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Post by Yash on Sept 19, 2016 9:39:34 GMT -6
Make them your alternate uniforms that you only wear on turf. Should prevent the grass stains.
What do they do in meantime until they can get another set of away uniforms?
Not every school can afford to have "alternate" uniforms, especially when you pay $250 a set for one.
I was joking.... my away uniforms are from prior to 2009--- I rarely get new uniforms. I don't have alternate uniforms, nor do I have turf.
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Post by Yash on Sept 19, 2016 7:02:42 GMT -6
Make them your alternate uniforms that you only wear on turf. Should prevent the grass stains.
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Post by Yash on Jul 21, 2016 20:46:16 GMT -6
In wisconsin if the heat index gets in the upper 90's we have to take gear off, if its around 104, we can't be out there. One thing I do as a line coach is linemen practice in the shade. Perk to being a linemen... and feeds into the philosophy of offensive linemen being the mushrooms of football.
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Post by Yash on Jul 15, 2016 14:43:30 GMT -6
Ours is close to $100. Free and reduced lunch kids have it waived. We might be one of the only programs in the area that does this, or so I have been told. We are a very tight fisted district when it comes to spending money so we try to get the players to pay for as much as we can.
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Post by Yash on Jul 8, 2016 12:46:59 GMT -6
$0 Was the duct tape an up charge?
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Post by Yash on Jul 6, 2016 20:03:24 GMT -6
@yash we went 42 and they are just right for our varsity guys. Thanks.... we don't have too many war daddy's so we will get the 42 inchers as well!
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Post by Yash on Jul 6, 2016 14:57:50 GMT -6
Any updates on these? Anyone have a size that they prefer? Thinking about getting 42 inch ones, but fear they might be too small. Any suggestions?
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Post by Yash on Jun 12, 2016 14:26:37 GMT -6
I haven't had any... had them come out of dryer wrinkly a few times, but rewash and dry and they are fine.
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Post by Yash on Jun 12, 2016 12:35:30 GMT -6
Deal Alert! Target has golf shorts, same as the golf pants, on sale for $15.00 a pair this week. If you use cartwheel and redcard you get them for 20% off of the $15.00 Can't beat that deal with a stick. Bought 5 pairs today for like $60 or a tad over. Got the weekdays covered for summer.
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Post by Yash on Jun 7, 2016 21:11:16 GMT -6
Target has awesome C9 (champion) black and khaki golf pants that are super breathable and look nice also. You can get them in the fall on clearance for under $20 a pair. I wear those year round. They are super cool and look decent. Stock up! What kind of material? I bought some Dockers this year and they are already trashed. They have fade marks from where I keep my phone. My Sam's Club khakis that I've been wearing for 3-4 years are still going strong. Not sure but they have held up very well. 4 pairs that I wear each week and no fades, major rips or tears. Snag here or there, but very good so far.
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Post by Yash on Jun 7, 2016 7:06:07 GMT -6
Target has awesome C9 (champion) black and khaki golf pants that are super breathable and look nice also. You can get them in the fall on clearance for under $20 a pair. I wear those year round. They are super cool and look decent. Stock up!
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Post by Yash on Jun 6, 2016 13:57:29 GMT -6
Holy {censored} dude! You were in 'Nam & still surviving as a teacher...you must be 1 tough S.O.B.!!! Off topic, but coached with a Nam vet... wore full sweats in august to practice because he didn't like the bugs... a kid asked him Coach aren't you hot... he went off on the kid "You ever been to Nam? Ever felt how hot it was there..." no one ever asked about the heat again.
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Post by Yash on May 14, 2016 19:58:59 GMT -6
Along the same lines, I took my kid (8th grade) to Russell Wilson's football camp last summer. It was awful. Way too many kids, not enough coaches. Started about 45 minutes late. Supposed to be a morning session and an afternoon session. The morning session was OK, I guess. Lunch ran long and then Wilson gave a "motivational" speech. Well, before his big "speech", he spent a half hour playing music and having kids come up and dance in front of the rest of the campers. Then he gave his big speech..standard, canned stuff. Nothing memorable at all. By the time he was done, there wasn't enough time for the 2nd session and they didn't even have it. Basically, for $300, my kid got an autographed picture with Russell Wilson. Never again will I send my kid to a pro athlete's camp. It was terrible. I felt so bad for my kid afterwards...he was really disappointed and knew that his time had been wasted. I worked the Russell Wilson camp in wisconsin 2 years in a row--- its more of an out reach than a football camp. They bus in hundredsof low income kids from Madison/ Milwaukee that get scholarships to the camp. Anyone who pays for it is getting ripped off. Half the scholarship kids spend most their time trying to load up on the free gatorade stuff they are giving away and don't actually want to do the drills. As a high school coach, I have helped out with a few clinics and ran a few practices, so I tried to streamline some drills to make them more efficient so kids could get more reps and we could be more organized and I got shot down by some camp "organizers." While I think it was a good experience for some kids to get to see some NFL players that might not otherwise have gotten that chance, I felt it was much more of a publicity thing and giant marketing campaign for state farm than it was a football camp. To put "passing academy" in the title was a complete lie.
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Post by Yash on Apr 24, 2016 19:38:24 GMT -6
Maybe I am not seeing the full picture, but one aspect of these that I don't like is that it turns into a lot of diving and removes the leg/ foot drive from the tackle. I feel like we are teaching kids to dive instead of maintain feet in the ground and drive the legs through the tackle.
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Post by Yash on Mar 24, 2016 19:11:34 GMT -6
Let's see how basic training could POSSIBLY affect a young man... A kid gets shipped off (no mommy/no daddy) A drill instructor constantly telling them they're not the sh!t (like they were back on the block-humility) Up at 5am (actually 4:55 because you saw what happened to the guy who slept in) Bed at 10pm (you were tired enough to go to sleep an hour ago) Running non-stop in between (literally) Stress levels of epic proportions (when it's 4th and short, he doesn't blink) Obstacle courses that have life or death implications (enough said) 5 minutes (maybe) to eat a six course meal (you learn to eat your dessert first-decision making) Firewatch (staying up to watch over their buddies-accountability) Field training (no x-box in the field) Marksmanship (attention to detail and concentration) Extra push ups at night (cause you're not sure if "Jody Boy" is banging your girl, and you might need to lay down an a$$ whooping when you get home-intrinsic motivation) Washing clothes by hand (nothing comes easy) Shining shoes to a spit shine (pride) Close order drill/Marching (until you start shouting commands in your sleep-repetition) Regular physical testing (and the distance you train for may save your life or someone else's-scholarship/smolarship) Graduation (a sense of accomplishment-something earned, not given) If kids could see the end from the beginning, armed services wouldn't need recruiters, and we'd have a lot less 'how to I develop leaders in my program?' threads. Firewatch was the worst thing... you valued sleep so much to have to watch for a fire that wasn't going to happen was downright punishment.
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Post by Yash on Mar 8, 2016 22:07:09 GMT -6
What I found last year when we ordered our under armour pants is more kids want the smalls than you think. All of my guys wanted to go a size smaller than you'd think they would need. I thought they fit big-- guy who I thought was a large, wore a medium.
Get some samples and try them on.
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Post by Yash on Feb 27, 2016 14:04:55 GMT -6
I hate our pregame routine. It doesn't flow very well, it doesn't seem to be efficient. I watched the state championship games in person this year watching their pregame routines and I saw both of them doing basically a hawk tackle circuit before the game and a lot of circuit stuff.
What does your pregame routine look like? From the first group to take the field until kickoff what do you do? What do you like about it, what do you want to change about it?
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Post by Yash on Feb 17, 2016 20:31:35 GMT -6
True story, we had a kid who got a concussion at our school from standing up and hitting his head on a shelf full of trophies... Not sure how he got these trophies because he doesn't have a lick of athleticism. Then again, its america and everyone gets a trophy just for breathing and peeing on the potty.
Same kid got a concussion getting tackled after scoring the game winning run in a JV (freshmen plus sophomores who suck at baseball) Baseball game. I believe it was on a wild pitch, walk, or hit batsman.
This is the crap we get concussions for in our school.
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Post by Yash on Dec 30, 2015 13:55:24 GMT -6
Coaches,
We are looking to show our players examples of great effort when we start camp in the fall. Our mission is to show them that no matter our "talent" level we can make great plays based strictly on effort and will to compete. If you have some examples of great effort by your athletes, or have an example from a college or pro game can you post it here. We could put together a collection of great effort plays to show kids what it looks like and help them understand that it isn't the one handed catches that win games, but the great effort by a full team that help win games.
One example that I saw was in the Vikings vs Cardinals game Larry Fitzgerald threw a crushing block on a simple out pass to Floyd. Fitzgerald I think got 2 blocks on the play to escort him untouched to the endzone.
I'd also take hudl exchanges if you have some plays on your Hudl you could share.
Thanks!
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Post by Yash on Dec 28, 2015 15:28:51 GMT -6
Urban Meyer's book Above the Line. I thought it was excellent. Limited on the anecdotal big game BS and filled with insight about running a program. I all ready finished it today. id love to hear more about that, maybe do a write up on some of the key points and post it as an Article? Best football book I've read in a long time. I have a Google doc full of quotes from the book (page number included). It's excellent.
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Post by Yash on Dec 17, 2015 21:02:03 GMT -6
We had a college student interning with our trainer this year. 21 year old blonde girl... she killed our practice. I'd prefer male interns... much less distractions with them.
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Post by Yash on Nov 26, 2015 23:44:02 GMT -6
We can use the gym, but only if the dance team, volleyball team, and middle school club basketball teams aren't already in there... And I'm not joking
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Post by Yash on Nov 24, 2015 20:14:21 GMT -6
Week 6 This year. Playing one of the less talented teams in our conference. We were a middle of the pack team, but much better than this team. We score 30 points in first half... but gave up 18. Corner fell down, gave up a 87 yard TD pass. Fumbled opening kick off, they hit 25 yard TD pass. Gave up 300+ passing.
Scored 30 in first half, but starting RB who had 100+ in first half injured knee and was out. Back up RB who was an all conference DE got a concussion after rushing for 60 yards in first half, missed rest of game. 2 more D linemen got concussions and were out in 2nd half. Didn't score again. We were driving on final drive of game, had a WR wide open and QB under threw him. Shortly there after, under a minute left about 25 yards out from tying the game, our QB pulls out too quick from under center, fumbles the ball and we lose. We were way overconfident, should have never lost but did. I will work my tail off to make sure that never happens again.
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Post by Yash on Nov 16, 2015 8:42:53 GMT -6
I don't need a playbook... I need coaches who can coach and teach the techniques required to execute the playbook we already have in place. X's and O's don't mean jack if they don't do or aren't able to do what you need them to.
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Post by Yash on Nov 15, 2015 22:17:24 GMT -6
We are having one as well... After last game everyone poured their thoughts out into a google doc. 18 pages worth of thoughts on our season/ program. Needless to say we won't have any issues finding something to discuss at our meeting.
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Post by Yash on Nov 14, 2015 14:07:23 GMT -6
HC/OC/OL-30 DC/LB- 31 DL-35 DB-32 QB-23 RB-23 WR-33 Thats a fairly young staff. How did you guys do this season? Just curious. 4-6. Lost first round of playoffs... In wisconsin our state rules for playoff qualification are .500 record in conference gets in you in, hence losing record in playoffs. In my 4 years as head coach we have been about 2 games below .500 each year. Still trying to gain experience as we go. I am only coach that teaches in the building so it is tough sledding but hopefully we are getting better.
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Post by Yash on Nov 14, 2015 0:10:16 GMT -6
HC/OC/OL-30 DC/LB- 31 DL-35 DB-32 QB-23 RB-23 WR-33
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Post by Yash on Nov 14, 2015 0:08:37 GMT -6
What do you do to create great effort in practice. What I mean is when you see a lineman in a game running 50 yards down field to throw a block that was coached. But how do you get that into a kid. Obviously you don't run every play 50 yards down field in practice right? How do you get a whole team that hustles through the whistle on every play.
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Post by Yash on Oct 28, 2015 20:43:04 GMT -6
Does anyone have a criteria for what your players need to do to become eligible to be a captain? Leadership curriculum? Minimum number of lifts they need to do?
Thanks!
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Post by Yash on Aug 9, 2015 14:24:23 GMT -6
I will have a guy on staff tag our next opponent. A lot of times it's a guy who doesn't have a lot of input or responsibility for game planning the upcoming opponent so I have him tag a game or 2 of the next opponent. Helps to have that done prior to Saturday so you can run reports sooner.
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