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Post by bluecrazy on Feb 1, 2008 15:38:56 GMT -6
OK, I read in here, in almost everyone's philosophy, and play books, that you expect your players to play with "Enthusiasm". I'm a firm believer that kids play the way they practice. I have seen in my own team, weeks when they think they can win, more enthusiasm in practice than in weeks that they think they can't. My question is: How do you get your players to practice, and play at a high level of enthusiasm? How do you bring it out of them if they seem a bit down? What are some of your "magic bullets" sort of speak?
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Post by coachbdud on Feb 1, 2008 15:41:26 GMT -6
I have found the practice weeks for us have no affect on the games whatsoever
Our best game of the year was our worst week of practice
One week we had a great enthusiasm and kids were excited. Faciing out in town rivals, and a team we wer emuch more talented than, but came out and played horrible, ton of penalties, couldnt tackle, just played awful
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Post by davecisar on Feb 1, 2008 21:21:59 GMT -6
Interesting, Im just a youth coach, but we play just like we practice every week.
I have a friend that played on the NU squad of 1995 that was voted as one of the 2 best College Teams of all time. He said the week of practice they had leading up to slaughter of#2 Florida 62-24 was nearly perfect. In fact he said the final full pads practice lasted about 2 hours, the players and coaches didnt need to say hardly a word, they were that perfect the last practice. He said they were so confident going into the game that the final score didnt suprise anyone an iota, they fully expected it even though many analysts were picking Florida and the SEC thing.
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Post by gregspahn on Feb 1, 2008 21:27:08 GMT -6
The kids will respond to their coaches and leaders. If you want enthusiasm, COACH with it! Be enthusiastic during the off season work, be enthusiastic during meetings and at practice. They will feed off of you. Set the tone and be enthusiastic yourself and the kids will follow. I don't think there is a "magic bullet" to this. If you are not genuine in your passion and enthusiasm for the game, the kids will see right through it and you will lose them. There is nothing worse than fake enthusing, either by coaches or players.
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Post by FlexboneOne on Feb 1, 2008 21:48:50 GMT -6
The kids will respond to their coaches and leaders. If you want enthusiasm, COACH with it! Be enthusiastic during the off season work, be enthusiastic during meetings and at practice. They will feed off of you. Set the tone and be enthusiastic yourself and the kids will follow. I don't think there is a "magic bullet" to this. If you are not genuine in your passion and enthusiasm for the game, the kids will see right through it and you will lose them. There is nothing worse than fake enthusing, either by coaches or players. Kids can smell fake enthusiam a mile away. I think what you REALLY need to do is make sure your COACHES are coaching with real enthusiasm. Too often I've seen HC's coaching enthusiastic, but the assistants were not, and the kids picked up on that.. My .02
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Post by brophy on Feb 1, 2008 22:01:07 GMT -6
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Post by bluecrazy on Feb 2, 2008 9:06:40 GMT -6
Kids can smell fake enthusiasm a mile away. I think what you REALLY need to do is make sure your COACHES are coaching with real enthusiasm. Too often I've seen HC's coaching enthusiastic, but the assistants were not, and the kids picked up on that..
Thank-you, I think you hit it on the head here. Assistants have to be just as passionate as the head coach. I had 2 that I think was killing me. One is gone, and one is now our stats guy!
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Post by spartancoach on Feb 2, 2008 10:30:40 GMT -6
Heard one coach describe it like this:
"If you want your kids to play like their hair is on fire, coach like your hair is on fire."
When practice seems lackluster, I remind myself of that.
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Post by wildcat on Feb 2, 2008 10:39:56 GMT -6
The kids will respond to their coaches and leaders. If you want enthusiasm, COACH with it! Be enthusiastic during the off season work, be enthusiastic during meetings and at practice. They will feed off of you. Set the tone and be enthusiastic yourself and the kids will follow. I don't think there is a "magic bullet" to this. If you are not genuine in your passion and enthusiasm for the game, the kids will see right through it and you will lose them. There is nothing worse than fake enthusing, either by coaches or players. Kids can smell fake enthusiam a mile away. I think what you REALLY need to do is make sure your COACHES are coaching with real enthusiasm. Too often I've seen HC's coaching enthusiastic, but the assistants were not, and the kids picked up on that.. My .02 Great point, coach. Kids, like ALL human beings, will typically take the path of least resistance. If one coach is enthusiastic, but the other coaches aren't, the kids will most likely ignore the enthusiastic coach and listen to the deadbeats. Simple human nature, unfortunately.
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Post by bluecrazy on Feb 2, 2008 16:08:51 GMT -6
[coaching with enthusiasm
Brophy, Thank-you. Just what I was looking for. I've made extra copies for my coaching staff.
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