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Post by kylem56 on Feb 13, 2010 20:17:07 GMT -6
I do have notes posted from the Detroit clinic in the Clinic Notes section or for those who can't access the clinic notes section yet, you can also download them from my blog
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Post by kylem56 on Feb 10, 2010 19:40:49 GMT -6
Is anyone on here planning on attending the Detroit Mega Clinic this Thursday-Saturday in Novi? If so, let me know and maybe we can meet up and talk some football.
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Post by kylem56 on Feb 8, 2010 11:32:14 GMT -6
Is that option available on the blackberry curve? I am looking for the "scan group barcode" option on my curve and can not find it anywhere I can only add contacts from entering their pin I have a curve and it worked for me. I have v5.0 .
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Post by kylem56 on Feb 7, 2010 0:06:36 GMT -6
I second the Under Armour polos. I have also had the adidas before and they were just a slight notch below the UA
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Post by kylem56 on Feb 5, 2010 12:19:16 GMT -6
Im just waiting for the Brophy Superbowl Drinking Game
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Post by kylem56 on Feb 3, 2010 21:11:41 GMT -6
congrats coachsky . After reading the book, The Civil War (even though it was more about Army-Navy), I have nothing but the upmost respect for any young man who attends a military academy.
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Post by kylem56 on Feb 3, 2010 20:47:24 GMT -6
around 35-45 players 9-12 6 on staff-paid coaches:
3 work at middle school (including the Head Coach) 1 works at elementary school 1 works at high school 1 off campus
1 other "helper", volunteer off campus
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Post by kylem56 on Jan 24, 2010 11:04:44 GMT -6
a couple more I havent seen mentioned
They Said It Couldn't Be Done by Bill Snyder The Bowden Way by Bobby Bowden Bo's Lasting Lessons Nick Saban's book Resurrection (about Ara Paresegian and his first year at Notre Dame) Quiet Strength by Tony Dungy War as they knew it (about Bo, Woody, and the culture surrounding Ann Arbor and Columbus at that time) High Hopes by Gary Barnett Remember this Titan Dont Flinch by Barry Alavarez
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Post by kylem56 on Jan 21, 2010 10:10:36 GMT -6
California University of Pennslyvania
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Post by kylem56 on Jan 15, 2010 19:35:17 GMT -6
oh ok sorry about that then.Im just going off past experience but where I went to school, it was a D1 with over 20,000 students so that makes things a little different. Regardless I would still call first. I know email is the easier way to do things but emails sometimes get lost in the shuffle. If you cant get ahold of the HC, I would call the assistant who coaches the position group that interests you.
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Post by kylem56 on Jan 15, 2010 18:42:23 GMT -6
I would email the Director of Football Operations or the graduate assistants or call someone in the football offices before I would email the head coach. The reason being, a college head coach probaly gets around 100 emails a day and who knows if he would even read it ya know?
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Post by kylem56 on Jan 13, 2010 19:55:23 GMT -6
I have always based it depending on the team we are playing....
If we are over matched and heavy underdogs, we want the ball first and hopefully get a score to get some confidence going. I mean {censored} what do we have to lose?
If we are in a (even-matched) rivalry game, we want the ball first
Any game where we feel our defense is capable of getting a stop first or feel that their offense will struggle moving the ball against us, we always defer
Another situation that happened this year that caused us to defer, in a non-conference game, this team did not exchange films with us for whatever reason (alot of bs excuses). We were able to talk to some coaches who played them that at least gave us an idea of what to expect and what offense formations they used so we defered to let our D go on the field first so I could at least get a look at some of their worst athletes
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Post by kylem56 on Jan 11, 2010 21:14:05 GMT -6
We only have around 30-40 9-12 on a team per season. We dress everyone for Friday nights but honestly if I had the choice, I would not dress freshmen because most of the time they are too busy dicking around anyway.
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Post by kylem56 on Jan 11, 2010 21:12:11 GMT -6
I dont know where your located but if you live near an NFL team, if you go onto their website then community outreach, there is a spot were you can write them and ask for a donation.
off the top of my head - team signed helmet - season pass - coaches polo shirts - signed footballs
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Post by kylem56 on Jan 10, 2010 19:16:12 GMT -6
Kyle, who devleops your offensive gameplan? Does the OC just go ahead and do this on his own or do you assist him in the process? Sorry about that- Me and the OC put together the Offense game plan The DC and the Head Coach put together the Defense game plan We will go over it Monday before practice and a little bit after practice, and then make any adjustments Tuesday night after practice
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Post by kylem56 on Jan 10, 2010 16:19:57 GMT -6
Saturday morning: Report at 7am to wrap up any grading you need to do from the night before. We try to get as much done as we can by 1pm then we are gone until Monay. Each guy has his own assignments and are required to submit their assignments, including scouting report materials then by email or in person to the Head Coach by 6:00pm Sunday night. We don't meet Sundays. We feel that we need at least 24 hours away from the office to keep fresh. Now we will still do work on both days but we do it at home and our HC expects us to get it done. We trade films either late Friday night or early Saturday morning at 6:30am. Here is what the assignments are for our staff (school of 500 students, 45 on roster 9-12)
Head Coach: -Special Teams Game Plan =Opponent Special Teams Breakdown -Draw up Special Teams Scout Cards -Breakdown opponent offense and co-develop defensive game plan -Make any adjustments to this week's practice plan -Put together scouting report
Asst. Head Coach / Offensive Line / Defensive Line Coach: - Draw up Opponent Fronts and Stunts - Calculate Blitz % by Front % - Draw up opponent's offense run game scout cards - Copy, edit our game and opponent game DVDs for players and coaches - O-Line, D-Line individual practice schedules for the week - JV Offense Call sheet - Team website
Defensive Coordinator (and Running Backs): - Chart all opponent's offense films we have from this season - Calculate formation, down & distance %'s - Co Develop Defensive Game plan with Head Coach - S&C coach for JV - Defensive Practice Plan - JV Defense call sheet
Linebackers / S&C : - Develop strength and conditioning workouts - Chat opponent offense - S&C for Varsity - JV Special Teams - Assist with equipment issues
Offensive Coordinator / QB's: - Chart defenses - group & team offensive scripts for the week - QB practice plan for the week - Assist with laundry duties
Defensive Backs / Wide Receivers: - draw up opponent's offense pass game - Calculate pass by formation % - draw up opponent coverages for scout card - assist with equipment issues - DB & WR individual practice plan for the week
Sorry I am sure I am missing more to each guy's list but this is without seeing a paper in front of me and going off memory.
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Post by kylem56 on Jan 9, 2010 9:40:40 GMT -6
Coach From the sounds of it your a young guy. Taking into account everything your saying (classes, job, family, etc.), do you realy want to add more to your load? I'm not trying to rain on your parade cause I completely understand where your coming from and been there myself but I guess what I am wondering is if your wanting a learning experience, and your plans are to eventually teach and coach at high school, wouldn't it better serve you to find a winning program near you to volunteer with? That way your getting the football part AND making yourself some useful contacts for your career? I'm not trying to be a downer but realistic.
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Post by kylem56 on Jan 5, 2010 21:26:21 GMT -6
Honestly coach I wish I could take credit for it. It is just a combination of talks amongst our staff, clinic talks, and visiting college practices. We will watch a college practice even if they don't run a particular O or D just to watch them from an organization point of view. We just modified some colleges to fit us. As for the flex period, each coach is responsible for putting together their own. We don't have the numbers to two platoon (only 35 kids 9-12) so what we do is
Monday: Flex / Pre Practice by Offense Position Group Tuesday: Flex / Pre Practice by Defense Position Group Wednesday: same as Monday Thursday: same as Tuesday (the first couple weeks we may substitute in a "dress rehearsal" of our pre-game routine so come Friday night we don't look stupid)
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Post by kylem56 on Jan 3, 2010 21:40:19 GMT -6
Kyle, I like that idea about breaking up the position groups for scouting report meetings. The OL really don't need to be sitting in a meeting listing to the routes that the opposing team will be running. Would you just have two 15m meetings for offensive and defensive players? Another thing I have been wondering is how beneficial scouting report meetings really are to kids. I know we as coaches think that they are, but do you think kids would get just as much out of on the field stuff, in their position groups? As far as the different practice plan: Yea I would probably change it from what I have there. I would keep the pre-practice session for sure, because I think that is a good time to work on the "little things" (OL - steps, start, etc). I would probably take away from the team take off period, and add that time to individual. I would also probably cut off 5m from special teams and add it that to the individual. Coach- Yes I would keep it at 15 minutes per side of the ball max. You may want to think about doing one side of the ball before practice and one afterwards or maybe offense one day, defense the next. I have never thought about bringing them in before school but it would be nice if it was possible. The only thing I worry about having meetings/film after practice for longer than 20 minutes is them just not paying attentin. Most of them are thinking about what mom's cooking for dinner while you go on about what coverages the oppoenent is going to use. I think scouting report meetings can be very helpful if you keep things to the point and your coaches know what to say beforehand. This is what my O-Line meeting outline was - Top 3 fronts (tell them what they will majorily see) - Blitz Percentage by first, second, and third down (the actual percentages by down and distance are in the report) - What we have to do to run the ball sucessfully D-Line Meeting Example - Top 3 Formations by % - Top 3 Runs by % - Any notes that might be of importance like they will go on 2 often or find the tackle wearing # because they like to run to his side I'm no expert but I would think the point of a scouting report meeting is to hammer out some main points that they need to know. Not every kid is going to study their scouting report but at least they get some of it. Make sure everything you are going to discuss is written and diagramed on the board beforehand so you don't waste time writing things. What we did on scouting reports was put them in a binder with blank templates and paper. During the meetings we encouraged them to take notes and/or draw things on the templates. We collected their binders every week so we knew who was taking notes and who wasn't. It usually showed on the field who actually paid attention in meetings and film and if it was hurting their play then we talked to them about it. I also believe that even if they do study their scouting report, in the heat of the moment Johnny 17-year-old isn't going to remember every single bit you put in the report but they at least remember the points you hammered out all week. Something we started doing last year too was watching film of the next oppoenent/watching film of the night before by position group. This moved things along alot quicker. So for example before we hit the field: Monday: Film Session- 15 minutes- Oppoenent Defense O-Line & RB QB's *had them by themselves so they could realy focus on what they needed to know, smaller group, more time to answer questions etc.* WR's *same reason as above* --We debated all year on where we should put the backs during film time. I felt that the fronts and pass pro were of more importance than coverages for a runningback. -- Then we would flip the next day with the groups being D-Line, Linebackers, and Secondary. Keep in mind also, each kid took home a DVD of cutups of the team we were playing so they had the opportunity for more film watching. To reinforce what they had heard/seen in meetings, film, practice etc. we gave them a film quiz that was due on Thursday before practice. I also gave my O-Line a tip sheet with some reminders and our base plays against their top 2 fronts. It was time consuming but I did not want to leave any stone unturned. I was watching a Jim McNally Q&A session from a COOL Clinic where someone asks him if they do pre practice stretching. His philosophy was: their pre-practice play walkthroughs and footwork time is their "warmups". We got rid of the traditional pre practice warm ups and stretches a couple years ago. Instead we do it by position group and add in some dynamic stretching 10 minute flex:- right, left lead step 5 yards each - right, left lateral 5 yards each - right,left flat pull 5 yards each - DART (Dip & Rip) right, left 5 yards each ^^^ under the chutes ^^^ - 10 yards walking lunges - 10 yards "hurdles"(best way to describe it- stepping over and under imaginary hurdles) - 1 minute to stretch on your own and get some water down right from there we go into indy session. We do this everyday from day 1. Our kids know what line to jump in, and the tempo we are going at. We have bottles of water at the end of the lines so once they do their rep and run back to the end of the line they can get their water in. During special teams, we will work on something and also during special teams is more individual time for our QB's. Another thing I wanted to add in on the younger level teams. I know this sounds micro-managing but we tried to help out our 8th grade team's coaches with their practice schedules. Along with a modified, scaled-down playbook of ours made specifically for them, We gave them examples of our practice schedules modified. I know it sounds time consuming and somewhat micro-managing but we wanted to pay attention to every little detail we could for the success of our program both current and future. -holy {censored} that was a long reply, sorry about that fellas
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Post by kylem56 on Jan 3, 2010 19:06:25 GMT -6
Coach- Not bad at all. My only suggestions: Maybe instead of having a 30 minute scouting report meeting, you could break up by position groups and have a much shorter meeting. After a practice, I doubt you could keep a kid's attention for more than 15 minutes max. The only other thing I would change is maybe do flex by position groups so you can combine some sort of individual work (i.e. footwork for o-linemen, bag drills for running backs etc.)
Would you have a slightly different practice plan if your JV or Frosh practices seperate from varsity (taking into account they run less plays and need more fundamental work) ?
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Post by kylem56 on Jan 3, 2010 19:01:53 GMT -6
airraider you might just have the most amount of patience I have ever seen.
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Post by kylem56 on Jan 1, 2010 22:26:17 GMT -6
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Post by kylem56 on Jan 1, 2010 18:22:55 GMT -6
I agree with hoosier, Jon Gruden is only announcer I can listen to without wanting to hit the mute button on the remote. For some crazy reason I like Lou Holtz too. Maybe its because he reminds me of one of those crazy old senile grandpa's . It cracks me up when he goes off on rants and slips a few curse words.
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Post by kylem56 on Dec 31, 2009 17:22:57 GMT -6
Apparently the new name for the Midline is the "QB ISO"/"QB UNDER"/"QB FOLLOW". I just think it is ridiculous that Navy is playing with 2 Defensive LInemen and Mizzou cant run the football. I am a spread guy, but that is ridiculous. Mizzou's style is just too cute for me. Add "QB DUCK" to that list Oh by the way, according to the announcers, Navy's offense is now known as the "Star Wars offense"
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Post by kylem56 on Dec 26, 2009 20:04:10 GMT -6
We have a similar problem. It is 100x better than it was when we took over this program but it helped having all the coaches on the same page terminlogy wise. I've come to recognize there is just no way every single kid is going to "get it" because they aren't as obsessed with it as we are. The important thing is, the dummies at least know what they need to know. Talk football constantly and coach up your coaches on what exactly you want to get across. Try as many ways to get through to them as possible (lecture, board, video, powerpoint, hand outs, walk throughs). It sounds like your in a tough spot with players with limited experience.
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Post by kylem56 on Dec 23, 2009 13:14:24 GMT -6
mhsaa.tv/not the finals but a ton of good games from michigan
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Post by kylem56 on Dec 22, 2009 20:51:40 GMT -6
going off of lou holtz's comments, How many coaches here have practice both traditional punt and a rugby punt? If so, do you have different kickers?
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Post by kylem56 on Dec 22, 2009 11:48:37 GMT -6
The mini helmet idea is awesome... where do you get them from? We had someone take pics as well - I am going to see if I have all of the seniors... great idea.... Keep them coming guys.... I appreciate it.... Im not sure to be honest with you. I did google search custom team mini helmets and there was a ton of companies to choose from. If your school has woodshop, maybe they could supply the wood for it.
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Post by kylem56 on Dec 21, 2009 18:45:09 GMT -6
As for coaches: go out for a beer superbowl party with the staff things like that
as for the players: talk to them about things non football in the weight room show up to basketball games, wrestling meets, etc. and congradulate them after the game if your a teacher, its easy, just ask a kid how things are going before or after class one day. if you show them you care about them as more than #__ , theyll know it
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Post by kylem56 on Dec 20, 2009 14:51:37 GMT -6
For our program, besides the slide show and highlight film, we have an awesome team photographer who is in charge of the school art department. She prints out a 8x10 action picture of each senior then we go to the dollar store and buy a frame. Cheap and easy but the kids like it. What my alma mater did for their senior gift was pretty cool I thought. Each senior received a 12x6 wooden plaque with a mini helmet (with our # painted on the side). At the bottom of the plaque engraved plate with our name, #, and the year. I'm not sure how much it would cost. I have attached photos of it below: For our program, besides the slide show and highlight film, we have an awesome team photographer who is in charge of the school art department. She prints out a 8x10 action picture of each senior then we go to the dollar store and buy a frame. Cheap and easy but the kids like it. What my alma mater did for their senior gift was pretty cool I thought. Each senior received a 12x6 wooden plaque with a mini helmet (with our # painted on the side). At the bottom of the plaque engraved plate with our name, #, and the year. I'm not sure how much it would cost. I have attached photos of it below:
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