads handed to us and our kids, through no fault of their own, we’re misaligned and outmatched by a well coached and undefeated JV team. Broke the last few days into install walk throughs for O and D and then I take the OL and Big skill to do OL Indy, while the skills work on quick game Routes and then a period of Indy we’re we repeat the structure but skill works on run game mesh (we’re running a lot of spin series and power read). On defense we’re running our base 43 nickel and teaching the front 7 block destruction and fighting pressure keys, while I have the FBs work on footwork and then route combos. We then work team. We finish up working on special teams install as in our first game we did no special teams as our players hadn’t done special teams unless they had played in a varsity game. .
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Post by wildcatslbcoach24 on Sept 28, 2021 11:42:18 GMT -6
I've been in roughly a similar situation before, some thoughts: Lots of drills of ubiquitous skills: tackling, blocking, etc (things that everyone needs to do eventually). Along those lines lots of change of direction and athletic development type stuff. Have different position groups help out the other: 10 Minute Pass pro section, have the skill players serve as the group we are blocking. Its okay to learn things that arent for your position: Who knows where these kids will develop in a year or two, that WR may end up playing on the line. That being written, be up front and explain that you are just one coach, so the OL's may need to go with the skill players for some stuff, just set it up so the skills get most of the reps. You have two eyes, use them: You can divide into small groups and have them work on specific skills while you bounce back and forth, especially if you draw things up and instruct them well early on. See if your QBs can work with the varsity: At least now and then, it ends up being an oddball position with little crossover to others, in regards to individual work. Teach everyone how to read a scout book: Map out the scout plan for team time, let everyone know how to read it and understand it. Maybe put someone in charge of it. You don't need to rely on team: It seems the easiest way, but you still need to teach them to be football players, not just how to run football plays. 3.5 hours is bonkers, even for a full staffed varsity team, see about getting that trimmed down. If not, weight room is good work during the season, or maybe teaching them to watch film (if someone is filming your games). Thanks!
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Post by wildcatslbcoach24 on Sept 28, 2021 9:53:01 GMT -6
Hey y’all,
So long story short, I’ve been told I am a JV coach on top of what I do as the varsity H backs and LBs coach. Instead of us practicing together and then splitting up for team, it has been decided to hold simultaneous practices; basically the rest of the varsity staff doesn’t want to deal with coaching/ teaching JV kids as they’re very good so they see no value in keeping them with them during Indy. I was a late hire and have had some concerns about how the program has been run so I think this is a way to push me out or keep me at arms distance.
We had our first JV game, without having really practiced as a JV (don’t ask unless you have aspirin or a drink nearby), and now we’re trying to cram a JV schedule into the last 4-5 weeks. Yesterday I was the only one coaching the JV and I expect that will be the way from here on till the end of the season. Any suggestions on how to organize and schedule practice? Oh, and I have to have a practice plan the covers 3 - 3.5 hours on my own..
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Post by wildcatslbcoach24 on Sept 5, 2021 12:53:26 GMT -6
I have purchased ProCom headsets at 2 different schools. I really like the quality and they are much more economically feasible than some of the other brands and a little more "sturdy" than some of the "cheaper" brands. www.procomheadsets.com/Thank you!
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Post by wildcatslbcoach24 on Sept 5, 2021 9:08:01 GMT -6
Hello all, was wondering if you guys have any suggestions for a budget friendly to channel headset system? Our program currently had a one channel set up and Those headphones died on us partway through our last game and are not salvageable. We have a tight budget and are wondering if anyone has any suggestions of a pair of decent to channel headphones so that is somewhat budget friendly? Thanks
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Post by wildcatslbcoach24 on Sept 1, 2021 15:57:40 GMT -6
Just had our game Friday cancelled due to one case on the other team. Only week two and there have been multiple games cancelled already due to corona. One team went away to camp for a week and shocking has had both their games cancelled already. Didn't have any last year and played our full shortened schedule of 7 games. We had 10 scheduled this year but feel like the over under for actual games is 5 this year. Anyone else getting hit already with cancellations? Ohio is getting slammed. Athens and Sandusky shut down, so is Wadsworth. Mask up and get kids vaccinated if possible, 3/4 or more of the next 6 weeks might be cancelled if people aren’t smart Labor Day.
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Post by wildcatslbcoach24 on Aug 31, 2021 19:01:50 GMT -6
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Post by wildcatslbcoach24 on Aug 31, 2021 19:01:03 GMT -6
Arizona:
Bagdad Sultans
Ciebecue Dishchii’bikoh (wildcats if I believe)
Sabino Sabercats
Moon Valley Rockets
Grand Canyon Phantoms
Valley Vista Monsoon
Yuma Criminals
Salome Frogs
Page Sand Devils
Miami Vandals
Gila Bend Gila Monsters
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Post by wildcatslbcoach24 on Aug 31, 2021 9:17:50 GMT -6
Context in this situation is everything. I’de bet my left nut that if the kid spit in Dillfers face before this incident y’all would be like”He’s a better man than me!” And if you voted that he should be suspended for this get the fuk out of here. You may not agree with it and I don’t necessarily agree with it but sh!t happens in the moment and he didn’t cross a lose his job/suspension line at all in my opinion. He apologized and that should be the end of it The issue isn’t what I personally feel as to whether he was warranted or not in his reaction, it’s what our contracts say about behavior and how schools and unions will react.
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Post by wildcatslbcoach24 on Aug 30, 2021 20:01:59 GMT -6
I know how my district contract reads, I know what would happen if I did that in my classroom. If the kid was getting in a fight with another person, then yes you separate them and you can move them away, but from the video and from what I’ve been reading about the situation that’s not what happened, it sounds like Dilfer’s ego was challenged and this got out of hand. Again I didn’t say he should be fired, but he did lose control and did something that in most places would get a teacher fired.
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Post by wildcatslbcoach24 on Aug 30, 2021 19:43:02 GMT -6
needs more context, what did the kid do? Doesn’t matter. In the context of these sorts of public shamings, they're all innocent angels. Authority figures are always in the wrong. Except the authority figure was wrong in this situation. I thing suspension is fair. If Dilfer was a regular teacher he most likely would have been fired by now. It was a bad move, suspend him and let it know this is his one and only second chance. The difference between this and the What abputs involving adults is this was an adult and a kid. The adult should de escalate the situation, not make it worse.
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Post by wildcatslbcoach24 on Aug 19, 2021 13:31:19 GMT -6
Because there are no consequences to bad behavior. It's just that simple, IMO. Idk, I would think getting duct taped to your seat, getting arrested and paying fines would be considered consequences. While there are immediate consequences that might even be quite steep, getting arrested, etc just provides these folks with exposure and a following which sadly makes it worth it folks to misbehave.
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Post by wildcatslbcoach24 on Jul 28, 2021 17:44:02 GMT -6
Uh....what in the world?!? Northern Indiana mid 90s. I completely misinterpreted the original thread post though. I don’t think this was the kind of strange asked about. I should’ve went with the graveyard like everyone else. I mean it definitely fits the weird/ strange qualifier
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Post by wildcatslbcoach24 on Jul 24, 2021 22:17:42 GMT -6
I’ve told this story on hear but I will go again but the quick version. Basically we had this middle school coach who had a hook prosthetic for one arm. When kids wouldn’t do what they were supposed too he would try to pinch their testicles with it. He coached the line so when they were doing stuff he would be behind them and if they weren’t low enough he would reach up under their but with that thing and get em. As a kid I just thought it was odd and just wanted to completely avoid it. As an adult I am disturbed by it. I have a son and no way I would allow that to happen. It was never anything sexual or anything like that but still really weird. Uh....what in the world?!?
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Post by wildcatslbcoach24 on Jul 22, 2021 18:55:24 GMT -6
There are teams all over the country where if they let every kid pick what position they wanted to play, they would be unable to field a team. While I don't know the situation, your language choices "managed to annoy" (twice) makes me think you don' have much regard for the coaches and you see this as their failure? To be convinced of that, I'd need a lot more info. Yeah there would literally be no one on the OL if kids got to decide where they played, that or every team would run the A11
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Post by wildcatslbcoach24 on Jul 22, 2021 18:52:18 GMT -6
Weightroom
Sleds
Tech
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Post by wildcatslbcoach24 on Jul 2, 2021 13:25:42 GMT -6
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Post by wildcatslbcoach24 on Jun 17, 2021 18:39:06 GMT -6
Relays, competion for conditioning drills, you can always play a big team game of ultimate frisbee, but with a football if you wanna make out fun and engagement while getting some conditioning in.
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Post by wildcatslbcoach24 on Jun 1, 2021 23:13:07 GMT -6
I am in Michigan but live in Ohio and I would say there is more turnover than usual. COVID protocols, especially in the schools, forced alot of coaches to just say "I've had enough" and its getting harder to be a teacher-coach every year from my conversations. A lot of coaching openings in OH, but it’s one of the worst teacher markets I have ever seen. There are hardly any teaching jobs opening up.
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Post by wildcatslbcoach24 on May 29, 2021 18:14:35 GMT -6
I believe Moorehead/ Rahne do this. So they would group all their plays based off of the blocking scheme and group them into a family, say Zone Slice, and then name them directionally and with built in tags. So let’s say the Family is “Slice” and they use college mascots to denote the plays so the call might be “Skullly” for slice left and “Sparky” for slice right.
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Post by wildcatslbcoach24 on May 29, 2021 18:08:22 GMT -6
I'm assuming he's talking about St. Thomas in Minnesota. There have been many threads and articles about their defense. I will say it helps if you're twice as big as the next biggest school and three times as big as the majority of the other schools in the conference. They also have the most money which means they have the best facilities, which ultimately helps in recruiting. I mean they’re just playing the same game that literally the entire WIAC (UW schools), Mount Union, St. Norberts, Monmouth, Linfield, Mary Hardin Baylor, Rowan, etc. play. You have “true” Division III schools (Your Lawrence U. Macalaster, Beloit College, Knox, Kenyon, Hiram, Lake Forest, Bates) and then you have schools like St. Thomas, UW-LaCrosse, UW-Whitewater, UW-Stevens Point that are paper Division IIII , but play with Division II/ borderline FCS rosters.
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Post by wildcatslbcoach24 on May 20, 2021 9:17:17 GMT -6
In the past we did something similar where you would run your Indy or other period, a whistle blue and we got in what was essentially a a down and back gasser as its 53 1/3 yards so 106 2/3 yards. We’d get the reps in and go pretty fast tempo in space. We had 22 kids total on the team and unless we ended up being completely overmatched by teams 2+ divisions above us we had no issues with conditioning. In summer, make sure if it’s a speed day to do running first thing, you can do conditioning running after lifting.
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Post by wildcatslbcoach24 on Mar 27, 2021 19:35:40 GMT -6
It's not the college coaches thing I mean I get some of that but also it's kind of their job so.... Yeah the culture guys can get a bit out of hand, I'm a big character guy and we have a great program we use that's real laid back. It's more of like when a coach posts like you wont win with this type of kid because blahh blahh blahh then guys go nuts WHAT DID YOU DO FOR THE KID? DID YOU SIT DOWN AND TALK TO HIM? YOU FAILED HIM! FIND OUT THE PROBLEM!! Like yeah I am sure they have done all that but sometimes it is what it is... I feel like it's almost become a no blame for the player deal with these guys or lets do some restorative justice with the kid...then watch them steal a bike on their way out of school or start a fight. Some people are just turds no matter what. Well, if they’re saying absolving the kid of blame is restorative practices then they don’t get how restorative practices work and they are in the “enablers” quadrant. If they’re doing it right, yes you sit down with the kid and explain why their behavior isn’t right and then explain what they need to do to make amends, if possible. Somethings you can’t make amends for by staying on a team, say a kid steals from a teammate the best way for them to learn might be to get cut from the team. You hear them out and see what the root cause of the problem is, but restorative practices aren’t giving someone a carte blanche to whatever they want. Your position would be closer in line to actual restorative practices - talk and hear them out, give them a chance to make amends if possible, or teach them that there is accountability for actions and sometimes you lose things you love if you can’t control your behavior.
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Post by wildcatslbcoach24 on Jan 16, 2021 7:33:35 GMT -6
You can not study the Facemelter. It studies you and determines if you are worthy! Ahh the sacred offensive coordinator texts...
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Post by wildcatslbcoach24 on Jan 15, 2021 11:49:13 GMT -6
For Cornerbacks it’s usually a Press man look with inside alignment. I like it because it takes away gift routes by alignment and puts our corners in good position to stop outside releases and seriously mess up timing on double slant and double post. Also I believe that all coverage becomes man after 10 yds, Bama exploited the lack of this against OSU several times where #2 and #3 went vertical on seam routes .
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Post by wildcatslbcoach24 on Jan 14, 2021 22:48:32 GMT -6
Would you be willing to share more about how you do this? I know this wasn't directed to me but I will be happy to share our approach. We play with 2 safeties and 2 OLB's in a base 3-4 look. Corners read 2 to 1. If 2 goes out zone your 1/3. If 2 does anything else man #1 S #1 = Roll down & replace pressure side OLB = reads 2 , if goes out expand under #1 (post / slant) rally to flat. If 2 is vertical he is yours, if 2 goes in compress unless he's under your rat in the hole player then settle and look for crosser, find work (back out, etc). OLB opposite pressure same as Safety #1 ILB #1 is in called pressure ILB # 2 is Low hole player (rat) S #2 = High hole player *both safeties learn the roll down and high hole to disguise pressure side Pressure side OLB will peel w/ any back release as will non pressure side DE. Essentially it's a type of quarters scheme which allows us to bring pressure primarily as our base defense and still be sound in coverage. If it's trips we pre -roll $ to split 2 & 3 / if OLB to trips is going he reads QB. If QB turns his back to you, you go, if he opens to you "slow roll" to take away RPO to # 3 then go, looking to contain QB or peel. If pressure away from trips ILB goes and OLB goes w/ OLB playing contain peel technique. Corner to single is in solo coverage. Hope this makes sense. Pretty similar base rules. Last few years switched it to more like a MSU/ Pitt alignment by cornerback to take away Rocket screen/ RPO by alignment. It basically becomes MOD if #1 goes vert or rocket and C drops back in cover 3 divider if #1 goes in. or OLB / safety takes #2 if he goes out or vert, looks for work under 1 to BOB. ILB or High safety takes #vertical, if High safety goes into MOFC drop, if backer looks for BOB if no detached #3
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Post by wildcatslbcoach24 on Jan 14, 2021 22:36:43 GMT -6
You can do some pretty amazing things with pattern match cover 3 Would you be willing to share more about how you do this? It’s just very flexible system that allows you to keep MOFC while disguising coverage as you can look cover 1 and be cover 3 and vice versa. You can mix up Corner assignments and run MEG or MOD rules from Press or Off alignments. You can also send 5 every down and/ or play a bear front every down and not be compromised in coverage. Pattern match three has a couple of really good adjustments to trips Ann’s bunch formations as via running stuff that I would call (similar to) Solo,Banjo, and special.
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