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Post by lcoachb on Oct 26, 2015 12:03:27 GMT -6
Do any of you have a list of questions or anything you use in your post season 1 on 1's with your players. Looking to do this for the first time and Im looking for any materials I can find.
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Post by coachwilliams2 on Oct 26, 2015 12:54:58 GMT -6
1. How did you feel the season went? 2. Looking back, what is one thing you would have done differently? 3. What did I do well/not well as a coach. What can I improve on to help you improve? 4. What are your goals for the off season (underclassmen) 5. What are the team goals for 2016? 6. One thing I dont know about you that I need to know. 7. What makes you tick? What motivates you?
Things along these lines are what I always start with. Then the conversation usually branches off from here. With graduating seniors it gets fun. You can ask for full disclosure about your coaching style, motivation techniques, practice drills etc. They can be honest because you don't coach them anymore. This is where you can really improve..."Coach, you screamed at me that one day in practice and I lost a ton of confidence and it really affected me the rest of the year" etc. Very eye-opening.
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Post by lcoachb on Oct 27, 2015 10:01:17 GMT -6
Thank you for the reply! Are there any other thoughts?
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Post by hunhdisciple on Oct 27, 2015 11:12:50 GMT -6
I'm of the belief that it's more valuable with seniors than anyone else. They don't really have anything to gain or lose, so they can just be honest about everything.
And I'm sure some people won't agree, but I think one huge question that a HC needs to ask is one about position coaches and asst. coaches. Our HC found out that while the kids worked for a guy a few years ago, they all hated him and that he really took a lot of enjoyment out of their year.
Too often kids are reluctant to talk about any problem or issue, until it's too late. You don't really have to press them for answers just to have them, but I don't think anything should be out of bounds.
You need to be asking them what you could have done better to them personally as well as the team. What their biggest regrets are. Things they would have done differently. And what they would do in your shoes.
I'm not an HC, but I always do position talks after the season. I always ask them some questions after the season, just for my own benefit and education. My favorite question is a two parter: What was your favorite memory from your career, in game or out, and what was your favorite moment from this most recent season, starting with spring ball and going until the end?
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Post by lcoachb on Oct 29, 2015 7:31:50 GMT -6
Thank you!
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Post by chi5hi on Oct 30, 2015 18:05:41 GMT -6
1. How did you feel the season went? 2. Looking back, what is one thing you would have done differently? 3. What did I do well/not well as a coach. What can I improve on to help you improve? 4. What are your goals for the off season (underclassmen) 5. What are the team goals for 2016? 6. One thing I dont know about you that I need to know. 7. What makes you tick? What motivates you? Things along these lines are what I always start with. Then the conversation usually branches off from here. With graduating seniors it gets fun. You can ask for full disclosure about your coaching style, motivation techniques, practice drills etc. They can be honest because you don't coach them anymore. This is where you can really improve..."Coach, you screamed at me that one day in practice and I lost a ton of confidence and it really affected me the rest of the year" etc. Very eye-opening. JMHO, you understand...but I would never do anything like that. Not even close.
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Post by lcoachb on Nov 2, 2015 13:02:21 GMT -6
1. How did you feel the season went? 2. Looking back, what is one thing you would have done differently? 3. What did I do well/not well as a coach. What can I improve on to help you improve? 4. What are your goals for the off season (underclassmen) 5. What are the team goals for 2016? 6. One thing I dont know about you that I need to know. 7. What makes you tick? What motivates you? Things along these lines are what I always start with. Then the conversation usually branches off from here. With graduating seniors it gets fun. You can ask for full disclosure about your coaching style, motivation techniques, practice drills etc. They can be honest because you don't coach them anymore. This is where you can really improve..."Coach, you screamed at me that one day in practice and I lost a ton of confidence and it really affected me the rest of the year" etc. Very eye-opening. JMHO, you understand...but I would never do anything like that. Not even close.
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Post by lcoachb on Nov 2, 2015 13:03:36 GMT -6
So what would you do?
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Post by chi5hi on Nov 2, 2015 14:29:17 GMT -6
What would I do? Wish the graduating seniors good luck...and tell everyone else I'll see them in the weight room on Monday.
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Post by lcoachb on Nov 2, 2015 14:40:00 GMT -6
Your players opions dont matter to you?
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Post by spos21ram on Nov 2, 2015 17:34:46 GMT -6
Our HS program has never had these type of meetings. We wish them good luck in the future and like chi said, see the underclassmen in the weight room on monday....However, I do have 1 on 1's with my baseball players. I talk about their goals for next year and our team goals. That's about it. I will also explain some things that might change the next year that I felt or could tell that didn't work out as planned, practice format/periods or whatever. I would never get into a situation where they can just start complaining about stuff. Im not oblivious to the kids, i know what they like and dont like by being with them everyday. There are some aspects of a program where frankly I don't care what their opinion is. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using proboards
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Post by IronmanFootball on Nov 2, 2015 18:15:01 GMT -6
Use a survey monkey that's anonymous
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Post by chi5hi on Nov 2, 2015 19:24:17 GMT -6
Your players opions dont matter to you? I'm 67 years old and have a half century more experience than they. What matters to me is that they have fun playing this game, their safety, training and equipment, the qualifications of the assistant coaches, and their academic success. The opinion of a teenage kid on how I organize practices and call games is unimportant. I'm not a hippie worrying about other peoples' "feelings". If i were, we'd sit around and sing Kumbaya, wait for the harmonic convergence, hug a tree, and hope for a winning season. Instead, I'd rather we take the field and kick some butt.
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Post by center on Nov 2, 2015 19:46:00 GMT -6
I ask returning players about the positions they played this year and if they envision themselves helping out more at another position. That way if they want to make a position change they have time to make any body changes to make the switch. (Gain weight, lose weight, get faster/stronger)
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Post by rsmith627 on Nov 2, 2015 20:24:33 GMT -6
I've never done it with my team, but I do it with my students.
I have them do an anonymous survey and I don't even look at it until July when I begin to reflect on my teaching practice. I have gotten some really great feedback and it helps shape what I do. I would do it anonymously with the players as well if I ever were going to do it. Even if they're seniors and you're done, they might not be as honest face to face.
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Post by coachwilcox on Nov 3, 2015 9:25:08 GMT -6
Started my 1-on-1's yesterday.
What was your assessment of the season? What could we have done differently to improve our results? What can we do to improve participation from other's in the school? What are some things you would like to see in the offseason? What did you enjoy most? Anything else you would like to add?
Then I give them my message. To seniors I give them the "final" speech. To underclassmen I give them my expectation for them and the team for the coming year.
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Post by chi5hi on Nov 4, 2015 7:10:17 GMT -6
Started my 1-on-1's yesterday. What was your assessment of the season? What could we have done differently to improve our results? What can we do to improve participation from other's in the school? What are some things you would like to see in the offseason? What did you enjoy most? Anything else you would like to add? Then I give them my message. To seniors I give them the "final" speech. To underclassmen I give them my expectation for them and the team for the coming year. Are you serious? "What could we have done differently to improve our results." So, let me ask you this...What do you do after getting all of this "feedback" from expert children? Do you re-arrange your program to fit into what a bunch of kids want? Have more pizza parties? Stop scolding them for being late? I hope the profession of athletic coach doesn't deteriorate into the PC world of "touchy-feely"...let's all hold hands and talk about our feelings, horse manure.
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Post by coachwilcox on Nov 4, 2015 8:37:40 GMT -6
Started my 1-on-1's yesterday. What was your assessment of the season? What could we have done differently to improve our results? What can we do to improve participation from other's in the school? What are some things you would like to see in the offseason? What did you enjoy most? Anything else you would like to add? Then I give them my message. To seniors I give them the "final" speech. To underclassmen I give them my expectation for them and the team for the coming year. Are you serious? "What could we have done differently to improve our results." So, let me ask you this...What do you do after getting all of this "feedback" from expert children? Do you re-arrange your program to fit into what a bunch of kids want? Have more pizza parties? Stop scolding them for being late? I hope the profession of athletic coach doesn't deteriorate into the PC world of "touchy-feely"...let's all hold hands and talk about our feelings, horse manure. What that question does is reaffirm our principles and the things that I value as the head coach. Do you really think a kid is going to say to me, "Well I think we should have had more pizza parties and did less hitting!". The answer's I get most are, "We needed to work harder, focus more, have a bigger sense of urgency, had more leadership, etc.". Now after I get that answer, I can give them my expectations for how we are going to get those things, and what role that particular player is expected to play in that particular role. Each person does things their own way. I can assure you I err on the side of toughness with my kids and my program, but understanding where your kids are and what you can do to get them where they need to be are important, especially for someone who has not been at a program for 25 years and has coached the kids parents.
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Post by chi5hi on Nov 4, 2015 9:27:32 GMT -6
"Work harder, focus, sense of urgency, and leadership"? You're not doing that already?
If you were, you wouldn't need feedback from teenagers.
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Post by coachwilcox on Nov 4, 2015 9:58:02 GMT -6
"Work harder, focus, sense of urgency, and leadership"? You're not doing that already? If you were, you wouldn't need feedback from teenagers. You make a lot of ignorant assumptions based on very little information.
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Post by coachwilliams2 on Nov 4, 2015 10:06:16 GMT -6
"Work harder, focus, sense of urgency, and leadership"? You're not doing that already? If you were, you wouldn't need feedback from teenagers. Not sure what running down someone else's program gains you here? He does it a certain way, and you do it a different way. A lot of ways to skin the cat. The OP was asking about ideas for 1 on 1 meetings, not your permission to hold them. We are just offering suggestions.
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Post by pistola on Nov 4, 2015 10:13:48 GMT -6
"Work harder, focus, sense of urgency, and leadership"? You're not doing that already? If you were, you wouldn't need feedback from teenagers. We dont do any of these 1 on 1's, but one positive I could see with the underclassmen is that it might draw their attention to what THEY need to do. not changing the focus of the program but the athletes in it.
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Post by PSS on Nov 4, 2015 10:22:12 GMT -6
"Work harder, focus, sense of urgency, and leadership"? You're not doing that already? If you were, you wouldn't need feedback from teenagers. I use to not believe that exit interviews were a valuable tool for the program until I saw the results. It's good way to build up the confidence of the athletes and to let them know where they stand. These interviews can help you kick off a successful off-season by setting goals with each of the athletes. I'm a firm believer that kids will open up to you in a 1 on 1 setting and you will find a lot out. Some that you may not want to know. Another thing that many coaches don't understand or misunderstand is that coaching today's athletes is all about relationships. They have lots of things going on in there lives other than football. It's important as coaches that we understand that and show a genuine care for them. It's not all about football, it's about teaching them to become responsible men and fathers when they grow up. You can't do that unless you develop a relationship with them. Chi, maybe the feedback you get would have you change the way you teach / coach certain aspects of your program because it doesn't reach today's teenagers.
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Post by PSS on Nov 4, 2015 10:46:06 GMT -6
One more point about building relationships. If they know you care for them they are more likely to do what you tell them. In other words they are more coachable.
(I meant to put that in my previous post but I had finish before my next class started.)
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Post by coachamiller on Nov 4, 2015 10:51:33 GMT -6
To all coaches on this feed: I would highly recommend reading Inside Out Coaching by Joe Ehrmann. He approaches coaching by first caring about the players themselves, not just their performance on the field. His basic premise is simple: are we building up players in preparation for life or consistently putting them down based on their performance? Is coaching about satisfying our own ego or about making real men who can be upstanding citizens?
I don't understand why coaches wouldn't want to listen to their players. That's where relationships are built, and that's where real-life transformation takes place. Heck, even if a player does say something idiotic, does that mean he doesn't deserve to be listened to?
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Post by lcoachb on Nov 9, 2015 12:48:29 GMT -6
WOW! Chi, I’m sorry you hate the process of getting better and trying to build positive relationship’s and experiences with young people. I can assure you that with over two decades of doing this at a very high level I DONT need your permission to evolve as a coach and mentor to young people. I can tell you however my players LOVE the time we spend together through the years at the various ("Pizza Party’s") that we have!
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Post by souza12 on Nov 10, 2015 9:43:40 GMT -6
They're good to do. You find out what their concerns are and you address them. You find out more about that player in particular too. Any issues they have can be explained as long as you show true strong leadership in clearly establishing a level of hierarchy and clearly establish the objective(s) of the 1on1's there is virtually no downside other than donating a lot of time into doing them. You have to check your ego at the door, a lot of coaches aren't able to do that.
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Post by texassnacks on Nov 10, 2015 16:39:06 GMT -6
Your players opions dont matter to you? I'm 67 years old and have a half century more experience than they. What matters to me is that they have fun playing this game, their safety, training and equipment, the qualifications of the assistant coaches, and their academic success. The opinion of a teenage kid on how I organize practices and call games is unimportant. I'm not a hippie worrying about other peoples' "feelings". If i were, we'd sit around and sing Kumbaya, wait for the harmonic convergence, hug a tree, and hope for a winning season. Instead, I'd rather we take the field and kick some butt. So if your program could be more successful by doing this you would not entertain it? Just because someone cares about other people feelings doesn't make them a "hippie" and just because you have been coaching since the stone age doesn't mean you have to act like it or that you know better than anyone else. I have met many coaches who have "years" of experience and that doesn't make them good at their job either. Everything evolves in football. If everyone did the same thing it would be pretty boring. Some of those "teenager kids" will be coaches some day. I was once and I could have coached circles around some of the coaches who came and went through my program. It may not be your way but it doesn't make you right and to degrade a fellow coach is ridiculous. Actions like that is what gives the coaching profession a bad name sometimes.
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Post by chi5hi on Nov 10, 2015 16:41:10 GMT -6
I'm 67 years old and have a half century more experience than they. What matters to me is that they have fun playing this game, their safety, training and equipment, the qualifications of the assistant coaches, and their academic success. The opinion of a teenage kid on how I organize practices and call games is unimportant. I'm not a hippie worrying about other peoples' "feelings". If i were, we'd sit around and sing Kumbaya, wait for the harmonic convergence, hug a tree, and hope for a winning season. Instead, I'd rather we take the field and kick some butt. So if your program could be more successful by doing this you would not entertain it? Just because someone cares about other people feelings doesn't make them a "hippie" and just because you have been coaching since the stone age doesn't mean you have to act like it or that you know better than anyone else. I have met many coaches who have "years" of experience and that doesn't make them good at their job either. Everything evolves in football. If everyone did the same thing it would be pretty boring. Some of those "teenager kids" will be coaches some day. I was once and I could have coached circles around some of the coaches who came and went through my program. It may not be your way but it doesn't make you right and to degrade a fellow coach is ridiculous. Actions like that is what gives the coaching profession a bad name sometimes. No one is "degrading" anyone. Except maybe, YOU.
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Post by texassnacks on Nov 10, 2015 16:59:01 GMT -6
So if your program could be more successful by doing this you would not entertain it? Just because someone cares about other people feelings doesn't make them a "hippie" and just because you have been coaching since the stone age doesn't mean you have to act like it or that you know better than anyone else. I have met many coaches who have "years" of experience and that doesn't make them good at their job either. Everything evolves in football. If everyone did the same thing it would be pretty boring. Some of those "teenager kids" will be coaches some day. I was once and I could have coached circles around some of the coaches who came and went through my program. It may not be your way but it doesn't make you right and to degrade a fellow coach is ridiculous. Actions like that is what gives the coaching profession a bad name sometimes. No one is "degrading" anyone. Except maybe, YOU. So I guess admitting any wrong doing would make you a "hippie" right.
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