Post by tye2021 on Aug 19, 2008 17:05:19 GMT -6
How would you approach this situation....
My younger brother was asked to help coach his son's football team by the HC. (youth 8-9 year olds). The HC and my brother both have exactly ZERO football experience. (Actually my brother played 1 year youth ball
). He coached baseball so he does have some coaching experience. My brother of course came to me because I do have experience playing football(HS & semi pro) and coaching(youth).
He asked me to provide him with a playbook for the power I and wishbone formations because thats what the HC wanted to run. The guy already had somewhat of a playbook but my brother wanted another playbook just to bounce ideas off the HC to come up with something workable that they could install and have some success with.
Now me being me I sent him the power I, wishbone, and the DW formations because I wanted them have more options and to choose the playbook they were most comfortable with. The HC didn't want to run any of the plays i gave them, he was content on running his plays and only his plays. OK fine by me he's the HC right!
1st Problem. I saw the playbook. It is incomplete at best! His plays are drawn up to one side. And THAT IS HOW HE RUNS THEM. He has different plays for power I right than plays for power I left. He doesn't seem to understand that if you run "Power I right 28 Sweep". You could also run "Power I left 29 Sweep". And he will not listen to anyone when they try to explain this to him. He has 6 plays to the TB.(His son is playing TB) 2 for the FB and 2 for the 4B. The only reason he wanted to run the power I is because his son is a pretty good runningback. I beleive the coach before ran a one back system of some sort but not sure. But he is convenced that if his son had lead blockers he could be even better.
2nd problem. I went to the 1st practice they had. I'm not even going to discuss the drills they ran
. But all he does is call the plays shows them were to line up tells this guy to go hear this guy goes there qb give the ball to this guy that guy takes the ball and runs thru this hole and he stands back and watches.
He doesn't teach anyone how to line up properly, how to get into a proper stance, how to block, footwork, qb/c exchange. He's not coaching these kids at all.
Now my brother will step in and give the kids some direction and correct mistakes. He will also call me and ask for advise on how to do certain things, how to coach techniques etc...
But he can't get thru to this guy to get him to do or LEARN more. Therre are other coaches at the park that have experience that he could go to but he refuses. When he ask questions he is looking for validation. If you disagree with what he is asking he makes an excuse for why he's going to do or not do something anyway.
So far all attempts by my brother to talk to the guy has been met with "yeah I know but....". My brother may not know the game of football the way we know football but he knows how to coach and how to get the most out of his players and if you show him how to do or coach something he'll pick it up quickly. Parents have actually come to my brother and told him that the only reason their kids are still there is because my brother is there. and if it wasn't for that they would take them elsewhere.
If you were my brother how do you approach this guy to open up his eyes so that these kids actually learn the proper way to play this game I love. He doesn't want to replace the guy he just wants the guy to understand that there is alot more to coaching than what this guy is doing up to this point.
ps my brother is in New Jersey and i live in upstate NY so I can't help out in anyway other than advise.
My younger brother was asked to help coach his son's football team by the HC. (youth 8-9 year olds). The HC and my brother both have exactly ZERO football experience. (Actually my brother played 1 year youth ball
). He coached baseball so he does have some coaching experience. My brother of course came to me because I do have experience playing football(HS & semi pro) and coaching(youth). He asked me to provide him with a playbook for the power I and wishbone formations because thats what the HC wanted to run. The guy already had somewhat of a playbook but my brother wanted another playbook just to bounce ideas off the HC to come up with something workable that they could install and have some success with.
Now me being me I sent him the power I, wishbone, and the DW formations because I wanted them have more options and to choose the playbook they were most comfortable with. The HC didn't want to run any of the plays i gave them, he was content on running his plays and only his plays. OK fine by me he's the HC right!
1st Problem. I saw the playbook. It is incomplete at best! His plays are drawn up to one side. And THAT IS HOW HE RUNS THEM. He has different plays for power I right than plays for power I left. He doesn't seem to understand that if you run "Power I right 28 Sweep". You could also run "Power I left 29 Sweep". And he will not listen to anyone when they try to explain this to him. He has 6 plays to the TB.(His son is playing TB) 2 for the FB and 2 for the 4B. The only reason he wanted to run the power I is because his son is a pretty good runningback. I beleive the coach before ran a one back system of some sort but not sure. But he is convenced that if his son had lead blockers he could be even better.
2nd problem. I went to the 1st practice they had. I'm not even going to discuss the drills they ran
. But all he does is call the plays shows them were to line up tells this guy to go hear this guy goes there qb give the ball to this guy that guy takes the ball and runs thru this hole and he stands back and watches. He doesn't teach anyone how to line up properly, how to get into a proper stance, how to block, footwork, qb/c exchange. He's not coaching these kids at all.
Now my brother will step in and give the kids some direction and correct mistakes. He will also call me and ask for advise on how to do certain things, how to coach techniques etc...
But he can't get thru to this guy to get him to do or LEARN more. Therre are other coaches at the park that have experience that he could go to but he refuses. When he ask questions he is looking for validation. If you disagree with what he is asking he makes an excuse for why he's going to do or not do something anyway.
So far all attempts by my brother to talk to the guy has been met with "yeah I know but....". My brother may not know the game of football the way we know football but he knows how to coach and how to get the most out of his players and if you show him how to do or coach something he'll pick it up quickly. Parents have actually come to my brother and told him that the only reason their kids are still there is because my brother is there. and if it wasn't for that they would take them elsewhere.
If you were my brother how do you approach this guy to open up his eyes so that these kids actually learn the proper way to play this game I love. He doesn't want to replace the guy he just wants the guy to understand that there is alot more to coaching than what this guy is doing up to this point.
ps my brother is in New Jersey and i live in upstate NY so I can't help out in anyway other than advise.
