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Post by jgray2201 on Mar 8, 2008 21:04:50 GMT -6
The interview question...how would YOU answer it?
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Post by rideanddecide on Mar 8, 2008 23:01:11 GMT -6
#1. Don't lie. Tell them what you would do.
#2. Have your rules and guidelines. Stick to them.
Here are our guidelines:
1. Follow the athletic code. Anything that falls under the code will be dealt with as the code specifies.
2. You do not miss practice. 1 miss = 1/2, 2=1 game, 3=Off the team. Why 3 strikes? Kids make mistakes. This is never an issue.
3. Respect your coaches and each other. This is dealt with on a case by case basis.
4. Discipline should be proactive and not reactive. Punishment is not discipline.
5. No more rules. The more rules you have the more problems you'll have.
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Post by Yash on Mar 9, 2008 12:51:06 GMT -6
I heard a guy at the All Alaska football clinic in 2006 describe a way they did discipline and we used it the following year and it worked really well. This is for punishments that aren't criminal or violation of major rules. Team rules and late to practice, minor offenses, can be used for more major offenses such as caught cheating, kicked out of class however you want to use it. But you have your captains make a list of 12 punishments such as running a certain distance, so many pushups however your team does conditioning or whatever. But they make their list of 12, you put 12 poker chips in a coffee can (we used a baby formula can to add to the masculinity of the sport) but when someone misbehaves you let the can decide their fate. That way their teammates all know the possible punishments and they are decided by the captains who are chosen by the team. Plus the plastic poker chips inside of a can make a real nice noise when you are shaking it, the kids know whats coming out.
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Post by airman on Mar 9, 2008 13:08:27 GMT -6
hayen fry did that at Iowa. he would have the team make the punishment for offenses and had the capts. enforced the behavior code.
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Post by jgray2201 on Mar 9, 2008 15:15:21 GMT -6
Can you expound more on that discipline strategy? I am not sure that I understand it completely?! THanks
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kr7263
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Post by kr7263 on Mar 10, 2008 10:07:03 GMT -6
I just saw Jerry Kill HC Northern Ill speak, he was at sub-division power Southern IL the last few years. He has a point system for his off-season. One of the negative incentives is - if you are late/miss/poor effort etc you wear a yellow jersey with pink letters for the next week/2 weeks. At the end of the off-season period - anyone who did not wear a Jersey got to eat a meal served by those who did. I was thinking of going a step further - anyone know where I can get pink practice jerseys?
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Post by midlineqb on Mar 10, 2008 12:08:10 GMT -6
You have got to be consistent in your discipline or it will never work. Be "firm but fair" was they way I've always tried to handle it. This worked great until the female superintendent tried to step in and "help??". Cost me my job since I didn't agree with her ideas.
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Post by adienner on Mar 10, 2008 12:27:59 GMT -6
One thing we started this year... we gave kids a week or two of locker room clean up. The kids hate that and it helped in handling minor infractions.
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chuff
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Post by chuff on Mar 11, 2008 12:40:35 GMT -6
We like to approach discipline from a team perspective. When someone makes a mistake on the field, the score board doesn't read "Opponent 7, Bobby 0." The whole team suffers. So when a mistake is made (late to pracitice, lack of hussle, kicked out of class) this hurts the whole team's effectiveness or image. So we have whole team consequences. This also enlists the help of the team leaders who get sick of doing down-ups to self-regulate.
Individually, we tell kids that they will be treated fairly, not equally. For instance, if the starter and that bench player get in trouble for the same offense, making them both sit out one game (same consequence) punishes the starter a lot more than the bench player. He loses 60+ plays compared to the 3 or less that the bench player might have gotten.
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