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Post by morris on Jun 23, 2021 17:41:59 GMT -6
In the cheerleading case did the cheerleader have to sign a social media contract? I have no clue if such a contract would even hold up. We all know a lot of the paperwork people have to fill out would never standup in court. With that said our athletes have to sign a social media contract. For me I’m not sure I would even have to do anything. I believe the school or district would take action. A lot of stuff I just handle with playing time.
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Post by morris on Jun 9, 2021 18:04:43 GMT -6
June is voluntary. I don’t get overly concerned with it. We go 9-12. That is so we can adjust do to heat and weather.
We typically don’t keep them until 12. The school has meals provided from 11-12 so we try to make sure the kids can get food if they want to. In those three hours we do speed work, sprint mechanics, lift and some O, D, ST. We don’t work a some crazy pace. It’s almost preloading for official practice in July.
In July I don’t get to worked up on who is there. We have kids that are doing travel baseball or whatever. I don’t give them crap. We coach up who we have when we have them. The ones that put in part time work they get part time playing time.
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Post by morris on Jun 3, 2021 6:02:52 GMT -6
Well that staff better get ready to be fired and sued.
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Post by morris on May 27, 2021 18:38:40 GMT -6
Or go bill Walsh. He wrote a book about his time at Stanford. And I believe, and I may very well have it wrong as it’s 25 yrs since read that book, he didn’t word associate anything. Even without word association he had to come up with the names some how. That’s not a knock on your comment just that in his mind there was some type of association. It would of been interesting to know how he came up with the names/terms. The Briles tree uses some really interesting terms and you can see how it kind of just got cobbled together. A bit here and but there and some good old HS terms. New Anthony is their slot choice. The story is it came about because they had a new kid named Anthony so that’s what they called it. K Draw got its name because the QBs names started with a K.
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Post by morris on May 27, 2021 4:09:04 GMT -6
We’ve done this a few different ways.
Families: we have used general categories with no definitive term. For example any sports team in Pennsylvania told the OL it was pass protection. Any superhero was power. We had to add directional indicators
Word association: Indianapolis starts with I so Colts is inside zone. Once again you need a direction indicator unless you do something like the popular city/mascot or whatever. Colleges mean one thing Pro means another and so on.
What we are going to try is a combination of numbers and words. So all “10” calls like 11, 12, 13, etc might be IZ along with a couple of words. I think it’s easier for a defense to put together a play calling change that is just words opposed to hearing a series of different numbers. I know of a pretty successful coaching group that uses 2/3 for gap scheme 4/5 for zone. So for example they just say 2 Smack and off they go.
One thing we do is we don’t teach players the traditional names. So we don’t say this is Power and the code names are this. It adds a level of decoding. We also make sure we use the same terms on defense. If the team runs GH counter we say they run jets in this formation.
As far as categories go there is a massive amount you could use.
Organs/Body parts Fast Food Food TV/TV characters Movies/Movie characters Songs/singers/bands/rappers Word association like Lock: chain, Key, Bolt States Cities Mascots: Coverdale used opponent mascots at times Video Game references Teachers Things in the community Cars/makes/models/types of transportation Colors
I don’t know the technical term for this but when you use words that parts of the word is used a memory reference. Like Hag for Hitch and Go. DOT drag with an Outside Two. Swag Switch And Dig.
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Post by morris on May 25, 2021 17:23:30 GMT -6
For us I feel 1 on 1s are important. We have a few different ways we do them. Now when we do them they are almost always vertical routes. When I say that I mean it’s a fade or seam route. The DB knows it. The WR knows it. The QB knows it. 1-2-3 and ball is gone. The only other thing we’ll add is a stop at 10 yards if the WR can’t close the distance but we don’t do that much. We have a separate drill for that most of the time.
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Post by morris on May 24, 2021 3:37:04 GMT -6
I don’t know if it’s typical but I’m roughly the same size school. Add to the list Announcer Spotter for the booth Paying for law enforcement Paying for EMS Cleaning the stadium (stands, pulling trash, etc) after the game.
The goals I don’t have to mess with anyone more but when I did I complained about that. I just bugged the AD and the other coaches until they started taking care of their goals.
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Post by morris on May 23, 2021 9:24:44 GMT -6
Coach, please, do you mind to share more about the speed approach, just like you did with the weight room work? Sure. Since 2015 I've used Dale Baskett's programming for speed days (He updated it again around 2018). If you have 4 sessions / week in the summer, two can be used for Dale and if you have 6 weeks you'd complete his program (Sessions 1 and 2 in week 1, and so on). Now I also use some FTC methods, obviously, and where Dale didn't time I time 2-3 sprints at the end of the workout. Intent, growth #'s, intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation (wristbands for growth, effort, or one of those WOW performances). Time their 20y on speed day 1 and their fly10 on speed day 2. The other two days I would do a progressive COD/Agility program day and a Curved Sprints day. You can even time 2-3 sprints on those days. COD/Agility could be a zig-zag run and the goal is to have both directions within .01 of each other (balance) and you can do static 10 vs your backwards fly 10 (20y) on a curved day. I have a COD/agility program I tweak all the time. I'm currently using it on myself and my wife collecting a lot of data but also on private clients and just finished up with a softball team. You don’t see any issues with doing Baskett’s sessions on consecutive days? We are going to start using his stuff that’s why I’m asking. He makes it sound like you need a day off between sessions. Granted the first few are no more taxing than the Holler stuff we use to warm up everyday. If we can do it on consecutive days that is pretty good news for us.
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Post by morris on May 21, 2021 4:11:26 GMT -6
I get some people running 110 or things like that to get a kid to fight through that mental wall. That they can make it or they can do hard things. I think you can do the same thing in the weight room or high tempo periods or periods that are very mentally taxing. Inside run for us is like that. It is at a ridiculous tempo with fresh defenders being rotated in. I believe that is as physically and mentally taxing as running 110.
Having kids take 4-8 reps in a row quickly is another way to do it. Just watch form build to it. Once form starts going to crap get them out and keep building.
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Post by morris on May 21, 2021 4:04:58 GMT -6
I call the The Chosen Ones. I give the skinnies cramp all the time saying things like “Don’t blame me God didn’t bless you with the body and skills to be with us. “ things like that. I’m the HC/OC and OL coach. Skinnies aren’t allowed to complain about the OL or talk negative to/about them. I handle any corrections that need to happen and I make that clear to the lettuce eaters. I’m with them in the weight room. When I recruit kids I make sure they know they will be with me. I’m the HC and I’m recruiting them to play in my position group. I make sure they understand I’m not going to run them to death or beat them up.
We do some heavy package stuff where I bring in extra guys. We just run away or hide the bad guys up front. We use a H which is really just a G in the backfield. They were 99 and we’ll sneak a pass in to them once a year.
I talk my guys up. When a kid isn’t big on OL I point to the little guys. I ask who are you going to start over or explain that those kids over there can’t play anywhere else. They are to small and weak.
Block down, kick out and wrap is fun. Doubling and down blocking poor souls can really get them excited. I send them clips of OL guys being physical and nasty.
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Post by morris on May 20, 2021 6:24:28 GMT -6
Mostly two way players in the second largest classification in our state. The only “conditioning” problem we run into is because our 165 lb inside backer is having to take on much larger players. Like has been mentioned before that is more of a “body blow” conditioning issue.
I’m also pretty convinced that running like this and how many of us ran gassers were really tempo runs. Kids aren’t dumb and know how to pace themselves. So coaches thought it was gassers max effort when it was tempo runs.
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Post by morris on May 18, 2021 18:25:10 GMT -6
We RPR , Tony Holler Sprint warm up and @ mariner42 animal warm up. Then we’re good to go
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Post by morris on Apr 7, 2021 18:34:38 GMT -6
I haven’t used practice pants in probably 10 years. There have been a few years we used volleyball knee pads for practice. If you need protection pull them up. Do you go full go at times like that? I've been seeing more and more teams have kids with basketball knee pad sleeves. Anybody use those for games? Thanks! Yes we do. I had a kid play with the volleyball knee pads all year. I never had a clue and neither did the officials because you could clearly see a “knee pad”
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Post by morris on Apr 7, 2021 16:13:29 GMT -6
I haven’t used practice pants in probably 10 years. There have been a few years we used volleyball knee pads for practice. If you need protection pull them up.
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Post by morris on Mar 26, 2021 6:36:40 GMT -6
Now my preferred method is hunt down people that do what I want to learn and talk. If you run a particular style of offense (wing-t, double wing, fkexbone as examples) I think finding a good group of guys that run it is big. Zoom has helped a lot on that front.
Read a lot. Forums, articles, books or whatever I can get ahold of. Some of it is specific to what we do. Some of it is just to see what others do in other offenses. I’ve never ran the wing-t past scout team but I read a lot of it for example.
Game film. I don’t mess with NFL stuff. College and HS film is where I stay. I pad a bunch of OL play stuff to see technique and things like that. I stay pretty focused here to things we do or that we might added/adjust.
I used to be big into coaches choice and things like that. I found most of the time you got just enough information to get yourself into trouble or there really wasn’t anything there. Coachtube is better but you really need to do your research to see if it’s worth the price.
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Post by morris on Mar 8, 2021 6:15:24 GMT -6
Anyone heard the recording of him talking about Hoover that the booster president recorded?
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Post by morris on Feb 14, 2021 7:32:16 GMT -6
We used to throw on Friday mornings before school in the gym. Most gyms have the bleachers that push back and volleyball lines. I honestly really like doing pass install in the gym because of those lines. Where you run into problems is the space out of bounds from the baseline to the wall. I’ve been in some large gyms where there is a lot more space.
For example if you put your C on the corner of the volleyball line going the length of the court then your QB will be on the baseline or a little further back. Now the volleyball back line is your LOS. You can get pretty close with half field splits. With the different lines kids have landmarks. Another example is the length of the basketball court there is a spot where the spike line and the three point line cross. This is pretty close to 18 yards and a good post landmark. Even if kids can’t run the route your QB can work on timing of hitting the top of the drop. We’ve worked fade/verticals also though you have to be more careful. The QB learns to get the ball out fast (think arena ball) and has to use less air. It speeds up everything.
OL we just find another spot to work steps/footwork. This is the group you really have to worry about.
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Ethics
Jan 20, 2021 15:04:16 GMT -6
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Post by morris on Jan 20, 2021 15:04:16 GMT -6
We have a play where the TE acts like he fell down. Gets up and runs a pass route. It basically takes the place of a slam release. We got threatened by the official to flag it and the opponent was pretty upset by it. Under what rule would he flag it? There is the rule about deceit. It’s the same one that makes the “wrong ball” play illegal. He try to say that my TE had given himself up so he wasn’t part of the play anymore. It’s a bunch of crap but if they throw it they aren’t picking it up.
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Post by morris on Jan 20, 2021 5:40:16 GMT -6
We have a play where the TE acts like he fell down. Gets up and runs a pass route. It basically takes the place of a slam release. We got threatened by the official to flag it and the opponent was pretty upset by it.
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Post by morris on Jan 19, 2021 11:24:13 GMT -6
Does anyone use or have experience with integrated game pants? We are just looking at different options and considering how knee pads must be worth a fortune on the black market.
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Ethics
Jan 19, 2021 11:21:34 GMT -6
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Post by morris on Jan 19, 2021 11:21:34 GMT -6
Coaches knowingly send OL downfield on RPO's. Coaches intentionally take delay of game penalties, many other examples of intentionally breaking the rules. Stealing your opponents play-call signals is another one that can be considered a grey area. While I agree that some of the scenarios in this thread are "bush league", I'm not sure who ultimately gets to decide when breaking the rules is considered "good coaching" versus when it's considered "bush league". What about finding a loophole in the rules? Is it unethical to exploit that loophole? Seems like whenever Belichick does it, he's praised as a genius, but sometimes others are called cheaters. How is a delay of game penalty breaking the rules? I think it has to do with using the rule in a way it isn’t intended to gain an advantage. There was a strange way the rule worked in the NFL that allowed you to run more clock off I believe. This is one of those things where is knowingly breaking the rules ok. Not many if any coaches would see taking a delay of game penalty as Bush league. It’s an accepted thing just like intentional DPI.
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Jan 19, 2021 11:16:53 GMT -6
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Post by morris on Jan 19, 2021 11:16:53 GMT -6
1 and 2 are cheating.
The other two I wouldn’t call cheating. I’m not sure where that line is between gamesmanship, accepted behavior and bush league for some stuff.
Simulating the snap. Teams do it and are taught to do it.
Teams running up to the LOS and snapping it fast to get a rolling start.
Taking a PI to prevent a TD or long gain.
Pulling a Harbaugh and holding to take a safety and run out the clock.
Sending 3 guys in but making it look like 4 guys are coming out to do the old hideout play.
There are a number of things that are cheating but accepted. Committing a penalty on purpose. There are a number of things that by rule are not cheating but people have a problem with (yelling fumble). Then there is the stuff that 99% of us think is bush league unethical like examples 1 and 2. I’m not sure where the line is for all of that and how it is decided the line has been crossed.
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All 22
Dec 28, 2020 22:38:50 GMT -6
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Post by morris on Dec 28, 2020 22:38:50 GMT -6
Ok I’m looking for Kent St 2020 all 22 on offense. Anyone have a hookup or know where I might be able to get it?
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Post by morris on Dec 28, 2020 9:26:45 GMT -6
I’m looking at trying to visit a couple of colleges this off-season. Those of you that have/do visit schools when is the best time to contact them? When do you typically visit? I know spring ball is more than likely the common time. Usually during their Spring Clinic1 Any luck or suggestions on getting time when there is less of a crowd or if they don’t really do a coach’s clinic?
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Post by morris on Dec 28, 2020 9:08:30 GMT -6
I’m looking at trying to visit a couple of colleges this off-season. Those of you that have/do visit schools when is the best time to contact them? When do you typically visit? I know spring ball is more than likely the common time.
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Post by morris on Dec 7, 2020 11:56:20 GMT -6
If you would only have about 50 players max a year how many jerseys would you order? 1-99? So other range?
Anyone come across a jersey they thought was a great value? We aren’t able to afford Nike, UA or like brands.
If you could only buy one set of uniforms home or away which would it be? I’ve heard by cheap whites since you end up replacing them more often.
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Post by morris on Aug 22, 2020 7:49:16 GMT -6
I don’t know where you coach but we were told the same thing. It will be difficult to enforce but they later clarified that the officials can stop the game if a team isn’t following it.
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Post by morris on Aug 10, 2020 10:39:01 GMT -6
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Post by morris on Aug 3, 2020 13:57:08 GMT -6
Has Ohio add new restrictions? I heard athletes must have a Covid test within 72 hours and quarantine before hand. Any truth to that?
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Post by morris on Jul 31, 2020 5:06:22 GMT -6
Right now the plan is Practice starts August 24 Helmets August 26 First game September 11 Playoffs pushed back one week and an extra week added to the season. Teams can schedule a game in the new week and schedule their bye week. 7-9 games possible with a full playoff.
The board of control will meet again before August 24 to see if the plan needs to be revised.
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