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Post by coachd5085 on Dec 18, 2021 7:52:27 GMT -6
We are a title 1 school with 1600 kids. Our demographic is typical of the area, give or take, 38% Hispanic, 32% white, 22% black. All of our sports sans wrestling are trash. Even wrestling which has been a juggernaut for over 30 years has been down for lack of participation. While our kids are not very talented it is obvious to me that we would be better together. We literally need each other just to compete. My idea is to present my athletic director with a "sit down" among all the coaches to see if we can somehow "incentivise" playing multiple sports. The tricky part is to come up with a way to present it as not optional. While I realize that we technically cannot force a kid to do something, we can strongly encourage it. Anyone have any experience with this type of thing? What are some ideas you might take into the meeting? Why not organize your own meeting with those coaches and sell your plan? Maybe you can combine fundraising efforts and create an "Ironman" group of multi-sport athletes? Just spitballin' here... Noble sentiments, but there are mounds of social/political research that predict such an effort would likely be ineffective. When given the opportunity to exploit opportunities that help common groups, people tend to take advantage of those opportunities. One example was a pretty cool experiment where a group of individuals (say 10) were given $5. They were told that each dollar they contributed to the pool would be matched, and then the pool would be split equally among them. So clearly the optimum strategy for the group would be to contribute all $5 ($50 pool) have it matched (another $50) and then redistribute the pool so that each now had $10. What happened was that the participants each held back on their contributions, trying to take advantage of the other's contributions to end up with more than $10. So they ended up worse. |
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Post by Defcord on Dec 18, 2021 8:56:38 GMT -6
Why not organize your own meeting with those coaches and sell your plan? Maybe you can combine fundraising efforts and create an "Ironman" group of multi-sport athletes? Just spitballin' here... Noble sentiments, but there are mounds of social/political research that predict such an effort would likely be ineffective. When given the opportunity to exploit opportunities that help common groups, people tend to take advantage of those opportunities. One example was a pretty cool experiment where a group of individuals (say 10) were given $5. They were told that each dollar they contributed to the pool would be matched, and then the pool would be split equally among them. So clearly the optimum strategy for the group would be to contribute all $5 ($50 pool) have it matched (another $50) and then redistribute the pool so that each now had $10. What happened was that the participants each held back on their contributions, trying to take advantage of the other's contributions to end up with more than $10. So they ended up worse. I don’t need an experiment to know people are asssholes. That’s one thing I’m certain of without evidence. |
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Post by fantom on Dec 18, 2021 9:11:04 GMT -6
question Has specialization trended in correlation to FB becoming a year around endeavor? The causation is up in the air but the correlation is definite. |
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Post by tripsclosed on Dec 18, 2021 9:53:53 GMT -6
Noble sentiments, but there are mounds of social/political research that predict such an effort would likely be ineffective. When given the opportunity to exploit opportunities that help common groups, people tend to take advantage of those opportunities. One example was a pretty cool experiment where a group of individuals (say 10) were given $5. They were told that each dollar they contributed to the pool would be matched, and then the pool would be split equally among them. So clearly the optimum strategy for the group would be to contribute all $5 ($50 pool) have it matched (another $50) and then redistribute the pool so that each now had $10. What happened was that the participants each held back on their contributions, trying to take advantage of the other's contributions to end up with more than $10. So they ended up worse. I don’t need an experiment to know people are asssholes. That’s one thing I’m certain of without evidence. Look no further than this board for a few examples of that 😄 |
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Post by vicvinegar on Dec 18, 2021 11:18:27 GMT -6
Get assistants from those other programs on your staff. Other than players, those coaches will be your best recruiters.
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Post by olsenray61 on Jan 9, 2022 8:19:52 GMT -6
I coach junior high football at Class A district where the wrestling program has been pillar of success! Five state championship team titles and multiple individual state champs create an impressive list. I'm always recruiting and talking to every kid but give me all the wrestlers you can! If the kid knows who you are, you have a chance to get him out. If the kids knows you and likes you will get him out.
Jr.HS recruiting pays off! We have been in the District playoffs five years in a row, District Champions and in the state playoffs the last two years. We are looking to Three-peat next season. The whole athletic department must work together and that's not and easy task!
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