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Post by poundtherock1 on Nov 18, 2015 8:07:39 GMT -6
I have mixed feelings about stuff like this, and probably am in no place to tell you what to do, but at the end of the day it's about the program. Build your program and play the kids that want to be a part of it. To me that's the unselfish, hard workers that don't care what their role is. I'd cut that kid loose and say see you next year.
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Post by poundtherock1 on Nov 14, 2015 23:20:20 GMT -6
We have our lineman "finish in a fit". Had to do it as a player in college and hated it until I played in games and was able to knock people down.
Our o line coach stops the play with his whistle during team, so he just blows two whistles about 2 seconds apart. The first stops the skill players and the lineman drop into a good "fit"(eyes in the chest, hands inside, butt down, good back angle... all the points) on who they are blocking or immediately find the closest unoccupied defense. It's a little habit, but it really helps I think.
Also fake it till you make it. That's a Pete Carroll thing and it really works. Have a few kids that you deem as the energy guys for each practice. They can be obnoxiously over the top with energy. Yell stuff, be cheesy, whatever. But eventually that energy becomes real, and as a bonus it gets out in front of the negative stuff that could surface.
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Post by poundtherock1 on Nov 10, 2015 18:57:41 GMT -6
The school I'm at now had a state championship year where we placed 21 players on the All-Conference team. Gave up something like 5 ppg and scored 32. This was in the 90's.
The game has changed so much in the past few years with up tempo offenses that I'm not sure you can see that level of dominance unless a team is just loaded with D1 talent.
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Post by poundtherock1 on Oct 19, 2015 16:47:13 GMT -6
I go to see some buddies coach occasionally. But only if they play farther than us. State Championship games I will go to though. Particularly if we've played someone in the game.
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Post by poundtherock1 on Oct 9, 2015 23:10:34 GMT -6
Good ole slobber knocker. 6-3 final, where we won. Left some points on the board for some silly stuff like a mouthpiece (yes a mouthpiece). Regardless, the other team had drives of 9:42 and 8:34. We had drives of 8:46 and our last one ran the clock out from 7:48 left in the fourth. Lots of physical play on both sides. Both teams huddling, and the kids played hard.
The joy the players have after a win like that is why you coach. What a great sport we play, and how blessed are we to call it our "job"??
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Post by poundtherock1 on Sept 29, 2015 8:57:16 GMT -6
Had a 13 play 9 minute drive from the 3rd to the 4th this year. Finished that game winning TOP 34-14. That one felt good, haven't done anything like it since unfortunately.
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Post by poundtherock1 on Sept 3, 2015 21:01:12 GMT -6
Let her kick
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Post by poundtherock1 on Aug 2, 2015 21:03:35 GMT -6
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Post by poundtherock1 on Aug 2, 2015 11:59:25 GMT -6
I don't know if this will adequately answer you, but part of my pre-season presentation is trying to get our guys to believe they are badasses. We want to be more physical. My favorite guy I've worked with tells his team to be "who everyone wants to be, but nobody wants to play". I think a lot of that goes with mental toughness and learning what being mentally strong really is. For instance we have a zero tolerance for trash talking or dressing our opponent in any way. Strictly are about us. Our goals, our plays, our mentality. It works pretty well for us and our guys take a lot of pride in that.
I'd say for number two that;
1) Toughness 2) Confidence/Pride 3) Accountability and Reliability 4) Discipline
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Post by poundtherock1 on Jul 25, 2015 21:07:07 GMT -6
ENERGY. We do an awesome, awesome warm-up I stole where our guys get to do chest bumps and handshakes to get some zip going. Then we immediately combine a specialist period with some EDD's for position groups and we are off.
We had some problems in the past of practice taking too long to really get going. So we sat down with the captains and talked about ways to get the kids juice flowing. Focus improved greatly since then. Makes coordinating much easier and our position coaches love it because the drills are better.
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Post by poundtherock1 on Jul 22, 2015 20:17:20 GMT -6
Had a kid come in today and inform us that he would be missing August 1st to play in a baseball game. I'm never one to shoot a kid down or tell him not to play a sport, play everything for all I care, but I was looking at a kid who will not be going to school to play a sport. So why are you going out of town to play in a baseball game on the first day of practice??
Our captions were pissed to say the least. Suggested at the least a game suspension. I was glad to hear that from them.
Not a scrub either, was going to be our first RT going into camp.
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Post by poundtherock1 on Jul 11, 2015 8:56:31 GMT -6
I'm so happy that we finished our last one of the summer this week. It lets the kids compete sure, but we played a handful of teams over the course of the month that ran offense designed specifically to win 7on7 and it drove me nuts. Why don't you use it to practice your stuff? It is literally impossible to run 2x2 smash and have your back run up the middle of the field off your centers ass in a real ball game. Also we are the team that gets in 21 personnel pro I sets and wins 7on7s running boot flood. And it's very enjoyable to watch other teams get frustrated while doing it. It's the same with us. We run mostly 21 and some 11 personnel. We see tons of 2-man or 4-2-5 with the hybrids spaced really wide in the underneath passing lanes. Good for you, "7v7 Bellichick." Meanwhile, I'm the coach telling our FS to stop creeping back to 15 yards and get back to 10, and we will occasionally "blitz" a backer (take 3 steps and kneel) to get our under coverage used to compensating for the vacated zone. Offensively, we were the only team in a 5-team field not running spread shotgun. Most teams go 4 and 5 wide regardless of what their actual offense is. Lots of dumps to backs after a 4-second count. Stuff like that. I actually really hate seven on seven now. We go for two reasons: 1. Help my QB get better and shake the rust off, but even this is in doubt when the coverages are unrealistic 2. See who will compete otherwise, they are a complete waste of time. Yup. I also use it as a tool for our play action stuff. I tell the kids if they can compete our play action game with no threat of run, then we are going to be ok on Friday nights when it's time to play real ball.
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Post by poundtherock1 on Jul 11, 2015 8:25:17 GMT -6
I'm so happy that we finished our last one of the summer this week. It lets the kids compete sure, but we played a handful of teams over the course of the month that ran offense designed specifically to win 7on7 and it drove me nuts. Why don't you use it to practice your stuff? It is literally impossible to run 2x2 smash and have your back run up the middle of the field off your centers ass in a real ball game.
Also we are the team that gets in 21 personnel pro I sets and wins 7on7s running boot flood. And it's very enjoyable to watch other teams get frustrated while doing it.
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Post by poundtherock1 on Jul 10, 2015 20:20:47 GMT -6
Go watch N.C State clips on youtube. They're tight about giving out film, but those are the kind of kids they recruit. Shift similarly to Boise State. Coach Uremovich has shared a lot with me about how they use fly motion from the wing like someone touched on above. That would be something great for you to have with the young kid.
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