clloyd
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Post by clloyd on Mar 17, 2007 12:01:38 GMT -6
What are some of the extras you try and get the players or do for the players. I am a new head coach and I have some parents asking what they can do for the kids and I honestly am having a hard time thinking of some of those extras that would be nice but not needed??
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Post by blackfly73 on Mar 17, 2007 12:53:40 GMT -6
Not sure what's already in place but...
A pre-game meal is nice, whether you do it the night before the game, or right after school the day of. I've seen various ways to do it - some places have it at the school and the folks come in to cook food (or bring it in), or you could have parent's take turns hosting the meal.
Donations that go towards hats, jackets, etc is always nice.
Depending on your state rules, some teams do breakouts or camps at the beginning of the season.
In my program I have a competition in the weightroom at least once a week. The winner gets a prize - t-shirts, hats, DVD's. You could get parents to donate those.
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Post by coachmoore42 on Mar 17, 2007 14:02:07 GMT -6
Those who complete our summer program are invited to a cook-out at a coach's house the last weekend before school resumes. A little playstation, some food, and a TOUCH football game = a blast for the kids (and coaches).
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Post by fbdoc on Mar 17, 2007 14:23:55 GMT -6
All good ideas so far - we do s few of them at our school. Here are a couple more:
Lick of the Day: For a good hit/block/tackle, award one or two lollipops at the end of practice. Doesn't cost much at all but the kids will remind you if you forget to award it, and, they will hopefully begin and finish more HITS.
The Hammer: The only sticker we award are hammers, again for big hits during a game. Each week, we also present a Hammer Award for the biggest/most hits in the game. The winner gets a full sized sledge hammer that we paint in school colors to keep for the week. He also gets to sign and date it before turning it in at the end of the week. At the end of the season we present the hammer to the season winner.
2 ideas that don't cost much, but really get a lot of mileage out the kids.
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Post by coachjd on Mar 17, 2007 14:36:19 GMT -6
Have a couple of moms be the team reporters. Have them collect all the newspaper clippings for the year and have them photocopy them and put them into a book to hand out to each kid at the end of the year.
If any parents are into photography, see if they would be willing to be the team photographer and have them on the sideline, team functions, etc...
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Post by phantom on Mar 17, 2007 16:28:53 GMT -6
All good ideas so far - we do s few of them at our school. Here are a couple more: Lick of the Day: For a good hit/block/tackle, award one or two lollipops at the end of practice. Doesn't cost much at all but the kids will remind you if you forget to award it, and, they will hopefully begin and finish more HITS. The Hammer: The only sticker we award are hammers, again for big hits during a game. Each week, we also present a Hammer Award for the biggest/most hits in the game. The winner gets a full sized sledge hammer that we paint in school colors to keep for the week. He also gets to sign and date it before turning it in at the end of the week. At the end of the season we present the hammer to the season winner. 2 ideas that don't cost much, but really get a lot of mileage out the kids. We do something similar with the Hammer except we award an actual hammer for the big hit after every win. It's a regular claw hammer so it's not very expensive and we have the art teacher paint it in our school colors and put the kid's name on it along with the date and game score. We award it at the end of Thursday's pregame practice. |
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