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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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Post by realdawg on Sept 28, 2015 10:08:26 GMT -6
We just use the general disinfectant spray that our custodial staff has.
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Post by realdawg on Sept 28, 2015 10:04:59 GMT -6
We just use the general disinfectant spray that our custodial staff has.
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Post by realdawg on Sept 24, 2015 9:57:43 GMT -6
I tell the story from 3 years ago where our backside LB is blitzing and they throw an out route to the sideline away from him, guys catches ball, breaks tackle and is gonna streak down the sidelines for the go ahead TD late in the 4th. That blitzing backside LB sprints on his angle he is taught and tackles him at the 3. We somehow hold and they dont score and we won 13-9. I tell this story when I emphasize the importance of running the to ball and not giving up on a play bc you never know whats gonna happen next and you might save a TD.
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Post by realdawg on Sept 18, 2015 10:07:52 GMT -6
Just finished painting the field, as I mentioned earlier, I hate rolling up the string. So I made some JV kids in wt training class do it. But I also hate painting the numbers. Bending over so much (we use spray cans) makes my hamstrings hurt.
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Post by realdawg on Sept 16, 2015 9:40:57 GMT -6
Not directly related to football but my least favorite thing is rolling up the string I use to paints the lines on the field. Football related its probably having to deal with kids who screw up in class-not big stuff-the dumb crap, and checking up on the kids grades.
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Post by realdawg on Sept 14, 2015 20:28:33 GMT -6
After practice and installing the gameplan on Monday you go scout your next opponent who got rained out Friday night, who then proceeds to totally blow your gameplan by throwing the ball deep for 2 long TDs to the kid that you just told your D that they never throw the ball to.
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Post by realdawg on Sept 14, 2015 20:26:05 GMT -6
We eat at 330. Play at 730.
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Post by realdawg on Sept 14, 2015 9:48:09 GMT -6
You got 38? Thats not small. We are a 3a school (1050 kids) and only have 35 on varsity! We find a way to make it work. The scout teams do suck, and on D we have to repeat several plays a day to get the scout team to run it right. But its more of a lack of understanding or inability to look at a play card than lack of effort.
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Post by realdawg on Sept 13, 2015 8:31:39 GMT -6
We probably wouldnt, IDK never played a partial game.
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Post by realdawg on Sept 13, 2015 6:54:20 GMT -6
You would give the last two that you did play the complete game.
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Post by realdawg on Sept 11, 2015 9:57:38 GMT -6
We probably go somewhere in between. We stress going full speed but we dont take the ball carrier to the ground very often, and we dont hit each other below the waist. Its pretty much live on the lines and in the box. One day a week we may go full speed during team and the O will cut the scout D and we will take the scout O to the ground tackling. One thing that has helped our tackling is the use of the shadow man tackling dummies. We can work tackling low without hitting each other in the legs every day.
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Post by realdawg on Sept 8, 2015 10:44:48 GMT -6
When your wife wants the kitchen lights redone and knows if she waits on you it will be after Thanksgiving and does it her self.
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Post by realdawg on Sept 7, 2015 12:49:00 GMT -6
This is a very true statement. Or last Thursday we didnt have a JV game, so after walk thru I made it home in time for dinner with the wife and kid, and my wife said "I feel like we havent done this in a while"
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Post by realdawg on Sept 7, 2015 4:29:53 GMT -6
Whenever your up at 630 on Labor Day bc there is no school and you got practice at 8!
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Post by realdawg on Sept 5, 2015 17:56:59 GMT -6
I just give them nicknames, then I know what to call them.
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Post by realdawg on Sept 3, 2015 16:22:36 GMT -6
We had a rough year last year. A lot of kids quit. Weren't very tough. Didn't play through pain. We made the off season hard. Really stressed effort and toughness. Now we have a few kids who are playing through pain. Pulled groin etc... Now we are 2-0. And I don't think we are that great of a team. But we are playing hard. And the kids wanna play. Got 4 that won't play tomorrow due to legitimate injuries. Seperated shoulder, torn miniscus etc. and those kids are begin us to play. I think the key is investment. They paid the price to play. Last years team did not.
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Post by realdawg on Aug 26, 2015 10:10:27 GMT -6
Yep, its over, get to work on the next one. Follow the routine, trust the routine. I'd show the film, and just point out mistakes that we needed to fix to drop it down a notch. After Monday I wouldnt talk about that game again, only our next opponent.
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Post by realdawg on Aug 24, 2015 11:42:58 GMT -6
Hand written on a piece of card stock. One side there is the opponents tendencies by down and distance with there too threw plays in that situation. On the other side is the calls we want to make in each down and distance. Usually stick to it about 2 series tops and then start calling it based off of the feel of the game.
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Post by realdawg on Aug 24, 2015 10:40:50 GMT -6
Just curious as to who has started their season and who won the first one. We did 28-0. But actually played a really bad team and played sloppy. We executed much better in our 2 scrimmages. And jumped up quick 21-0 then lost focus and committed a bunch of penalties due to lack of focus.
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Post by realdawg on Aug 18, 2015 3:43:13 GMT -6
Some kids have to work but want to play football. Good lesson that sometimes we have to do what we have to do, not want to do. If you are gonna allow him to stay on the team, just to try to help the kid out-no way he starts over the other 2 kids who are there every day.
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Post by realdawg on Aug 9, 2015 4:56:13 GMT -6
If you arent scrimmaging at the same time. The thing in NC is that we cant scrimmage until Tuesday, and we start playing next Friday. So just about everyones scrimmage schedule is Tuesday and Friday of next week. We will trade scrimmage tapes with our first couple of opponents.
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Post by realdawg on Aug 4, 2015 20:35:22 GMT -6
I do. We have weights/practice 4 days a week during the summer. I play golf at least two days either after practice or Friday morning. We also have two dead weeks. Week of the 4th my family goes on a week long trip to the beach. Week of our state coaches clinic my family goes back to the beach for a long weekend. Season is a grind. Gotta give your fam some time.
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Post by realdawg on Jul 30, 2015 19:28:25 GMT -6
My wife is a nurse. Had the I'm a coach and this is what I'm gonna do and the way in gonna do it talk on the 3rd date. 9 months later we were married. Guess she likes me not being at home. Seriously she is very supportive. I am also assistant AD and what she get frustrated at is when I gotta cover a basketball game on Friday night in February.
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Post by realdawg on Jul 29, 2015 4:58:29 GMT -6
Football is popular in our area. Two state champs last year in the county. Our students get into the games, however, the numbers in our program are not very good right now.
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Post by realdawg on Jul 28, 2015 8:37:42 GMT -6
Pretty standard here is 10 plays O. 10 plays D for 4 or 5 series each. Then game situation for a quarter. Some people will throw in and mandate that certain series are with the 2s.
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Post by realdawg on Jul 27, 2015 4:01:21 GMT -6
rsmith, good luck, hope nothing but the best. If nothing else comes from your coaching career, then you've got to see alot of different parts of the country!
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Post by realdawg on Jul 26, 2015 8:03:39 GMT -6
All summer off without lifting and running is not good in my opinion. Plus what would I do all summer? We cut back on the amount of practice time we put in during the summer to try to prevent burnout and have our kids ready to go Aug 1. I'd be ok with no practice or skill development during the summer IF NOONE else did it.
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Post by realdawg on Jul 23, 2015 8:33:16 GMT -6
If he was missing a summer workout I wouldn't say much as long as his attendance had been consistent the rest of the summer. If it's an official practice he'd be missing PT.
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Post by realdawg on Jul 22, 2015 7:39:30 GMT -6
Basically we divided our kids into 3 groups, DL, LB, and DB. The first week you go outside on the track and test them one group at a time in the 400, 300, 200, and 100 meters. Make them run for time and really push them to run each as hard as the can. After you run, rank and post their times by total time. Next week you run 4 400s for time. Again after you finish rank and post by total time. Next week 5 300s. Next week 6 200s. Next week 7 100s. After you have done that retest and start all over.
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