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Post by coachdmyers on Nov 22, 2022 14:55:00 GMT -6
I agree on clinics. I coach baseball as well and find baseball clinics great because you can apply things easily to what you do. Football clinics now seem so scheme specific and very vague topics. Not to mention half of the clinic is about their background and culture. Don't even get me started on the clinic speakers who talk about having "every day guys like everyone else" when they have 6 D1 kids on defense alone, only to show clips where no one does what he just described. I think trying to message coaches also in the off season is very valuable as you can look for schools that do similar things and pick up minor things they do that you may like. lol I attended a session called "Doing Less with More" a few years back. Was supposed to talk about getting more out of inferior athletes or whatever. There was nothing else calling out to me in that time slot so I figured why not. Opens up with talking about his QB who was headed to Va. Tech. His TE that was going I don't remember where. You get the point. Currently has a QB committed to another Power 5 school lol I love these talks because they're so absurd. I'm also the guy that's not afraid to walk out about 10 minutes in. The worst clinic talk I ever saw was Willie Taggart. The second worst was a guy doing a talk on punt return. He let us know real early on that he had coached Percy Harvin in HS. He literally told us to "take your Percy Harvin-type kid, and stick him back at return". Then kept referring to the punt returner as our "Percy Harvin type". |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2022 20:50:20 GMT -6
I bang my head against a wall until there is light.
I have looked some thing so many its disgusting and I still see thing I have never seen or understood.
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Post by vicvinegar on Nov 23, 2022 0:09:10 GMT -6
Now entering my 1st offseason as a position coach (WRs), not really sure where to start as far as learning more about position work in Indy, but also having a better understanding of the offense as a whole. I bought the book “The Complete Handbook of Coaching Wide Receivers” but haven’t finished it yet, any other ideas / recommendations? Going to meet with the OC a lot this offseason as well of course, but I want to do more to learn & accelerate my growth. Are clinics best? Meeting with other coaches? How do y’all improve in the offseason? Glazier Drive. There is a LOT of really good info on there. |
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Post by junior6589 on Nov 23, 2022 9:37:36 GMT -6
Places like here, Glazier Drive, and YouTube have been the biggest ways for me to learn. Clinics have turned into yakkfests and sales pitches and drink-a-thons (the only good part IMO). I get very little out of them.
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Post by SAcoach on Nov 23, 2022 21:51:49 GMT -6
Pick a topic you are interested in or area you are looking to improve on.
Find a team that does said topic very well - watch as much game film on them as possible. Let's use Ferris State as an example. Great as GT and Power Read plus ISO G scheme.
Write notes down or questions you would like to answers to based film - why do you arc the tackle vs 4-1 box on GT counter? How are you blocking the perimeter on power read etc. What are the coaching points on QB ISO.
Why do you do this? vs this look? etc.
Find out if they are speaking anywhere during clinic season(or have clinics already online) - go to that clinic - during breaks or question and answers get the answers to your questions. Last year Ferris head coach spoke at multiple clinics including Las Vegas. So I went to Vegas with questions and got 90 percent of the in depth answers I was looking for. (Michigan not as fun as Vegas).
Most coaches will enjoy talking in depth about what they do and why if you have studied them.
You could also visit their campus and watch practice and ask questions afterwards. Visited with IWU today with questions that may never be answered in a clinic setting.
I think clinics have their value as long you have questions you really want answered during breaks or question and answer. Or go to a campus and visit with a staff.
To answer the question - How do I learn?
1. Find a topic or scheme that I really want to know the ends and outs. I want to become an expert on this.
2. Search twitter, youtube or watch college film. Who is doing this really well? (search top fbs fcs offense stat wise or highest yards per play average)
3. See if the coach for that team has done any clinics on youtube, glazier, twitter etc. regarding that topic
4. Take notes upon notes with any info from above. When season is over seek out the answers that you may not know. BECOME an EXPERT - so you can teach it to coaches and players.
So following this logic - Montana State does some really good stuff with inside zone, midzone keep game that would help my qb out as well as improve our run game.
Same process as above but have to wait for end of their season to dive deeper into the details
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