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Post by badtotheflexbone on Nov 7, 2019 1:10:23 GMT -6
knightfan64 I forget where I studied this but it was in college with a professor who works with elite level teams. One idea is you should focus on measurables that you doesn't have to do with the outcome of the game (wins/losses). Remember winning and losing is just one measurable (although we know it can cost a job). Things such as participation numbers, weight room attendance, weight room base strength vs improvement, 3rd down conversion rate %, feeder program numbers, etc. Anything that your staff believes attributes to a winning program. If all of these measurables improve, it should eventually lead to the W/L. Hopefully you get the idea.
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Post by badtotheflexbone on Oct 30, 2019 20:58:56 GMT -6
For a complete curriculum, I'd say go back even further, start at the very very beginning, you know how a pig is slaughtered and its internal parts are used to create the prolate spheroid (i googled) shape we call a football. Maybe even include the life cycle of a pig and its dietary recommendations and the point at which they are taken from their mothers to... damn I see why our teaching curriculum are *#%#@! (JK)
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Post by badtotheflexbone on Oct 23, 2019 16:58:36 GMT -6
I think what @newhope was referring to is the conundrum of "Do I get rid of my entire staff and if I do, Where am I going to find coaches (or bodies) to replace these role?" Damned if you do, damned if you don't
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Post by badtotheflexbone on Sept 26, 2019 1:34:33 GMT -6
Seemed like the news media members were more turned on that their little town and video website went viral than the actual reporting of the story.
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Post by badtotheflexbone on Apr 4, 2019 21:26:10 GMT -6
Prior to a playoff game, I gave them the good ol "Play EVERY.....PLAY..... LIKE ITS YOUR LAST PLAY. LIKE ITS THE LAST DOWN YOU WILL EVER PLAY FOOTBALL AGAIN"... and it was their last play
..as we got pummeled 40-20 by a Jr. High WR that could already dunk and a QB that easily juked our two force players (who were blitzing being outside hip conscious) to break contain.
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Post by badtotheflexbone on Mar 20, 2019 23:45:03 GMT -6
Starting to get responses from teams in the area. The first question I was asked is: Do the 8th grade teams/ages include kids that are getting ready to enter high school? I guess I didn't think about this...I assume it would be for teams that are going to be 7th and 8th graders in the fall? Any quick feedback is appreciated. Apologies, I haven't been lurking this forum as much as I used to... The question to your answer about 8th graders going into 9th, 7th going into 8th, and 6th going into 7th is this: I thought long and hard about this, of course we wanted to win its just the competitive side of me but is your primary goal to fundraise or to win a 7-on-7 tournament? That answer will determine what you want to do in regards to that. We decided the fundraiser was more important and allowed all 8th (going into freshmen) to enter. We ended up beating them anyway which was kind of a cool confidence thing for our kids. As for 6th going into 7th, our district doesn't allow that due to liability issues so check with your district since we did this prior to the current school year ending. I didn't think of charging gate money, interesting as there was quite a large crowd out there from the many different schools. If you can pull it off then by all means go for it.
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Post by badtotheflexbone on Mar 12, 2019 1:34:14 GMT -6
Entry fee was $100 per team with a guarantee 4 games. Some schools wanted to enter an all 7th and all 8th grade team (going into freshmen) which is fine but they pay $100 per team.
If you can get 8 teams, thats $800. I looked up the nearest 3 districts and searched for the AD's/football coaches and emailed them all with the above reasons as a selling point. Also emailed them the rules/format. Ended up having schools from 2 other districts joining us.
Expenses were relatively low, we used the local high school practice field by contacting their coach/AD (free). Everything else we already had, yard markers, bring your own footballs, refs (use volunteers/assistant coaches/any adult and explain to them their job is really just to keep track of score, downs, and mark where ball is to be played). Also Free. Use former players as timekeeper (4 sec QB clock - reason = let the kids throw the ball around and play. You don't want a tournament filled with sacks after sacks) If you teach QB steps/progression properly, the ball will be out way before then.
1st, 2nd, 3rd place trophy cost $25 total.
Spent about $100-150 on snacks/drinks for concession stand and end up turning around $400-500.
$1,000 is easily doable if you can get the # of teams entered.
Another idea for paying coaches is splitting stipends? I also just asked my 2 paid coaches and I to give $100 bucks each from our contract to the volunteer coaches so they get a little something
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Post by badtotheflexbone on Mar 11, 2019 18:09:10 GMT -6
I've ran one for the past 3 years and will run it again this year if I decide to coach again. Great fundraiser (charge $100 per team) make about $800 in entrance fees on top of concession. Gets the kids excited for football season, allows them to compete and gives you a chance to evaluate talent. I also use it to work on a few passing concepts and really drill 3 & 5 step passing. In addition, it's not too difficult to set up. Tournament usually runs from 8am-1pm for an 8 team entry and 4 games guaranteed.
Here's a parent recorded clip, my team is the one that actually does 3 & 5-step drop. We actually found our starting QB through the passing tournament (he was projected to be OL/DL). And, yes I know it's not real football
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Post by badtotheflexbone on Mar 7, 2019 2:24:25 GMT -6
Funny, I was just thinking about posting a thread debating whether it's time to hang it up and I'm fairly young/new but too much bs, not worth the time and effort anymore
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Post by badtotheflexbone on Dec 29, 2018 17:11:09 GMT -6
Perception is reality?
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Post by badtotheflexbone on Dec 14, 2018 2:39:53 GMT -6
To add, would you rather a kid come with a blank slate or been taught and repped bad techniques for two years?
For me, I think to instill the love of the game and desire to work to get better are #1 & #2 respectively
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Post by badtotheflexbone on Dec 12, 2018 1:35:40 GMT -6
She will get my vote depending on one question: Did her husband wear a visor and run the spread?
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Post by badtotheflexbone on Dec 6, 2018 20:53:30 GMT -6
"The stuff you list above should largely be done by the guidance/career counselor's office"
I think you're missing the most important piece here and that is the relationship that you've (hopefully) built with kids. This relationship then has a HUGE influence to kids when they make their day-to-day decisions. There's a reason kids will "run through a wall" for some coaches, can the same be said of guidance counselors (who they might see once a month, if that)?
As ridiculous as this sounds, it's not the message but who the message is coming from. I've been asked to talk to my players about certain conducts from counselors even though they've gone over the SAME EXACT thing. But because it was coming from "COACH" instead of "lady in the office" it stopped the behavior.
I'm not going to sit here and try to convince you otherwise but in my opinion, if you see coaching football in its entirety as just teaching kids to chase around a stupid brown ball then you're missing out on the "power/influence" you have over kids. (Damn I just bashed my own profession)
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Post by badtotheflexbone on Dec 6, 2018 20:30:33 GMT -6
My thoughts, you can coach leadership on the fly and there is leadership opportunities just about everywhere if you look
In the beginning, coaches do everything, get on players to hustle, yell at them to hurry up and get out the locker room, little things of that nature. There comes a point in time where it becomes numb, coaches begin to tire of saying the same things and players get tired of hearing the same voice. This is where team ownership and teaching leadership comes into play. You begin to give ownership to leaders so they can reinforce these habits onto the team.
Believe it or not, these kids may not know what to do as a leader even if they are appointed or by natural progression of being the most aggressive athlete. Quick example, I had a kid who was super vocal but his "leadership" skill consisted of yelling at kids to "Hurry up!" or "Stop walking!" Simply put, he did not know what else to do. During warm-ups, the new kids out for football would have no idea how to line up and he would yell at them to "Line up!". Leadership opportunity here, I pulled the kid aside, explained to him this is how you be a leader, instead of yelling at kids to line up, go and physically show them where to line up. Again, something that may seem so simple yet until it was explained to him, he genuinely had no idea.
These opportunities occur quite often. First out the locker room, stop walking on the field, quiet in a huddle, etc. Also let "leaders" know what message that sends to their teammates when they take their sweet time out the locker room? First to jump in a drill, quiet when coaches are explaining a drill. As you already know, there's a huge difference when coaches are telling players to be quiet versus when its a peer telling his own teammates to stfu.
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Post by badtotheflexbone on Nov 29, 2018 18:10:57 GMT -6
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Post by badtotheflexbone on Nov 23, 2018 3:14:33 GMT -6
I read somewhere once "It's not what the coaches know, it's what the players know".
In my case, it's more "not what I know, it's what the AC's and players know". I realized not too long ago that it doesn't matter how much I enjoy learning new things if my AC's and players don't know/can't teach the basics we are trying to teach. Instead of learning new things this year, my focus was going to be a "trickling of knowledge" helping teach AC's what I already do know so they can teach it to players. But it doesn't help when they are only willing to do football in-season and check out after practice hours. Its either that or a new staff. Like a lot of you, I am a football nerd and will do the studying/learning but seems to be a futile endeavor.
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Post by badtotheflexbone on Nov 8, 2018 22:01:36 GMT -6
you need to copyright Power of the Pear and protest pear, I got a feeling this is going to be the next big thing this offseason
Maybe there is a deeper meaning behind all this. Through the use of pear pressure, he is trying to convey his dissatisfaction with the program
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Post by badtotheflexbone on Nov 3, 2018 18:44:11 GMT -6
With the thread title, I thought someone was locked up behind bars...
FREE "insert name here"
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Post by badtotheflexbone on Oct 22, 2018 23:18:19 GMT -6
This, in addition to CTE, just adds to the ever growing evidence that this sport is too dangerous
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Post by badtotheflexbone on Oct 7, 2018 13:14:26 GMT -6
Graduate school statistics class really helped hammer something home in my head. We are all nothing but data in a system. If you are ever aware enough to compare your own individual perspective on life to the ENTIRE system, your perspective becomes minuscule.
Example of uninformed person: I am starting QB at a small HS in remote town. I must be the sh*t!
A more informed perspective might be, would I still be the starter if we somehow combined all the teams in our area, region, state? (essentially what college recruiting is and what most kids/parents don't comprehend)
Although it was a tough pill to swallow that I wasn't as "special" as I thought, it was humbling to know that I don't have to experience things firsthand because many others have done so before me and you can learn from it (this forum is a perfect example of this)
I am all for the "You are a special unique amazing person" at a young age but this is what it can lead to.
EDIT: I don't even know if what I wrote made any sense, but hey it did to me!
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Post by badtotheflexbone on Oct 7, 2018 12:56:19 GMT -6
We had a kid quit on the day of our last game. He'd missed two days of practice so that he could work as a costumed character at a haunted house. During our walk-through on Thursday when he wasn't starting the other linemen joked on him so he got pi$$ed. After school on game day as he was getting on the school bus he tossed his jersey to another player to turn in. A month later his mother complained that we weren't helping with his college recruiting. Maybe mother had a point? You could have sent film of him working in a costume character for mascot purposes at the next level!?
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Post by badtotheflexbone on Sept 15, 2018 18:42:52 GMT -6
You could always take a knee but wait that's rubbing it in as well or hurting someone else's feelings. My opinion, do your thing, put your back-ups in and coach your arse off as if they are in a tight game and leave the hurt feelings to someone else to worry about.
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Post by badtotheflexbone on Sept 13, 2018 1:58:43 GMT -6
considered this stolen
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Post by badtotheflexbone on Sept 5, 2018 19:53:38 GMT -6
The O ain’t the problem...he obviously defended facemelter offenses giving up 120! Probably also because he isn’t running the D like Belichik, Saban, Don Brown or whatever other D guru... He said they were averaging 6 points a game. Definitely because they run the Wing T. They should go to some pistol spread with an H back like Auburn Wing-T is so dinosaur. And we all KNOW what happened to dinosaurs
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Post by badtotheflexbone on Sept 4, 2018 20:10:35 GMT -6
Woody Hayes wrote a book entitled, YOU WIN WITH PEOPLE. We had 13 guys not at practice today. We have 36 total. Enjoy your night. I don't know why but this 3 line humor is really doing it for me. I don't know. Maybe I like to see people suffer
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Post by badtotheflexbone on Aug 27, 2018 0:41:01 GMT -6
What I used to do was hand-washed them, light detergent with water but that got old fast. Anyways after you machine wash it, I recommend using paper towels, push them in between the cover slots so it can absorb the water. I would also use q-tips if needed. As I type this, I just realized I can use my team manager do this.
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Post by badtotheflexbone on Aug 25, 2018 20:40:41 GMT -6
Take gender out of the equation, what would you do then? Do that
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Post by badtotheflexbone on Jul 31, 2018 0:12:52 GMT -6
The recruiting pitch is: how many kids they put DI and/or who received scholarships. Also, they're selling exposure of being on Netflix, exposure of being a winning team in a very good conference and a team that finished very highly ranked. Lastly, they do offer scholarship money, dorms, and a meal plan... Questions Kids getting a lot of D1 offers: it said ICC has lost and lost badly for 3 decades, how did it switch so abruptly from that to this? I'm guessing $$$ is behind everything. Scholarship $, dorms, meal plan: Do other schools not offer the same? Does make sense that D1 schools funnel all the kids to one school. Just curious how they decide which school they're all sending them to. Maybe they have a D1 dropout forum somewhere and they communicate there.
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Post by badtotheflexbone on Jul 30, 2018 13:42:17 GMT -6
Someone edumacate me on this, how does it work? How does one get a middle of nowhere town JC and get a whole bunch of D1 kids to transfer to play there? What's the recruiting pitch? Come play for me, you're going to get D1 Scholly again and I don't say this to everyone but you're NFL material and have a legitimate shot. Doesn't every coach/recruiter play this card?
Also, is the national title the same one that EMCC competes for?
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Post by badtotheflexbone on Jul 24, 2018 14:52:22 GMT -6
Last season, for whatever reason the shoulder pad clips (T-hook thing to clip-on the strap) kept falling off quite often for a lot of players. We ended up going through the whole quantity of emergency clip. Players would not noticed until after practice was over. Any idea what causes this and how we can avoid it happening more frequently? I thought it was due to the old straps but even the brand new straps were coming off.
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