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Post by tiger46 on Apr 2, 2009 1:42:58 GMT -6
19delta, Your first point covered it all. There are safety and liability issues at hand. You're not being unreasonable. But, if I were in your position, I'd see this as a buy-in opportunity. You mentioned that football has been the butt-end of a very bad sports program. If these non-football players start seeing the gains your football players are making as compared to them, they will start to see the benefits of you insisting that they lift properly. If you insist that they lift your way and get them to do so, you have a chance to put a bug in their ear about playing football. Teen-age boys with muscles are just itching to find ways to flex them.
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Post by tiger46 on Apr 2, 2009 1:24:41 GMT -6
Well, I don’t know what the driving force is behind this kind of behavior. But, it seems to be taking over. We seem to be raising a generation of pu$$ie$ and bullies. Some examples of it that I have experienced: Last year, I went to my son’s 5th grade awards ceremony. At one point, they gave awards to all the students that were ‘fight free’. I noticed how there were almost no boys whatsoever getting that award, including my son- with some dubious reasoning. But, I also noticed that my son’s best friend also didn’t receive that award. Both boys played on my youth football team. I know his best friend is one of the most kind, nicest kids I’ve ever met. His parents were just as perplexed as I was. When they asked him why he didn’t receive a ‘fight free’ award, we found out it was because he and another of their friends were horse-playing during recess. The female teacher that was watching them decided to interpret that as aggressive behavior and they both got a mark against them. This year, my son received a detention because he and another boy were ‘fighting’, according to the woman that observed ‘two boys just going at it; kicking each other repeatedly’. It turns out that my son and his friend (the kid comes over to the house quite often. And, my son goes to his house often.) were playing around. Each tried to trip the other and giggled their little heads off- until Mary Poppins saw them. She deemed it as aggressive behavior. The school has a zero tolerance policy towards aggressive behavior. On to some real fights; facts verified by the vice-principal and teachers involved as best they could. In other words, I don’t just listen to my son’s side of the story. My son got an in-school-suspension earlier this year because a large, fat kid kept verbally taunting him and getting in his face. From what I’ve been told, the kid is a bit of a bully due to his size and the fact that he doesn’t have to back up any of his verbal attacks with his fists. The teacher did nothing to separate them since verbal taunts aren’t clamped down on as long as the kid didn’t physically touch my son. My son started calling him fat. The kid was sensitive to being called fat and it hurt his feelings. As they walked out the door, the kid shoulder-shoved my son in the doorway. My son pushed the kid away. The kid tackled my son and punched him multiple times in the face. My son didn’t try to fight back because he didn’t want to get into trouble. Of course, he was in trouble anyway because he ‘instigated the altercation’ (principal-speak) by physically putting his hands on another student; thus the ISS. Unverified by a supervising adult- Two days later, this same bully cornered my son in the gym while the teacher wasn’t looking and started pushing him. My guess is that he thought he had an easy mark since my son didn’t fight back previously. My son punched him square in the face. He hasn’t had any more issues with that bully. Luckily for him, the gym teacher didn’t see it or he’d have been suspended. As I write this, my son is currently serving a two-day out-of-school suspension for fighting. Another kid started with the trash-talk. My son returned it. In this case I don’t know who shoved who first. But, since my son has a ‘history of fighting’ due to the previous incidents I just wrote about, he was placed on OSS.
Another thing that may only be loosely connected but, I still feel that it is somehow connected to how boys are being emasculated. My daughter is a junior in high school. She doesn’t have her license yet. Earlier today, she volunteered to help over-see a jr. high track meet. I was supposed to pick her up but, my truck wouldn’t start. She needed a ride home. It’s about a 10min drive from my house to my daughter’s HS. A boy in her class saw that she had been standing outside for a very long time. He let her use his cell phone. When he found out that my daughter was stranded because of my truck, not only did he not offer to give her a ride home but, he absolutely refused when she asked. He just laughed at her and walked away. I finally got my truck started and picked her up. When she told me what happened, my first question was, “Is he gay?” She said, “No. He just likes being mean.” She really didn’t think anything of it. She’s used to boys behaving that way. What kind of boy would refuse to give a pretty girl a ride home?! In my younger days, I’d have siphoned all the gas out of a pretty girl’s father’s truck if I thought it would’ve given me a chance to give her a ride home and be her hero. When I got to her house I’d have said, “Hey, Mr. Smith. I just…umm…happen to have a rubber hose and 10 gallons of gas in milk jugs and Tupperware containers in the trunk of my car. Err…I guess it’s your luck day, sir.” Even if I didn’t think the girl was pretty, I’d have never left her stranded. I’d have made sure that she made it home, somehow.
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Post by tiger46 on Apr 1, 2009 17:35:58 GMT -6
What area of Texas will you be visiting?
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Post by tiger46 on Mar 25, 2009 8:32:18 GMT -6
I am a youth coach. So, I have to constantly be on guard about other coaches or myself demonstrating anything a bit to enthusiastically. Only had one real problem with it. A big, strong coach at a different age level hit one of my players with a tackle dummy with way too much force. He claimed that he was toughening them up by demonstrating how the opposing team was going to treat them. Earlier in the season this same guy had shoved one of my players into the ground head first while demonstrating how to play NG. I thought I had the issue straightened out the first time. But, obviously, I didn't. After I saw that second incident, I charged over there and made it very clear to him that he was never to come anywhere near one of my players ever again. And, of course, just the opposite can happen. Anyone remember this thread? coachhuey.proboards42.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=24969&page=1#227760I still get a good laugh at some of us coaches that were trying to go that extra mile for our teams. I think we realized that we already had too many miles on us.
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Post by tiger46 on Mar 25, 2009 7:59:10 GMT -6
Dave, I am with you on zero preferential treatment. In our first season of tackle, none of the players or parents knew that my son was related to me until late in the season. Only the coaches knew. On the practice field he called me 'coach' and not 'dad'. I didn't ask that of him. He just did it on his own. When we moved to the new org., the same thing happened. No players or parents knew that he was my son until about mid-season. My wife and I even got a chuckle of how the players from both org.s found out that he was my son. The first season, some kid asked him, "Why do you always get a ride home from the coach?" My son's answer was something like, "I have to ride home with him. He's my dad." At the second org., our mini-van was the equipment truck, team bus and, everything else. I gave many of the kids rides home. At practice, they were discussing where they live. They asked my son where did we(my wife and I) drop him off since he was always the last one in the van. I even had a player's mother say to me after a game, "You know, that kid named Garrett is pretty good. Do his parents ever come watch him play?" I was HC. My wife was team mom. My daughters ran chains, filled water bottles, etc... I told her, "Well, his family is pretty busy during the games. But, we catch glimpses of him here and there." It took her awhile to figure it out.
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Post by tiger46 on Mar 25, 2009 0:56:19 GMT -6
I'm calling bs on anybody that think that no dad can successfully coach their sons. Some dads can. Some dads can't. And, in any case, what is the measurement of 'successfully coaching' a son? Who's making that determination? What's the assessment? Is it some parent in the peanut gallery who thinks their son should be at such-and-such position but, the coach's son was 'given' that position? When my son was in flag football he played on a team with two daddy coaches that did nothing but coach their sons. HC's son was THE QB. AC's son was THE RB. They lost every game. The next year, my son played tackle. I was unexpectedly asked to be an AC. I didn't show favoritism towards my son. But, I didn't know what I was doing, either. We lost every game. So, there's the game of youth football from both sides of the spectrum of nepotism, in my experience. The results were exactly the same because none of us were competent coaches. The next season I was asked to create and HC a team in another org. Through books, DVD's and sites such as this one, I began learning what to do as a coach. My son wanted to play on my team. We had a winning season and a great experience. The team did even better the next season. I've coached my son in some capacity or another, for four seasons. I have no illusions about his athletic ability. I have no daydreams about him being a football star and therefore demand that he plays to the level that I artificially created in my own head. I tend to be a bit more demanding on him than some of the other players for a reason. He gets more instructions than they do in some parts of the game. So, his accountability should match the amount of coaching he gets. But, it isn't anything that I would consider favoritism. He has never started at a glamor position. The closest he's gotten was starting LB. And, that was the best fit for the team's best tackler. On offense, he had the speed and tenacity to make a great blocking back. But, he was also our best blocker. So, I put him at RG- our pulling guard. It was where the team needed him most. It was a disappointment for him. But, he got over it. Also, it resulted in unexpected benefits to the team. He received extra instructions at home which made him understand the defense in more details than other players. And, he was able to translate it into "bobble-head" speech to other players better than I could. BTW coaches, sons make great sounding boards. My son loves football so he was great at helping me in the pre-seasons with practicing techniques, executing drills, etc... I recommend using them as long as their are doing it willingly. I never force my son to practice football in his spare time. He's usually the one that asks me to help him with some aspect of the game. You coach players the best that you can; regardless of whether they're related to you. One last thing, it may be naive of someone to think that they can coach their son without showing any favoritism, at all. But, it is equally naive to believe that, because a coach and player aren't related, favoritism can't exist.
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Post by tiger46 on Mar 22, 2009 10:27:14 GMT -6
I'm in no way, shape or, form an expert on creating mental toughness in athletes. But, I would like to put this out there. Mental toughness is also found in the classroom. I am a youth coach. So, obviously, I don't have a weightroom to help hone my players' mental toughness. But, I can make demands on them in the classroom and their social behavior at school. I coach in a poor neighborhood. Some of the kids have never had anyone push them in the classroom- especially not a football coach. We lose too many players to bad grades. Football is the first thing parents want to take away from a kid that is performing badly in school. But, they let them keep their x-box's and PS3's. That's ridiculous. Their kids were already academic failures. But, now, the parents have something to blame it on instead of taking responsibility for their kids. The kids get an excuse for not pushing themselves mentally to perform in class. I've never had a parent come up to me and say, "Jimmy was a straight 'A' student until he started playing football. Now, he makes 'F's." It's always parents of kids that were failing or borderline before they ever picked up a football. There are definitely other factors to mental toughness. Other coaches have already mentioned them. I think it just gets tougher as the level of play is raised. Every coach from pros down to youth deals with developing and maintaining mental toughness. I was in the army for three years. It helps me with that aspect of football. But, I would hate to have to deal with some of the outside pressures HS coaches must have to deal with that can erode their players' mental preparedness; things like alcohol, drugs and, sex.
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Post by tiger46 on Mar 17, 2009 2:41:10 GMT -6
EDIT- Post was too long and about nothing specific. ;D
I'm not a HS coach. I played in Texas. I coach youth football in Texas. HS coaches like to debate and compare talent levels and X's & O's. Those are great to debate if you're talking about winning football games. But, I don't think either are over-riding factors in what it's like to experience football as a player, coach and with your community. I know Texas football is great. That doesn't mean that it is- or, isn't- better than in other states. I don't know if football in Texas is better than in other states. Normally, I'd say that I don't really care. But, in a way, I hope it's not. Every kid in America should experience football just like that at the very least.
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Post by tiger46 on Mar 14, 2009 8:05:38 GMT -6
I coach youth football in Texas. And, sometimes, I get worried about football's future in our state at youth level. The 'Wussification of America' seems to have spread its sickness into our state, also. I try not to look at the past with rose-colored glasses. The bad attitudes aren't everywhere. Maybe I'm just over-reacting. But, the general attitude of some of the kids and parents that I've seen playing on my teams, other teams and, other leagues is getting to bother me and other youth coaches.
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Post by tiger46 on Mar 14, 2009 7:44:06 GMT -6
Coach Goodman, Of the two teams, the 'bad wedgers' (Make no mistake. It was a good team. But, they couldn't wedge for squat.) were shoulder to shoulder. it looked more like a 'wall' than a 'wedge' and it never got them anywhere. The select team had their G's shoulders just behind the C's. But, I don't think they were ready for a team that could defend the wedge. Our DT's were caving in their G's. Our N, somewhat, slowed down their big C. Our Sam is on the line, also. He was quick and hard for their T's to ignore. They ran a Wing-T. I think they netted about 2yrds per attempt on us.
We run Dave's UBSW offense. Our RG is the apex of our wedge. Our problem with the wedge came from the over-all lack of mobility from our C and the mpp's on our left side. We only had 16 players and that went down to 15. So, putting somebody better in their place wasn't an option. I have no doubt that if we would've had a more mobile C we could've broken long TD's. Our wedge would divide itself in half as our C, LG & LE couldn't keep up. Yes, we did have our line recessed from our C. The kid just had feet of stone. Darned accurate snapper, though. We did score 3 times with the wedge. But, we did it from no more than 5yrds out. We also ran Jets and spins with wedge blocking and our BB scored once on 38 Buck Wedge from about 10yrds out.
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Post by tiger46 on Mar 13, 2009 8:38:10 GMT -6
The wedge is a great play. I bought Dave's book and DVD's and installed it the way that he said to install it. It worked quite well. We never broke any long TD runs off of it like I see Dave's teams do. But, it was always good for 5>10yrds As far as stopping the wedge, I'm no expert. But, TNT alignment, in and of itself, really isn't a problem for the O-line when they're wedging. Every defense we faced except for one ran a 5-3. None of the 5-3 teams could shut down our wedge. One team ran a 4-4 with huge select athletes. They were the only ones that could stop it. LOL! One kid was so big that he just reached over our O-line as he was being driven back and grabbed our RB. We only had two teams try to wedge us. One team's effort was too pitiful to even mention. The other was the select team that I mentioned earlier. We still shut down their wedge attempts. We used a TNT alignment, also(Calande's 46 Gambler defense). On any play our 3-techs are assigned with caving in the guards from an angle and squeezing the 'A' gap closed. So, their center would fire off with no power behind him. Their wedge never got any momentum because we disconnected the engine from the plow. I guess that's a long-winded way of saying cave the wedge in from the outside. Collapse its sides. I wouldn't recommend trying to stand in front of it- especially at its apex. Since I'm being long-winded, anyway... Learning to wedge properly really boosts the confidence of MPP's. They see what they can do and it shows. Last thing, there's an argument on the side of those not in favor of running wedge that we pro-wedgers never really have a good answer for it. "If the wedge doesn't hurt anybody, why don't you practice it against your own defense?" I don't know of too many youth coaches that use the wedge besides the ones that I've met on football forums. But, I got to admit, I don't think too many of us will wedge our own defense in practice.
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Post by tiger46 on Mar 13, 2009 0:25:56 GMT -6
eickst,
What is your team's age group? And, where are you located? Casec11 makes a good point. I grew up in a small West Texas oil town that never had a youth football team. A few years back, they finally got a youth team. They named them the 'Roughnecks'. Absolutely great name for a team from a small oil community.
BTW, I found myself thinking along the same lines as you last season. But, there's not much that I can do about the name. I'm new to the organization and I wasn't the one that picked the name. What I was thinking was to have our team members be seen doing things that help the local community- like volunteer work.
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Post by tiger46 on Mar 13, 2009 0:05:44 GMT -6
My condolences to his family and community.
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Post by tiger46 on Mar 5, 2009 11:33:48 GMT -6
From basic training; so, you'll probably have to modify this stuff if you ever decide to use it. Both fighters would be made to do something together. examples: Private Smith and Private Jones get into a fight. One fight resulted in both participants having to carry a heavy log side-by-side, running around the quad ( a quad takes up more area than a HS track), while shouting what they think of each other. Of course, they shouted insults. After they were good and tired and didn't have enough energy to shout anything, the senior DI brought them back over to where we were training. Gave them- and, us- a short speech on togetherness, teamwork, etc... And, then made them run with the log again until they could think of some good qualities to say about each other. Of course, they weren't inclined to think of good things to say about the s.o.b. that they just finished cussing out until they had no breath left. But, the log was persuasive. They were stopped in front of us and made to say the positive things that they had thought about each other. After that, they were made to run with the log and shout the positive things out for all to hear. example# 2: Pvt. Smith and Pvt. Jones were made to do push-ups, face-to-face, mere inches from each other while shouting, "I love you, Pvt. ____! You are my brother! Your life is in my hands! My life is in your hands! Divided, the enemy shall destroy us! Together, no enemy can defeat us!" Repeat as necessary.
example#3 is how I handled a couple of fights for my youth team. We're direct snap SW. TB and LB get into it. I pull them to the side. I call the next play. Have my AC call the LB's blitz. Ball snaps. There's no TB to receive it. But, there's also no LB blitzing through to easily scoop & score with the loose ball. FB has to jump on the ball and cover up for a loss. I jumped on my offense for not scoring while the defense only had 10 players. I did the same to my defense for not scooping & scoring. You can imagine how those conversations went on both sides. They devolved to 'we couldn't accomplish the mission because the guy we counted on to do his job wasn't in the game due to his own stupidity.' I made the fighters understand what happened. Then I made them do bear-crawls until they understood their responsibility to their teammates and to themselves. And, then they had to do more bear-crawls until they were able to tell me a positive quality about the other player. After that, I made them apologize to their team and ask the team to be allowed to practice again.
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Post by tiger46 on Mar 4, 2009 9:38:55 GMT -6
wingtol,
I'm with you on that one about buzz words, etc... I've worked in corporate and university environments for the last 12 yrs. I grit my teeth, just listening to some of the managers, presenters, etc... at meetings. Some words that over the years just drive me crazy to hear now: granular static presentation increased visibility vet
There are others. But, I'm sure everyone gets the idea. My co-workers and I used to just make fun of these people- including our managers.
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Post by tiger46 on Mar 3, 2009 0:55:36 GMT -6
If you don't need a very large one, check craigslist. That's where I got mine. I think it's a 4x3. The board has a tray at the bottom to hold the markers. It also came with two clipboard size whiteboards (one with a football field imprinted), several markers, erasers, a stand and, a nice carrying case with pouches for the board and all of items. I think I paid $20 bucks for it.
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Post by tiger46 on Mar 2, 2009 1:20:12 GMT -6
Let other coaches, principal and/or AD, read the text messages. Save any emails. Document whatever you can.
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Post by tiger46 on Feb 28, 2009 22:41:44 GMT -6
"We were just told we have to win"
Then, just do it.
'nuff said.
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Post by tiger46 on Feb 18, 2009 1:51:18 GMT -6
Coach, I know there are a lot of variables that are unmentioned such as how plays are called, number of pass plays your team runs, etc... So, I'm not sure if this will help you. Also, take into account that I coach youth (9-10) football. My players usually come to me not knowing a thing about football. I literally have to start them from a walk. I accompany them along the position assignment and, at the same time, explain the finer points of the assignment.
For pass routes, I have to walk with them while repeating the name of the route. Basically, your player(s) can verbally repeat what corner and post routes are if you've already taught those routes to them. They probably can draw it up on a chalk board, also. But, during games, they may be too excited or distracted to execute- sort of a case of analysis/paralysis. With my bobbleheads, I sometimes take a military training approach to burning their assignments into their heads. I try to match muscle memory to verbal and cognitive memory. Example: I line the player up exactly where he should be. I don't need the entire offense. I just use a tackle dummy, a cone, a rock(we ain't got a lot of money in our youth program) or, whatever, as a frame of reference. Me: What's the name of this play? Player: 18 Sweep Pass! Me: What do you do on 18 Sweep Pass? Player: I run an angle route! Me: Demonstrate an angle route. Player runs route at speed. Player trots back. (I correct anything that is wrong. Start over from the top. Once all is correct, we go to the next step.) Me: Good. On the snap, execute 18 Sweep Pass. Me: Set! Hit! Run the play. Player trots back. Me: What was the name of the play we just ran? Player: 18 Sweep Pass! Me: What do you do on 18 Sweep Pass? Player: I run an angle route! Me: Demonstrate an angle route. Player executes route at speed. Player trots back. Me: Good. Let's run 18 Sweep Pass. What do you do on 18 Sweep Pass? Player: I run an angle route! Me: Good. On the snap, execute 18 Sweep Pass. Run play at speed.
I start speeding up the process. I repeat it as many times as I think it's needed. After awhile, I remove the route questioning phase. I just say, "What play are we running? Player: '18 Sweep Pass!' Me: Good. On the snap, execute 18 Sweep Pass.
Again, I start speeding up the process. I then remove all questioning until I have this: Me: '18 Sweep Pass! Set! Hit! Player executes corner route.
I do make sure the routes are ran to perfection. An angle route for us is when our WB runs a 45 degree angle pass route. He can't go vertical and he can't fire too flat to the line. I've sometimes put tackle dummies, asst. coaches or, other players in the WB's way. If a WB messes up a route, I don't count it. I don't throw the ball. I explain what was incorrect and we start at the top. There is no punishment. I know it seems time-consuming. But, it actually has saved us a lot of time with teaching routes and other position assignments. Also, they tend to execute those assignments well because they associate the words with actions.
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Post by tiger46 on Feb 16, 2009 8:49:58 GMT -6
Who are you trying to kid? Anyone can see that the left 'G' is a Fat Freddy that can barely get out of his stance. So, what I did is completely innovate a new offense. I moved the left side 'G' over on the right side of the 'C'. That way, his deficiency is covered by the extra linemen on the right side. just in case, I moved a 'B' up just behind him in the gap. And, by bring the left 'E' in closer, my new offense still maintains good pass protection and maintains an eligible receiver. But, wait! There's more! Why be under center with the QB? Much better to move him back. In fact, now that I think about it, QB's are prima donna wimps. I'm just going to get rid of him and use another back that can half-@$$ sling the ball downfield whenever we need it. Now, we're talking a completely new, innovative offense the likes of which no one has ever seen before. Hold on, gotta call my agent. Movie and book deals are sure to come.
--------E--T--C--G--G--T--#81 ---------------------B-------------B -------------B--B
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Post by tiger46 on Feb 13, 2009 18:57:30 GMT -6
I'm not a HS coach. So, I won't try to get all up into someone else's kool-aid. Ya'll know a whole lot more about this stuff than I do. But, I think some coaches are missing the point.
hlb2 wrote: ....."We were 0-10 last year for one reason and one reason only, we played as individuals!...."
If this is the problem as hlb2 sees it- and, since he's the one that knows the most about his program- then the size & strength of the kids is irrelevant. Their size and strength gains can be monitored through regular team testing. But, again- it's irrelevant. HLB2 has defined 'individualism' as a problem with his team. That is the problem that needs to be addressed. I would not start out with an adversarial approach. I would let them know that our team needs leaders. I would define what being a team leader means. I'd let them know that's a role that I need them to fill. And, explain that they can't fill that role through absenteeism. If that didn't work; then I'd start with meting out consequences.
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Post by tiger46 on Feb 6, 2009 19:47:03 GMT -6
groundchuck, Good stuff!
Chewy, If you check out that clip Groundchuck posted, you'd see there was nothing physically special about Permian players back then. Possible exceptions being players like Brit Haegar(SP?), The Hill brothers, and a few others over the years. They were just damned good at executing. Some of my friends played there and Odessa High. My relatives played at Midland Lee and Midland High. In fact, the RB that scored that first TD for Lee in that clip is my cousin.
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Post by tiger46 on Feb 6, 2009 7:54:45 GMT -6
Well, I know #20 and #10 in the white jerseys DIDN'T see that hit.
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Post by tiger46 on Feb 6, 2009 6:32:12 GMT -6
We had an assistant whose wife gave birth on game day and she booted him out of the hospital after their kid was born so he could come to the game. My second son was born during the season, but on a Sunday so not only did I get to coach on Friday, but I didn't miss my beloved college games on the Saturday either. After two (yes two) vasectomies, my third son was born during the week of our Senior Bowl, so I missed most of the practices but still made it to the game. All that being said, as much as I love our game, I would not even think of missing the birth of my child for a game. Oh, and yes, the third kid looks like me. Oh, hell....somebody's got to say it. Come on, vas! BLOCK SOMEBODY!! ;D
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Post by tiger46 on Feb 6, 2009 6:21:35 GMT -6
I coach youth football. My son gets the 'might gonna play' and the 'I would dominate if I played' trash talking kids all the time. These boys think they'd be good at real football because they're good at BS recess tag football at school and backyard football at home. I've taught my son several variations on answers. But, it goes about like this. kid: 'I'm so good blah, blah, blah" son: 'Do you put on pads and a helmet?' kid: 'No. But, I could if I wanted to' son:(shrugs) 'Then you don't want to. So you're not any good.' Walks away.
Touchdownmaker, I have a swift way of dealing with the 'it's all me' RB's, also. My o-line has veto power over any RB. They can boot his a$$ right off the field at any time during practice or in a game. Our starting TB tested their patience in a game once by whining about blocking. During a time-out, they informed me that he no longer had the privilege of running the ball behind them. I took him out of the game and rotated another kid to his position. We marched down the field and scored. The whole time, the kid was pouting and whining to me, 'What I do coach?! Why am I out?!' We both knew what he had done to pi$$ off his o-line. But, I would shrug at him and say, 'I don't know. And, I don't care. But, if our o-line doesn't think you're good enough for them; then you're not good enough. You get replaced. No questions asked.' When I finally let him run the ball again after half-time, his ego and attitude had been properly adjusted. He performed brilliantly. None of the RB's ever got uppity again after that. It even got filtered to the parents not to say a thing to my o-line or about my o-line within ear-shot of me- especially if their kid ran the ball. Had one kid's dad and another kid's uncle learn that lesson.
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Post by tiger46 on Jan 24, 2009 10:41:49 GMT -6
When I was on the JV basketball team we played a Boys Youth Academy. Basically, a school for at risk teen-aged boys. They had some good-sized players on their team. Most were bigger than we were. We were a small 3A school. We had about 10 players on our JV team. There was nothing our coach could do to stop us from killing those guys. He took out our starters. He rotated in every player we had. Played them out of position. i.e...I was a 5'7" point guard. He had me play as a power forward. He took out our 6-foot whatever center and had our 5'9" other guard as center. Guess what? we were still destroying them. When our real center was rotated back into the game, the coach gave him specific instructions that he was not allowed to jump. He could fight for rebounds and block shots still. He just wasn't allowed to jump up in the air to do it. Our coach ended up taking our starting center out of the game before half-time. On offense, we could only shoot from the perimeter. No more driving for lay-ups. If we missed twice, we were not allowed to get the rebound. We had to let them have it. All instructions given to us by our coach. It got so bad that on defense we were taking knees while they tried to put the ball in the basket. They would miss once or twice before scoring. Final score. We won 126-18, or something like that. They didn't even earn the 18pts. We had to do our best to get them to score that much. How did we beat a team by that large of a margin? Simple.....they couldn't play basketball. It wasn't our coach's fault. Maybe the coach in that article shouldn't have been pressing for four quarters, etc... But, it really wouldn't have mattered. If those girls couldn't play basketball; they just couldn't play.
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Post by tiger46 on Jan 22, 2009 15:23:17 GMT -6
Best I could come up with, Coach- which ain't much. www.kellerfootball.com/standings.htmlLooks like they went 6-3 last season. Also, seems that they have Colleyville and Trinity in their district. Tough teams.
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Post by tiger46 on Jan 22, 2009 8:36:14 GMT -6
Coach Beardc, I took absolutely no offense at your post. I did not see it as an attack, at all. In fact, my thoughts ran along those lines before I decided to get involved. I felt the need to offer some explanation, not out defensiveness, but, out of a desire to explain my reasoning. I don't want anyone to think of me as 'one of those' dads. Purchasing a DVD isn't going to suddenly make me a track guru. I am just hoping to cover some basic forms and techniques. I guess I'm trying to fill a coach's vacuum; not a coach's shoes and, hoping that I do no harm. If possible, I am going to try to limit myself to filling in the gaps that my daughter's coaches don't cover. I'm more than willing to take a backseat- hell, I'm willing to jump out of the vehicle- if her coaches begin teaching her those things. On a brighter note for me, my 7th grade daughter made her track team. She will be a 100m & 200m sprinter.
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Post by tiger46 on Jan 22, 2009 3:23:46 GMT -6
I'm apologizing in advance for both, creating a non-football thread and for this post being long. I meant only to find information on and help with girls track. First, I'd like to say that I am not a HS coach. I coach youth football. So, I have a lot of respect for those that make their living coaching athletes. Secondly, I'll answer beardc's question: 'Have you ever had a player complain about your coaching?' Yes.....during practice, during games, during the season and, probably when they're at home. I need to clarify something. Not even once has my daughter complained about her coaches. She has heard enough conversations between my wife and me as we discussed the football team that I coach. She has also been in the stands and ran chains on the sidelines and heard some of the rude, ugly, mis-informed things parents and spectators can say about me and other coaches. I've been in the stands also when watching other teams. That's at youth level. I can imagine what a HS coach has to put up with. The way that I found out about how practices are ran for the girls is through a few simple 'How was your day?' conversations that I have with all my kids almost daily. When my daughter expressed a desire to improve her track performance the first place I directed her to was her coaches. Ask questions. Be proactive, etc... My daughter practices on her own time after homework, chores, etc... to become better whether I choose to help her, or not. I don't want to discourage her by telling her that practicing without knowledge or instruction isn't going to do her much good. So, I figure I may as well help her. I am not trying to be a know-it-all super dad. In fact, I don't know a thing about coaching track; which is why I came here to ask professional coaches for guidance. Example: My daughter goes to practice the longjump last weekend. My wife goes to take a look at her. When they returned my wife is jokingly criticizing our daughter on how bad she is at longjump- one of my wife's events in HS. I asked our daughter why is it that she doesn't do it like the coaches taught her? Her reply: I did. Me: What did they teach you? Her: One coach told me to take 50 steps back, run and jump. Me: What else? Her: (shrug) That's all. What else is there? She didn't know that she needed to launch as close to the end of the board as possible. Didn't know how to land. Didn't know that her landing would be marked at the spot closest to the edge of the board, that it is measured from the edge of the board no matter how far back from the edge that she actually jumped or anything else beyond 'count off 50 steps. Run and jump.' And, she didn't know because no coach bothered to tell her. To be fair, she didn't bother to ask, either. She just did what the coach told her to do. Now, I admit that the coach covered longjump basics. I just think I can help her build from there with a little help from the coaches here. Also, I am quite sure the coach knows a heck of a lot more about long jumping than that. But, she needs to learn to ask questions. My daughter can be a bit of an introvert and isn't assertive when she needs to be, at times. Probably due to her past in-the-stands experiences at my games, asking her coach questions may be interpreted by her as questioning her coach's ability. They are not the same. I've tried to explain that to her. If any coaches have any more help or information for me, I'd appreciate hearing it. But, it may be better to send it to me in a pm. That way, we don't further distract a football board away from it's main focus- football. Huey, Tog, other moderators and whomever(if any) coaches reply would be better judges of that than I am.
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Post by tiger46 on Jan 19, 2009 2:56:46 GMT -6
Thanks again, coaches. I am ordering the DVD's. I took a look at some videos from last year's state track meet. I hope my daughter is serious and ready for some hard work. Whew! Those girls are fast! That 2008 Girls 4A 100m winner was just ridiculus. My daughter is a junior. This looks like it's going to be a year long odyssey for her to prepare herself to be able to compete with that type of speed in her Sr. year. She'll be competing in Texas 5A. Coach tcbxxv, Good to see a West Texas coach on these boards. I grew up in Kermit.
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