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Post by realdawg on Mar 25, 2016 9:39:10 GMT -6
I think you need a good mix. You need to earn your experienced guys loyalty. And they in turn need to teach your young guys how to be coaches.
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Post by realdawg on Mar 19, 2016 5:11:43 GMT -6
Tell them corny jokes, ask them how they are doing, talk to them about stuff other than football. Ask about their mom or day. Buy them some food. Etc....
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Post by realdawg on Mar 16, 2016 5:27:20 GMT -6
We get 9 paid assistants plus the HC. We also usually have 2-3 volunteers. Coach Jv and varsity. School has just under 1100 kids
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Post by realdawg on Mar 14, 2016 8:47:42 GMT -6
We bought some, I think they are great if you are teaching the hawk tackle or some kind of rugby tackle. If you hit them high they flip over. I personally like them and use them about every day. They can also be used to set up and teach your WR to settle in zones.
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Post by realdawg on Mar 13, 2016 6:15:28 GMT -6
Oh another reason for doing it thats really important-when you get kids that play other sports during the off season, you can get them to lift on their game day bc-"football lifts the days that they play" Now again, we dont kill them on the day of their game, but they get in about half the sets that we are doing that day and something has to be better than nothing.
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Post by realdawg on Mar 11, 2016 15:52:44 GMT -6
We do. About 3 sets of 3 on snatch or power clean. 3 sets of 5 on squats.
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Post by realdawg on Mar 11, 2016 15:50:54 GMT -6
Must take freshmen health and PE. Then can take football wt lifting.
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Post by realdawg on Mar 7, 2016 15:55:04 GMT -6
I like simulating a game. Kick off to start. Defense 3 plays. Punt return. Offense drive PAT. Defense 3 plays. Punt return the other way. Etc.... Work in your special situations. Finish with 2 min O and D and victory.
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Post by realdawg on Feb 28, 2016 6:11:19 GMT -6
working together for a common goal.
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Post by realdawg on Feb 3, 2016 5:18:05 GMT -6
30 minutes give or take. Mostly country 2 lane roads driving.
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Post by realdawg on Jan 27, 2016 19:12:28 GMT -6
Good game coach. Good luck coach. Over and over in that order unless I know them better.
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Post by realdawg on Jan 26, 2016 6:02:55 GMT -6
We practice both sides of the ball for about an hour every day.
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Post by realdawg on Jan 22, 2016 13:17:22 GMT -6
Average is probably about 40 or 45 min. Our in county opponents are between 15 and 30 min, and out of county conference games are about 50-60 minutes. We do have one non conference game on the schedule next year that is about 2 hours
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Post by realdawg on Dec 31, 2015 4:59:21 GMT -6
Something that hasnt been mentioned, and IDK exactly where it fits, but avoiding complanceny (sp?) has to be huge in places with repeated success. If you are winning year after year you have to fight the entitlement attitude with the kids. Just because the groups in front of them won does not mean they will.
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Post by realdawg on Dec 28, 2015 18:58:44 GMT -6
Just for a point of reference for some of you guys out there trying to get a job I was asked this exact question in an interview today. Be prepared for it. Luckily I had sample practice plans and scripts to help me explain what my practices look like.
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Post by realdawg on Dec 23, 2015 19:28:58 GMT -6
I'm more materialistic. I want turf.
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Post by realdawg on Dec 16, 2015 6:14:26 GMT -6
Its amazing the difference just across the state border. I coach in the next county across the state line for football. Big football county in NC. 2 state champs the last two years, another team in the semis this year (not us LOL) and the money and resources we have does not compare to these schools in upstate SC that are being discussed here. We are in the middle of a fundraiser and are hoping to make 2G for the booster club. Ya'll are talking about millions. That being said, after taking in a game this fall at the school in question, and knowing that the college plays on your field, I would agree that turf would be a good investment. If you can come up with enough money to build or expand the wt. room that would be really good too.
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Post by realdawg on Dec 14, 2015 6:51:24 GMT -6
School is out at 3. Practice starts at 330. That being said this year we had several injuries and at one point moved start time back until 345 to give all our players time to get treatment and get to practice.
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Post by realdawg on Dec 10, 2015 6:57:34 GMT -6
I want to hear fundamentals. Our scheme is our scheme. I am not going to change our scheme based on a clinic speaker. I want to know HOW and WHAT you teach your kids as far as fundamentals go.
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Post by realdawg on Dec 8, 2015 4:16:50 GMT -6
That's where DCOhio went correct? How did they do this year? Must be some pretty women in that town. Haven't heard from DC lately! Lol
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Post by realdawg on Dec 3, 2015 13:02:34 GMT -6
School of 1050, county pays HC plus 9 assistants. I dont think we had but 8 assistants paid this year. Coach JV and varsity
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Post by realdawg on Nov 25, 2015 5:24:06 GMT -6
Man-I got more of these than yall wanna read! 2002-3rd rd playoffs-we are playing a very talented inner city wing T team. We are good but not as athletic as they are. Our starting OLB breaks his hand early and our free safety goes to OLB and a Soph goes to Free. So at half they are beating us 14-0. As we go to the locker room for halftime their crowd is chanting "you look like Carolina but you play like Duke!' (our colors are columbia blue and white). We come back in 2nd half. Take Lead 21-17 with under 4 min to go. They have 4 and 1 near midfield. The run buck sweep our Sam has the RB 5 yards in the backfield and for some reason just lets him go. He gains 2. First down. Next play is a trick play-like bucksweep pass or reverse pass or something. Our backup soph free safety gets fooled, they throw over him. TD we lose. That team goes on the win the state title 42-6. 2004-Again, 3rd Rd playoffs-we are playing a team with two current NFL players in the backfield together. We are tied at 28 with about 4 min to go. We are driving. Qb calls check check to change the play-center is really hyped up snaps the ball 20 yards past him. They recover on our 40. Get in power I. Take the rest of the game and slowly melt the clock and score to win. Also, they ran the fumblerooskie for a TD on us that game. 2006-Again, que the 3rd rd. I have never been past the 3rd rd. We are up 28-10 with 10 min to go. They throw an interception in our end zone our DB tries to run it out. Fumbles on our 10 they recover on our 10. Score. We go 3 and out. They get ball-score. Now its like 28-23. We get ball-qb panics throws a pick. We hold them. They punt. We muff punt. They recover-score-take lead. Now they are winning 29-28. About 2 min left. Take us about a min. We got right down the field, score. Retake lead 34-29. We sky kick on kickoff, kid slips as he is catching the ball. Our kids let up. He recovers-take it home. 36-34 them. We still go about a min. Get tackled on their 10 to end the game. This year-we are suppossed to have a decent year-however-we are thin and we had a ton of injuries. But the kids we have are playing their butts off. We are up 14-13 with about 3 min to go. They rip off about a 30yard score on us where we miss about 3 tackles. Get the 2 pt play. 21-14. We are having to play our backup QB bc our starter got a concussion on the first drive of the game. Backup didnt practice all week bc he got hurt the week before. He looks like Manning on this drive. Take us down the field. We score with 37 sec left. Down 1. 21-20. Now our PAT kicker is pretty bad. Probably about 50 percent accuracy and out of range if the ball is past the 5. Seriously. So I tell our Former HC (He got asked to resign just recently) hey lets go for 2. We may miss this anyway. He sends out the PAT team anyway. OK whatever, its his call. Well as they are lining up he changes his mind and wants to go for 2. Problem is we got 0 TOs. So he tells PAT team not to kick it. We get delay of game. Now we are out of range for a PAT so we gotta go for 2 from the 8. We get tackled inside the 1 and lose by 1. Our HC tells the staff after the game, that he took the delay of game penalty of purpose to give our offense more room to operate! OMG I was beside myself. Who does that? Told us he has done it at least 5 times in the past at previous stops. I said who likes 4 and 8 better than 4 and 3? As a DC I love 4 and 8! I know you gotta throw it! Sorry for the rant that went with that story. LOL
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Post by realdawg on Nov 21, 2015 5:52:23 GMT -6
Sometimes we call it the middle school gym if it is volleyball or basketball season. LOL
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Post by realdawg on Nov 20, 2015 10:07:37 GMT -6
Another thing to add. Coaching defense for a while has made me a much better offensive coach bc I have a better understanding of where certain coverages and fronts are weakest.
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Post by realdawg on Nov 19, 2015 14:31:11 GMT -6
IDK if there is a right or wrong answer for this. But the last few years I have been a DC. As such, I know how to attack defenses if I were calling offense. Again, IDK if that makes me both or not.
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Post by realdawg on Oct 17, 2015 5:29:09 GMT -6
Found out they are kids. They will bounce back quicker than you think. At practice Monday be positive. Have a lot of energy and get them moving around
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Post by realdawg on Oct 14, 2015 10:42:49 GMT -6
We got one this year that I used to coach. Good kid, played in college. Doesnt work at our school, works with at risk kids in the school system. Shows up late for practice occassionally bc of it. But thinks he is too good for laundry duty. Says he worked all day and is tired he doesnt have to do it. I'm not the HC or this wouldnt be a problem. But I have told him look MFer, I'm the DC and I've been at work the same amount of time you have for the last 15 yrs. Burns me up, but until HC makes him help it wont matter. When I started 15 yrs ago, all the rookie coaches were told, you got laundry duty till we tell you otherwise. End of discussion. That dont happen anymore. Sorry for the rant.
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Post by realdawg on Oct 14, 2015 10:32:04 GMT -6
Yep. Same here. My wife brings a chair and sits on the track behind the end zone. Even at away games she usually manages to stay out of the stands. Has for about 10 years since another coaches wife got fed up with a parent cussing the coaches and let him have it.
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Post by realdawg on Sept 29, 2015 11:26:03 GMT -6
Not your job. Coach the kids. Leave the problems alone.
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Post by realdawg on Sept 29, 2015 9:56:20 GMT -6
IDK how many plays it was, but we played last night after getting rained out Friday. And in the 3rd qtr our offense ran 5 plays sandwiches around two long drives.
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