clloyd
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Post by clloyd on Apr 6, 2007 19:20:50 GMT -6
What are some of your team rules that you have for your program? In regards to attendance, attitude, behavior in regards to playing time or discipline.
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Post by Coach Huey on Apr 6, 2007 19:25:47 GMT -6
Not a big "rules guy" ... but here is a list of our "family guidelines" we used to have posted in our locker room:
* Be on time
* Work hard
* Pay attention
* Be a guy your teammates know they can count on
That was pretty much it. Everything else basically fell into one of these categories ... lol
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Post by kboyd on Apr 6, 2007 19:32:48 GMT -6
Here's our list:
· Keep up with your schoolwork. Poor grades in school and not completing homework will result in disciplinary actions by the coaches. · If you don't practice, you don't play. All excused absences must be coordinated with the coaches. If you don't make an effort to attend practices, we as coaches are not required to play you. · If you skip a class – you miss a practice. One missed class/practice results in one missed half in the next game. Two missed classes/practices means sitting out for the next game. · What the coaches say goes. Back talking, profanity, or any form of disrespect will result in disciplinary actions. · Respect other players. Remember your teammates are working with you not against you. Any unnecessary aggression or violence towards another player will result in disciplinary actions. · Take care of your equipment. Let the coaches know if your equipment needs repair. This is the key to safety. · Wear your mouthpiece when required and keep a spare. · Come to practice prepared to work and play. · Learn the rules of the game. · Know the name of each position. · Arrive on time for practices and games.
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Post by briangilbert on Apr 6, 2007 23:01:26 GMT -6
Team Rules are completely subjective. Rule 1: Be a great Student Rule 2: Be a great person Rule 3: Enjoy your life
These kids are 14-18 why on earth would you discipline them for something as arbitrary as a HS sport? That's just my policy but teach these kids how to think and not what to think.
The only reason I can think of to discipline a player/student is if they do something detrimental to themselves or someone else. And even then depending on the situation they should be given a fair evaluation within the school policies, and depending on their family situation given extra guidance.
I think many coaches take what we do in regards to HS sports too seriously. As if your moral guidance is more deserving or just then someone else, when what really matters is this. Teach your kids to how to think, and how to be successful... Who gives a rat's a** if they break curfew or miss a practice.
They won't remember any of your chew outs later in life, but what they will remember is how you made them a better person.
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Post by warrior53 on Apr 7, 2007 6:17:58 GMT -6
Do Right Be on Time Do not embarass the school or the program
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Bowne1
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Post by Bowne1 on Apr 7, 2007 6:26:21 GMT -6
1. Be where you are supposed to be when you are supposed to be there. 2. Do what you are supposed to do when you are there. 3. Know the difference between right and wrong and do what's right always. 4. If you are caught stealing you are out of the program forever.
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Post by coachbw on Apr 7, 2007 9:34:34 GMT -6
Our Athletic Handbook has a whole bunch of rules, but as far as a football staff, we only talk about one rule with the kids:
Put the team first.
Whether it is attendence, drinking, whatever we think we can cover it with that rule.
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Post by coachchad on Apr 7, 2007 12:15:44 GMT -6
coach gilbert,
don't you think you are making them a better person by letting them know that missing practices is an unacceptable habit. I think letting them get away with doing less than their best is the real crime. If you always allow them to play without practice, then they will always think that they do not have to follow the rules -- football or whatever. I agree that the real problem is not the practice time missed, but the habits that they are forming that will not do them any favors later in life.
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Post by coachcoyote on Apr 7, 2007 14:06:28 GMT -6
Keep them few and simple. The more you have, the more the kids will find it a challenge to circumvent them without putting them at risk of losing the think that matters most, playing time. Reward them when they do the correct thing and admonish them when they stray.
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Post by briangilbert on Apr 7, 2007 14:25:18 GMT -6
At our school missing practice is usually out of our hands. I coach in an urban environment and to be honest sometimes you have no idea who's showing up to practice, it's a much more complex issue. It's out of our control, it's more or less in the parents control.
What are you supposed to do when the school has no idea where a kid is for 2-3 days and no one is answering calls at home.
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jman
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Post by jman on Apr 7, 2007 14:57:42 GMT -6
Dont do anything to hurt yourself, your family or this football team!
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clloyd
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Post by clloyd on Apr 7, 2007 20:41:12 GMT -6
Thanks that is some very good advice.
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Post by wingman on Apr 8, 2007 10:21:01 GMT -6
We only have 2 we talk about. Everything else falls under those two. Have tried it both ways and I like not having a bunch or rules set in stone. Treat players the way they deserve to be treated. If there is some real crisis in a good kid's family who never misses and he misses one day, I'm not going to sit him.
1. Don't emnarrass the program 2. Be where you're supposed to be, when you're supposed to be there, doing what you are supposed to b edoing.
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Post by phantom on Apr 8, 2007 10:34:52 GMT -6
At our school missing practice is usually out of our hands. I coach in an urban environment and to be honest sometimes you have no idea who's showing up to practice, it's a much more complex issue. It's out of our control, it's more or less in the parents control. What are you supposed to do when the school has no idea where a kid is for 2-3 days and no one is answering calls at home. We also coach in an urban school and expect our kids to be at practice. If a player doesn't tell us ahead of time or call then it's unexcused and there will be punishment. There's no hard and fast rule. It's all case by case but something will happen. Two or more unexcused practices during a week and you'll be excused from the game at least.
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Post by los on Apr 8, 2007 10:50:02 GMT -6
Right on Phantom, might as well train them for life in the "real" world now while they're students! Try not coming to your job for 3 days, not calling in or returning the boss's phone calls and you'll find out how "expendable" you are lol! Dependability means a lot more than talent sometimes?
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Post by phantom on Apr 8, 2007 11:07:13 GMT -6
Absolutely. I hear kids (not players) talking about getting fired because they didn't go to work and they treat it like an act of God. From a practical standpoint, how can you play a guy who hasn't been there? Were working on the gameplan and technique. If those things aren't important then why practice at all? Hey,I'd like to get home before 3 every day.
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jman
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Post by jman on Apr 8, 2007 14:38:10 GMT -6
I always tell the kids that if they tell me before hand why they are going to miss, it is a reason. If they tell me why after they already missed, it is an excuse and they will suffer appropriate consequences.
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