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Post by 19delta on May 23, 2018 20:32:38 GMT -6
It's pretty common in small, rural schools to have coaches who aren't on the teaching staff.
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Post by 19delta on May 22, 2018 20:51:45 GMT -6
2 years ago, we had a kid who was definitely moderately disabled, and spent about half of his day in a transition classroom for kids who weren't fully mentally handicapped, but needed that environment. Good kid, funny kid. Parents just needed him to be in something, so he was with us. Just about every kid knew not to go full contact with him, all of that stuff. We were going through some of our punt return stuff, and he was struggling to get it. It was me, the HC, and Dummy with returnees. The kid bounced the 5th ball off his chest, and Dummy decides that now is a good time to yell at him. "Good God, son! Are you retarded or something?" You could have heard a pin drop. Every kid within 30 yards heard it, froze in their tracks and just turned to him, in horror. The kid didn't say anything, but you could tell he was hurt. The HC about lost his mind. Made sure to send the kids to get water, and then lit into him. "You've got to be f--king kidding me, right? I didn't just hear you say that, right? Tell me I'm wrong. Tell me you aren't that clueless. Tell me. For the love of God, tell me." Dummy's response was simply "well, I figured if I said it to HIM then he'd know he was one of the group. (Extremely condescending) It's bonding, coach!" HC told him to go home, come back tomorrow, and never say that again, or he'd be fired. {censored} that guy. Yeah. In our school, the “r” word is basically treated like the “n” word.
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Post by 19delta on May 18, 2018 19:14:19 GMT -6
We are moving into a small school that is purchasing all new equipment for their weight room. The room is rather small so it is obvious that we need to get rid of much of the old equipment...bars & weights included. Any suggestions regarding a fair and reasonable way to market the old Weight Lifting equipment? Best check with your school board or admins before you just trash the stuff. I know most places make you list it on some local gov site to make sure no shady biz is going on where you are giving it to a buddy or something. ...and make sure you get signed release forms if the equipment goes to someone outside of the district.
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Post by 19delta on May 18, 2018 14:00:18 GMT -6
We are moving into a small school that is purchasing all new equipment for their weight room. The room is rather small so it is obvious that we need to get rid of much of the old equipment...bars & weights included. Any suggestions regarding a fair and reasonable way to market the old Weight Lifting equipment? Are you looking to get rid of it or are you trying to make a couple bucks? If you are looking to just get rid of it, I would suggest getting the word out that the equipment is free. First come, first served. If you want to make a couple bucks, I would suggest asking people to make you an offer. Or, hold an "open house" and run it like a garage sale. I would not get rid of any weights. Keep them. You can always use more weight. The bars...I would not be opposed to unloading them them if they are badly bent or are cheap bars (shoulder bolts, for example).
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Post by 19delta on May 17, 2018 17:33:57 GMT -6
The country music lyrics in the other thread reminded me of this:
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Post by 19delta on May 17, 2018 11:10:29 GMT -6
Establish a strength and conditioning program.
The most efficient way to do this is to start with what you have now. So, take inventory of your current weight room...what equipment/facilities/space do you have available? Based on that, how many kids can you efficiently train at once?
For example, your weight room has 4 squat racks with weights, a barbell and an adjustable bench. The maximum number of kids I would put at a squat rack at one time is 4. So 4 squat racks x 4 kids = 16 kids working in the squat racks. Then, you will have to figure out what the other 21 kids can do (based on 37 kids returning).
I've seen too many guys fail in the weight room because they bring in a program they want to do but they don't take into account how many kids they need to train or what equipment they have available. The result is a poor experience for the kids in the weight room. You will have kids standing around waiting on equipment. Horribly inefficient and makes you look disorganized.
Everything starts with what you are going to do in the weight room. That will set the tone for the rest of your program.
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Post by 19delta on May 16, 2018 18:49:52 GMT -6
Just a side note. We only have the lower handled trap bars. I have them put the 45's that have "handles" (gaps to carry the 45's) on and we grab them for deads. It is higher than the high handled trap bars but it is a wider grip. Seems to be OK until I can get the high handled ones. Sounds like Reeves deadlifts: www.muscleandfitness.com/workouts/back-exercises/how-master-reeves-deadliftGreat, old-timey lift!
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Post by 19delta on May 14, 2018 13:32:48 GMT -6
I have never done it, but I have been told floor tape from PE won’t leave marks. That stuff is basically electrical tape. I would imagine that any kind of vinyl tape will stick but won't leave a residue behind.
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Post by 19delta on May 14, 2018 8:58:21 GMT -6
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Post by 19delta on May 14, 2018 8:12:52 GMT -6
Some bars have an extra arm sticking out so you can load them without the bar being awkwardly heavy and then running away on you. We just have one kid put his foot on the front of the trap bar and pull the back side up. Then the other guys in the group load and unload the bar.
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Post by 19delta on May 14, 2018 8:07:38 GMT -6
The 50lbs bars are more than likely strong enough for middle school kids. Probably not going to be many 7th or 8th graders who will need to be putting 4 or more 45lbs plates per side. My strongest 8th grader last year pulled 370lbs for 5 reps but most kids weren't within 100lbs of that. The biggest problem we ran into when buying the 50lbs trap bars is that they did not have the low handles, only the high handles (obviously, I was not in charge of doing the purchasing! ). They were significantly cheaper but we have some really short kids...i'm talking dwarves. When they used the trap bar, the ROM was almost nonexistent. So, we had to have those kids stand on a 45lbs bumper plate to generate more ROM. All things being equal, buy the 75lbs bars if you don't have a super tight budget. How can they only have the high handles? Can't you just flip over? No. This is what the school bought: I did try to flip the trap bar over but the kids had a hard time balancing the weight because the load was above the grip. It tended to shift back and forth.
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Post by 19delta on May 14, 2018 7:24:55 GMT -6
Buy trap bars like these. You can do both high bar and low bar. Just flip it over. Yes. But, after 6 months we had to get the heavy duty ones that weighed 75 pounds and had longer arms because we were doing so much weight. The first ones we bought were 50 pounds and probably only hold 500 something odd pounds. We needed some that would hold six/seven plates per side. I think many schools will run into the same problem after doing them for a while. Get the heavy duty ones. The 50lbs bars are more than likely strong enough for middle school kids. Probably not going to be many 7th or 8th graders who will need to be putting 4 or more 45lbs plates per side. My strongest 8th grader last year pulled 370lbs for 5 reps but most kids weren't within 100lbs of that. The biggest problem we ran into when buying the 50lbs trap bars is that they did not have the low handles, only the high handles (obviously, I was not in charge of doing the purchasing! ). They were significantly cheaper but we have some really short kids...i'm talking dwarves. When they used the trap bar, the ROM was almost nonexistent. So, we had to have those kids stand on a 45lbs bumper plate to generate more ROM. All things being equal, buy the 75lbs bars if you don't have a super tight budget.
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Post by 19delta on May 14, 2018 5:45:33 GMT -6
I’ve just started a weight room for our middle school team. Would you go with high or low bars for middle school age kid. Buy trap bars like these. You can do both high bar and low bar. Just flip it over.
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Post by 19delta on May 13, 2018 14:05:17 GMT -6
When we have a big win, I really look forward to going home that night...
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Post by 19delta on May 13, 2018 13:32:55 GMT -6
I like the trap bar so much that I have considered doing away with squats. Doing low handle Monday and high handle Wedneday. Haven't done that, but just the fact that I have considered shows how much I really like these. I am going to be teaching PE next year. HS athletic period. Will be weight training for athletes. We are not going to do barbell squats. Lower body lifts are going to be goblet squats, trap bar deadlifts, and box squats, for all the reasons you posted earlier.
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Post by 19delta on May 13, 2018 11:16:49 GMT -6
Last year, we eliminated our JH tackle football program and replaced it with weight training and 7 on 7. I was put in charge of the S&C part of it. We lifted two days a week. Both days were total body. One day, the core lower body lift was conventional dead lift and the the other day, the core lower body lift was trap bar dead lift. I like the trap bar for all the reasons silkyice stated. It's a great lift...probably the most bang for the buck in regards to the time needed to teach it versus the benefits it provided. With that being said, there are some coaching points that I have to constantly reinforce: - Pull the slack out of the bar. Too many kids want to jerk the weight off the floor. Arms should be long and body should be tight before the weight breaks the floor.
- Hinge. Because so many kids are weak in the lower back, glutes, and hamstrings, they manufacture a leverage advantage by moving their knees way far forward of their toes and it becomes a quad-dominant exercise. At the start of the lift, the lifter's bodyweight should be shifted back towards the heels and the shin should be more or less perpendicular to the ground. At the top of the lift, the lifter needs to first push the hips back to lower the weight. Knees should not come forward of the toes.
- Short guys need to use the low handles. I question how much benefit short guys (maybe under 5'8" or so?) get for the high handles. There isn't much ROM.
Some kids are pretty good with it but most of the kids needed to be reminded of these points consistently.
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Post by 19delta on May 10, 2018 18:55:37 GMT -6
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Post by 19delta on May 9, 2018 15:51:18 GMT -6
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Post by 19delta on May 3, 2018 10:41:51 GMT -6
Looks like the price has dropped significantly. Almost by half: vicis.com/Anybody using these? I'm seriously considering getting one for my kid.
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Post by 19delta on May 1, 2018 18:57:34 GMT -6
I don't know any who hasn't figured it out one way or another by there junior yr. The parent are a different story. But kids know where they are in the food chain. I do. Maybe the majority get it but we just had a senior who may have played a few downs of football for us this year get one of those random letters from Delta State and truly thought he was going to get a scholly. That being said I would never crush somebodies dreams. Yeah. Agreed. Eventually the kids will figure it out themselves.
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Post by 19delta on Apr 30, 2018 8:02:58 GMT -6
When I was on scout team my freshman year in college, we affectionately called ourselves Meat Squad. Given the pounding we took, it was pretty appropriate!
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Post by 19delta on Apr 14, 2018 17:01:59 GMT -6
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Post by 19delta on Apr 4, 2018 18:59:56 GMT -6
When asked who his trainer was, dad showed us a social media account of videos of kids doing cones and ladders with rap music playing and a list of clients that included Derek Carr, the St. Brown brothers, Jamaal Williams, etc. No testimonials or pictures with any of said guys of course. A lot of the younger kids that he can verify he did train have transferred schools, I'm assuming because of his influence. Guy also claims he played at USC, of course when we googled his name, nothing came up. With all due respect to the parents of your kids, how gullible are they? What did they say when you pointed out that there weren't any testimonials from these high-profile athletes? Or when you googled this guy and nothing came up? If the guy is using the likenesses of pro athletes without their consent in his marketing materials, that is a pretty clear-cut case of fraud. Can't you guys contact the social media platform these guys advertise on? My guess is that would be an obvious violation of the terms and conditions. I do understand that it could end up being a game of whack-a-mole with these guys. But if the word gets out that your school is proactive when it comes to shysters trying to separate parents from their hard earned money, perhaps they will back off your kids a little.
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Post by 19delta on Apr 4, 2018 3:15:57 GMT -6
I would play this video for the kids (NSFW):
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Post by 19delta on Apr 4, 2018 3:07:37 GMT -6
One the we used was Mom (Right) and Dad (Left), because Mom is always right. That's great!
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Post by 19delta on Apr 1, 2018 14:34:50 GMT -6
I don't think having kids drink a Muscle Milk after they get done training is contributing to the obesity epidemic or encouraging unhealthy lifestyles. Candy, chips, soda and juice, fried food, baked sweets, cheap processed crap like Hot Pockets...that's the stuff we should be discouraging.
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Post by 19delta on Apr 1, 2018 12:54:32 GMT -6
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Post by 19delta on Mar 24, 2018 9:51:34 GMT -6
Neither. The past couple years I've just grabbed the 4 oldest kids closest to me before the coin toss. I've tried just about every method- Srs, one from each class, leadership council, kids vote for them, coaches vote, etc- I really think it's one of the most overrated and useless things in sports. Agreed. What is the purpose of the "leadership council"? What are they supposed to do, actually? Quite honestly, it has always struck me as one of those window dressing type things coaches do to pay lip service to some concept of "character building". The team leaders are going to be organic, anyway. Whether or not a guy has the title of "Captain" or is on a leadership council really doesn't matter. The kids know who the alpha dogs are. I'm sure it works for a lot of programs. It's just my opinion that the energy and time spent on it isn't worth whatever benefit comes back from it. But I'm probably wrong. I'm sure there are many programs that implement it efficiently and get great results from it.
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Post by 19delta on Mar 21, 2018 12:06:59 GMT -6
Spreadattack, true indeed. My life is defined by irony and paradox. When I'm teaching I want to coach football; when I'm writing on Tolstoy, narrative, or lit theory and criticism, I want to be coaching football and studying football. When I'm coaching football I want to to read Tolstoy and write on literature. Go figure.... Mind. Blown.
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Post by 19delta on Mar 9, 2018 6:05:27 GMT -6
I'm reading "When Saturday Mattered Most". It's about the 1958 season, the last time that West Point went undefeated. The book talks about the college substitution rules back then making it difficult to platoon players and essentially mandated 2-way players. Does anyone know exactly what the substitution rules rules were before unlimited substitutions were allowed?
Very good book for anyone interested in football history. Goes into great detail about Red Blaik's "Lonely End" formation. West Point was apparently using zone blocking schemes and no-huddle concepts during that season.
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