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Post by brophy on Dec 2, 2005 13:34:03 GMT -6
this is one thing that probably eats at me more in the off-season than in-season, but how do you handle getting game reps for kids that aren't quite there yet, but just need more confidence?
I guess I pride myself as a coach on developing talent and using the talent within a scheme, but there have been some players that don't give me a whole lot of confidence during practice week, therefore I shudder to ever think about putting them in a game no matter how much time I spend with them. How do you get these kids in the game? Do you just have to say "alright, 'he's' going in this series, irregardless" or what?
We had way too many close games where every down counted, so I wasn't able to be as flexible as I would like, but I could you some experienced feedback here.
In the heat of the moment, I know we want to keep the 'best' player in the game, even though that 'best' player might be 70%.....
thanks.
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Post by senatorblutarsky on Dec 2, 2005 19:04:32 GMT -6
Brophy,
I don't know here... but if you've got some who "aren't quite there" that's a lot better than "ain't even close". We HAD to play the "ain't even close" kids a lot this year... at the end of the season and in the playoffs. JV games we would get beat 52-22... and yet these guys had to step up- and did at the varsity level. In looking back, I think a lot of it had to do with MY attitude (I, and the other coaches expect to lose in JV, we expect to win in Varsity games). The same player when expected to be terrible was terrible- when expected to do a job did.
I know that one thing I do a lot is put these guys in (say at TE or OL), run away from them, or put them in when they are on a double team/combo with a stud... eventually my "backside guys" have enough confidence to be players... We've done the same at Wingback... where he carries out a lot of fakes.
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Post by coachjd on Dec 2, 2005 22:11:20 GMT -6
This past season our OL was not very good. We started off with all jr/sr kids playing on the OL and we struggled up front. Due to some injuries we were forced to use some young kids as backups on friday nights. I played 2-3 young kids about 10 playes in our early games and just tried to put them in situations that they had a chance. By the end of the season 2 of the young kids started over a couple of our juniors. I never would of guessed that would of happened just from I what I saw in practice. The more reps they got on Friday nights seemed to do a lot more for them than playing the entire 10 grade game.
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Post by fish on Dec 2, 2005 22:35:31 GMT -6
it depends on your numbers and how much you can sacrifice. if the kid is young and needs playing time, then he should be on the subvarsity. every coach wants to win at whatever level you coach, but at the same time, there is no jv state championship. so this does give the kids that need to learn and play more opportunities they wouldn't have on friday nights.
if you can't afford to do this because of depth then if the kid needs to play he can be subbed in wisely. for example, if he's on the ol listen to the play call and sub him for the backside blocking.
kinda like what's already been said, if you show the kid you believe in him, he'll start to believe in himself and hopefully perform better.
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Post by DLine06 on Dec 3, 2005 0:00:05 GMT -6
I was one of those unproven players myself. I was a third stringer on the JV during the spring practices because they based a lot off of what my progress was during training. My stance was horrible, couldn't line up worth a snot and frankly my coach's patience was wearing thin with quote, "You misalign one more time and, you'll be on the sideline."
Over the summer I busted my behind, got stronger, memorized my stance alignment and knew my stunts. Heck I wrote them in a notebook. I took meeting time and treated it like a classroom because I'm the more academic type.
During the scrimmage, sll the starters around me played horrible while I made plays. I was glad enough to start for the JV.
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Post by brophy on Dec 5, 2005 7:32:58 GMT -6
kinda like what's already been said, if you show the kid you believe in him, he'll start to believe in himself and hopefully perform better. 160% agreement there! I just really try to justify playing kids who have attractive mothers, irregardless of their talent.... ;D |
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Post by los on Dec 5, 2005 8:31:50 GMT -6
Thats relavent in every job Brophy! Like our service mgr. trying to impress an attractive young lady by trying to keep her crippled vehicle going and then me telling her "Its a hopeless case and to trade it while it still runs". Some things are just lost causes!
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