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Post by indian1 on Jul 13, 2021 19:54:38 GMT -6
We have for years. Owe almost all of what we do to Gibbs clinic videos. I think he was the best teacher I’ve ever seen.
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Post by indian1 on Nov 28, 2019 10:29:51 GMT -6
I have trouble determining when or when not to change something. I’m a tinkerer, and sometimes I tinker myself right out of good things. Evaluating why something works or doesn’t is difficult for me
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Post by indian1 on Jul 5, 2019 18:33:13 GMT -6
well, they’re ours and we’re theirs. They are just as stuck with us as we are with them. We all want better/tougher/ whatever players, but let’s keep in mind that they could have better coaches too. Maybe just keeping focused on holding up our end of the bargain is the answer.
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Post by indian1 on Feb 5, 2019 9:40:20 GMT -6
I read this article and started padding a game the way many described. I can't believe how much I'm learning about a game that I already though I knew a lot about. I'll definitely be encouraging my assistants to do this as an exercise to help them develop.
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Post by indian1 on May 11, 2018 9:01:33 GMT -6
Is the hype man useful? No.
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Post by indian1 on Feb 21, 2018 20:48:14 GMT -6
With all of the fear / respect talk, the thing I think that got missed was trust. We coach our guys with the assumption that we all (coaches and players) want the same thing. To play at a very high level and win.
Players will do what they are coached to if they TRUST you. This is the area where you find out how good of a coach you are. Do my players do what they are supposed to in pressure situations?
Scenario: Coach says "When the OT veers down you squeeze hard down the line and spill the kick-out block". In the game the player runs up the field and gets kicked out. You say "what happened?" Kid: "The tackle veered" Coach: "What are you supposed to do then?" Kid: "Spill the kick-out" Coach: "Why didn't you?" Kid...
The awkward silence at the end of that conversation means that the kid didn't trust what he was taught, and may not trust the coach who taught him. The higher the stakes the tougher it is to trust. We have to earn this from our players. We earn it by coming through when we say we are going to, being experts at our craft, and demonstrating genuine care for them as people.
Its a 2 way street. We tell players that they have earn our trust to get on the field. "Can I trust that you will do it right when you get out there?" We also absolutely understand that we also have to earn their trust in our ability to help them be better players.
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Post by indian1 on Feb 19, 2017 15:44:53 GMT -6
NEVER
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Post by indian1 on Feb 2, 2017 18:51:59 GMT -6
I'm going to let you in on a little secret. If you want to find stuff that works, go to places that win consistently with lesser talent. If you are listening to the Alabama's and FSU's of the world, you aren't going to find much that can help you. I look to guys like Don Brown at Michigan, who's had a good defense pretty much everywhere he's been. Dave Aranda did a phenominal job at Wisconsin, as does Iowa and TCU used to but here lately has run afoul. Anyhow, visiting those guys is going to help you much more than going to see Saban, or Stoops. Wanna know where TGOG came from? It came from a Big 10 school that competes year in and year out for conference championships. They don't win many, but they are competitive, and that's all we're looking for when we don't have the Jimmy's and the Joe's! Duece You make a good point in that the top college programs can just out-athlete probably 60% of their schedule, and have depth that most of us can only dream of (even relative to competition). That's why I really enjoy listening to NFL coaches. They have more comparable problems to a HS coach in some ways. They are limited to a 53 man roster. The level of talent in the league is fairly even (I know that's arguable). They have similar issues with starters needing to be involved in special teams, having maybe 7 O-linemen who can really play, and a premium put on guys who can play multiple positions. IMO the coaching done at the NFL level is more nuanced and detail oriented than the college powerhouses because they kind of have to be.
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Post by indian1 on Feb 2, 2017 17:35:49 GMT -6
I'd say there are very few things that fall into that category because your athletes are relative to your competition just like theirs are. The whole "well they do that because they have studs.." is bogus because they play against studs too.
I can't think of anything I've seen at a clinic and said "well I don't have the kids to do that". There's plenty that I've decided we won't do because it might not be worth the practice time for how much we would do it or compared to other stuff we want to do. I think you can do almost anything the "big time" guys do if you are willing to give it the practice time it needs.
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Post by indian1 on Jun 22, 2016 18:51:47 GMT -6
Kids play football at our school because they have a good experience doing so. Make the experience a positive, educational one.
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Post by indian1 on May 27, 2016 7:31:27 GMT -6
MAKE. IT. FUN.
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Post by indian1 on May 12, 2016 8:25:43 GMT -6
Loyalty 1000 times over if I had to pick either / or.
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Post by indian1 on Feb 9, 2016 8:34:35 GMT -6
This is a great thread and the question we should always ask ourselves. we try to be pretty minimalist in general. If we add a blitz or play we take one out. Try to have no wasted time anywhere. Short practice short coaches meetings. Scrapped film grades, in practice conditioning, Thursday night meals, lift and run 2 days a week in summer instead of 3 or 4 like we used to, no tackling to the ground in practice, no "juice" drills, no big dramatic pre-game speeches, no playbook.. We basically tried to eliminate as much of the extra bull$hit as possible and it's been great to us.
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Post by indian1 on Dec 31, 2015 21:12:05 GMT -6
I don't see a lot of value in scouring stats that tell me basically what I thought in the first place from watching the game film. I think the important issue is usually execution of things we already know we need to do.
Let's say we have a lot better chance to get off the field on D if we can hold a team to less than 4 yds per carry...so how do we do that? fit up better... shed blocks better...tackle better... All things we need to work on and be better at regardless of what that metric says.
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Post by indian1 on Sept 23, 2015 17:16:24 GMT -6
That is not true. You are making your statement on the assumption that the parents are making thoughtful rational choices based on their child's best developmental and academic needs. That is not necessarily the case. Bottom line, it is fairly ludicrous to even think that a school that is SPECIFICALLY CHARTERED to support kids for athletic excellence should ever compete against schools that are tasked with chore of educating the general public. Disagree. At $70K per year....parents are not idiots. They are purchasing both an education and a specific "trade" for their kids. If that is not the situation....they will fail because the kids generally will not get into College without the grades. Its only ludicrous because its a different way of doing things....finally. parents are not idiots.... yes. yes they are, and there are lots of them
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Post by indian1 on Sept 22, 2015 11:58:52 GMT -6
When the scoreboard says Quarter #4 Time 0:00
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Post by indian1 on Sept 7, 2015 10:16:55 GMT -6
...when the only time I leave town is on a bus
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Post by indian1 on Jul 26, 2015 7:51:54 GMT -6
We are coming off the best season in our school's history, made it to round 2 of playoffs in a league that had 3 state champs in 3 different divisions. Here's what our summer looks like: Weights, running and some skill stuff 2 days a week. We have a mandated (by our school) 1 week off falling on or around the 4th of July. We don't use any of our summer days until the last 2 weeks of July (usually one 7 on 7) so we just roll right into practice after that. (we start August 1). The kids see to like it. They lift and run a couple days a week all summer, plenty of time for basketball and baseball. When we do start camp they are really excited for football.
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Post by indian1 on Jul 14, 2015 10:18:38 GMT -6
Paraphrasing something I heard Urban Meyer say at a clinic this winter. Best breakdown of this I've heard. Character: you prove your character by repeatedly doing what you say you are going to do. Every time you don't follow through on something (no matter how small) it erodes trust. Do what you say you will over and over.
Competency : prove your competency by repeatedly being right about scheme and technique. You must have answers and be the expert about what you are teaching. Every time you are wrong it erodes trust. Know the answer and be right over and over.
Caring : prove you care about them as people by repeatedly talking to them about things not related to football. Every time a players feels like they are only a ball player to you it erodes trust. Show them you care over and over.
like I said this is paraphrasing but I love the concept and try like hell to do these things.
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Post by indian1 on Jul 9, 2015 10:00:49 GMT -6
If, as a coach, you are asking the question "Are we doing to much?" then the answer is yes. Scale it back. If you feel this way the players are definitely feeling it.
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Post by indian1 on May 1, 2015 9:17:45 GMT -6
floyd,
Its taken me a decade
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Post by indian1 on May 1, 2015 6:10:12 GMT -6
floyd,
3 out of the 4 guys who are on our Jr high staff played for us. If you can't find them, Grown them.
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Post by indian1 on Apr 30, 2015 6:42:04 GMT -6
leewhite,
I don't think I was clear in my post. We have 4 Jr. High coaches and 5 HS coaches including me. What I meant when I said we are all the same program is that as HS HC I hired the Jr. high guys and they run what we run. We meet with them before the season and communicate during. They don't coach any HS guys and the HS coaches don't coach any jr high kids. Sorry about the misunderstanding.
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Post by indian1 on Apr 29, 2015 6:12:13 GMT -6
Ours do. We are all the same program from Varsity to 7th grade. As HC, I hire the JR high coaches and we operate as one staff from the top down. I would have a major problem with not being able to control what the jr high is doing too.
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Post by indian1 on Apr 8, 2015 16:41:24 GMT -6
We did forever but quit last year and it eliminated a lot of BS. Explained to the kids that every good play is really a group effort and the epitome of a great group effort is a win. The kids bought it and I'll never look back. Waste of time IMO
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Post by indian1 on Jan 18, 2015 20:28:21 GMT -6
Getting kids in the weight room starting in the winter their 6th grade year. Ours start playing organized ball in the 7th grade. Make it fun. It has to be fun or they won't come. They'll learn the lifts get stronger and more confident. If you get a few of them and they are having fun and making some progress all of the sudden you have some of their buddies and pretty soon you have a room full of sweaty 12 year olds. What's better for a kid that age than getting stronger and bigger muscles? This has been a big one for us. I cannot overemphasize the fun part. Through little competitions with push-ups, sit-ups, wall sits, 1 on 1 tug o war...whatever. It makes those little guys feel tough and that's cool to them. They also get a chance to get to know us coaches.
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Post by indian1 on Dec 21, 2014 19:05:03 GMT -6
2 years as a HS assistant before being a HS HC for the past 10 years. Really hard to tell how deep that water is until you jump in.
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Post by indian1 on Dec 8, 2014 19:46:52 GMT -6
I was at that game. Dominating performance in every phase of the game. Congrats DC!
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Post by indian1 on Sept 26, 2014 7:33:26 GMT -6
Ours takes about 40 minutes
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Post by indian1 on Aug 18, 2014 19:14:18 GMT -6
Assistant coaches always have the biggest balls. I tell my guys that all the time. "When I was sitting in your seat, I had the biggest balls in the room too". Everybody thinks it was tougher when they played and assistants always know just what the HC should do. Wait until you get to wear the pants boys.
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