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Post by ocinaz on Oct 8, 2005 16:46:06 GMT -6
Wondering if anybody has dealt with this problem? We area small rural school, that has a decent tradition when it comes to football. We are slwoly grwoing at are getting more kids from other-bigger programs. All season we have had a problem with our kids having no emotion. It seems as if they don't care, there are few, but no life at our practices or at our games. We have yelled at them, babied them, tried and tried to talk to them about football, life, anything to see what 's going on. If football were to be cancelled right now, I am not sure if they would mind. Very inconsistant, any help, anything would be great...
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Post by brophy on Oct 10, 2005 10:49:08 GMT -6
get the cheerleaders to attend a practice session....see what happens.
I'm not sayin' ----I'm jus' saying....
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Post by goldenbear76 on Oct 10, 2005 11:44:18 GMT -6
Hey Ocinaz,
Is your team successful? Just wondering because sometimes you can have a team thats not "excitable" but works hard in practice. Its not neccesarily a bad thing, if they are talented and play at an even keel, not taking one game too hard. Treating each game as business as usual...yada yada. If thats not the case, possibly try a few fun "team-building" stuff next year pre-season and maybe they will want to play harder for each other. That has worked for a few teams I've been on. Overnight beach trips..etc. They get to know each other.
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Post by ocinaz on Oct 10, 2005 12:39:16 GMT -6
We are somwhat successful, traditionally we are a playoff team. We just moved up a classification and are 4-2. We always have to remind them what's at stake, ie playoffs. Then they get their ass in gear and play. Other days, we can yell, and they tank. Just very un-predictable. We do a lot of off season trips. We go camping, that's non-football. But we do a lot of traveling during hte summer that most if not all of these kids would not have the chance to experience. Thanks for the team-building suggestions, will look into it.
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Post by ogie4 on Oct 26, 2005 9:46:56 GMT -6
Wondering if anybody has dealt with this problem? We area small rural school, that has a decent tradition when it comes to football. We are slwoly grwoing at are getting more kids from other-bigger programs. All season we have had a problem with our kids having no emotion. It seems as if they don't care, there are few, but no life at our practices or at our games. We have yelled at them, babied them, tried and tried to talk to them about football, life, anything to see what 's going on. If football were to be cancelled right now, I am not sure if they would mind. Very inconsistant, any help, anything would be great... Maturity has a lot to do with this (players....andcoaches, read below). We faced the same thing for part of the season. Now late in the season, our kids have had a little more giddyup in em'. Patience, (Which Fish will tell you I didn't demonstrate the first couple of weeks) , being positive (something I wasn't the first couple of weeks either, and I had to change that...and it worked) all are helping us finish our season with more emotion and more fun. |
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Post by coachcalande on Oct 26, 2005 10:14:41 GMT -6
sometimes unless theyve really paid the price in some tough practices, the games dont mean much...other times, a team is so good, they just go thru the motions and still win by 3 tds. i find that often the teams that are really rah rah stink.
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Post by brophy on Oct 26, 2005 10:16:53 GMT -6
agreed. I cannot recall a time where the 'rah rah' had a direct impact on play on the field. It "feels" good, but it really doesn't amount to a hill of beans.
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Post by PowerDown on Oct 26, 2005 11:20:16 GMT -6
i'll take that hard focused stare over the "rah, rah" anyday.
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