Post by spreadbone on Apr 8, 2008 6:40:03 GMT -6
Coaches I am the new head coach at a rural school where we have a lot of farm working/blue collar type kids, and I have some questions about the off-season in these areas. We usually make a certain amount of dates mandatory every year, and those that don't make them are allowed to make them up once the regular season starts. They are not allowed to participate in competition until these lifts are made up.
My first question is, how unreasonable is it to institute the policy for underclassmen who miss a certain amount of days in the weight room to automatically be put on J.V.? For the upperclassmen how unreasonable would it be to cut the seniors who miss a certain amount of days (deemed excessive) in the weight room?
We are small, and normally only dress 25-30 on varsity and roughly the same amount of J.V. I don't want to run anyone off, but we've never had a solid weight program here and it shows. The other reason I mentioned the type of kids we have is that some leave over the summer to be with another parent, or to work and for other various reasons. What do you do with those kids in regards to the above mentioned policies? I've thought about if they can find a place to lift, then get a coach or instructor to fill out some sort of workout sheet with their contact information on it and send it to me weekly. Some may not have access to weight facilities where they go, other than what they have where they will be staying.
So far we have 10 or so that fit into this category, and their stories have been verified by their parents. What would do? I'm leaning towards the "football may not be for you" attitude. I worked in high school, but made 99% of my lifting and conditioning dates, so I don't have much sympathy there, but I did work locally. To me, the one's leaving the area have parents who aren't committed to the program, so how can I ask their child to be committed? I'm kind of caught in the crossfire here and somewhat confused as to the path to take. I just thought I'd pick your brains some to see what most of your off-season programs are like with these situations.
Any ideas would be helpful.
My first question is, how unreasonable is it to institute the policy for underclassmen who miss a certain amount of days in the weight room to automatically be put on J.V.? For the upperclassmen how unreasonable would it be to cut the seniors who miss a certain amount of days (deemed excessive) in the weight room?
We are small, and normally only dress 25-30 on varsity and roughly the same amount of J.V. I don't want to run anyone off, but we've never had a solid weight program here and it shows. The other reason I mentioned the type of kids we have is that some leave over the summer to be with another parent, or to work and for other various reasons. What do you do with those kids in regards to the above mentioned policies? I've thought about if they can find a place to lift, then get a coach or instructor to fill out some sort of workout sheet with their contact information on it and send it to me weekly. Some may not have access to weight facilities where they go, other than what they have where they will be staying.
So far we have 10 or so that fit into this category, and their stories have been verified by their parents. What would do? I'm leaning towards the "football may not be for you" attitude. I worked in high school, but made 99% of my lifting and conditioning dates, so I don't have much sympathy there, but I did work locally. To me, the one's leaving the area have parents who aren't committed to the program, so how can I ask their child to be committed? I'm kind of caught in the crossfire here and somewhat confused as to the path to take. I just thought I'd pick your brains some to see what most of your off-season programs are like with these situations.
Any ideas would be helpful.
