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Post by ogie4 on Dec 12, 2005 12:21:31 GMT -6
What is the best thing you do to make your program successful?
I'm looking for traits/practices of high school coaches that are successful, not x's and o's.
Gifted Kids, great budgets, administrative support are always important, but what do you do that seperates your program from those that aren't as successful?
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Post by tog on Dec 12, 2005 12:54:21 GMT -6
Something I beleive in doing is showing kids how to be leaders. Give them suggestions to do things together. Like today, we had a grueling outside offseason day, and at the end we did the good old 50 second run. The stipulation was that the winners could relax, and the losers had some green bays. I suggested to one of the kids that won, "hey, wouldn't it be cool if you guys went and did it with them?" This was kind of off to the side, sneaky like. Then he went and rounded up all the winners and got them to go and do the green bays with the losers. After that was over, all of them were upbeat and felt good about working their tails off with their teamates.
Kinda silly, kinda cheesy, but it works. I do little stuff like that all the time to get the kids to learn HOW to be leaders. This usually needs to be done at the start of a season, or the start of an offseason when you see an opportunity to do it. Then after a while, they start doing that on their own.
Makes you feel good.
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Post by ogie4 on Dec 12, 2005 13:07:43 GMT -6
Good one Tog, Defintely a trait of winning coaches, developing leaders.
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Post by airman on Dec 12, 2005 13:29:17 GMT -6
What is the best thing you do to make your program successful? I'm looking for traits/practices of high school coaches that are successful, not x's and o's. Gifted Kids, great budgets, administrative support are always important, but what do you do that seperates your program from those that aren't as successful? one thing I believe in is, if you make it through preseason camp, you dress for varsity games. I believe in one program, not a varsity team, jv,so or fr teams. I believe in one program. I do not believe in dividing up into teams. I believe in practicing together. a coach might coach the fr games but he is a varisty coach as well. everyone dresses on friday nights home and away. what better experience then to learn the traditions of friday nights, then to go with the varsity as a fr. you might even get into the game in a big blowout. sunday evening we have a 90 minute practice, everyone is expected to be there. I do not tolerate sr picking on freshman or sophs. sr's need to be leaders and show the underclassman how the program works. I believe this is the only way to have everyone on the same page. I was a fr coach once and the varsity players would not do what I would tell them. the head coach told me that it was not my job to tell the varsity kids what to do. but this same varsity coach expected my to show up on friday nights and be in the booth or onthe field. do not tell me to show up for varsity games and then not have a say. I believe in one staff. I believe the older guys on the staff have to teach the younger guys on the staff the game of football as well. one team, one staff, one program. |
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Post by senatorblutarsky on Dec 12, 2005 13:35:47 GMT -6
In no particular order, here are some things we do that seem to help us:
Senior meetings: We have 5 meetings covering leadership related topics in the spring:
Sportsmanship
Intensity
Affirmations (write it down, 21 days working on it, saying I will do it, etc. – ex.: I will have a B or better in English, I will Squat 350 lbs. These are “small step” goals)
Community (we always do a community service project like setting up tables and cleaning up for town BBQ, etc.),
Senior Rules and Goals.
Each class has a locker room clean up week (rotational). It always looks pretty good in there- it is an extension of our pride in our program.
Lineman challenge- Tire flip, tug-o-war- truck push… any goofy thing that takes some strength/intensity. We’ve gone against other schools too (while we do 7 on 7).
Captains must apply for the position like they would a job. They write a letter of application and meet with the interview committee (Myself, an assistant coach and an underclassmen- or two).
Scouting tapes. We make copies for every starter (and any one else who wants one) We are a small school- but I did this in big school ball too. On Monday, they get the scouting report and a tape of our opponent. Our guys pick up a lot of little things (Run-pass stance, etc.)
Conditioning- All players must be at 80% of conditioning sessions to avoid the 12 minute run. We have not had anyone who had to do the run in about 8 years.
Football Camp / 7 on 7. Our state allows us to attend a full-contact camp during the summer. We do this- it helps a lot. This is where we have the 5th senior meeting. 7 on 7. We pass about 3 times a game. We have to defend it a lot. I think it is good just because it gets our guys together for football. We do not play in any passing league or tournaments… it is pretty low key, but helpful.
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Post by coachcalande on Dec 12, 2005 13:40:04 GMT -6
I would think giving the upper classmen ownership would really go a long way to getting the leadership and pride in the program. selling the systems is one thing, selling the program is another...making every kid feel important is the key (id think)
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