kr7263
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Post by kr7263 on Jun 24, 2007 8:13:52 GMT -6
I am the 1st year head coach at an 8A school (largest) in IL. This will be my 19th year coaching. The program has had 4 wins in 3 years, very limited off-season and summer practice. Problem- We are allowed 25 contact days (practices) in summer. I have 12 coaches on staff 3 who can consistently help (4 teach summer school, 4 have full-time summer jobs, 1 recently had a heart attack). I set the schedule for 7am-10am practice. The first day we had 130 kids show up. And for 2 weeks consistent 114. 30 frosh, 33 soph, 28 jr, 24 sr. I have too many kids for 4 coaches. My goal is to teach fundamentals and install base offense and base defense. Right now we rotate 30 in the wt room - 40 in fundamental / conditioning drills. 30 varsity in alignment / assignment drills. Anyone have any other ideas? Right now I live 1.5 hours away and a split shift would be very difficult because the schedule is set and most of the kids work. Thanks for your help.
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wccoach
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Post by wccoach on Jun 24, 2007 10:25:31 GMT -6
Hello coach,
I ran into this issue a few years back while in a turnaround at a large school. I was not the head coach, but was one of the 3 coaches that showed up everyday in the summer. It was a chaotic situation for the first ten days of summer workouts, but it got better as it went along due to the players becoming familiar with the levels of expectation with each segment of the training. I believe that you have to demand great effort from the players and not accept anything less or the entire summer will spiral down into a situation of disorganization and dissension. We gave the players small breaks between each segment of training in order that they could relax and lower the intensity level that we demanded. After they got into the disciplined rhythm of the workouts it became much easier to handle the large numbers of players and the different levels of skills. We did have some luck in that there was a number of to be seniors that quickly became leaders and helped to keep the players going the right direction. We also were able to have some football alumni come out to help with some drills. We were very clear on what they needed to do and they were great about helping us.
Another thing I would suggest is to film your on field workouts. With so few coaches, it is very difficult to catch everything. The summer is the time to fix fundamental technique problems and it can be difficult without being able to review film. We were able to review each workout and make technique adjustments with the players that we may not have been able to do until the full staff was available. Keep it simple, Keep it intense. Good luck! Just an opinion.
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Post by airman on Jun 25, 2007 13:59:18 GMT -6
how about splitting the kids in half. so you would have 60 or every day. this puts you at about 15 kids per coach which is do able.
I would rather have kids do 12 practices and get some thing then have 25 pactices with half standing around.
so you could divide them up into say your school colors so they know there group. say your colors are blue and gold. one week blue practices monday,wed adn friday. gold practices tues and thursday.
if you could get another coach to get in the weight room, you could have them alternate weight room on the days they do not practice.
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Post by dacoachmo on Jun 26, 2007 21:45:53 GMT -6
1 week of practice for the freshman.
Every other day for sophomores. (unless playing varsity).
Every day for juniors and seniors.
OR have the four coaches that teach summer school take the FROSH-SOPH for and evening practices...plus parents can drive players after work easier than middle of day (10am)
REMEMBER to coach your VARSITY first...
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