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Post by cc on Dec 5, 2010 19:29:23 GMT -6
Hey GDF. In your pursuit drill what do you do if the guy at the cone drops the pass?
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Post by cc on Nov 30, 2010 9:42:58 GMT -6
My favorite part was when he told a player something like "the tragedy here is that I have higher expectations for you than you do for yourself."
I think that's a big issue we face as high school coaches especially.
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Post by cc on Nov 26, 2010 9:53:23 GMT -6
Your 21. Most coaches were still playing ball then. So yeah it does work against you a bit. Also, 3 years of coaching is not that much. You have to put in your time. Work your way up, prove yourself (just like in most business). Sometimes you will have to bite your tongue. "Maket the Big Time where you are." People will see your work and quality over time and by networking politely you will get your chance eventually. But yeah it's an Old Boys network at times.
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Post by cc on Nov 23, 2010 0:33:31 GMT -6
I dunno. I hope it's about more than just winning....
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Post by cc on Nov 20, 2010 8:38:48 GMT -6
Yeah it was OK to pretty good. Nothing earth shattering. No great gleams into coaching genius moments that would make you go "oh that's what I need to do".
It was more about his NEED to coach that I think we can relate to but most don't understand.
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Post by cc on Nov 15, 2010 9:45:38 GMT -6
It's unusual esp if it happens on a regular basis. That said, WHY is he yelling at you? I could see getting yelled at if there were serious problems and he though this was a better alternative than firing a young coach, but its his method of coaching the coach. Effective? No.
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Post by cc on Nov 14, 2010 13:09:55 GMT -6
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Post by cc on Nov 10, 2010 12:04:56 GMT -6
But aren't most of us leader of Boys / young men?
That is a different world in several regards....
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Post by cc on Nov 2, 2010 22:53:43 GMT -6
Yeah we had our rival do that to another team in our conference this week. They were trying to thank them for the toughest game they had all year and a wake up call they needed...I guess...but it would piss me off.
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Post by cc on Nov 2, 2010 22:51:53 GMT -6
I know someone who uses the Wilson Tac Cube and swears by it. They play a lot of games in the rain and they love it.
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Post by cc on Oct 24, 2010 14:03:18 GMT -6
Hustle Execution (or Effort) Attitude Resilience Toughness
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Post by cc on Oct 15, 2010 8:40:43 GMT -6
Yeah I am and we have bears all over the place now. They are rooting through the garbage. Main thing they do is climb us someone's tree if they are scared. Oh well, it is what it is. I just never heard of something like this.
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Post by cc on Oct 14, 2010 20:46:08 GMT -6
Yeah we are trying to re-schedule now. I still can't beleive it. I mean really, a momma bear is going to attack 60 football players!??!!? COME ON MAN!
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Post by cc on Oct 14, 2010 18:25:59 GMT -6
So our Junior Varsity team is visiting a rival team and the vice-principal comes out and says we have to call the game off because a mother bear and her 2 cubs were spotted behind the stadium. The Police could not track them down so he did not feel it was safe to keep everyone there.
WTH??
Ever heard of this? Thoughts?
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Post by cc on Oct 9, 2010 9:15:09 GMT -6
I have threatened the kids with "Pom-pom" gassers.
I am sick of seeing kids loaf, and especially blockers looking back to watch the runner. So if we see it on film we said they have to run a gasser while holding the pom poms as that is all they are doing, they are cheerleaders and not players when they do that.
Yeah yeah I know, I don't think we will actually make them use the pom-poms. But they are GOING TO RUN THEIR ASS OFF for slacking / poor football IQ.
And it's not like we have someone better to put in.
Part of coaching / teaching / society is negative consequences as motivation to do what you should.
And its like that in the real world. Don't do your job = get fired....
Thoughts?
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Post by cc on Oct 7, 2010 0:54:29 GMT -6
Pain Tolerance in Sport Eddie O’Connor, PhD, CC--AASP Performance Excellence Center Pain is ever-present in sport. An athlete’s ability to tolerate pain is essential to success. Pain provides valuable information about your body and how it is performing. To maximize its usefulness it is important to understand what kind of pain should be listened to and what type is helpful or safe to work through.
First, we must define the different types of pain you can experience: • Fatigue and discomfort. This is an unpleasant feeling produced by effort, but not strong enough to be labeled “pain.” Athletes learn to be “comfortable being uncomfortable,” as such efforts are a regular and necessary part of most sports. With continued effort, discomfort can turn into … • Positive training pain. This pain often occurs with endurance exercise, and includes muscle fatigue and sensations in the lungs and heart that can range from unpleasant to what is typically thought of as pain. It is neither threatening nor a sign of injury. Because athletes know the cause, are in control of their effort, and recognize that these feelings are beneficial and can enhance performance. In short, positive training pain is a good sign of effort and improvement. • Negative training pain is still not indicative of an injury, but goes beyond positive signs of training benefit. An example may be extreme soreness that lasts for days. There may be an overtraining risk. • Negative warning pain is similar to negative training pain, with the added element of threat. It may be a new experience of pain and a sign of injury occurring. It typically occurs gradually, and allows the athlete to evaluate potential training causes and respond appropriately. • Negative acute pain is an intense and specific pain that occurs suddenly, often a result of injury. It is often localized to a specific body part and is labeled as threatening. • Numbness is rare but of very serious concern. It is when the athlete feels nothing when soreness, fatigue or pain should be felt. Instead, limbs are numb. This may be a sign of serious injury or pushing one’s body past its physical limits.
How you react to your pain is important. • If you interpret your pain as threatening, or if you focus on the pain rather than concentrate on your sport, the pain will increase and interfere with your performance. • On the other hand, if you view pain as something that is natural and necessary and interpret it as a sign that you are working hard and achieving your goals then your pain can be an ally. • Many athletes find that recognizing that they are not alone in their pain is helpful. The athletes playing with them also hurt, and the challenge of tolerating your pain may add to the competition. In addition, athletes often report great satisfaction after persevering through a painful training session or competition. Accepting the reality that pain is a part of training and competition may be most helpful. You cannot perform at a high level and not experience pain. Comfort and performance excellence are mutually exclusive. You cannot have them both. Prior to exercise, decide how much pain you are willing to experience to achieve your goals. When pain shows up, be willing to feel it fully as part of your experience. Let your pain be in service of your greater goal. You may be surprised to find your pain suffering will be lessened when you allow pain to be a part of sport.
More on injury and rehabilitation pain at a later date (you are not advised to push through injury pain) … but until then, “Be willing.” References 1. Addison, T., Kremer, J., & Bell, R. (1998). Understanding the psychology of pain in sport. Irish Journal of Psychology, 19, 486-503. 2. Taylor, J., & Schneider, T. (2005). The triathlete’s guide to mental training. Boulder, CO: VeloPress.
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Post by cc on Oct 5, 2010 8:28:19 GMT -6
Yeah coachhansen, some kids just can't hack it.
A parent wants to talk to me and the principal about why his kid is not playing and wants to quit. Same kid did not do workouts in the offseason. Missed 1/3 of training camp. Was injured (Broken knuckle punching a kid so could not practice) and often just sits in the back and goofs around during scrimmage.
I don't think the kid knows what he is doing and the fact he is short and overweight makes it hard to put him in. But when he gets the chance he does not jump at it. In the last game I was calling out to make sure everyone had played, he never came up, then after the game he is balling he didn't play...
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Post by cc on Sept 2, 2010 7:31:28 GMT -6
Field goal / extra point Block! Put him in the middle and have him get his hands up!!
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Post by cc on Aug 30, 2010 9:56:26 GMT -6
Maybe they have Red jerseys and are hoping to blend in and use deception to their advantage?
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Post by cc on Aug 25, 2010 14:43:31 GMT -6
coachability - the ability to be coached
your a dealing with some heavy stuff coach. my hopes go out to you. that said, for the whole team - condition hard to see who the quitters are. those who stay will be more committed for it. everyone deserves a 2nd chance.
and talk to the police. get someone to know something about your thoughts know so you get better protection later...
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Post by cc on Aug 25, 2010 10:40:45 GMT -6
To add to your 1st part, a lot of kids throw the N word around with no clue about the power behind it. As a white man you have to be very careful how you react to it, I think you may have overreacted truthfully. But maybe you bring it up with the whole team as a "coaching moment".
There are some words we never allow them to say. 1) it will be a penalty on gameday 2) it's plain wrong.
For example, we never let them say "rape/kill" their opponent. And swearing is a gasser at practice, just like it would be a penalty at the game.
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Post by cc on Aug 25, 2010 10:37:41 GMT -6
The kid should not be talking to you like that,but I feel sad for that poor kid. He does not know how to be respectful to authority. He has not been taught it and on contrary has been taught to be disrespectful. Rome was not built in a day... If you get the kid to change you could be saving his life.
On another note, if he has not other T-shirts, can't you give him one of yours? (team shirt). We give the kids a Spirit package (shorts, shirt) and in no-gear that's what they wear. So by the time they are seniors they have several different ones they can wear. Also shirts for going to camps, making a minimum numbers of workouts etc....
Kids will do a lot for a shirt, but it's got to be out there.
We also sell shirts (more for parents, boosters) and would give a kid like that an "extra" one...
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Post by cc on Aug 22, 2010 1:43:59 GMT -6
Bamadog on youtube has a ton up
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Post by cc on Aug 17, 2010 13:44:53 GMT -6
Stretching before activites has been improve to INCREASE the likelihood of injuries in sports like football.
We do positon specific warmup agilities and then a team Dynamic stretch. We started doing that 3 years ago and noticed a remarkable dropoff in muscle pulls and an increase of 5-7 minutes in more practice time!
Now ideally, all our players would do a static stretch on their own later after practice...
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Post by cc on Aug 17, 2010 13:41:44 GMT -6
I always laugh when I see guys wearing them without the plastic reinforcer on it. = all show.
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Post by cc on Aug 1, 2010 23:11:36 GMT -6
wow redbug. If that happened I think I would snap. How did you guys not lose it??? I don't even know if I could keep going with the game.
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Post by cc on Jul 16, 2010 9:14:46 GMT -6
I really don't get the slamming of 7 on 7 so much. Our kids and coaches love it.
Now we don't run a 7 on 7 offense. We use our offense. But we do "tweak" it a bit as it's a much more spread version with everyone running patterns than we would normally use. It's more of a have-to-pass version of our system.
I think it has great value - it is a team builder, the kids love it and they get to bond. When you were young didn't you play pickup football with your friends? Well this is a better version. I think sometimes as coaches we spend so much worrying about the Technical side that we lose track of the fun-value of it.
Anyways, getting back to the technical . I see A LOT of skills that get neglected when the pads get put on that are honed in 7 on 7's. As a DB/WR/QB coach I think it has HUGE value to work on those fine points.
Yes I know some if it is "well that would never happen in REAL football".... but if you get beyond that and take it as is I think it's well worth the time and money.
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Post by cc on Jun 15, 2010 20:59:33 GMT -6
"Sometimes it's better to give than receive"
Then have a picture of a blocker standing over a defender who he has just knocked on the ground.
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Post by cc on Jun 13, 2010 22:02:56 GMT -6
Yeah it sure seems there is a lack of positive examples of coaching in movies. But again sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. Look at the coaching in the documentary "year of the Bull." Or one of my favories is Coach Hines from Mad TV (look it up on Youtube - classic).
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Post by cc on May 19, 2010 23:44:52 GMT -6
Yeah our problem is that we may not have enough quality guys to have a decent scrimmage. We now have just enough healthy bodies to scrimmage and a few guys are playing positions they should not be.
Then in the halls are kids that thing football is too much of a commitment or they are too busy with other sports or school. How do you get the kid out that all the other sport's coaches want???
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