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Post by natenator on May 12, 2015 19:27:50 GMT -6
Get lit up? In a 2 hand touch game? Wow! Macho man behind a keyboard. Don't go to 7 on 7 if you don't like it. You guys are talking about hurting kids in a touch game. I was responding to DC's post where he was talking about football.
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Post by natenator on May 12, 2015 13:36:03 GMT -6
Show of hands...who knew Knightrider would have the d@mn rule book out?
"A defender may legally contact an eligible receiver beyond the neutral zone before the pass is in flight" - exactly. No change.However, if the receiver is not attempting to block or has gone past or is moving away, it is illegal for the defender to use hands in the manner described You gotta read the entire passage!! and that is from the Casebook BTW!!! IMO - all this effort to make the game safer is all aimed at the defense and I do take some issue with that. IMO, there are some plays you don't run because of the safety factors involved. One example is mesh. IMO, that is a very dangerous play if you're concerned about safety. If those safeties stay home and catch those crossers...no matter what those receivers are defenseless. Even if they catch the ball they are defenseless. Meanwhile it is perfectly legal to cut defensive players in space... That right there is my complaint about the whole "safety" rule changes. NO MATTER WHAT, those kids are defenseless. Yet the play still gets called...because it's a good freakin play. Guys have come a long who have decided to run different routes in different ways and it puts their players at risk. All of it sounds more like trying to have your cake and eat it too and sometimes you just can't do that. I agree with this. Two years ago one of our players sent another to the hospital during a game because he completely destroyed a crosser that was getting the ball. Opposing team was up in arms about an "illegal" hit of course and words were definitely exchanged. I ask the OC outright why he had willful disregard for his player's safety by putting him in route that he KNEW was going to result in a bad situation. He had no such view that it was HIS actions that of installing such a play that led to the situation.
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Post by natenator on May 12, 2015 9:00:05 GMT -6
Show of hands...who knew Knightrider would have the d@mn rule book out? "A defender may legally contact an eligible receiver beyond the neutral zone before the pass is in flight" - exactly. No change. Wait...didn't you coach Oline?? Any coach who has ever coached oline at any level being a stickler on the rules is beyond ironic. Ever hear of "holding" or is that a mythical foul kind of like offensive pass interference? Ever hear of "ineligible man downfield"? Yet somehow a 6'5" 300 lb OT is blocking my SS who is in coverage...WHO IS IN COVERAGE 10 yards downfield, when the ball gets thrown to a post route at 15 yards on a RPO play...never gets called...EVER. Sassafrassin mother frassassassin I LOL'd hard
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Post by natenator on May 5, 2015 8:13:57 GMT -6
I think we can all relate to that statement when looking back at ourselves early in our careers.
Yes.
Ironically just when I feel like I'm getting closer to having this coaching thing figured out, I've reached retirement age.
This was me last year as a first year DC and spent more time on scheme instead of positional fundamentals. I recognized that at the end of year kids may have been smarter football people but they were not better football players because they didn't get enough positional work. Feel like I really let the boys down.
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Post by natenator on May 4, 2015 10:53:48 GMT -6
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Post by natenator on Apr 23, 2015 10:50:05 GMT -6
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Post by natenator on Apr 22, 2015 17:08:57 GMT -6
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Post by natenator on Apr 22, 2015 4:46:42 GMT -6
The only psychological test I need to know for JV players is how crazy are they.
8-10, they can play defense otherwise to the dark side they go lol
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Post by natenator on Apr 13, 2015 10:41:45 GMT -6
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Post by natenator on Apr 12, 2015 19:27:27 GMT -6
So I coach a community 'all-star' team and we have a grade 9 kid that played for us last year who received upwards of 50% of snaps but wasn't a starter.
He is not playing because he was not a starter and felt it was unfair that he wasn't a starter.
He's a linebacker for which we had 2 LB's that were grade 10's and better than him (because of experience) and another was a grade 9 who was better than this player was.
He uses the fact that he was a starter and captain on his HS team THIS past season (after our summer season) as proof that he should have been a starter for us last season.
Is it me or do these kids live in an altered reality these days?
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Post by natenator on Apr 5, 2015 5:44:48 GMT -6
Can someone explain or provide a video for the vortex drill?
As a DC I care 90% about the technique required in an Okie drill. The ability to engage a block, shed the block and make a tackle are what is most important to me. Next 10% is competing to win those match-ups. All position players (DL, LB, DB) need to possess these skills at a base fundamental level.
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Post by natenator on Apr 4, 2015 8:40:51 GMT -6
I coach summer ball and our HC wants to start incorporating them to amp up competitive drive which I am fine with. The problem is he tries to make these drills into more than they are intended to be by combining drills to save time.
2 OL, 1 QB, 1 WR, 1 RB 1 DL, 1 LB, 1 DB
I see zero competition or learning from such drills. First we have about 50% of our DL who have never or barely ever played before. They are going to get their ass whipped (most of these kids are still at the stance/start phase lol) and probably kill their competitive drive instead of trying to foster it.
Those OL are absolutely going to combo block the one DL and seal the LB while the Rb runs to day llight. Oh yeah, great drill.
HC doesn't seem to see the error here lol
For the record I like a TRUE okie drill as there is purpose in that both from a competitive standpoint and a technique/physical standpoint.
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Post by natenator on Apr 1, 2015 7:03:34 GMT -6
I assume Coach Vint's post was good, IDK, I teach math and it was too long for me to read after about 2 paragraphs and there weren't any numbers in it. I LOL'd
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Post by natenator on Mar 30, 2015 19:11:08 GMT -6
Coaches receive far more public criticism than any profession I know. Politician or lawyer? Lol
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Post by natenator on Mar 18, 2015 8:27:55 GMT -6
I've posted here before on the approach our program takes. I think we are a leader in the field here in Canada for sure potentially in North America. Does our game have safety issues? YES you would be remised to deny that. In fact you would perpetuate the problem. Yes some of this has gripped the media and makes headlines in the 24-7 news world. That doesn't make it any less true. I lost a friend recently to CTE, he was a bobsleigh athlete high number of crashes, committed suicide. I fundamentally believe part of this is education: educate coaches. & kids in how to tackle. / teach tackling. You get fewer head to head impacts, coaches practice differently and that results in fewer opportunities for head to head high-speed collisions. In our program for the last two years we have put an impact sensor in every single helmet. That impact sensor measures the velocity and force of every hit that a student takes regardless of how small or how large. The data is sent real-time to an iPad that is held by a student trainer and a certified athletic therapist. If the impact or collision is greater than a certain number of G forces the iPad sends off an alert to that trainer. That athlete is then automatically pulled aside and assessed against their baseline data. We found that we assess far more than we ever have in the past. In year one we discovered that a very high percentage close to 20% of the students involved in our program at some point in time had a head injury while playing football that season. We felt and thought that data was a little bit skewed and a little bit high so this year we made modifications to our program as well as to our practices. Students are now assessed more frequently versus the one time assessment as well other factors are taken into consideration things like does the student have a cold or did the student have a headache prior to practice or prior to the game. We adapted the way that we practiced and the way that we can contact. Lastly we purchased over 100 guardian caps and put them on every single helmet during practice. This reduced the mount of force registered with each hit. This year I think our numbers for concussions are we down on our senior team I did not sustain a one concussion at all throughout practices. Once again it's education, & preparedness. We take every step to protect our kids. If our game is to survive we all need to protect our kids. What sensor system do you use? I've looked at the shock box system and at $175/each that would be financially difficult to manage but not impossible.
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Post by natenator on Mar 5, 2015 14:53:34 GMT -6
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Post by natenator on Feb 27, 2015 7:18:56 GMT -6
Does anyone else find it odd that we expect kids to hit each other with maximum speed and intensity on Friday nights but give them basically no opportunity to practice a pretty technical skill? We haven't taken runners to the ground in many years so the new rules have had no real effect on us. When we tackle we hit hard, roll the hips, club the arms, and run through. The only think that we don't do is take the runner to the ground. That's the easy part. How do you not take a player to the ground if you are hitting hard, rolling hips, clubbing, and driving through them?
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Post by natenator on Feb 23, 2015 8:30:25 GMT -6
I think I recall reading a quote on here from someone to the effect of: they don't care what you know until they know that you care.
I coach summer community (rep) and it's generally frowned for coaches to be in direct contact with players outside of the game environment but i've generally ignored that because I believe to be a good coach goes far beyond the game.
I follow kids on twitter, i'll sponsor them for various events they are involved in (where possible), I offer to help them with school work, etc. I simply try to show I care more about them away from the field than I do on the field.
After the last game of every season I give all my defensive players a hug and tell them how proud I was to be their coach. When I give them my final season ending 'talk' i've been known to have to cut it short as I'd be starting to choke and tear up which startles many as I am generally seen as a gruff, tough SOB lol
I don't know what that translates into but I am not doing it as a means to an end
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Post by natenator on Feb 15, 2015 4:43:39 GMT -6
I receive $5200 as an asst, $5000 for strength and conditioning, $1000 for ten days of camps and $19000 for coordinating our fundraising program. Just how much does your fundraising program bring in if it can afford to pay you $19K to coordinate it!?
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Post by natenator on Feb 5, 2015 9:19:30 GMT -6
I feel anything less than a B and you're setting a kid up for failure.
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Post by natenator on Feb 1, 2015 9:47:38 GMT -6
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Post by natenator on Feb 1, 2015 8:03:00 GMT -6
What was alluded to early is that moneyball was about finding value in players who were perceived as low value.
Most of us cannot do that. We don't really get to pick and choose. I coach a rep team (regional 'all-star' team for those not aware what rep is) and I still don't get to really pick and choose. I may have 60 players tryout but most of those 60 will make the team as long as they can stand up - how much they play is a different story.
But either way, moneyball was about selecting players who had statistics which correlated to certain factors that felt contributed to wins.
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Post by natenator on Jan 31, 2015 19:54:55 GMT -6
Think the U-17 team Canada (ontario) is going to be out classed in this game but we'll see
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Post by natenator on Jan 30, 2015 18:30:35 GMT -6
I have an opinion about what stats are most meaningful (Takewways and 3rd down stops) but don't really know how that info helps me. Years ago we used to keep a chart of statistical goals for each game. We'd mark off the goals we accompliished and post the chart for the kids to see. One daay it hit me: "Well no s$it Sherlock", We accomplished 10 out of 13 goals, played well, and won. Last week we only accomplished 3 and lost. Did that knowledge change anything that we did? If we failed to accomplish our goal of 100 rushing yards was it because last week we made a decision not to stop the run? Did we simply say, "Well guys, this week we should try to play good run defense"? Our kids didn't give up rushing yards because they didn't think it was important. If somebody can explain to me why worrying about stats will help us win, I'm in. Right now I just think that all that ststs do is explain why we lost but doesn't help us win next week. I bolded and underlined the parts that I constantly stress when I see posts about helmet sickers/goal boards/stats etc. HOW DOES IT CHANGE WHAT YOU DO? Everyone loves to state that Turnovers are so important, but really, how does that change what you do. Doesn't EVERYONE do a turnover circuit? Doesn't EVERYONE preach and practice ball security? Maybe not all HS teams, but I assure you that the bottom 20% in turnover margin in NCAA ball doesn't do anything significantly different than the what the top 10% does. Same with rushing yards. Wanting to rush for _____ yards is great, but how does that actually HELP you. What does it change at practice? You will probably meet that goal against teams you are physically superior to, and fail to meet it against teams that you are physically inferior to. It's this type of stuff as to why I refuse to grade game video or track missed tackles, tackles for losses, etc. They would simply be for my own knowledge but they certainly aren't helping my players improve or giving me any magical insight into performance analysis. Video always puts game stats into context. CONTEXT is what matters.
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Post by natenator on Jan 30, 2015 11:13:58 GMT -6
My personal opinion is that there should be a certain number of positions held for players who can make these teams but lack the financial means to play.
Right now it's pay to play. I wonder how many currently on the team could actually make the team if the cost was $100?
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Post by natenator on Jan 30, 2015 8:17:22 GMT -6
I make a living doing statistical and data analysis so I love me some good metrics more than most but I have yet to wrap my head around how tracking most metrics can help my 15/16 year old players win more games. When I look at video of our games our problems can generally be distilled down to 1) sloppy tackling 2) lack of effort/pursuit and 3) not knowing responsibilities Maybe I'm naive though
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Post by natenator on Jan 30, 2015 8:05:25 GMT -6
I love these two and think they are very important--how do you consistently track it? I watch the game video.
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Post by natenator on Jan 30, 2015 7:20:23 GMT -6
Tackling Effort
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Post by natenator on Jan 30, 2015 3:52:21 GMT -6
We have a player in it in it week He's a sophomore He played JV football last year We have a number of have players better than him The difference? His mom paid whatever the cost was so he gets to Go lol Same. Have a player on the U-18 team. He's a good player but we definitely against better. Just so happens his parents can easily afford the fees. have problem with the selection of these teams
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Post by natenator on Jan 29, 2015 6:45:22 GMT -6
This thread would need a suicide watch if we tallied up the hours over a season and figured out an hourly wage... My hourly wage is $0. Negative if i figure in opportunity cost lol
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