eric58
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Post by eric58 on Aug 31, 2008 22:55:49 GMT -6
I'm looking to get some advice on how coaches have dealt with their teams starting out slow in the beginning and then come back when it's to late. For example we played two league opponents this past week for a scrimmage and we did poorly. When we went against one of the top teams in the area we did a lot better.
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Post by eickst on Sept 1, 2008 1:15:29 GMT -6
Coaches job to get them prepared. You have to find a way to get them motivated before the game starts. I don't know how to do it on a team level but each kid has his own way of responding to different things. Some kids need to be yelled at, some challenged, some reassured, etc.
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Post by ajreaper on Sept 1, 2008 13:32:17 GMT -6
Personally I think you are in trouble if you have to get kids motivated to play a game. To give consistantly great effort in practice.... yes, but to play a game, no way.
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Post by dubber on Sept 1, 2008 14:10:29 GMT -6
Scripting plays is a great way to get a team going.
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Post by eickst on Sept 1, 2008 19:54:42 GMT -6
Personally I think you are in trouble if you have to get kids motivated to play a game. To give consistantly great effort in practice.... yes, but to play a game, no way. Some kids/people can motivate themselves and some can't. |
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Post by ajreaper on Sept 1, 2008 21:17:57 GMT -6
Personally I think you are in trouble if you have to get kids motivated to play a game. To give consistantly great effort in practice.... yes, but to play a game, no way. Some kids/people can motivate themselves and some can't. No "player" needs someone else to get him motivated to play a game- I just don;t believe that's true. |
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Post by eickst on Sept 1, 2008 23:28:51 GMT -6
Some kids/people can motivate themselves and some can't. No "player" needs someone else to get him motivated to play a game- I just don;t believe that's true. I find it hard to believe that you haven't found a player that needs some kind of motivation at one point during the season. I also find it hard to believe that you've never spoken to your team pre-game or at half time or after the game. Why bother talking to them at all unless it's purely educational, I mean, if they are totally capable of motivating themselves they sure would never need a "win one for the gipper" speech or a "I've never lost a game at half time" speech, don't you think? Also no need to positively reinforce anything they do in a game either, just point out all the things they did wrong. If they are so motivated on their own you don't have to worry about crapping them out and having them close off and not listen to you. |
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Post by ajreaper on Sept 2, 2008 21:04:26 GMT -6
You need to motivate during practice and in the weightroom in January that's understood but if i need to get them excited to play a game I've got the wrong guys playing or I'm in for a long season. Game time is the "pay off" for all the other stuff they should not need me to get them excited about that.
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Post by coachorr on Sept 4, 2008 2:01:31 GMT -6
Practice tempo and situations. Make it a goal to get two plays a minute when in skelly and in team. Create drills where there is limited "standing in line" time.
Eliminate post-practice conditioning during the season. Condition while you practice, but don't make conditioning the goal of the drill. Shorten practice time and focus on intensity.
Bottom line, I am not going to hang my career on some 16 year old kid who is a gamer and there is no magic switch you can flip on @ 7:00 Friday night. You learn to play hard through hard practice.
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Post by CoachMikeJudy on Sept 4, 2008 10:18:39 GMT -6
Practice tempo and situations. Make it a goal to get two plays a minute when in skelly and in team. Create drills where there is limited "standing in line" time. Eliminate post-practice conditioning during the season. Condition while you practice, but don't make conditioning the goal of the drill. Shorten practice time and focus on intensity. Bottom line, I am not going to hang my career on some 16 year old kid who is a gamer and there is no magic switch you can flip on @ 7:00 Friday night. You learn to play hard through hard practice. I used to feel like it was the kids job to get himself mentally prepared for games, but what coachorr says above holds true- you have to create the enviornment at practice through intense drills and competition. You guys are right- some kids get fired up some don't- being fired up isn't necessarily being prepared for a game. Intensity is being free from distraction and focusing solely on the task at hand. Words and rahrah stuff are sometimes not needed My college coach was a master at motivating. He mostly yelled and screamed, but had a way to match the team's intensity. When we were quiet and focused, he'd come in screaming and kicking lockers, raising hell... When we were oboviously fired up, he'd come in calm and direct. No stupid speeches, no life lessons- he simply stated facts- if you want to win and go 3-0 then you need to go out there and beat the man across from you every play. |
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