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Post by coachluey on May 2, 2017 12:34:37 GMT -6
I'm still coming up on my student teaching soon, but just from coaching and being on campuses and in classrooms, things that make me rage are: -Lack of respect for teachers -Lack of effort in the classroom -Being ok with failure You aint seen nothing yet....just wait till you actually start. The word huh drives me absolutely nuts.
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Post by coachluey on Feb 22, 2017 13:58:43 GMT -6
The weight room is where it all starts. It gives you a chance to set high expectations, coach the details, and hold kids accountable. It allows you to push them through self-imposed limitations. After a workout we sometimes put them on the track to run a 200 or a 400 under a certain time. Sometimes we will run a 2nd or 3rd one. It certainly tests their ability to push through their comfort zone. Over the last year we have redeveloped the weight program to do that, and it has done its job. Set weights based on maxes and a fast paced time to get it in. If you dont better your max at all then (to some extent, some kids ) we know you havent been doing what your supposed to. We also split time when the weather gets better and go 30 and 30 on the track and in the weight room. We are bigger stronger and faster than we were and to a certain extent we have gotten tougher. I'm looking for ideas outside the weight room that would develop it. I see a lot of what I call heart on the track. Kid gets tired you can really see who he is. Will he compete or will he bow out.
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Post by coachluey on Feb 22, 2017 10:17:10 GMT -6
I know that some kids have it and others dont. Just interested in what some of you do to develop toughness, heart, dependability, etc.?
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Post by coachluey on Feb 16, 2017 14:54:13 GMT -6
Wasnt the response he wanted I suppose
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Post by coachluey on Feb 16, 2017 13:14:33 GMT -6
Isn't everything we do in some form or fashion a way to get girls? Hell at some point you can probably look at the invention of the wheel and fire as some attempt to lure the ladies.
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Post by coachluey on Feb 15, 2017 13:56:22 GMT -6
I need your names, some of you guys I dont want around my program. JVs are good for several things: 1) PT for underclassmen 2) Scout team 3) building relationships 4) Numbers
Number 4 is particularly big. Numbers play a huge role in football if you know how to use them. More kids=more depth on everything.
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Post by coachluey on Feb 14, 2017 15:22:34 GMT -6
Once had an absolutely horrid JH season when I first started coaching. Offense couldnt move the ball, defense couldnt stop anyone and there was only one kid on the team who could even hold on to the ball when we ran it. Well as the season went on and on and on (as those seasons do) we got better, found a few more kids, started to score some but not enough.
One parent couldnt see the forest through the trees and you could always here him on the sidelines spouting "who da head coa, who da man?" Well me (I was OC) and the HC would hear him but wouldnt respond. Finally, one game we were in it, I mean these kids were playing lights out but we ended up losing in a heart breaker. The HC gets within earshot of the dude and here it comes "who da head coa, dat you?" response "yea thats me" "Man Yall need to put in more work, flip the line, somethin." He lost it "You need to get a degree, pass your cert test, then you can come coach the talent we have"
I was glad he took care of it but maybe pick some better words lol.
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Post by coachluey on Feb 14, 2017 10:01:00 GMT -6
Meetings are fine as long as they are short. I remember meetings going 30 minutes or more and I would just be antsy to get out there or falling a sleep by the end. I try to keep it short unless we are watching game film, even then its pretty easy. 10-15 minutes by position, good game film, bad film, scouted film and get to the field. Nothing worse than looking back and seeing the glazed over look.
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Post by coachluey on Feb 6, 2017 13:17:22 GMT -6
We are a no huddle tempo team, and this has been golden for us. We do bands for our scout teams. As the OC I script run bands (front seven), team bands (full eleven- we use different colors for different coverages) and blitz bands. It saves us a lot of time and we are much more efficient in all our sessions. All our bands have lines on them telling the defense what to do- for instance the run bands have all the fits on them, team bands have pass drops on them etc. Since we have gone to this, our scout teams have gotten much better. They don't have to actually know what to do- we tell them. It takes a few days for them to get used to it, but it has been a game changer for us. If you are interested in seeing how we do it, let me know. From the things I have seen, bands is the way to go. No one has to huddle, can go straight into it and just signal in a number and it tells them exactly what to do. The screw ups seemed to lessen as well once we put those on them. As it was said before, dudes on the scout team are not the dudes that will be seeing much time so it wont be perfect but being competitive and getting recognition will give them something to work for.
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Post by coachluey on Jan 26, 2017 14:57:36 GMT -6
Given equal talent and coaching, Chalk Wars is nothing more than Tic-Tac-Toe. Thats my thoughts, its awesome if the x and os have the same passion, skill, strength, and speed then everything is equal. Unfortunately when you hit the field of play this O is twice a strong as this X, This X is just out there because dad said so, This X is D1 and his Opposite O is just in love with the game. I love to sit there and chalk talk but at the end of the day its not the end all be all to winning. Creating a culture, building a program, and go daddys make the winning
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Post by coachluey on Jan 3, 2017 9:54:22 GMT -6
Route Running.....its such an art form. Some kids pick it up with ease, others look like a baby horse trying to take their first steps.
Mental Toughness is one of those that you can teach and teach but if a kid doesnt have IT then its hard to get it.
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Post by coachluey on Jan 2, 2017 10:46:50 GMT -6
If I see the running back taking his gloves off thats a dead give away he's about to launch one. Sometimes I can see certain linemen whos stance will indicate pulls, pass, etc. Thing is its hard to recognize that as a 16 year old sometimes so If I see it on the sidelines I will tip them off but as long as they know their job it shouldnt matter.
The only big one that I will harp on is back alignment in the gun, its the easiest one to read what the possibilities of plays are. Everything else the player has to be able to pick up in game or they are thinking too much about "wait whats his stance say" instead of reading.
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Post by coachluey on Dec 13, 2016 14:54:12 GMT -6
What are the specific actionable ideas? For the low low price of $15 dollars you can find out! I kid, I kid. This will be on my reading list over the christmas break.
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Post by coachluey on Dec 13, 2016 14:25:26 GMT -6
As a Jr. High assistant I made in the 50s, I moved and took a pay cut to get a varsity spot in the 40s.
Texas HS football is competitive, but there is a lot outside of football that goes with it. I teach at the very least 5 classes a year plus two athletic periods. Coach 3 sports and run the weightroom. Time is precious but thats how I like it. I hate to say it but I most likely wouldnt coach in any other state due to yalls situations as far as the system goes. I know I'm a homer but there's just no better place than Texas as far as coaching goes from what I've seen. Now if our state legislatures would just get out of the education business we could go a lot further but that is everywhere.
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Post by coachluey on Dec 9, 2016 15:00:32 GMT -6
Sock wrestling- put a sock in your sock and try to get your opponents sock from him. Bone Wrestling- wrap a towel in tape, kids cant take their hands off of it and have to get it from the opponent. King of the Mat- description above. We have full out wrestled before but its a little to dangerous for my liking. Id rather not blow out an ACL during the off season.
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Post by coachluey on Dec 6, 2016 13:23:20 GMT -6
This happened when I was a JH coach early in my career. We had to coach all sports as I'm sure many JH coaches do. Well this particular incident happened in Basketball during a tournament. The hosting team had a team drop out and asked our A team coach if we wanted to bring our B team. Well our B team was pretty good (could hang with the A team at our school) so I told him to sign us up. Played good first game but lost by 2, won the second game and were in the running for consolation bracket. We were about to play the team that had just beat the brakes off our A team so I knew we didnt stand a chance. Talking to their coach I asked him to be gentle, to which he said no problem. Well come 30 seconds left in the 1st half we are down 35-1 and I am frustrated beyond belief with him still pressing us full court. I call a timeout just to let the kids and myself catch our breathe. As we are doing this I tell the kids "that guy over there is being a d!ck to yall, sorry" to which the smallest guy on the team asks "hes being a what?" "A d!ck, you know what a d!ck is?". In the meantime, our HC and other assistant are just losing their minds in laughter behind us....... Now I'm not usually one to cuss around kids but that is one of the few times.
Anytime I see those guys its brought up. I will never live that down.
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Post by coachluey on Nov 28, 2016 13:43:11 GMT -6
Deion tried with Prime time prep But was suppose to be ran as a charter And pretty sure he didn't have anybody with an education background Running the school . Lasted like 2 or 3 years. Most others I believe are basketball factories He is still trying here in Texas. He has now attached himself with Triple A academy and is "gearing it for underprivileged athletes". The problem with this is they are a charter competing for state with Public schools (not supposed to be able to do that here). The problem is he is recruiting from all areas including those from out of state and finding a way to get away with it.
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Post by coachluey on Nov 16, 2016 9:51:23 GMT -6
At a school like mine with limited money (I've thought about this before) Do Name and Mascot only and they get it either during their Freshman season in which you can make a big deal about it and have a "welcome to the system" thing or you could do it at the beginning of their sophomore year seeing as you will always have some dead-loss out of the Freshmen. Keep it all 3 or 4 years if you make it all the way through, if you dont then you turn it in to a team captain.
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Post by coachluey on Nov 16, 2016 9:36:45 GMT -6
Great idea, either keep the tags OR if the seniors would like they could take their name tags. We had those made for us when I played ball and we got to take them home and I still have it to this day.
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Leaders
Nov 15, 2016 14:26:11 GMT -6
Post by coachluey on Nov 15, 2016 14:26:11 GMT -6
I'm of the same opinion BUT sometimes a kid put into a leadership role can surprise you with how well they lead. In our offseason program we have 6 leaders and in some cases they are great because they can control the group, get things done, and be successful. Others just cannot take a leadership role no matter how you teach them, they are followers in ever since of the word.
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Post by coachluey on Nov 11, 2016 13:38:38 GMT -6
If you ran the ball on first you could have lost it anyways. Danged if you do, danged if you dont type deal.
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Post by coachluey on Nov 10, 2016 13:34:58 GMT -6
HC controls the game and Officials (including yelling at us for talking to the officials lol). He also calls the Defense OC is up top calling plays DC is up top calling formations and players SC is down on the field doing that plus coaching his positions as well as signaling Assistant 1 is signaling and looking at safeties on offense Assistant 2 is watching OL/DL stuff Assistant 3 is watching OL/DL and dealing with equipment issues We also have a trainer dealing with player needs.
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Post by coachluey on Nov 4, 2016 8:05:26 GMT -6
I believe that the concussion epidemic spreads like this: One Concussion will break 2 others. Not that I dont think that there are not cases that are definitely concussions but when one kid gets one, inevitably another will show up with one. I played in a time when concussions were just becoming a real deal, when you didnt go to the trainer for every little headache or bump on the head. Now a kid gets his bell rung he is done for 2 weeks. I do believe in the protection of the kids, but when someone has a concussion and is running around that being normal two days later I cant help but wonder if we have gone too far on it.
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