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Post by option1 on Dec 17, 2020 9:20:15 GMT -6
I love reading about what others do in our industry. A lot of times it seems like we are all doing the same thing and that the conversations almost become "cliche." What's one thing your program does that may be unique? Anything but x's and o's. Yes, I'm trying to steal your ideas  |
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Post by bluedevil4 on Dec 17, 2020 9:36:37 GMT -6
I coach for a women's team, so a lot of male name terms we often hear associated with certain calls or terms are feminine names. Our spread 2x2 instead of calling dubs, or doubles, is "Deb."
A couple ideas I've had on late nights, a few drinks in...
* Do your no huddle or card communication in a foreign language: Teach the kids a language while they play football. I'm also a Star Wars geek, and have wanted to write plays on cards using Aurebesh (the standard language/alphabet used in the Star Wars universe). I figure someone from the other team will know it, but not to the extent that they could translate and communicate it to the other team in time.
* Use more academic topics to communicate play names to help kids learn other things in practice. Like, if you wanted to get really anal, teach Geography by having European nations be certain plays, while African nations are another series of plays.
* Some programs already do this I'm sure, but eliminate all stretching/warm-ups, and instead use individual sessions as warm-ups. WR's warm up by doing stance and starts, catching/hand exercises, then work other calisthenics into the drills. Centers and QB's do snaps then do initial steps of core plays, etc. Stretching/warm-up is necessary, but I hate it to a point where I'd rather just find ways to have players use play/skill reps as their warm-ups if I can do it. One of my biggest coaching pet peeves is when you have limited practice time, and as a result, coaches cut out the basic fundamentals simply because players should already know them. I'd rather work on the "day 1" fundamentals every day than do warm-ups.
* When I was in high school, and I'm sure we weren't the only ones, we would practice/prep for Wing-T and Double Wing teams by the scout offense playing without a football. The ball carrier would carry a coin, and the defense had to use their keys to find the ball carrier. Then the ball carrier would reveal the coin after the play was done. I think it was a brilliant tactic, and it was also a lot of fun; made it like a game within a game.
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Post by kylem56 on Dec 17, 2020 9:50:00 GMT -6
I coach for a women's team, so a lot of male name terms we often hear associated with certain calls or terms are feminine names. Our spread 2x2 instead of calling dubs, or doubles, is "Deb." A couple ideas I've had on late nights, a few drinks in... * Do your no huddle or card communication in a foreign language: Teach the kids a language while they play football. I'm also a Star Wars geek, and have wanted to write plays on cards using Aurebesh (the standard language/alphabet used in the Star Wars universe). I figure someone from the other team will know it, but not to the extent that they could translate and communicate it to the other team in time. * Use more academic topics to communicate play names to help kids learn other things in practice. Like, if you wanted to get really anal, teach Geography by having European nations be certain plays, while African nations are another series of plays. * Some programs already do this I'm sure, but eliminate all stretching/warm-ups, and instead use individual sessions as warm-ups. WR's warm up by doing stance and starts, catching/hand exercises, then work other calisthenics into the drills. Centers and QB's do snaps then do initial steps of core plays, etc. Stretching/warm-up is necessary, but I hate it to a point where I'd rather just find ways to have players use play/skill reps as their warm-ups if I can do it. One of my biggest coaching pet peeves is when you have limited practice time, and as a result, coaches cut out the basic fundamentals simply because players should already know them. I'd rather work on the "day 1" fundamentals every day than do warm-ups. * When I was in high school, and I'm sure we weren't the only ones, we would practice/prep for Wing-T and Double Wing teams by the scout offense playing without a football. The ball carrier would carry a coin, and the defense had to use their keys to find the ball carrier. Then the ball carrier would reveal the coin after the play was done. I think it was a brilliant tactic, and it was also a lot of fun; made it like a game within a game. You aren't far off with some of your ideas. I know of a successful coach in Ohio who taught his team the numbers 1-10 in Polish. They were hurry up no huddle and everything was called at the line in those numbers, they scored over 600 points in 10 games. Genoa High School. He got the idea from a school in Michigan who was predominantly Arabic community and thus called everything at the line in Arabic. |
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Post by bluedevil4 on Dec 17, 2020 10:11:05 GMT -6
I coach for a women's team, so a lot of male name terms we often hear associated with certain calls or terms are feminine names. Our spread 2x2 instead of calling dubs, or doubles, is "Deb." A couple ideas I've had on late nights, a few drinks in... * Do your no huddle or card communication in a foreign language: Teach the kids a language while they play football. I'm also a Star Wars geek, and have wanted to write plays on cards using Aurebesh (the standard language/alphabet used in the Star Wars universe). I figure someone from the other team will know it, but not to the extent that they could translate and communicate it to the other team in time. * Use more academic topics to communicate play names to help kids learn other things in practice. Like, if you wanted to get really anal, teach Geography by having European nations be certain plays, while African nations are another series of plays. * Some programs already do this I'm sure, but eliminate all stretching/warm-ups, and instead use individual sessions as warm-ups. WR's warm up by doing stance and starts, catching/hand exercises, then work other calisthenics into the drills. Centers and QB's do snaps then do initial steps of core plays, etc. Stretching/warm-up is necessary, but I hate it to a point where I'd rather just find ways to have players use play/skill reps as their warm-ups if I can do it. One of my biggest coaching pet peeves is when you have limited practice time, and as a result, coaches cut out the basic fundamentals simply because players should already know them. I'd rather work on the "day 1" fundamentals every day than do warm-ups. * When I was in high school, and I'm sure we weren't the only ones, we would practice/prep for Wing-T and Double Wing teams by the scout offense playing without a football. The ball carrier would carry a coin, and the defense had to use their keys to find the ball carrier. Then the ball carrier would reveal the coin after the play was done. I think it was a brilliant tactic, and it was also a lot of fun; made it like a game within a game. You aren't far off with some of your ideas. I know of a successful coach in Ohio who taught his team the numbers 1-10 in Polish. They were hurry up no huddle and everything was called at the line in those numbers, they scored over 600 points in 10 games. Genoa High School. He got the idea from a school in Michigan who was predominantly Arabic community and thus called everything at the line in Arabic. Can't pin down the exact school in Michigan, but for sure in Dearborn. I once saw a high school rugby match between Dearborn and downriver, and all of Dearborn's calls were arabic. |
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Post by kylem56 on Dec 17, 2020 11:24:41 GMT -6
You aren't far off with some of your ideas. I know of a successful coach in Ohio who taught his team the numbers 1-10 in Polish. They were hurry up no huddle and everything was called at the line in those numbers, they scored over 600 points in 10 games. Genoa High School. He got the idea from a school in Michigan who was predominantly Arabic community and thus called everything at the line in Arabic. Can't pin down the exact school in Michigan, but for sure in Dearborn. I once saw a high school rugby match between Dearborn and downriver, and all of Dearborn's calls were arabic. Dearborn Fordson is the school I am referring to. There was actually a direct to streaming service documentary about them at one point. The Ohio school I am speaking of is Genoa High School which was coached by Tim Spiess in 2013. They scored 668 points in 11 games, losing in the first round to a good Bryan High School team. They a multiple formation hurry up no huddle wing t. |
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Post by chipprjonz10 on Dec 22, 2020 11:55:32 GMT -6
Not sure if this is what you are looking for but...
We "walk the field" silently before every game, home and away. Kids wear their game jerseys and we all hold hands and walk from endzone to endzone. We form a circle in the endzone and our 2-3 captains speak in front of the team. Then each coach speaks (we have 3 coaches in total). In all my years around my area, we are the only team that does this to my knowledge. *We also arrive to away games early enough so we don't interfere with teams on the field already going through specials before the game* Does it help us win games, no, but it is something these kids and alumni never forget! Our alumni is also invited to walk the field for senior night/home coming game as well with our team and the kids love seeing the older players and listening to them share a story or two...
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Post by wildcatslbcoach24 on Dec 22, 2020 15:57:30 GMT -6
I coach for a women's team, so a lot of male name terms we often hear associated with certain calls or terms are feminine names. Our spread 2x2 instead of calling dubs, or doubles, is "Deb." A couple ideas I've had on late nights, a few drinks in... * Do your no huddle or card communication in a foreign language: Teach the kids a language while they play football. I'm also a Star Wars geek, and have wanted to write plays on cards using Aurebesh (the standard language/alphabet used in the Star Wars universe). I figure someone from the other team will know it, but not to the extent that they could translate and communicate it to the other team in time. * Use more academic topics to communicate play names to help kids learn other things in practice. Like, if you wanted to get really anal, teach Geography by having European nations be certain plays, while African nations are another series of plays. * Some programs already do this I'm sure, but eliminate all stretching/warm-ups, and instead use individual sessions as warm-ups. WR's warm up by doing stance and starts, catching/hand exercises, then work other calisthenics into the drills. Centers and QB's do snaps then do initial steps of core plays, etc. Stretching/warm-up is necessary, but I hate it to a point where I'd rather just find ways to have players use play/skill reps as their warm-ups if I can do it. One of my biggest coaching pet peeves is when you have limited practice time, and as a result, coaches cut out the basic fundamentals simply because players should already know them. I'd rather work on the "day 1" fundamentals every day than do warm-ups. * When I was in high school, and I'm sure we weren't the only ones, we would practice/prep for Wing-T and Double Wing teams by the scout offense playing without a football. The ball carrier would carry a coin, and the defense had to use their keys to find the ball carrier. Then the ball carrier would reveal the coin after the play was done. I think it was a brilliant tactic, and it was also a lot of fun; made it like a game within a game. You aren't far off with some of your ideas. I know of a successful coach in Ohio who taught his team the numbers 1-10 in Polish. They were hurry up no huddle and everything was called at the line in those numbers, they scored over 600 points in 10 games. Genoa High School. He got the idea from a school in Michigan who was predominantly Arabic community and thus called everything at the line in Arabic. Teams in AZ have used Spanish for decades this way as well. |
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Post by larrymoe on Dec 22, 2020 16:09:44 GMT -6
Not sure if this is what you are looking for but... We "walk the field" silently before every game, home and away. Kids wear their game jerseys and we all hold hands and walk from endzone to endzone. We form a circle in the endzone and our 2-3 captains speak in front of the team. Then each coach speaks (we have 3 coaches in total). In all my years around my area, we are the only team that does this to my knowledge. *We also arrive to away games early enough so we don't interfere with teams on the field already going through specials before the game* Does it help us win games, no, but it is something these kids and alumni never forget! Our alumni is also invited to walk the field for senior night/home coming game as well with our team and the kids love seeing the older players and listening to them share a story or two... 1. I have never understood holding hands. Our captains in HS (I was one) were expected to lead the team to the field doing this. I did not participate. Maybe I'm not in tune enough with my inner me or something. Just don't get it. 2. Had a team try to do this to us at our home. While we were warming up. Am not a fan of this "tradition". |
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Post by jlenwood on Dec 22, 2020 20:14:59 GMT -6
I had the privilege of coaching my sons. After games several players would end up back at our house on Friday nights, and a lot of other nights, and so they got a level of comfort with me that they didn't have with other coaches. As a result I got to hear all of their likes, dislikes, stuff they thought was stupid etc. One thing that was a constant and something I always observed and noticed that I think the head coaches I worked with didn't see, the kids ought more into micro traditions as opposed to macro.
For instance on the micro level, my position group had a nickname and they wore it like a badge of honor. During games or practice they would go nuts if one of the group made a play and the rallying cry was the nickname. And on the macro level, the community service projects the HC just loved the kids felt no connection to it.
Kids hate hate hate corny, so stuff like the holding hands to me...meh. Might be good for some programs but none I have ever been involved with. So I would say find some things the athletes might grasp onto, and not stuff the coaches want. Just my opinion.
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Post by larrymoe on Dec 22, 2020 21:29:35 GMT -6
And on the macro level, the community service projects the HC just loved the kids felt no connection to it. The explosion of community service projects being completed by football programs are entirely a byproduct of the rise of social media. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2020 22:55:29 GMT -6
And on the macro level, the community service projects the HC just loved the kids felt no connection to it. The explosion of community service projects being completed by football programs are entirely a byproduct of the rise of social media. More like coaches guilt complex. My boss thinks football makes him a pastor, community organizer... The auxiliary components of coaching any sport drives “coaches” out. (Not aimed at you Larrymoe, Jlenwood. Just a rant) if i want to do a bible study, I will do it in my church. If I want to do work habitat for humanity, I will sign up on my own. Do it on my own. if I want to lead a book club, it certainly would not be about “leadership.” And you think I want to have my time volunteered to do something, baby sit kids on a spring afternoon? F- OFF!!!!! |
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Post by 44dlcoach on Dec 22, 2020 23:21:35 GMT -6
Kind of piggybacking what jlenwood ready brought up. When I was a player the coolest thing our program did had nothing to do with the program or coaching staff. The parents of one of our OL volunteered all through the summer to host an OL barbecue at his house every Friday night.
We weren't required to go by the coaches or anything like that but it was related to football and everybody on the OL showed up every Friday to eat good food, BS with our buddies, and have a good time. Most of the time there wasnt a coach in sight, occasionally the OL coach would stop by for a little bit but it was mostly a thing for players to do together.
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Post by kcbazooka on Dec 23, 2020 7:32:30 GMT -6
interesting thoughts. One thing we did was introduce a veteran with a short bio each game. Often they would stand with their family and at times that would include a football player. Then we had all the veterans in the stands (from both sides) stand up to be acknowledged.
I hope the kids thought it was special.
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Post by vanden48 on Dec 23, 2020 17:35:05 GMT -6
We had victory rocks for summer training. Got 10 boulders between 50-100 pounds. Painted them the colors of our opponents, with their name the date of the game. We would add some kind of training with the rocks, relays, rock press, rock squats, something. Then we would take that rock with us to the game and put it on the sideline on 50 yard line. Once we won, we put the score on the rock and added it to our rock pile. Also had a Victory Rock Captain each week that was responsible for taking the rock to the game. We have done it at two schools. It became a thing.
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Post by jlenwood on Dec 24, 2020 8:14:44 GMT -6
The explosion of community service projects being completed by football programs are entirely a byproduct of the rise of social media. More like coaches guilt complex. My boss thinks football makes him a pastor, community organizer... The auxiliary components of coaching any sport drives “coaches” out. (Not aimed at you Larrymoe, Jlenwood. Just a rant) if i want to do a bible study, I will do it in my church. If I want to do work habitat for humanity, I will sign up on my own. Do it on my own. if I want to lead a book club, it certainly would not be about “leadership.” And you think I want to have my time volunteered to do something, baby sit kids on a spring afternoon? F- OFF!!!!! I'm with you on this! |
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Post by jlenwood on Dec 24, 2020 8:16:35 GMT -6
interesting thoughts. One thing we did was introduce a veteran with a short bio each game. Often they would stand with their family and at times that would include a football player. Then we had all the veterans in the stands (from both sides) stand up to be acknowledged. I hope the kids thought it was special. This is kind of what I was talking about. You say you the kids thought it was special, but did you ever ask any of them one on one? I sincerely think stuff like this if seen as stupid/corny or of no use by the kids actually helps to over time undermine or erode what a staff is trying to attempt to achieve. |
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Post by 54695469 on Dec 24, 2020 13:14:42 GMT -6
A couple of years ago, I got roasted for my opinion, but I still say that all of these community service activities being done by football programs is the biggest bunch of hypocritical stuff to come down the pipe! Social media driven efforts to make the coach look and feel good! Just be a coach! Stop all of this "culture" building and do what coaches should do. That's what kids really want and expect.
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Post by option1 on Dec 24, 2020 14:51:03 GMT -6
Looks like many of you are blessed with righteous young men that are willing to show up and do a bunch of difficult stuff you ask them to do just to play a game for a few minutes on whatever day you play. God bless you and your community.
For anyone else reading this I will provide a different perspective. I used to believe all it took was being a good coach. I was wrong and many of my players have let me know it in one way or the other. At my previous program we did far more community service projects that never showed up on social media, etc. The ones that did were often posted by our kids or had some other major faction that was receiving "ink." We have had players that get jealous over what type of programs the other sports are involved in. We also find that we are providing our kids a valuable service being that community service hours are often required and if not, at least helpful on college apps.
I believe that a players willingness to be a part of completely voluntary efforts shows buy in. Some kids need a good reason to get out of the house and be around their friends. I also believe kids want to do good things for people and to be an important part of a cause.
I stopped doing this just for x's and o's 15 years ago. I don't want to "just be a coach" again. Not worth it.
Thanks for everyones replies.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2020 17:06:19 GMT -6
Looks like many of you are blessed with righteous young men that are willing to show up and do a bunch of difficult stuff you ask them to do just to play a game for a few minutes on whatever day you play. God bless you and your community. For anyone else reading this I will provide a different perspective. I used to believe all it took was being a good coach. I was wrong and many of my players have let me know it in one way or the other. At my previous program we did far more community service projects that never showed up on social media, etc. The ones that did were often posted by our kids or had some other major faction that was receiving "ink." We have had players that get jealous over what type of programs the other sports are involved in. We also find that we are providing our kids a valuable service being that community service hours are often required and if not, at least helpful on college apps. I believe that a players willingness to be a part of completely voluntary efforts shows buy in. Some kids need a good reason to get out of the house and be around their friends. I also believe kids want to do good things for people and to be an important part of a cause. I stopped doing this just for x's and o's 15 years ago. I don't want to "just be a coach" again. Not worth it. Thanks for everyones replies. Interesting perspective. I have said this before, but if the time, the “grind” is to much for a coach, how does a coach justify the voluntary activity. I cannot get around that. |
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Post by jlenwood on Dec 24, 2020 17:07:32 GMT -6
Looks like many of you are blessed with righteous young men that are willing to show up and do a bunch of difficult stuff you ask them to do just to play a game for a few minutes on whatever day you play. God bless you and your community. For anyone else reading this I will provide a different perspective. I used to believe all it took was being a good coach. I was wrong and many of my players have let me know it in one way or the other. At my previous program we did far more community service projects that never showed up on social media, etc. The ones that did were often posted by our kids or had some other major faction that was receiving "ink." We have had players that get jealous over what type of programs the other sports are involved in. We also find that we are providing our kids a valuable service being that community service hours are often required and if not, at least helpful on college apps. I believe that a players willingness to be a part of completely voluntary efforts shows buy in. Some kids need a good reason to get out of the house and be around their friends. I also believe kids want to do good things for people and to be an important part of a cause. I stopped doing this just for x's and o's 15 years ago. I don't want to "just be a coach" again. Not worth it. Thanks for everyones replies. Never said don't do them. And I was never blessed with a bunch of righteous young men, just typical teenage athletes who can sense BS when they saw it. If the HC really never believed we were doing community service for any other reason than to make a program look good, the kids saw it. My response was to make sure the kids were on board with what you were doing. I'm a huge proponent of having traditions and unique ideas, just not forced ones. If you want a few ideas, here are some of mine that never flew with the HC: -To get away from the senior who thought they would come out and give football a try, since we all seem to end up with those, have a reward for seniors who have been with the program for a minimum of 2-3 years (your pick) where you do a ToughMudder, or a white water trip. Something big to reward the dudes who have put in the time and not the one year wonders. -Have a recruit night for your JR high players where you bring them and their parents in and show them around the weight room, field house etc. Do it during basketball season and give them free tickets. Mimic a college program when you do this. -Have your last team meal before the season starts where the senior dads (or mom if no dad) gives the kid their jersey. Be creative and make it fun. |
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Post by famar on Dec 24, 2020 17:43:45 GMT -6
I coach for a women's team, so a lot of male name terms we often hear associated with certain calls or terms are feminine names. Our spread 2x2 instead of calling dubs, or doubles, is "Deb." A couple ideas I've had on late nights, a few drinks in... * Do your no huddle or card communication in a foreign language: Teach the kids a language while they play football. I'm also a Star Wars geek, and have wanted to write plays on cards using Aurebesh (the standard language/alphabet used in the Star Wars universe). I figure someone from the other team will know it, but not to the extent that they could translate and communicate it to the other team in time. * Use more academic topics to communicate play names to help kids learn other things in practice. Like, if you wanted to get really anal, teach Geography by having European nations be certain plays, while African nations are another series of plays. * Some programs already do this I'm sure, but eliminate all stretching/warm-ups, and instead use individual sessions as warm-ups. WR's warm up by doing stance and starts, catching/hand exercises, then work other calisthenics into the drills. Centers and QB's do snaps then do initial steps of core plays, etc. Stretching/warm-up is necessary, but I hate it to a point where I'd rather just find ways to have players use play/skill reps as their warm-ups if I can do it. One of my biggest coaching pet peeves is when you have limited practice time, and as a result, coaches cut out the basic fundamentals simply because players should already know them. I'd rather work on the "day 1" fundamentals every day than do warm-ups. * When I was in high school, and I'm sure we weren't the only ones, we would practice/prep for Wing-T and Double Wing teams by the scout offense playing without a football. The ball carrier would carry a coin, and the defense had to use their keys to find the ball carrier. Then the ball carrier would reveal the coin after the play was done. I think it was a brilliant tactic, and it was also a lot of fun; made it like a game within a game. When I was in college we used the buildings on campus to call our plays at the line. Dorms were runs (we live in our dorms, we live by the run), academic buildings were passes (it was over our heads), the performing arts center for screens (it had a big screen), off campus dorm was our reverse (most of the people living there led alternative lifestyles so it was the "reverse" of everybody else). It really helped the freshmen learn which buildings were which and since nobody transferred from our school to any conference schools the code was pretty unbreakable. |
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Post by bobgoodman on Dec 24, 2020 17:47:15 GMT -6
I coach for a women's team, so a lot of male name terms we often hear associated with certain calls or terms are feminine names. Our spread 2x2 instead of calling dubs, or doubles, is "Deb." A couple ideas I've had on late nights, a few drinks in... * Do your no huddle or card communication in a foreign language: Teach the kids a language while they play football. I'm also a Star Wars geek, and have wanted to write plays on cards using Aurebesh (the standard language/alphabet used in the Star Wars universe). I figure someone from the other team will know it, but not to the extent that they could translate and communicate it to the other team in time. * Use more academic topics to communicate play names to help kids learn other things in practice. Like, if you wanted to get really anal, teach Geography by having European nations be certain plays, while African nations are another series of plays. * Some programs already do this I'm sure, but eliminate all stretching/warm-ups, and instead use individual sessions as warm-ups. WR's warm up by doing stance and starts, catching/hand exercises, then work other calisthenics into the drills. Centers and QB's do snaps then do initial steps of core plays, etc. Stretching/warm-up is necessary, but I hate it to a point where I'd rather just find ways to have players use play/skill reps as their warm-ups if I can do it. One of my biggest coaching pet peeves is when you have limited practice time, and as a result, coaches cut out the basic fundamentals simply because players should already know them. I'd rather work on the "day 1" fundamentals every day than do warm-ups. * When I was in high school, and I'm sure we weren't the only ones, we would practice/prep for Wing-T and Double Wing teams by the scout offense playing without a football. The ball carrier would carry a coin, and the defense had to use their keys to find the ball carrier. Then the ball carrier would reveal the coin after the play was done. I think it was a brilliant tactic, and it was also a lot of fun; made it like a game within a game. You aren't far off with some of your ideas. I know of a successful coach in Ohio who taught his team the numbers 1-10 in Polish. They were hurry up no huddle and everything was called at the line in those numbers, they scored over 600 points in 10 games. Genoa High School. He got the idea from a school in Michigan who was predominantly Arabic community and thus called everything at the line in Arabic. Thus proving the contention of the Sultan of Fawzia in John Goldfarb, Please Call Home that Arabs are at least as good at football as are the Irish -- even the Fighting Irish. |
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Post by kcbazooka on Dec 25, 2020 12:20:28 GMT -6
Thanks for your input - the kids were often the ones suggesting names and I know the ones who were introduced with the veteran (Dad, Mom, brother, grandfather) thought it was special. We got nothing but positive feedback. |
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Post by jlenwood on Dec 26, 2020 14:37:14 GMT -6
Thanks for your input - the kids were often the ones suggesting names and I know the ones who were introduced with the veteran (Dad, Mom, brother, grandfather) thought it was special. We got nothing but positive feedback. Honest to God, I think I put two posts together and quoted yours. I saw a veterans thing like that once before and thought it was great and every kid I know thought so as well. Either that or I just did not read your post, I don't know. Sorry for the mistake on my part. |
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Post by fadepattern on Dec 27, 2020 13:46:46 GMT -6
I know other people do it as well but we have been a two platoon football team for 4 years now and i think it has played a big part in our success.
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Post by nhscoach on Jan 23, 2021 9:47:51 GMT -6
I understand coaches who want to do all the volunteering stuff but not for me. That $5000 stipend isn’t worth it. Coach the kids right, win & run a good weight room that is all we have ever done and we have big time in everywhere we go. I enjoy hanging out with my kids or my own hobbies outside of football not spending all this time with other people’s kids while mine are at home asking when is Dad coming home.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2021 11:16:58 GMT -6
I want to turn our meeting room which is huge into a players lounge that has some modifications, such as being able to deny access based on academics, behavior.
Then i am a big believer in letting kids have their own language on the field. They have to know our stuff first, and be able to communicate it, but when on the field, as long as it isnt dirty,profane, gmaf stuff,call it whatever you want.
Then get the kids out of “football” in 2 hours or less. And that has some problems because you cannot do that and show up in august and teach an entire system.
And while i would have no idea how to do this, i want a social, internet presence that is significant in the area.
And with all of that, I am not sure it would make a dent in the cultural and demographic differences that exist with our cross town rivals.
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Post by stilltryin on Jan 26, 2021 8:20:05 GMT -6
A couple of years ago, I got roasted for my opinion, but I still say that all of these community service activities being done by football programs is the biggest bunch of hypocritical stuff to come down the pipe! Social media driven efforts to make the coach look and feel good! Just be a coach! Stop all of this "culture" building and do what coaches should do. That's what kids really want and expect. Maybe it depends on the "activity." Sometimes there's a need, having nothing to do with social media, or culture. When Hurricane Sandy went through our town 8 years ago, the school and the town were without power for nearly 2 weeks. That second week, it was decided that we would try to play a game; but we had a community that was hurting, so our "practice" week went like this: Monday and Tuesday we loaded our kids into trucks, drove through the police lines to the beachfront, and shoveled folks back into their homes. Wednesday it snowed. We walked through plays in the truck bay of the firehouse. Thursday and Friday, we ... coaches, kids, volunteer parents ... shoveled snow off the football field ... by hand. Saturday we came from behind to beat an undefeated team and qualify for the state playoffs. Maybe the most rewarding week of my life, on so many levels. |
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Post by tog on Jan 26, 2021 9:21:13 GMT -6
And on the macro level, the community service projects the HC just loved the kids felt no connection to it. The explosion of community service projects being completed by football programs are entirely a byproduct of the rise of social media. yeah it has to be REAL not some look at me kind of thing I like the micro idea as a way of looking at it---have always done things like that organic style, but if actually thought about as a process by each coach to notice and develop those micro things within a team---kinda coool |
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Post by s73 on Jan 26, 2021 9:53:06 GMT -6
I love reading about what others do in our industry. A lot of times it seems like we are all doing the same thing and that the conversations almost become "cliche." What's one thing your program does that may be unique? Anything but x's and o's. Yes, I'm trying to steal your ideas IDK if this is unique, but it's unique to me. I developed our core values and had a banner made with them on it. I had 1 placed in the weight room, one in the locker room and one in our team (half time) room. Anytime any kid enters any of these rooms he must fist bump the banner as a recognition that they are there. Pretty standard I imagine. What's different FOR ME anyway, is I try to make 1 or more of those core values a theme or emphasis for each day and repeatedly try to invoke, reference through out the day and give examples as to how they can apply it to that days work / activity. An example was yesterday, we were back in the weight room for the 1st time in a while, Discipline and relentlessness are 2 of our values. So I tried to give examples of how they could be disciplined and relentless through out yesterdays workouts. IDK if it makes a difference but at least it makes me FEEL like I'm trying to build not just culture, but a SPECIFIC culture and mindset. |
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