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Post by silkyice on Sept 20, 2018 12:11:10 GMT -6
Kids have always made boneheaded mistakes, but it seems that now in the era of the Spread and no huddle, a lot of basic situational awareness about clock management has fallen by the wayside. Years ago, a kid I'd coached just walked off the field on a kickoff return. He didn't fair catch it. Didn't touch it. Didn't even try to touch it. They kicked it to him, ball rolled on the ground down to the 20... and he just backed away from it like a punt and casually walked to the sideline while it was a live ball. Thankfully another player on the team realized the mistake and dove on it as the kicking team ran down to recover it. I'm always leary of blaming "low football IQ" on kids, though. I worked for a guy who did that once and it was just his way of pointing the finger at the players not knowing the game because he was just a piss poor teacher of it. We're seeing the same thing on special teams. A team onsided to us a few weeks ago; a chitty, slow roll kick. Our kids backed away from the ball instead of jumping on it because they didn't "want to get a penalty". Not trying to be a jerk, but have y'all not practiced that?
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Post by silkyice on Sept 19, 2018 10:41:00 GMT -6
We've really focused on using consistent verbiage for everything these days. A "defensive end" is not a "defensive end"; he's a 9 tech, 8 tech, 7 tech, etc.. A "slot wide receiver" is either the #2 or #3 wide receiver, never a "slot" or a "Z". We don't "combo to a linebacker", we "combo to the A or B gap defender" (we're not using a counting system this year). Like the idea of using numbers for line and gap letters for linebackers.
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Post by silkyice on Sept 19, 2018 8:25:54 GMT -6
8. (1965) Alabama's Ken Stabler throws the ball out of bounds on fourth down when a field goal would have won the game, which ended 7-7. I watched a game back in the 80's: Offense is running shot gun 2 minutes drill. Several penalties had been called on consecutive plays and then there was a couple incomplete passes, a catch in bounds so 4th down. The score clock showed 2nd down, the chain gang still had third down. QB takes the snap turns and rifles the ball right into the balls of an unsuspecting kid on the sideline....game is over..except the 10 minute delay while the ambulance crew checked out the kids balls.
WOW
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Post by silkyice on Sept 18, 2018 12:17:32 GMT -6
We have quite a few kids that watch a lot of football. And we have a lot of kids who don't. Both groups are ignorant LOL
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Post by silkyice on Sept 18, 2018 9:09:21 GMT -6
2 years later he's fired for gross recruiting violations.. so I guess Karma is brutal.. Yes it is. A team was up on us by four scores in the fourth several years ago and the HC left the starters in and kept chucking it up. We subbed our 2s in and left them in as we didn't want to risk an injury. To make it worse, he would run route packages that put their All-State WR on our slower-than-snot CB. We aligned our this CB away from him and they'd motion him over and run something deep. I was furious after the game but kept my trap shut. Several weeks later, he pulled the same thing with another team and ended up getting that stud WR injured as well as their starting TB/Mike. Both of them were out for the first round of the play-offs and they got stomped. It's called Karma. And it is pronounced haha screw you. Thought that was hilarious when I read that online. Of course, another word before you was used online.
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Post by silkyice on Sept 18, 2018 8:33:39 GMT -6
When I was a junior in college we were playing a conference bottom feeder.. we were up like 50-6 or something in the 4th quarter. Our 3's and 4's are in and we were a triple option team. Our 4th string fullback busted a veer give for a 50 yd TD because they were blitzing everyone.. Their HC goes nuts, almost fights our header in the handshake.. as a player, it was a wild scene. Fast forward a few years, they've improved quite a bit, and our program had taken a couple steps back... they get up big in the 2nd half, and he puts in the guys who ran the scout team triple all week to try and score on us with our own system. They end up punching one in with a PA pass on the last play of the game. He walks out to shake hands, and gives our HC the box score from that game a few years ago, with the last TD highlighted and says "Karma's a bish". 2 years later he's fired for gross recruiting violations.. so I guess Karma is brutal.. This was in college? Wow!!
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Post by silkyice on Sept 17, 2018 8:26:37 GMT -6
But this isn’t true. Some might be similar. But how many times is it a pure straight on tackle and the returner tries to run the guy over instead of make him miss? More than zero which is the point I'm trying to make. How safe is a kid if he's got a guy barreling down on him from 20 yards away and the runner decides nah we aren't going for the make him miss here we're going through him, and the kids never ever been in that position before? Football is the only activity in the world where we now all of a sudden expect a kid or player to get better by doing the skills and tasks necessary for success less. I don't like the drill (hell we rarely tackle people but we get a million reps at it), my rant is more so on the continued limited contact, limited time, limited time in pads rules that are shoveled upon us. Guess what..... you want kids to better safer tacklers making the game safer? THEN THEY HAVE TO TACKLE! How are we making kids safer if the first time they are in a situation is a 8:35 pm on 1 of the 10 Friday's throughout the year? The people that are writing the rules haven't figured that out. We'll play a back next Friday that is 230 lbs he had a offer from Auburn as a Freshman he's a freaking beast he will have angles on safeties and DB's multiple times in games I've broken down and he won't take them infact he'll turn and make a B-line to initiate contact by going through a safeties face. My message to our kids next week will be PROTECT yourself, and we will drill and drill and drill the heck out of it because The kid's first time having it happen can't be Friday night in the 2nd quarter when the RB breaks loose. I do understand your point. But won't you just try and tackle low here instead of the head on head collisions in the OP?
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Post by silkyice on Sept 16, 2018 11:02:05 GMT -6
Razorback's Punt Coverage vs North Texas? ![???](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/huh.png) ?? I saw that...and I can't help but think there is a good possibility that the return was calling out something ("Fair Catch, Fair Catch") or something similar. Also, serious question. Had he just stood there and gotten crushed, would there have been a penalty? Not SHOULD there have been, but would? There would have been in my opinion. If he gets clocked next week, I won’t complain.
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Post by silkyice on Sept 16, 2018 9:45:40 GMT -6
8. (1965) Alabama's Ken Stabler throws the ball out of bounds on fourth down when a field goal would have won the game, which ended 7-7.
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Post by silkyice on Sept 16, 2018 8:09:58 GMT -6
Had a guy tell our HC this week he didn’t appreciate us passing the ball while up 2-3 scores. We were down to our 3rd RB who was cramping up. 2-3 scores? People are idiots.
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Post by silkyice on Sept 15, 2018 11:17:30 GMT -6
Great Win Coach! Is your entire team in VICIS helmets? Almost. Every 10th-12th grader is, except for three kids who decided to wear their Flex helmets.
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Post by silkyice on Sept 14, 2018 9:19:43 GMT -6
No I don't think this scenario takes place multiple times in games. Maybe once a season. I haven't seen one anything like this in a game ever that I can remember. That is over the last 15 seasons. Ok.... because literally every kickoff is this. A returner with a full sprint and cover man with a full sprint more than 20 yards apart and a come to balance high impact collision. Again I don't like the drill in fact I hate it I think you can accomplish something similar in a better way. But this uproar of this is the absolute worst thing anyone'sever seen is absurd as well. Multiple kids are going to be in this exact position tonight all across the country. But this isn’t true. Some might be similar. But how many times is it a pure straight on tackle and the returner tries to run the guy over instead of make him miss?
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Post by silkyice on Sept 13, 2018 23:24:18 GMT -6
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Post by silkyice on Sept 13, 2018 23:04:37 GMT -6
Ever gotten your ass kicked but still won?
We were down 14-0 with 7 minutes to go and came back to win 15-14. Scored on a Hailmary that my son threw and got drilled on as the clock hit zero. We were going to kick to tie (after we talked about it), but the other team called timeout because they had too many men out there and to set up extra point block. Sent offense out there and scored on the 2 point conversion to win 15-14.
We executed two hurry up drives perfectly and preserved two timeouts just right to decide exactly when to draw a line in the sand to make a stop to get the ball back.
Won against a team that has been in 5 straight state championship games winning two of those. Was 0-3 against them at their place. Same team that we beat at home last year, that then beat us in overtime in the semi-finals.
This really puts us in the driver's seat for the region championship and gives us a great opportunity to make a run at state finals. Also, preserved our number 1 ranking. Super tough game next week against the number 2 team. Might get destroyed next week, but gonna enjoy this one tonight and tomorrow!
We usually have a 24 hour rule to mourn or celebrate, but told the guys that they get 48 hours after that win (that and it is Thursday).
What a game!!
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Post by silkyice on Sept 13, 2018 10:47:08 GMT -6
I watched a video by someone the other day that relates to this.
In short, newscasters after the event would ask the winning Olympic and professional athletes if they were nervous before they performed. He said that the answer was always the same. The athletes responded they were "excited". Nervousness, anxiety, and excitement all produce the same physical sensation. The trick is to tell yourself that you are excited.
Do the same thing for coaching. Prepare them. And then be excited to watch them perform and coach the game.
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Post by silkyice on Sept 13, 2018 7:43:11 GMT -6
I know it is cliche, but put pressure on yourself to prepare well and practice well. The process. Etc.
Of course, we all worrying about winning, etc, but worry more about the process.
Exercice helps. Lifting, running, walking, playing basketball. Find something that you can do at least once a week during the season. I always dread my lifting day during the season, but when I finish, I always feel so much better.
Talking with someone, your wife, will also definitely help. Is there an older coach on staff or in school or in town you could talk with? That could help also.
When it is all said and done, just doing your best and helping kids is what it is all about.
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Post by silkyice on Sept 5, 2018 8:04:13 GMT -6
Helmets don't prevent concussions, they prevent skull fractures. While true, and while that is there primary job, and while also true that no helmet can prevent all concussions, helmets from 60 years ago did a pretty good job of preventing skull fractures.
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Post by silkyice on Aug 31, 2018 15:55:21 GMT -6
Haven't they already run/walked through those plays earlier in the day in their "walkthrough"? When do you do this? We do it during pre-game like most high schools. He was saying that colleges and NFL teams don’t do that. But those teams do that earier in the day. Maybe they would run throughj plays if they didn’t have that opportunity.
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Post by silkyice on Aug 31, 2018 14:34:14 GMT -6
the longer i'm in it the less importance I think of pre-game. My last year as head coach we went out 30 minutes before game - warmed up - short indo - short team - where the main emphasis was switching from O/D to various special teams. I don't think going over plays is necessary and may be counterproductive as the opponents can get your base plays and cadence. Same with defense - I don't want the opponents to see any adjustments we might have made for them while in pregame. No longer a head coach. We are getting to the field now two hours before the contest... Two hours!!!!
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Post by silkyice on Aug 25, 2018 17:04:18 GMT -6
Alabama can do it because those players are still enrolled and taking classes at Alabama.
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Post by silkyice on Aug 25, 2018 7:14:11 GMT -6
It may not be because she’s a girl but it seems like there are people in the program that are putting too much energy in what this player is doing or not doing. Nailed it.
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Post by silkyice on Aug 25, 2018 6:42:45 GMT -6
I know this will sound crazy, turn practice into a rehersal.
Hit bags on offense. Full speed. Heck, even video tape it. Have to step right, hit the bag in the right place, shoulders, hands, feet, speed, etc, all have to be right. Finish the block, wide base, leg drive. Backs have to be full speed, ball high and tight, fake, get through the hole and make a cut. Then line up and run the play again or go to next play. You will get tons of reps this way.
Bag holders do need to be coached a little. They need to move and play technique like the other team to simulate. Come up field or read blocks or slant. Wrong shoulder or box, etc. But don’t be a jerk, simulate, token resistance, and the get blocked.
For offense, this is all we do nowadays.
For defense, get the scout team to run the play right and make sure everyone does their job instead of worrying about stopping the play. You can be thud. It does no one any good for your best d lineman against a crappy o lineman to just make every play in practice because that helps no one. Make sure everyone “fits” right. Film this also.
Your scout team will gradual start to get better also. They will also get better each week simulating the other team. Make sure they watch film and are instructed on what to do. Monday walk thru plays. Tuesday run them. By Wednesday, they should be giving some kind of decent look.
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Post by silkyice on Aug 24, 2018 12:35:23 GMT -6
Yeah, I'm wondering what the trainer has to say about the injury. Where are the instructions about what she can and can't do coming from? What's her time frame? Besides conditioning running what else can't she do? The instructions are coming from her own doctor. She relays the message to the HC and the other coaches. As far as i know our trainer is not involved with this one particular student, as she has been going to her own physician and following his instructions. From what i've been told the time frame for her to be fully healed is about 8-10 weeks from now, putting her at either the last game of the season or past the last game. Aside from running in a straight line, she is not supposed to make quick cuts, or move laterally. Additionally i dont believe she has been practicing tackling either. 8-10 weeks? But yet she can do some drills now? That is crazy. Why does anyone even care if she isn't doing anything? She isn't even really going to play.
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Post by silkyice on Aug 24, 2018 8:09:12 GMT -6
if you pay attention, the NFL tried very sneakily quietly to outlaw blocking and tackling...(I am not explaining this as I understand how hard this is to believe.. Or not) Don't believe it.
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Post by silkyice on Aug 22, 2018 19:00:22 GMT -6
If he can't get the job done in 27 mins. that is a serious problem. I have never had more than ten usually more like 5. Only 5-10 minutes of Individual practice? Not my kind of program. Jeez, I spent 10 minutes on just taking on kickouts today.
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Post by silkyice on Aug 21, 2018 10:17:47 GMT -6
Quick question, did this coach finish playing recently? Nope, older than me. He has mostly coached youth ball, with one previous year of HS ball. My suggestion: Tell him he has 27 minutes (I think that is his time), each day the rest of the week. Go at his own pace and teach it. Next week, the teaching is done. Go at your pace and only minor quick corrections should be needed.
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Post by silkyice on Aug 20, 2018 18:06:16 GMT -6
Haven't they already run/walked through those plays earlier in the day in their "walkthrough"? Maybe. Nothing keeping a HS team from doing the same thing. I just always thought it goofy to do a full set of your best plays right in front of someone, and frankly the kids had it by then so why bother. A high school usually has school that day, so that could prevent or make it difficult to do an earlier in the day walk through. The other coaches have your film. Don’t think you will be helping them by showing them your best plays in pre-game, if they are even watching. Don’t think I would show a new set or wrinkle.
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Post by silkyice on Aug 20, 2018 10:27:36 GMT -6
You need to find another place to coach. Not all staffs are like yours. Find one that values hard work and join it. I really do hate that you are in a bad place and wish you the best on your search for a new school after the season is over. I see it on film every week, and not just ours. The problem is just here, the problem is pretty wide spread. What state and region do you coach? These are 16-18 year olds. They do make mistakes.
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Post by silkyice on Aug 20, 2018 10:12:47 GMT -6
Doing it for the extra cash? I guess the pay scale is different where you are. None of the guys I coach with ... good coaches, who care about kids and the program and the school ... do this for the money. If they were, they'd be better off bagging groceries. I coach with guys who "care about the kids." But when we turn on the practice and game film, They cannot make that statement. You need to find another place to coach. Not all staffs are like yours. Find one that values hard work and join it. I really do hate that you are in a bad place and wish you the best on your search for a new school after the season is over.
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Post by silkyice on Aug 20, 2018 8:16:05 GMT -6
It is August. You can’t go fast until they are doing it right. Don’t waste time. Don’t spend all your time correcting just one thing or one person. But, the first days should be making sure they are doing it right.
Then you can coach on the fly.
This is the reason practices get shorter as the season goes on.
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