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Post by casec11 on May 2, 2008 14:52:02 GMT -6
and [url=http://0304.netclime.net/1_5/000/000/5f2/47c/08Cavs[1].pdf]THIS is the preliminary practice agenda [/url] sent to the current coaches to explain how we'll attempt to go about this. We'll be working with the QB for 3 practices before camp even begins, then, hopefully an extra 15 minutes after each practice.[/quote] can't seem to edit my post....but the correct link is; 0304.netclime.net/1_5/000/000/5f2/5bd/08Cavs.pdf[/quote]I dont think the second link works either
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Post by casec11 on Apr 29, 2008 16:56:35 GMT -6
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Post by casec11 on Apr 29, 2008 11:47:53 GMT -6
I don't think its there anymore
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Post by casec11 on Apr 26, 2008 13:41:55 GMT -6
Rick, I am doing good. Hope you are too. We will do some speed stuff but really would like to split into our teams a little, at least the upper ages. I think we will be much more competitive this year and are turning the corner. I look forward to seeing you and stopping the DW. Also I sending you a PM.
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Post by casec11 on Apr 25, 2008 9:18:06 GMT -6
12-13yrs 125lb many kids coming back but many new kids too so I would say 70 to 80%
May take the 13-14yr 135lb team with us too (these are some of my kids from last year) as the coach who was suppost to come in and coachthe team, the league will not let him leave the city he was coaching for before (If their is any one in Fort lauderdale that would like to coach please PM me, will have to pass aBackground check)
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Post by casec11 on Apr 25, 2008 8:40:27 GMT -6
We are alowed to practice in May for spring (no Pads). This is our first year our program/city will have enough kids to split into our respective teams (we hope) most cities already do this. Does anyone else do this? and if so what do you work on?
I was thinking it would be a good time to introduce formations and work technique. Also a good time to install the passing game and coverage...maybe 7 on 7? I think we will have 8-12 practices.
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Post by casec11 on Apr 23, 2008 7:57:06 GMT -6
I guess I am a heck of a recruiter.. lol you can say that again.... getting kids interested is a big step into turning a program around, good luck coach.
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Post by casec11 on Apr 23, 2008 6:33:15 GMT -6
I wonder how the situation would work out in the business field. Ya, I'm sure they would let me come in late every day and no one would have an issue with it..... Actually in the business field employee’s work out their salary and any other issues with their employer, not their fellow workers or peers. What ever arrangements another employee has worked out with the powers that be are of no concern to anyone but that employee and the company heads. An employee is only owed what he has agreed to work for, not more or less because someone else put more or less time in.
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Post by casec11 on Apr 20, 2008 18:03:27 GMT -6
good topic coach. I would beinterested in what are some of the common things kids put down, and some of the uncommon ones as well.
1. Have fun playing playground football and wants to play the real thing. "seems fun" 2. see people/parent watching football and realizes it's "cool" 3. allows a bigger/heavier kid to exel or be good at a sport 4. wants to get exercise and be part of a team 5. Likes the physical part of the game, agressive/ruffness of it...
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Post by casec11 on Apr 20, 2008 10:45:06 GMT -6
Why didnt all 18 show up? Different reasons, ranging from Injuries, parents being late to bring them and missing weigh ins (I would ask them to be there 1.5hrs before), vacations, death in the family, and a 3 kids were from very religous jewish families and their parents would not let them play on certain Jewish holidays. When your dealing with low numbers you cant do much about it.
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Post by casec11 on Apr 20, 2008 7:04:51 GMT -6
Coach, There was something big wrong, the first year of the program they had many bad/terrible coaches, they drove kids away. The board asked those coaches not to come back, kept the ones they believed were teaching football and tried to find new ones. This is when I volunteered, I was placed as HC of the 12-13yr old team this team was in the worst situation of them all. Only 1 kid came back to play from the year before because the coach was that bad, I convinced two more to come back, and give me a chance as a coach. Our first couple games we were not competitive but as the season progressed we got much better and were in a few games at the end. Kids who had never played were becoming studs. At the end of the season we had 18 kids on the roster because the kids would tell there friends, but only 12 to 14 kids a game. But even though we went 0-10 we had improved so much that many coaches came up and telling us what a good job we had done. The best part is the kids and parents told us what a good time they had how much they learned and that they will be back next year (this was the goal. We stressed fundementals) This went for the whole program… out of 7 teams 1 had a winning record(went to playoffs) another had 3 wins and 1 had 1… But the change in the program is evident. The directors are doing a good job building it up but when coaches are hard to come by some times you have to take what is there. The league was impressed by the turn around and voted us in as permanent members
This is the first May we might have enough kids to have spring practice like the other teams we play and our goal is making the playoffs.
I did not mean to take this tread in another direction, but thought it was pertinent to “terrible coaching”, because it is an example that teams or programs can recover, with experience and weeding out, hopefully we are headed in this direction. Stories I heard from kids about the year before include, coaches feeding the kids redbulls before the game, coaches not showing up, or leaving practice in the middle of it, coach getting knocked out by a player, coaches fighting ect…
We had a coach last year on one of the teams(he was asked not to come back) come late or not show up and his players would be loafing around on the fields, what do I do in a situation like this? I felt bad for the kids so had them be our scout team, but I was fuming mad at the coach.
Dave it is definitely a good Idea to show those clips of what not to do, because some coaches just may not know.
-Case
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Post by casec11 on Apr 19, 2008 16:46:09 GMT -6
Dave, there were other circomstances contributing to the 0-10 (only 4 kids on the team who have everplayed before, only 8 kids a week befor our first game vs. teams with 35 kids and cuts...one of our 8 was a cut from another program). I am not talking about just our team I am talking about the 7 others
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Post by casec11 on Apr 19, 2008 12:14:34 GMT -6
I suggest you go to a youth football tournament near you that has out of state or area teams playing and walk the sidelines and see the quality of the teams and coaching. I would love to see that and I don't doub't this, but I do know some teams from our league go to these and do very well. Our league is extremely competitive we had 4 of the 7 FLyaa state champs and 2 others were the runner up. Our team (0-10) with exactly 11 kids scrimmaged a playoff team from another league late in the season and we destroyed them. I know what has to be done. My question is, simmilar to brophys, how do I get other coaches from our program interested in becoming better... I see drills like the one above all the time.... and probably in the begining I ran something similar. Should I aproach a coach (when he is alone) and let him know there is a better way? -Case
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Post by casec11 on Apr 18, 2008 14:46:44 GMT -6
Ok I have been reading these posts and wanted to add my experience. The guys from Jupiter does not surprise me. In FL there are many new communities that have been built and new programs come with that. If these coaches are anything like our program being new, they are trying to find experienced coaches, but many times there are none to find. We are not in a new community but are a new program in the city, most of the teams we play are from the suburbs of that city (there is also another league in the city that is cheaper so we have low numbers for now) . When I joined the program last season I told them I would like to assistant and they explained they needed HCs and wanted me to be one ( the 12-13yrold team). I had no experience other than coaching my sister’s flag football team in college, so I bought books, got online, ect… I still did many things wrong. This is where experience comes in. If I could go back and do it over knowing what I know now we would have done better than 0-10 (we got much better by the end of the year with most of the team who had never played before). The problem was I did not know how to teach the kids what I wanted to get across, this took time and experience. Some other coaches from our program didn’t know an X from an O when they started.
To answer Matts question on how we get better coaching: 1. New coaches be assistants first gain experience under a good coach 2. if one is not available (like our situation)…Clinics!!! Our program this year has asked some of the successful coaches from the league come in and give us clinics… these are very helpful and would have been last year. 3. High Schools ask your local youth leagues if they need help, or would like a clinic. It does not have to be your systems, but proper techniques and practice organization is a big help to those that do not know. 4. Coaches helping other coaches, if you see a coach who is new, give him your number “if you need any advice” if you are new ask!!
Sometimes people want to do it there way, I tell coaches in our program about this site and others sites devoted to youth football, every once in a while one will check it out. If they come on a read a little hopefully they learned something. Those coaches who posted that video are trying to get better as coaches (see Dave’s post) And eventually they will be, especially if coaches continue to help each other.
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Post by casec11 on Apr 16, 2008 17:48:54 GMT -6
Mega dittos!! The only problem is the wife gets mad and says I'm on the computer too much...now if I can get it okayed at school!!! My wife too..... Great site, best around
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Post by casec11 on Mar 26, 2008 9:24:27 GMT -6
What Dave is speaking about "layerd Hand off" for those that do not know
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Post by casec11 on May 23, 2007 18:29:22 GMT -6
Study, watch tape, but ask questions about anything you are confused about. I am sure if the HC sees you are willing to put in the effort and work to learn it inside and out he will be more inclined to give you the position, hoping that you will continue to work that hard...show him you will
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Jun 10, 2007 12:48:41 GMT -6
Post by casec11 on Jun 10, 2007 12:48:41 GMT -6
Trap Blitz Gridiron Robber ....Fumble
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Post by casec11 on Dec 12, 2007 20:02:02 GMT -6
Lawyers with too much time on their hands! I fully agree with this.... And altough the W seems a bit petty, the artical states UW-madison had asked for six years that washburn stop using a representation of there logo before they took legal action. It just shows that it is always better to take a little time and be original. There would not be a problem if that was so. Wisconsin paid for the time and effort to create that logo, does that now mean anyone can use it?
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Post by casec11 on Dec 12, 2007 14:57:52 GMT -6
As for the two W's from Wisconsin the fact that they are trademarked and registered is what the fight is over. They are simmilar enterprizes. You would not see Burger king come out with golden arches in there logo. It would be trade mark infringment. Those Ws are pretty close and they are both colleges in Wisconson. Im not sure about this but , As for highschools, middleschools, and youth not for profits, the use of copyrited logos is ok if it is for education or charitable organisations. I would do some research on this before you take my word for it however. Washburn University is in Topeka, Kansas, not Wisconsin. Their colors are blue and white, not red and white. The logos are similar, but not exactly the same. They are not in the same level of collegiate sports. Nor do they compete. I must have mixed up where washburn was. The fact that they are different colors will not mater. Much like a company, a school will pay large amounts of money to brand themselves. Being in the design industry I can see Wisconsins side of the story. They want people to think of their institution when that shaped W is seen ( you might ask: how many ways can you shape a W? I have over 300 fonts on my computer). They were using the Identical W at some points the story also says. I think the fact that Washburn had theirs trademarked after asking them to change it , is why they are after them or else they probably would have left them alone. This does not have to do with just sports, when they advertize their schools this sybol is seen and it is a copy. If a student takes a paragraph from a book and changes the names and some words it is still plagerism.
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Post by casec11 on Dec 12, 2007 13:58:08 GMT -6
From Wikipedia: A Maroon (from the word marronage or American/Spanish cimarrón: "fugitive, runaway", lit. "living on mountaintops"; from Spanish cima: "top, summit") was a runaway slave in the West Indies, Central America, South America, or North America. Maroon populations are found in Jamaica, Amazon River Basin to the American states of Florida and North Carolina.
You could have an M with broken chains ... What is your schools name or initials/ colors(I am assuming maroon is one)?
------- As for the two W's from Wisconsin the fact that they are trademarked and registered is what the fight is over. They are simmilar enterprizes. You would not see Burger king come out with golden arches in there logo. It would be trade mark infringment. Those Ws are pretty close and they are both colleges in Wisconson. Im not sure about this but , As for highschools, middleschools, and youth not for profits, the use of copyrited logos is ok if it is for education or charitable organisations. I would do some research on this before you take my word for it however.
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Post by casec11 on Dec 12, 2007 13:51:34 GMT -6
Coach bruce: We use a banner that breaks away...and can be put back together I am thinking it is 6x4 or 8x5 I am not sure. I think they would be around $150... They are made of vinal and any sign company can make them up. Another Idea is to have a custom flag made... I had one made to hang off a boat as advertizement for a fishing tournament and it turned out nice. these range from 100 to 300 depending on size and are full color. I would have to search for the company that made it but I wanted to do this for our team as a flag to carry
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Post by casec11 on Dec 12, 2007 10:10:11 GMT -6
This is one I did for coach Bruce
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Post by casec11 on Dec 10, 2007 9:26:37 GMT -6
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Post by casec11 on Dec 4, 2007 10:43:49 GMT -6
Coach Bruce thanks for the Plug.... I did some Raiders (could be used for Pirates) logos for him Sample: , but they changed the name to Thunder By the way "Thunder" is a product of lightning Coach Bruce-I sent you a couple for Thunder logos.....but I may not be able to compete with the Aussies
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Post by casec11 on Feb 5, 2008 10:49:34 GMT -6
Bruce, I think it is a basic red... Are you adding red to your colors?
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Post by casec11 on Oct 17, 2007 6:59:24 GMT -6
I coach 12 and 13 yr olds in a city where I have an small amount of kids, but an even mix of "poor & rich". One thing I noticed is, of the two hardest workers on the team one is from the wealthiest family and and the other I hope will eat dinner.... the same is true for the the two who slack. What I am saying is, I think it does not matter about their economic background, you have to find a way to get the competitive juices flowing. BROPHYS #2 Try to make practice more competitive, this may breed excitement in the kids at first then into the parents.
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Post by casec11 on Oct 5, 2007 8:14:09 GMT -6
When I was in Highscool the samething happened to us, 5 starters got caught throwing eggs by the cops in the middle of the night on holloween, and they did not play, simple. Those of us who ran away and did not get caught however were able to play Kids are Kids, but they have to understand if they do the crime, they must do the time
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Post by casec11 on Jan 5, 2008 8:46:18 GMT -6
2pm ABC.... check abc.com for internet
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Post by casec11 on Nov 2, 2007 9:05:15 GMT -6
Ted Seays Wild Bunch - Skill Players that would be a good fit
X: Larry Fitzgerald – Pitt / Charles Johnson – Georgia Tech H: Marshall Faulk – San Diego State / Garrison Hearst – Georgia Y: Kellen Winslow (K2) – Miami / Jeremy Shocky - Miami Z: Desmond Howard – Michigan / Reggie Bush - USC F: Eddie George – Ohio State (not a FB, but this is for fun) / Natrone Means – NorthCarolina Q: Vince Young – Texas / Steve Young – BYU/ Charlie Ward – FSU
The Important part: BT: Pace – Ohio State BG: Will Sheilds - Nebraska C: Dave Rimington - Nebraska SG: Hutchinson – Michigan ST: Bryant McKinnie - Miami
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