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Post by tiger46 on Mar 10, 2008 21:20:42 GMT -6
I got into coaching youth football by being lied to. It was the first year for my 8yr old son to play tackle football. I took him to practice. Organization's president told me that the HC for my son's team was out of state on a family emergency and asked me if I could just help out with drills until the HC got back in town and assembled his staff. This went on for a couple of weeks- still had yet to see the HC or a coaching staff. A week later the pres. calls me to tell me that there's a coaches' meeting and that I'll meet the HC. The HC never made the meeting. But, I learned that one of the other guys getting in the way the last three weeks was the HC. I got really excited about the next day's practice. I get my son to practice nice & early. I see the guy the prez said was HC. I walk up to him. Before I could say anything, he sticks out his hand, introduces himself and asks, "Are you the head coach?" I said, "No. I thought you were." About that time, the prez hustles up. He says, "I decided to make him HC." He points at me and says, "Do you mind being the DC? I got another coaching coming to take over as OC." The third coach happened to be the another guy I had seen walking around looking just as lost as the HC and I looked. None of us had ever coached before. We had no idea about what we were doing. It showed. We were horrible coaches. We went 0-10. We were never even competitive. Parents hated us. We were blamed for anything and everything that went wrong. It was a terrible experience. We had been thrown to the wolves. Next season, I got invited back to assist an entirely new coaching staff. I couldn't believe anybody would've wanted any of us back. I met with that new coach. My most important duty would be to pay my son's $180.00 fee. My position would be something like equipment hander-outer and storage shed monkey, probably because the new HC figured that a windowless equipment shed was sufficiently far enough away from the practice field and his staff to keep me from damaging the team. I was going to accept but, I hadn't yet paid my son's fee. I didn't have the job if I didn't get that done. League's coaching certification was in a week. The next day at work, I happened to walk past two co-workers. One was talking about his football team that he coached. I stopped, puffed up my chest and proudly told him that I was a football "coach", too. Over the next few days, we talked. He coaches boys in a poor area. They'd never have a chance of playing youth football without the kind of league he coaches in. He asked me if I'd be interested in starting up an 8-9yr old team for him. I accepted. It's hard work. Next season will be my third.
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Post by tiger46 on Jul 6, 2007 12:29:47 GMT -6
"It's a powerful weapon, but I think if you get good body position and accelerate through, you can minimize its effect. You have to go through the arm to the body."
Exactly. Explode, drive, fire....whatever you call it....through the arm into the ball carrier's body.
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Post by tiger46 on Jul 6, 2007 10:42:40 GMT -6
wingt74, That was kind of my point. Keep your eyes on your target and keep your feet moving. A good breakdown is part of a good tackle, imo. The most problems I ever had when getting stiff-armed was when I left my feet and tried to 'knock his head off' or when I was forced to reach for the runner.. I did a lot better when I kept my eyes on my target at waist level, drove hard at him with a good wrap up. Lifted the runner and kept my feet moving. I'm only a youth coach. But, stiff arms are a huge weapon against youth defenses; maybe even more so than at higher levels because younger kids tend to want to 'recess football' tackle where reaching and tugging on another kid's nice school shirt that Momma bought him is enough to stop the runner. Or, worse(from a tackling coach's point of view), they're playing touch football. I have to spend constant time breaking those habits and reinforcing solid tackling. We practice a lot of form, angle and open-field tackling. And, sometimes they would still do it wrong in the game.
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Post by tiger46 on Jul 6, 2007 10:22:51 GMT -6
Stay low. Keep driving your feet. Explode through the runner. Keep driving your feet. Keep driving your feet. Keep driving your feet. Problem is...stiff arms are mainly used during open field opportunities. In the open field, tacklers REALLY need to break down and make a sure tackle, especially against a quick little burner type runner. To me, I would rather my tackler do something to bring down the ball carrier more consistently, even if it means taking a stiff then do something to battle against the stiff arm and completly miss the tackle (like trying to fire hard and low against the ball carrier in the open field)
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Post by tiger46 on Jul 6, 2007 7:06:25 GMT -6
Stay low. Keep driving your feet. Explode through the runner. Keep driving your feet. Keep driving your feet. Keep driving your feet.
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Post by tiger46 on Jun 14, 2007 15:22:07 GMT -6
I have a DVD of a SW Conclave. One of the presenters talks about how everyone on the offense has a wristcoach. And, all of their assignments are written on the wrist coach.
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Post by tiger46 on Dec 10, 2007 10:01:15 GMT -6
1 poster to say, "First of all, why do you feel a need to change the light bulb?"
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Post by tiger46 on Apr 6, 2008 9:39:00 GMT -6
As far as youth material goes, Dave Cisar's stuff is top notch. And, best of all, it is field proven. But, he goes into more than just the SW offense. He covers the other aspects of coaching a youth program. I also like Steve Calande's 46 Gambler material. It is also field proven.
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Post by tiger46 on Aug 23, 2007 21:11:25 GMT -6
So do I feel sorry for Michael Vick because the he did not think enough of his opportunity to keep his nose clean? I liked the rest of your post, but just to be clear I never said anything about sympathy for Vick (I have zero). I just wanted to address two related issues 1) The term "thug" and debate about its racial connotations and 2) the fact that the reason many people got fired up about this was they were inauldated by the media (it certainly didn't help things) 1. The word thug only has racial overtones to those that attach a racial connotation to the word. I believe all of us knew the literal definition of the word "thug" since around childhood. But, even with the knowledge of the literal definition, you will still associate it in the context in which you most hear it. i.e... Many rappers refer to being thugs, gangstahs & pimps. Tupac had "Thug Life" tattooed across his belly. Trick Daddy had a very popular song titled "I'm a Thug" and, so on. Rappers then go on to describe their behavior and antics that qualifies them as thugs. People hear the word used in that context, they associate the word with it whether you're a young, black male or an old white male. Same behavior described. Same context applied. But, probably different reactions and feelings toward it. Example word: Wiseguy How many times have we all heard the Three Stooges say, "Oh, a wiseguy, eh?" I grew up in the country. Wiseguy means a wannabe smart@$$ to me. The context in which I most heard the word "wiseguy" used by me, those around me, and the Three Stooges is as a wannabe smart@$$". Someone who grew up in Brooklyn, Jersey or, wherever, would probably associate the word with a guy in the mafia. 2.) I don't like people that tortures animals to death. I don't care who Vick is. I hate the fact that so many people bring up the amount of money he's going to lose as if that is the worse thing about, basically, torturing animals to death. I could care less if he drove a bus for a living. In fact, I can't stand it that they only seem to be going after a select few participants. I'd have made them roll over on more than just Vick. Get the bus drivers, get the NFL QB's, get the thugs, get the wiseguys. Get them all. If the media is hyping the problem of dogfighting, then, I for one, am glad. It's animal abuse. I feel it to be wrong. And, the more that can be done to expose it, the better, I say. As far as the whole ordeal being more hyped than if Vick had killed someone; we know that to be false. If Vick had helped torture and kill eight people, I'm sure there would be a much more severe penalty than a couple of years in jail.
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Post by tiger46 on Aug 18, 2007 22:50:46 GMT -6
I have no doubts that HS football is different than youth football. I have no inkling about the amount of time and effort it takes to run a HS football program. I have much respect for those that do it. What I'm talking about is targeting the right players to correct a problem.
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Post by tiger46 on Aug 18, 2007 16:49:17 GMT -6
"....so we had 19 kids in uniform at the end of practice, couldn't run team D so we just ran gassers."
Coach, I coach youth football in a poor neighborhood. I, also, have to deal with kids missing practices more than they should. I'm sure coaching HS kids is more difficult. In this case, you may want to take a different approach with the players that stayed at practice. You made the kids that stayed at practice and stayed in uniform to the end go through something that they find to be grueling and monotonous. And, when the kids that missed practice or, didn't finish the practice, ask, "What did I miss?" Your players that stick it out to the end can only answer with, "Gassers." That's not going to make the kids that stayed continue to want to stay. And, it's not going to make the kids that skipped want to start showing up.
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Post by tiger46 on Aug 5, 2007 15:09:07 GMT -6
"My son has too much speed to play on the O-Line." I had to hear that one during a phonecall from some kid's step-dad last Friday. BTW, his kid is fast. But, no faster than mine....who does play on the O-line. "Coach, I'm not going to be at practice/ the game. I'm going to be with my daddy." I got that one about three times last season. Me(thinking to myself): "Oh, you mean that no child support paying, deadbeat s.o.b. that hasn't bothered to even give you a phone call in the last two or, three, years? That daddy that if I totaled up the amount of time that I've spent with you in practice compared to how much time he's spent with you in the last three years, I'd qualify as your daddy? That daddy?!" "Wow.... it should be the greatest sleep-over you've ever had. He's had three years to plan for it."
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Post by tiger46 on Jun 11, 2007 23:31:28 GMT -6
Tog, I'm with you on that. I wasn't trying to single anyone out, either. I only quoted your original post is because that's where it seemed the thread changed directions. Honestly, I can appreciate direction the thread went. Sometimes I just have the urge to smack some of these older kids around and scream at them, "What in the hell is wrong with you?!" One other thing, though; it doesn't seem that any ire is ever directed at FUBU, Nike, Levi's or any other cottage industries that rap music has boosted. Companies such as those have made millions upon millions marketing goods aimed at the gangsta rap culture. Don't get me wrong, I consider them to be making an honest dollar feeding off of an entertainment industry. I'm not blaming them for anything. But, for those that do, I don't see why Snoop Dogg is more vilified than someone like the owner of FUBU, J. Alexander Martin. I've actually had some pretty funny moments setting the kids straight about 'gangsta rap'. I found that I didn't always have to be so serious. I just had to continue to guide them to make better choices.
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Post by tiger46 on Jun 11, 2007 7:33:23 GMT -6
I did a little radio edit for you old guys out there. not just old but ones that really don't like spreading the hip hop culture any more than it already has been especially with words of that connotation I apologize in advance for this long post. I’m only a youth football coach. Most of my players were from poor households. And, all were minorities. I may be playing a bit of devil’s advocate here. But, here goes… Hip Hop did not create poverty and disenchantment with one’s place in society any more than Heavy Metal creates mass murderers or Country Music creates trailer parks. That cycle of poverty was, and is, well in place. Hip hop is about one thing- money; as is any other popular music. People are portraying themselves as brave crusaders against hip hop and its ‘culture’ as if that style of music is the source of all that is evil in urban society. Why? Hip hop is a multi-million dollar industry. If anything, seen through an economic point of view, kids should be encouraged to get into the hip hop business. They don’t need to be the people holding a mic. They can be the people that are the lawyers, producers, sound mixers, etc…of a relatively new industry that has generated wealth for over twenty years. And, there is a difference between wealth and rich. An inner-city child doesn’t need your boardroom if he can create his own. For example, what would you imagine a meeting between P-Diddy, Russell Simmons, and Timbaland (all successful hip hop producers) would sound like? I’d imagine there’s plenty of slang and improper English flying around in that business deal. Are they poor? Are they merely rich? Or, are they wealthy? It may not sound like Wall Street. But, you had better believe they’re discussing big business. As adults, I’d think that we are able to see through the façade of grandeur that today’s hip hop ‘artists’- and, I use that term loosely- promotes. In the words of the comedian Eddie Griffin, “Ain’t no real gangster ever won a grammy!” Kids may not be able to see through bs as well as we can. But, that’s what why we’re here. We’re the light in the fog, the voice of reason that says to a kid, “Hey do you really think Snoop Dog just finished ‘blasting a fool’ and then rushed back to his music studio to cut a CD, telling every cop in the world that he did it?” “And, if 50 Cent was so content to be such a successful gangbanger, and he had all those b*****s and ho’s, and blingbling out on the street, then why’d he decide to get into hiphop?” It’s because it’s all bs. There’s nothing glamorous about being a pimp, a drug dealer, or a hustler. “Besides that, who really wants a b**** or a ho? And, even if you persuaded that type of girl to be a notch on your belt of sexual conquests, how many other guys succeeded before you? What notch on their belts is she?” I generally don’t allow my kids to listen to hip hop. I treated my players the same, as my wife’s mini-van doubles as the team bus. But, I faced its content head-on first. I’ve dissected songs that they were listening to on the radio or, a friend’s house. I went over why the ‘artist’ is a liar and a fraud and that the subject matter in the song was idiotic. Again, I’m only a youth coach. I’d imaging getting through to teenaged boys is harder. But, waiting until they’re teenagers to talk to them about these things may be waiting until it’s too late.
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Post by tiger46 on Feb 4, 2008 7:38:12 GMT -6
What about money, administrative support and facilities? I'm asking. I certainly don't have any answers.
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Post by tiger46 on Oct 13, 2007 8:30:53 GMT -6
15 passes. And, no, I never paid attention to the person in the gorilla suit until it was pointed out in this thread.
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Post by tiger46 on Jan 24, 2008 9:29:58 GMT -6
dcohio, It isn't that I made the assumption that you aren't part of a HS 'program' and not just a 'team'. It just seems- and, I stress the word "seems"- like you you're assuming that a youth coach just runs a 'team' and not a 'program'. That may or, may not, be the case. It certainly isn't the case with me. I wouldn't try to be a hardcase. It's just that, why should a youth coach change it to operate like the HS's? Those are the type of questions that I'd be asking and expect them to be answered before I changed anything- if I changed anything, at all. BTW, I know the pain of having a coach not listen and go his own way. Our 7-8 yr old team was a disaster last season. It was the first season that we had them. Parents weren't happy. We have to completely turn that around this season. I have had to answer hard questions from those parents.
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Post by tiger46 on Jan 24, 2008 8:03:34 GMT -6
"I do not think anyone believes they are a bad coach. few might think fo themselves as great or top tier coaches but not anyone is going to say they are a bad coach. We all know though some people just are not that good." Hehe. Coach Morris, you bring back a bit of a painful memory for me. I am not saying I'm a good coach. I will say that I have become a better coach. The first step I had to take to become a better coach was face the fact that I was a bad coach. Sometimes, that's not an easy thing for a person to come to grips with. I guess even we youth coaches have our egos. I like the way Morris, Calande and others are laying it out for everyone. If they were the HS HC in the area that I coach, they would definitely have a very high probability of swaying me to run their stuff- only, they wouldn't have to beg me. Lay out what your program represents, what you can bring to my program and what you expect in return from our program. Listen to me lay out what my program is trying to achieve. If we can come to an agreement- which in this case, I think we could- lets get down to the business of making it happen.
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Post by tiger46 on Jan 23, 2008 9:56:10 GMT -6
I guess I live in a different world, I have never considered any coach to be anything other than a colleague, regardless of the level they coach.
Matter of fact, I'll go one step further. Sometimes I like listening to youth coaches talk about what they do, how they do, etc. Because sometimes at higher levels we tend to over complicate something that should be simple, and in reality, most of the time, simple-er is smarter and it is always faster.
Tiger46 - I can tell that your mentality has been formed by your particular situation. But in our area...with your current attitude...you'd have to go.[/quote]
dcohio, That's the thing.... I didn't get into coaching youth football to start wars with anyone. If I coached for an organization in a league that had a history of working closely with the HS then I wouldn't be a person that came in and started trying to change things. I'd get with the program. I would assume boys, coaches and the organization are counting on me. I wouldn't dare back out of a commitment. As pertains to my situation, for more reasons worth going into, you'd have no chance of getting rid of me. Your choices are: 1.) Throw your support into another league and try to compete for the boys in my area. 2.) Man up and come speak to me, coach to coach, about how you think our two programs could benefit each other. 3.) Refuse to deal with me.
I wouldn't care what you chose to do. Even if, by some quirk of fate, you did "oust" me, I'd have no particular hard feelings about it. I am willing to coach in any capacity that another organization will allow me. If I were so determined to run my own organization and do what I pleased, then I would pack up and find someplace to do that. Your attitude in this case- as much as I can tell, I'm not a professional football coach or a psychologist- seems to be is that you don't care about the goals of my youth program as long as you can brand your X's & O's over it. My attitude would be, 'I don't care if your HS team goes 2-8 or wins a state championship. What can you offer my boys?'
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Post by tiger46 on Jan 22, 2008 16:22:37 GMT -6
Obviously, I can't speak for every youth coach out there. But, the ones that I have associated with would give very little resistance to a well-organized HS presence in their programs. Most youth coaches would welcome the HS coaches. In fact, I would probably be one of the exceptions and wouldn't be very receptive to the HS coaches trying to dictate what I do. I have my reasons for that and, I readily admit that part of it is my ego. I researched what I run on offense and defense at the level I coach. I did ‘buy into a system' when I decided to run what I run on each side of the ball. For the record, I run Coach Cisar's Unbalanced Single Wing and Coach Calande's 46 Defense. I know the amount of material, hands-on and interactive commitments that each of these coaches bring to their systems and to my program for running their systems. I don't have their personal phone numbers. But, neither coach has ever failed to answer my questions through e-mails, provide video, dvd's, etc... And, they do it in a timely manner. I know some- if, not all- of the websites where they post. Now, can the local HS HC match that? If he can’t then he doesn’t need to introduce himself or, his system, to me. As far as offense goes, I’ve read SW material by other coaches, too. I don't get to go to SW conclaves. But, I can order all the dvd's that I want. And, I have done so in the past. I get plenty of fresh, new ideas about the SW. I can even introduce my ideas about coaching the SW to these coaches and be taken seriously and not dismissed as 'just a youth coach'. Same goes with 46Gambler defense coaches. I can- and, have- read other material on the 46 Bear defense. After all of that work and so much more work to do; I’m going to coach what I know- or, at least what I am learning. Let's discuss egos further. Can a HS coach put aside his ego long enough to face a fact… No matter how much he wants it to be; the local youth program does not belong to him. It belongs to the local youth HC. At least, in my case it does. If a HS program sucked and the local youth program was good, would any HS coach seriously consider switching to what the youth coach taught- except on a more advance level? How about even asking him for advice? I wouldn’t seriously expect a HS coach to ask me for advice. And, even if one did, I am not delusional enough about my coaching prowess to actually give him any. But, what if a HS coach swallowed his pride enough to come up to me and say that his program is not very good and, he wants to turn that around? He believes in his heart that part of turning around a HS team and building a successful program is getting the local youth team on-board with what he does. He can document his experience to make his case. He, then, has my attention. Now, that you have my attention, sell me your program. Tell me why you believe what you believe. Don’t bother trying to convince me that you can turn my SW tailback into your future 3,000 yrd drop-back QB if I’d only run 7 on 7 skels the way you do. I really don’t care if you can or, if you can’t. Tell me how my program can help yours. Listen to me and my issues. And, then tell me how your program helps mine.
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Post by tiger46 on Jan 22, 2008 13:14:41 GMT -6
Beardc, I don't know that the relationship between a HS program and a youth program should be different because of district size. I think that the things that some of the coaches in this thread have already listed as important target areas to concentrate on when putting on clinics would still be important no matter what size the district or town that they're taught in. BHB list of things to put in a clinic is pretty nice. It's great to grow up within a football system. I understand that kids who didn't grow up in that system or didn't come to football until later grades are going to be behind. I grew up in a small Texas town. Our system was more like the one DCOhio describes. Same system from 3rd grade to 12th (flag football through 6th grade. No actual tackle football until 7th). No major changes in the system or program and very few changes in coaching staff in the years that I went to school there- which was actually 3rd through 12th grade. The town had pretty successful football teams. No state championships but, plenty of district championships, good play-off runs, etc... 3rd through 5th grade, I had the same coach. He suffered from arthritis or some other ailment, so bad that he had almost no range of motion to speak of. He had a hump in his back and I didn't particularly like him. But, he taught us all the varsity's basic terminology, hole numbering, etc... But, more important imo, is that we all knew how to get down in perfect 3pt. & 4pt stances. How did a coach that couldn't even bend over to tie his shoes due to physical health teach a bunch of kids how to do things like execute perfect form stances and blocks and, myriad other physical skills? I don't know... I guess someone may have wanted to have asked him before he died. It's just my opinion. But, I don't think it was all important that he was setting our feet along the split-back veer/option path that the varsity ran. It was more important that we knew how to block, get down in proper stances, basic footwork, etc... which could be used in about any offense primarily ran back then. It didn't matter if the varsity ran a 4-3 or, 5-3 defense if I didn't know my responsibilities in 'Cover 3' and 'man'. In my case, it was the basic skill sets to perform my role as a DB that I brought to the team; not my ability to parrot off the varsity HC's personal football philosophy or, to know exactly where to line up in his power-I offense.
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Post by tiger46 on Jan 22, 2008 10:31:32 GMT -6
As a youth coach, if the local H.S. coach came over to my practice field and ask if I'd run his system, I'd give him a polite- but, firm- "No." I live in a fair-sized city. There are too many variables in the timeframe between when my players leave me to when they reach HS to make it a viable way to teach my players football. The HS may switch systems. The coaching staff may leave. My players may move away, etc... Hell, as is the case of the HS team closest to where I coach, maybe their HS team just sucks. And, in Texas, that makes it even more likely that that current staff won't be there by the time my players reach HS. Why would I want to teach my players the way that they teach theirs? I think it's way more important for a youth coach to teach youth players good fundamental skills and good attitude towards the game and coaches. I stress to the players about having the right attitude to succeed in life. I stress that they have passing grades before they even think about hitting my practice field. If they have passing grades, I challenge them to get their grades higher. Low ‘C’s & ‘D’s are just one excuse away from an ‘F’. I talk with their parents as much as possible to try to change the boys’ attitudes about commitment, team play, etc… Relatively few kids in any given H.S. actually play HS football. If one of my players do go on to play HS ball, should the HC be upset with me because I didn’t teach his system? Or, should he be satisfied that I helped hand him a player that knows to keep his grades up to maintain eligibility, who knows to give max effort, to not argue with coaches and undermine the program, to not be selfish and whine about not being starting QB but is proud that he earned starting TE? I do understand that it is easier to deal with kids that already have a foundation in what you are teaching. But, teaching kids that have no background in your program shouldn’t stop a HS coach from having success. Put another way, what would a HS coach do if you got a transfer from another school and that player was a honor roll, stud Power-I TB with a great attitude? Would you say, “Sorry, son. We run the Spread here. We have no place for you.” Are HS coaches seriously telling us that a 46 Bear, man press, shut down CB can’t be taught to be useful to his 4-3 Cover 3 Zone defense? Too many HS coaches think they inherit the local youth programs by rights. And, too many don’t know the first thing about running a youth program. It’s not the HS’s system. It’s not the HS head coach’s program. It’s the youth coaches own time that they’re volunteering. It’s the youth coaches system and program. Handing a youth coach your favorite 10 plays and a PowerPoint Slide on how you line up on defense is not contributing to that youth coach’s success. How is he to break down your terminology so that his 10yr olds can run those plays? How does he get his team to execute your play that you ‘hang your hat on’? How does he adjust when it doesn’t work for him? Did you take into account many youth leagues’ MPP rules? Did you check into whether league rules allow him to blitz, allow him to line up a NG over their Center before you handed him your 5-3 defense alignment? There are much more important things for a HS coach to stress to a youth program. Coach Calande is already pointing the way for you. Teach the youth coach how to pick a staff, how to deal with a staff and parents, how to organize a practice(HUGE PRIORITY!), invite him to get a close-up look at what you do. Give them drills to run, etc… Most of all, invest your time and resources to youth programs, run your own successful HS program and earn the privilege of having a youth program feed into yours. Okay, I’m off my soapbox.
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Post by tiger46 on Mar 3, 2008 8:48:55 GMT -6
I coach a small youth team. I try to follow the model my coaches used when I played. I don't do a lot of live tackling & scrimmages anyway. Linemen are always live. And, I have a quick whistle so that my backs don't take too much punishment. I tend to do less of it as the season goes on because no matter how quick I am on the whistle something can always happen. I was involved in such an incident in Jr. High football. An assistant coach was running the defense during a 'thud' scrimmage with two games left in the season. He called a corner blitz, forgetting that the QB and I didn't like each other. I didn't 'thud' him. I tried to cave his chest in and I think I partially succeeded. The HC wasn't happy with me and, he didn't look too pleased with the assistant coach, either.
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Post by tiger46 on Aug 5, 2007 20:38:30 GMT -6
A kicker ain't a real football player. He needs to know his place. Some more great hits
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Post by tiger46 on Jul 18, 2007 10:47:56 GMT -6
I could see the benefits of someone in a booth. But, the gains would probably depend a lot on who it is that you have in the booth. At Jr. High level, it would obviously be another coach employed by the school. At Youth football level, it might end up being a daddy or a 'daddy coach' who wouldn't really know what to look for to get your team the most benefit- unless you trained him. In the first league I coached in all coaches were required to be on the sidelines. It was illegal to feed information to the coaches from the stands or a booth while the game was in progress. You were allowed to discuss anything that was seen from the stands during halftime, however. But, again, that information would have been supplied by one of the daddies. And, it was usually pretty useless information.
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Post by tiger46 on Sept 5, 2007 22:04:07 GMT -6
"Please imagine yourself in this spot and give me your honest opinions. I really need em, for better or worse. Thanks."
I don't have to imagine it. I was in that situation last season. And, it was my fault that I was there. You've been given the best advice by experienced coaches that are a lot better than I'll ever be. I'll throw in advice from a coach with nowhere near their experience and ability but, has been where you are. All in all, if I had to do it all over again; I wouldn't go through that again. I'd give any asst. coach with that attitude the keys to the street before our first game.
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Post by tiger46 on Nov 16, 2007 7:44:22 GMT -6
2nd yr. HC. 1st yr. SW coach. Running Coach Cisar's UBSW. Had a lot of fun this year. All mistakes with the video or made by the players are my fault- except for when my TB improvised in the huddle and made up a play with the WB lined up on the left and going in motion to overload and block to the right. It went for a TD. Ummm.....I was just about to call that exact same thing. So, I'll take all credit for that.
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Post by tiger46 on Jul 21, 2007 15:07:15 GMT -6
We used up some practice time last season with a couple of laps at the end of practice. We only had eleven players on the team so, I felt a little extra conditioning was needed. But, in general, don't waste a lot of practice time on conditioning drills for youth players. Make your players run from drill station to drill station. Have the entire team run plays out for 5 > 7 seconds. Or, have them run a set distance like 10>20yrds. Also, if you're in passing drills, don't let the receivers or anyone else that is not a QB throw the ball back to you. Always make them run it back at 3/4 or full speed. Last season, only the two QB's were allowed to throw a football to a coach. And, absolutely no one was ever allowed to walk a ball to a coach. They ran it to us. I didn't care if it was only 5ft. away from me. Run to the ball. Snatch it up quickly. Run it back to the coach. My improvisation on the "Fumble Drill". Do it however you want. But, the key is to keep them moving fast or running at all times. That will take care of their conditioning.
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Post by tiger46 on Sept 20, 2007 7:40:20 GMT -6
Yep, you got it bud, exactly. Total time and ball control. Keeping the other offense on the sidelines and frustrating their stud players on D by keeping them away from the play. We have had small teams for a few years and have gotten the hang of it. The toughest part is injuries, especially during games when a kid lays down and has to sit out one. (believe it or not, sometimes other teams call a time out for us or last game, the refs used one of theirs!) We have a lot of classy coaches from real old programs that, I think are secretly gunning for our team, heh. The kids' heart, talent, size and adversity is becoming legendary... and 4TD's against the 2005 champs... priceLESS! I guess that's how you win without winning (w/ all due respect to Lombardi's opinion of losers) It's hard to quantify heart. But 11-12 kids, playing both sides of the ball, no subs, and against biger playdown opponents all day long. Gotta love and respect these kids... they make us proud. I'm cheering for you, coach. We played under those exact same circumstances last year. We had 11 players. We had to play some games with 10; and, even a game with just 9 players. Funny thing about concepts like "heart" and "will to win"; we didn't lose any of those four games.
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Post by tiger46 on Sept 6, 2007 20:28:56 GMT -6
Coach Cisar, you're exactly right about them getting lazy and complacent. We let them line up against the seniors again today. The seniors wanted to redeem themselves a bit about the juniors scoring on them four times yesterday. They were a little tougher on my boys than they were yesterday. My players were lazy at the start and my backs got wrapped up in the backfield. I started calling the play out loud and walking to where the ball was going. When the Jr.'s looked at me and started whining about me telling the play I told them, "All of you know the rule. NO EXCUSES. You didn't want to hustle when only you knew the play. So, I'm calling the play out loud for anybody on the football field that does want to hustle. I called 16P and they gained 8 yards. I shouted out the next several plays. None of them were big gainers. But, not one play got stopped in the backfield again. I can't be totally down on them. We still scored twice!
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