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Post by bigm0073 on Dec 14, 2009 7:31:34 GMT -6
Tracking Off-Season -
Everytime a player lifts they fill out a blue card in our weight room. We just ask our players to lift twice a week while in-season (The same apply to us in-season..).
Our wretling team runs a slightly different program - our football programs do their explosive lifts on their own. It has worked well for us - plus kids workout in class.
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Post by jgordon1 on Dec 14, 2009 9:31:56 GMT -6
sounds like you have a good relationshiop w/ the other sports
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Post by bigm0073 on Dec 14, 2009 9:36:25 GMT -6
We do... We are on the same page.. The big three Basketball/baseball/football... Track too..
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Post by thammons on Mar 9, 2014 22:03:44 GMT -6
That is impressive. I am at a program that struggles and I often wonder if a turnaround is possible. This is encouraging.
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Post by olcoach53 on Mar 10, 2014 9:50:03 GMT -6
This is VERY encouraging to me. I recently got hired to coach offensive line at a school that went 2-8. We have the potential to go 8-2 or better this next season as long as the kids all buy in and get on the boat. There will be some that are left behind but that is the nature of the beast.
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Post by coachvann on Mar 10, 2014 10:58:56 GMT -6
Great post and congrat bigm...nice to see coach's doing things right!
I do have a question-what would you do if you were at a small school-only 35-40 boys in 9th-12th and you get 17-20 boys and you have to talk to the fence sitters about playing and they count into your 17-20...you meet with parents, work on their grades on a daily basis but they are still spotty when it comes to workouts and commitments?
Do you still run off kids even if it brings you down to 10-12 kids? Just wondering what your opinion was on this?
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Post by coachdubyah on Mar 20, 2014 13:04:55 GMT -6
Needed this after a 1-9 campaign. I am really re-evaluating myself as a coach this off-season. This thread has got me thinking even more.
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Post by coachb0 on Mar 24, 2014 10:33:46 GMT -6
i think what comes out of this thread is to have a high standart (for everyone in the program) and make everyone either meeting it or leaving (either by kicking them out or making them not come back).
i like to view football as a "social work" or "community care", where i can help "fence sitters" become a good part of the trusted kids by giving them goals they can achieve and supporting them. i understand this is can take your time and focus from the already good kids - but i still see football more as analogous to education: i dont only want to push the elite, i want to help the less gifted and troubled. you can not treat everyone the same, as everyone is different. of course you'd also have to keep in mind the team, but for me it's always "athletes first, winning second".
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Post by bigm0073 on Mar 24, 2014 11:06:08 GMT -6
Since this post in 2009 here is how our team fared
2010 - 5-5.. Very disappointing season. Had to evaluate and look at our program inside out. Instituted a leadership council and also with the advice of the leadership council started a mandatory conditioning test of 16 x 110's. If you did not make the time your were cut. We did this for the 2011, 2012 and 2013 Season. Also brought in a Character Ed Coach who also now leads our leadership council. Since 2010 we have gone
2011 - 10-3 District and Regional Champs. State Semifinals
2012 - 11-2 District and Regional Champs. State Semifinals
2013 - 11-3 State Semifinals for the 3rd Straight Year
Maybe the term "Run off" is not right. I like to think our program has high standards and we kind of force players to be apart of it. It starts with our leaders and the council. Our players have ownership of the team and they often push players to one side or another. More peer pressure and peer expectations. This has helped over the years. Now with some success each new team looks at what the team before did and understands the off season expectations and the level of commitment. Most players that do not make cut themselves. They usually quit or just stop coming. Just becomes too demanding and the expectations for some are too high (Academically and Behavior too.. We do weekly grade sheets in the off season now with players who workout after school).
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Post by coachb0 on Mar 24, 2014 11:17:00 GMT -6
Most players that do not make cut themselves. They usually quit or just stop coming. Just becomes too demanding and the expectations for some are too high (Academically and Behavior too.. We do weekly grade sheets in the off season now with players who workout after school). right, and in the best of worlds we help those kids (who may be talented) not quit (but there are some you can't help, because they don't want to) |
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