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Post by coachdmyers on Jun 9, 2022 9:31:04 GMT -6
What are the things you do in coaching that seems very standard to you at this stage in your career but you forgot/forgotten they aren't/weren't done by everyone? I don't mean this in a malicious way, or "they're an idiot for not doing x" but just something you just assumed was understood/practiced/done by other people but are apparently not.
Someone on this board mentioned coaches that do practice without a practice plan and I forgot that (though hopefully considered standard practice) wasn't universal.
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Post by carookie on Jun 9, 2022 10:01:44 GMT -6
Oh man, I know you wrote that you didn't want this to be malicious, and I'll try not to, but there are a lot of things out there that people do that just blow my mind. I was lucky enough to spend most of my coaching career, especially my early years, on good staffs with people who knew what they were doing. So when I landed on lesser ones I was shocked.
You mentioned practice plans, I would add to that just organization as a whole. There is a general idea of what needs to get done, but nobody maps it out and it leads to blindspots, missed steps, and overlap of coaches not staying in their lanes.
Along those lines, actual coordination by coordinators. You don't just call plays, you coordinate. You need to make sure the drills the position coaches are teaching (get to that later) fit within your scheme. So many coordinators just expect position coaches to come in and coach 'em up. And even if they do coach them stuff, said stuff doesn't fit. Coordinators should know precisely what they want the position coaches teaching, how to teach it, and when. They should then make sure that the PCs know this and how to do it. Unfortunately, most coordinators don't do this; they are either lacking the knowledge and structural understanding of how to implement it, or don't want to be seen as a micro manager, so they let PCs do what they want, and it doesnt mesh.
Then there is the actual teaching of techniques. Lots of teams out there have coaches who don't really teach technique. Some may "tell" the players what to do, usually with a phrase that the players don't fully understand. Others show them, but continually coaching and enforcing technique, its shockingly rare. Coaches just have them perform full game situation movements (ie block this play) without refining, drilling, and repping the precise how. Blows my mind how many kids play football without being taught how to play their position.
Athletic development and understanding of the human body is shockingly lacking. I'm not writing you need to be a kinesiologist, but I have seen multiple programs where coaches implement weight programs that end up harming the athletes physical development, and ignore the development of muscle groups.
Accountability is another one. I get, a lot of people are handcuffed by the admin in how they can discipline players and address issues. But there is a lot of 'turning a blind eye' out there that really shocks me. Sometimes its coaches not wanting to anger a star player, other times its not wanting to deal with issues. Its awful.
In any case, soapbox away for now.
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Post by tripsclosed on Jun 9, 2022 10:21:53 GMT -6
Oh man, I know you wrote that you didn't want this to be malicious, and I'll try not to, but there are a lot of things out there that people do that just blow my mind. I was lucky enough to spend most of my coaching career, especially my early years, on good staffs with people who knew what they were doing. So when I landed on lesser ones I was shocked. You mentioned practice plans, I would add to that just organization as a whole. There is a general idea of what needs to get done, but nobody maps it out and it leads to blindspots, missed steps, and overlap of coaches not staying in their lanes. Along those lines, actual coordination by coordinators. You don't just call plays, you coordinate. You need to make sure the drills the position coaches are teaching (get to that later) fit within your scheme. So many coordinators just expect position coaches to come in and coach 'em up. And even if they do coach them stuff, said stuff doesn't fit. Coordinators should know precisely what they want the position coaches teaching, how to teach it, and when. They should then make sure that the PCs know this and how to do it. Unfortunately, most coordinators don't do this; they are either lacking the knowledge and structural understanding of how to implement it, or don't want to be seen as a micro manager, so they let PCs do what they want, and it doesnt mesh. Then there is the actual teaching of techniques. Lots of teams out there have coaches who don't really teach technique. Some may "tell" the players what to do, usually with a phrase that the players don't fully understand. Others show them, but continually coaching and enforcing technique, its shockingly rare. Coaches just have them perform full game situation movements (ie block this play) without refining, drilling, and repping the precise how. Blows my mind how many kids play football without being taught how to play their position. Athletic development and understanding of the human body is shockingly lacking. I'm not writing you need to be a kinesiologist, but I have seen multiple programs where coaches implement weight programs that end up harming the athletes physical development, and ignore the development of muscle groups. Accountability is another one. I get, a lot of people are handcuffed by the admin in how they can discipline players and address issues. But there is a lot of 'turning a blind eye' out there that really shocks me. Sometimes its coaches not wanting to anger a star player, other times its not wanting to deal with issues. Its awful. In any case, soapbox away for now. This should be a sticky/PSA...Not to mention, what maybe takes the cake is that when someone like yourself or myself tries to encourage/implement/tactfully push for even one piece of that, let alone most or all of it, so many people drag their feet, get annoyed, get passive-aggressive, or even get downright irrate for suggesting any of that. You get stuff like "C'mon coach, this is HS football, we ain't Alabama/New England, we're all just out here trying to have some fun." Then, 15 minutes later during team period, that same jackleg is out there screaming at their WR for dropping a pass and saying "come on now, so and so, we are trying to win games here, this is varsity football, this aint rec league!" 🙄🙄🙄 |
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Post by carookie on Jun 9, 2022 11:08:53 GMT -6
Oh man, I know you wrote that you didn't want this to be malicious, and I'll try not to, but there are a lot of things out there that people do that just blow my mind. I was lucky enough to spend most of my coaching career, especially my early years, on good staffs with people who knew what they were doing. So when I landed on lesser ones I was shocked. You mentioned practice plans, I would add to that just organization as a whole. There is a general idea of what needs to get done, but nobody maps it out and it leads to blindspots, missed steps, and overlap of coaches not staying in their lanes. Along those lines, actual coordination by coordinators. You don't just call plays, you coordinate. You need to make sure the drills the position coaches are teaching (get to that later) fit within your scheme. So many coordinators just expect position coaches to come in and coach 'em up. And even if they do coach them stuff, said stuff doesn't fit. Coordinators should know precisely what they want the position coaches teaching, how to teach it, and when. They should then make sure that the PCs know this and how to do it. Unfortunately, most coordinators don't do this; they are either lacking the knowledge and structural understanding of how to implement it, or don't want to be seen as a micro manager, so they let PCs do what they want, and it doesnt mesh. Then there is the actual teaching of techniques. Lots of teams out there have coaches who don't really teach technique. Some may "tell" the players what to do, usually with a phrase that the players don't fully understand. Others show them, but continually coaching and enforcing technique, its shockingly rare. Coaches just have them perform full game situation movements (ie block this play) without refining, drilling, and repping the precise how. Blows my mind how many kids play football without being taught how to play their position. Athletic development and understanding of the human body is shockingly lacking. I'm not writing you need to be a kinesiologist, but I have seen multiple programs where coaches implement weight programs that end up harming the athletes physical development, and ignore the development of muscle groups. Accountability is another one. I get, a lot of people are handcuffed by the admin in how they can discipline players and address issues. But there is a lot of 'turning a blind eye' out there that really shocks me. Sometimes its coaches not wanting to anger a star player, other times its not wanting to deal with issues. Its awful. In any case, soapbox away for now. This should be a sticky/PSA...Not to mention, what maybe takes the cake is that when someone like yourself or myself tries to encourage/implement/tactfully push for even one piece of that, let alone most or all of it, so many people drag their feet, get annoyed, get passive-aggressive, or even get downright irrate for suggesting any of that. You get stuff like "C'mon coach, this is HS football, we ain't Alabama/New England, we're all just out here trying to have some fun."Then, 15 minutes later during team period, that same jackleg is out there screaming at their WR for dropping a pass and saying "come on now, so and so, we are trying to win games here, this is varsity football, this aint rec league!" 🙄🙄🙄 I feel you. I also get the "we can't get our kids to do that here" when trying to push them (the coaches) to teach the players a bit of technique or understanding the "why" we do stuff. Which I get in some circumstances, for certain communities; but if I was just coaching last year at school up the road, pulling from the same group of kids, and they can teach it...Why can't ours? And then, as you noted, this same group freaks out on something they didn't really coach and spends half the practice implementing weird conditioning punishments. If you can get the kids to crawl awkwardly for 20 minutes while you yell at them, I bet you can teach them how to take on a block, or why their eyes need to be in a certain position in cover 3. |
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Post by silkyice on Jun 9, 2022 11:15:17 GMT -6
filming practice
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Post by tog on Jun 9, 2022 13:44:37 GMT -6
or the other way around
having a social media presence like it was an expected thing to have hype videos and stupid pictures of your kids throwing up gang signs to be cool in their pic
so worthless
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Post by groundchuck on Jun 9, 2022 14:42:48 GMT -6
Filming practice is definitely at the top of my list. I know some coaches will say they see everything they need to see in practice. Some coaches even think they see all 22 in detail. Trust me. You do not. I can point out things to players and they don't make that same mistake again because they saw themselves make it on video. You can see things
Using Hudl. I can't believe how many coaches don't use Hudl other than as a tool to stream & exchange "film".
Being prepared for practice with a plan, a script etc.
Practicing special teams as opposed to rounding up 11 guys and putting them on a KO unit and telling them to go tackle the returner. There are skills and drills for this, and you can develop players to fit the roles you need them for on KO, KOR, Punt etc.
I feel like I ranted?
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Post by tripsclosed on Jun 9, 2022 15:49:09 GMT -6
or the other way around having a social media presence like it was an expected thing to have hype videos and stupid pictures of your kids throwing up gang signs to be cool in their pic so worthless I'm someone in the age group of coaches like that, but man oh man i cant stand "hype culture" and "grind culture." I'd rather watch a hitch thrown 20 times in a row than even accidentally watch a hype video. And i say that not to get points with you old-timers, you can take points off for all i care, i just cant stand it 😄 |
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Post by larrymoe on Jun 9, 2022 17:38:39 GMT -6
Teaching offensive linemen to aggressively run block.
It amazes me how many offensive coaches don't teach this, understand the value of this, or just flat don't do this.
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Post by raider92 on Jun 9, 2022 19:01:52 GMT -6
Oh man, I know you wrote that you didn't want this to be malicious, and I'll try not to, but there are a lot of things out there that people do that just blow my mind. I was lucky enough to spend most of my coaching career, especially my early years, on good staffs with people who knew what they were doing. So when I landed on lesser ones I was shocked. You mentioned practice plans, I would add to that just organization as a whole. There is a general idea of what needs to get done, but nobody maps it out and it leads to blindspots, missed steps, and overlap of coaches not staying in their lanes. Along those lines, actual coordination by coordinators. You don't just call plays, you coordinate. You need to make sure the drills the position coaches are teaching (get to that later) fit within your scheme. So many coordinators just expect position coaches to come in and coach 'em up. And even if they do coach them stuff, said stuff doesn't fit. Coordinators should know precisely what they want the position coaches teaching, how to teach it, and when. They should then make sure that the PCs know this and how to do it. Unfortunately, most coordinators don't do this; they are either lacking the knowledge and structural understanding of how to implement it, or don't want to be seen as a micro manager, so they let PCs do what they want, and it doesnt mesh. Then there is the actual teaching of techniques. Lots of teams out there have coaches who don't really teach technique. Some may "tell" the players what to do, usually with a phrase that the players don't fully understand. Others show them, but continually coaching and enforcing technique, its shockingly rare. Coaches just have them perform full game situation movements (ie block this play) without refining, drilling, and repping the precise how. Blows my mind how many kids play football without being taught how to play their position. Athletic development and understanding of the human body is shockingly lacking. I'm not writing you need to be a kinesiologist, but I have seen multiple programs where coaches implement weight programs that end up harming the athletes physical development, and ignore the development of muscle groups. Accountability is another one. I get, a lot of people are handcuffed by the admin in how they can discipline players and address issues. But there is a lot of 'turning a blind eye' out there that really shocks me. Sometimes its coaches not wanting to anger a star player, other times its not wanting to deal with issues. Its awful. In any case, soapbox away for now. This should be a sticky/PSA...Not to mention, what maybe takes the cake is that when someone like yourself or myself tries to encourage/implement/tactfully push for even one piece of that, let alone most or all of it, so many people drag their feet, get annoyed, get passive-aggressive, or even get downright irrate for suggesting any of that. You get stuff like "C'mon coach, this is HS football, we ain't Alabama/New England, we're all just out here trying to have some fun." Then, 15 minutes later during team period, that same jackleg is out there screaming at their WR for dropping a pass and saying "come on now, so and so, we are trying to win games here, this is varsity football, this aint rec league!" 🙄🙄🙄 This. I absolutely hate the "we aren't Alabama/this is just high school ball" excuse for not teaching things right. Our O and D are intentionally crafted to be streamlined and simple enough for guys to learn it and execute it. I've worked hard to make sure it's a well put together package that can be learned and executed by our guys. With that said, it has to be taught properly. I'll crawl up an assistant's A$$ if they're not teaching something right. A down block is a 90 degree angle, a FBs 1st step is directly down the Midline on trap, etc. Teach it right. I'm an easy guy to coach for, but when assistants act like little details aren't important because it's high school ball I'm going to lose my $hit. That goes for terminology too. I tell our guys if the OLB asks what his job is on our "Axe" blitz then the freshman, JV, and varsity coaches better all give the exact same answer in the same terminology. If you dont want to learn the system well enough to teach it then go coach someplace where losing ballgames is acceptable. |
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Post by coachlit on Jun 9, 2022 20:13:32 GMT -6
100%. If you have an end zone camera or drone and someone to film and don’t?You’re doing a disservice to your players and missing the opportunity to become a better coach. |
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Post by agap on Jun 9, 2022 22:24:09 GMT -6
Apparently Quarters coverage, specifically split field coverage.
Spilling too I guess.
Tite/Mint front
Crushing the front
That's all too complex and can't be run at the high school level.
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Post by tog on Jun 9, 2022 23:11:42 GMT -6
Apparently Quarters coverage, specifically split field coverage. Spilling too I guess. Tite/Mint front Crushing the front That's all too complex and can't be run at the high school level. lol agree |
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Post by larrymoe on Jun 10, 2022 2:50:50 GMT -6
Apparently Quarters coverage, specifically split field coverage. Spilling too I guess. Tite/Mint front Crushing the front That's all too complex and can't be run at the high school level. I abhor spilling. |
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Post by silkyice on Jun 10, 2022 5:56:39 GMT -6
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Post by raider92 on Jun 10, 2022 8:13:22 GMT -6
Apparently Quarters coverage, specifically split field coverage. Spilling too I guess. Tite/Mint front Crushing the front That's all too complex and can't be run at the high school level. I abhor spilling. We spill but I find more and more that it can be more trouble than it's worth. A good defense will be better by spilling but spilling can also make a below average defense look atrocious IMO. I see a lot of bad defenses in college football getting absolutely gutted in the alley because they're spilling to a guy who cant make the play in space or spilling to nobody at all. I've found it to be weirdly regional. Some places do it because that's the standard way and other places dont and its viewed as a "college" thing that may or may not be applicable to high school ball. Lots of great programs doing it either way. Fwiw I played in a 3-5 stack in high school that was probably 75% cover 0 or 1 and boxed everything. Made life super simple. As a head coach I've always spilled but I'd probably just box everything if we had a below average group of kids come through. |
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Post by tripsclosed on Jun 10, 2022 9:31:35 GMT -6
We spill but I find more and more that it can be more trouble than it's worth. A good defense will be better by spilling but spilling can also make a below average defense look atrocious IMO. I see a lot of bad defenses in college football getting absolutely gutted in the alley because they're spilling to a guy who cant make the play in space or spilling to nobody at all. I've found it to be weirdly regional. Some places do it because that's the standard way and other places dont and its viewed as a "college" thing that may or may not be applicable to high school ball. Lots of great programs doing it either way. Fwiw I played in a 3-5 stack in high school that was probably 75% cover 0 or 1 and boxed everything. Made life super simple. As a head coach I've always spilled but I'd probably just box everything if we had a below average group of kids come through. How would you set up your option run fits if you boxed? There's been discussion had on here in the last few months concerning option responsibilities in a boxing defense, unless you use some specific tactics, it can get messy against option |
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Post by larrymoe on Jun 10, 2022 9:49:31 GMT -6
We spill but I find more and more that it can be more trouble than it's worth. A good defense will be better by spilling but spilling can also make a below average defense look atrocious IMO. I see a lot of bad defenses in college football getting absolutely gutted in the alley because they're spilling to a guy who cant make the play in space or spilling to nobody at all. I've found it to be weirdly regional. Some places do it because that's the standard way and other places dont and its viewed as a "college" thing that may or may not be applicable to high school ball. Lots of great programs doing it either way. Fwiw I played in a 3-5 stack in high school that was probably 75% cover 0 or 1 and boxed everything. Made life super simple. As a head coach I've always spilled but I'd probably just box everything if we had a below average group of kids come through. How would you set up your option run fits if you boxed? There's been discussion had on here in the last few months concerning option responsibilities in a boxing defense, unless you use some specific tactics, it can get messy against option DT/ILBs have dive back, DE/S have QB, OLB/CBs have pitch. |
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Post by larrymoe on Jun 10, 2022 9:53:01 GMT -6
We spill but I find more and more that it can be more trouble than it's worth. A good defense will be better by spilling but spilling can also make a below average defense look atrocious IMO. I see a lot of bad defenses in college football getting absolutely gutted in the alley because they're spilling to a guy who cant make the play in space or spilling to nobody at all. I've found it to be weirdly regional. Some places do it because that's the standard way and other places dont and its viewed as a "college" thing that may or may not be applicable to high school ball. Lots of great programs doing it either way. Fwiw I played in a 3-5 stack in high school that was probably 75% cover 0 or 1 and boxed everything. Made life super simple. As a head coach I've always spilled but I'd probably just box everything if we had a below average group of kids come through. I only coached 1 year in a spilling defense. The reason given for choosing to spill was so "we could use our speed to just run everything down". We gave up about 40-50 a game. Everything else over my 30 years of playing/coaching was in a contain style D. |
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Post by tripsclosed on Jun 10, 2022 10:41:07 GMT -6
How would you set up your option run fits if you boxed? There's been discussion had on here in the last few months concerning option responsibilities in a boxing defense, unless you use some specific tactics, it can get messy against option DT/ILBs have dive back, DE/S have QB, OLB/CBs have pitch. Coach, what if it's midline? The QB player is now blocked, and now the DT has to take the dive, LB has to take the QB, and LB is 1v1 with the guard at the point of attack. Puts your LB in the position of having to diagnose the play and determine what they are doing. Different kinds of options and blocking schemes can screw with assigning specific players specific assignments |
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Post by silkyice on Jun 10, 2022 10:50:53 GMT -6
How would you set up your option run fits if you boxed? There's been discussion had on here in the last few months concerning option responsibilities in a boxing defense, unless you use some specific tactics, it can get messy against option DT/ILBs have dive back, DE/S have QB, OLB/CBs have pitch. How do you stop the Cam Newton play? Dash/Inverted Veer/Power Read. Whatever you call it. Block power. QB is the dive portion while the RB/jet guy is going outside. Everyone blocked but read DE. |
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Post by 33coach on Jun 10, 2022 10:55:24 GMT -6
Teaching offensive linemen to aggressively run block. It amazes me how many offensive coaches don't teach this, understand the value of this, or just flat don't do this. 100% i dont care what your scheme is, i dont care if you plan to pass 99% of the time... if your OL coach doesnt start with a straight ahead drive block....maybe find a new OL coach. |
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Post by larrymoe on Jun 10, 2022 10:55:27 GMT -6
DT/ILBs have dive back, DE/S have QB, OLB/CBs have pitch. Coach, what if it's midline? The QB player is now blocked, and now the DT has to take the dive, LB has to take the QB, and LB is 1v1 with the guard at the point of attack. Puts your LB in the position of having to diagnose the play and determine what they are doing. Different kinds of options and blocking schemes can screw with assigning specific players specific assignments Midline is the one play that gave us fits I will admit. In 12 years of being a DC only 1 team ran it and after gashing us for 3 years, they switched to a spread and quit running it. I didn't worry about it too much because we never saw it. 3 games in 115ish games wasn't a major concern to me. |
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Post by tripsclosed on Jun 10, 2022 10:56:19 GMT -6
DT/ILBs have dive back, DE/S have QB, OLB/CBs have pitch. How do you stop the Cam Newton play? Dash/Inverted Veer/Power Read. Whatever you call it. Block power. QB is the dive portion while the RB/jet guy is going outside. Everyone blocked but read DE. For sake of discussion, is that with an H-back arcing, or 10P? |
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Post by larrymoe on Jun 10, 2022 10:56:44 GMT -6
DT/ILBs have dive back, DE/S have QB, OLB/CBs have pitch. How do you stop the Cam Newton play? Dash/Inverted Veer/Power Read. Whatever you call it. Block power. QB is the dive portion while the RB/jet guy is going outside. Everyone blocked but read DE. Never saw it, so I didn't worry about it. I don't spend a lot of time in my life worrying about potential problems. I'm not that kind of guy. |
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Post by 33coach on Jun 10, 2022 10:57:58 GMT -6
DT/ILBs have dive back, DE/S have QB, OLB/CBs have pitch. How do you stop the Cam Newton play? Dash/Inverted Veer/Power Read. Whatever you call it. Block power. QB is the dive portion while the RB/jet guy is going outside. Everyone blocked but read DE. you stop it the same way you stop every play in HS football. Have a stronger weight room program ;-) |
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Post by silkyice on Jun 10, 2022 12:10:20 GMT -6
How do you stop the Cam Newton play? Dash/Inverted Veer/Power Read. Whatever you call it. Block power. QB is the dive portion while the RB/jet guy is going outside. Everyone blocked but read DE. you stop it the same way you stop every play in HS football. Have a stronger weight room program ;-) Disagree here. I am genuinely curious how box teams stop power read. Just say 10p. Doesn't matter. Besides, unless you just have genetic freaks, your guys will not be stronger or faster than us. We are strong. |
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Post by 33coach on Jun 10, 2022 12:17:58 GMT -6
you stop it the same way you stop every play in HS football. Have a stronger weight room program ;-) Disagree here. I am genuinely curious how box teams stop power read. Just say 10p. Doesn't matter. Besides, unless you just have genetic freaks, your guys will not be stronger or faster than us. We are strong. it was 99% a joke. and 1% truth. Although if you tell me your boys are stronger, chances are we aint stopping anything you do in the run game. |
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Post by larrymoe on Jun 10, 2022 12:24:17 GMT -6
DT/ILBs have dive back, DE/S have QB, OLB/CBs have pitch. How do you stop the Cam Newton play? Dash/Inverted Veer/Power Read. Whatever you call it. Block power. QB is the dive portion while the RB/jet guy is going outside. Everyone blocked but read DE. OK, you got me to bite. My first question- Who is the better player/bigger threat between the QB or the outside guy? I generally prioritize who has the bigger chance of {censored} us before I worry about adjustments. |
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Post by vicvinegar on Jun 10, 2022 15:04:28 GMT -6
Oh man, I know you wrote that you didn't want this to be malicious, and I'll try not to, but there are a lot of things out there that people do that just blow my mind. I was lucky enough to spend most of my coaching career, especially my early years, on good staffs with people who knew what they were doing. So when I landed on lesser ones I was shocked. You mentioned practice plans, I would add to that just organization as a whole. There is a general idea of what needs to get done, but nobody maps it out and it leads to blindspots, missed steps, and overlap of coaches not staying in their lanes. Along those lines, actual coordination by coordinators. You don't just call plays, you coordinate. You need to make sure the drills the position coaches are teaching (get to that later) fit within your scheme. So many coordinators just expect position coaches to come in and coach 'em up. And even if they do coach them stuff, said stuff doesn't fit. Coordinators should know precisely what they want the position coaches teaching, how to teach it, and when. They should then make sure that the PCs know this and how to do it. Unfortunately, most coordinators don't do this; they are either lacking the knowledge and structural understanding of how to implement it, or don't want to be seen as a micro manager, so they let PCs do what they want, and it doesnt mesh. Then there is the actual teaching of techniques. Lots of teams out there have coaches who don't really teach technique. Some may "tell" the players what to do, usually with a phrase that the players don't fully understand. Others show them, but continually coaching and enforcing technique, its shockingly rare. Coaches just have them perform full game situation movements (ie block this play) without refining, drilling, and repping the precise how. Blows my mind how many kids play football without being taught how to play their position. Athletic development and understanding of the human body is shockingly lacking. I'm not writing you need to be a kinesiologist, but I have seen multiple programs where coaches implement weight programs that end up harming the athletes physical development, and ignore the development of muscle groups. Accountability is another one. I get, a lot of people are handcuffed by the admin in how they can discipline players and address issues. But there is a lot of 'turning a blind eye' out there that really shocks me. Sometimes its coaches not wanting to anger a star player, other times its not wanting to deal with issues. Its awful. In any case, soapbox away for now. THIS! Several of these discribe my current position. I've been at 4 schools, some had success and some didn't. However, I had never experienced these things. First would be coaches staying in their lanes. I don't need the CB coach correcting my ILB's. Worry about your guys. Not only was 90% of what he was saying was wrong, but the other 10% he wasn't using the proper terminology. No need for me to repeat exactly what you said about the coordinators coordinating, but every word you said was true. Finally, coaches that don't teach technique. What was our WR Coach's first drill of the summer? Stance? Get offs? Maybe a hands drill? Nope, how to run mesh. This is pretty much every coach on staff. I want to smash my head in my car door every time I leave practice. |
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