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Post by macdiiddy on Jul 28, 2014 19:51:30 GMT -6
The more string you have the better.
Lay out your rectangle. After laying the lines flat, the only issue you need to be concerned with is if your lines are not perfectly straight (so your out of bounds line would curve in or out). You can either paint it and fix it next week when its easier to tell how straight your line is, or you can lay down multiple yard lines down to ensure your field is 53.3 yards wide through out. (So put a string on the 50, Goal lines and the 25's while your rectangle is still laid out).
As far as, keeping it consistent week to week. You can normally trace your lines for 3 or so weeks before your human error of tracing starts getting visibly noticeable. In which case, bring the string back out, shake the string straight and paint a straighter line.
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Post by macdiiddy on Jul 25, 2014 21:28:42 GMT -6
We bust out the headsets on scrimmages. There is rarely any useful information used or relayed, but its merely to run them through a game and make sure there aren't any unforeseen issues with them.
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Post by macdiiddy on Jul 25, 2014 21:25:21 GMT -6
We are only going to have 5 two a days this year. With new state laws in place and our school starting earlier then most this is the maximum amount of 2 a days we can have.
Personally I would hate to lose 2 a days (and hate the restrictions we are being put into). It isn't just for the varsity, it allows you to spend more time getting the JV and freshman up to snuff. Valuable reps with live tackling can be coached up and made better, something you don't always have the luxury of doing in season. In addition, 2 a days is when you can take more time explaining special teams and rep the hell out of the technique used in that.
Im of the belief that you can never be good enough in your technique. The more reps the better.
With all that being said, there is something to be said about not running the kids into the ground so they are dead by the time playoff hits. I think this is more mental then anything else. I would rather cut down on the amount of summer conditioning sessions then lose a 2 a day padded practice.
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Post by macdiiddy on Jul 18, 2014 18:26:58 GMT -6
We have a camp for K-2nd graders, 3rd-5th, and 6th-8th. One a week. Its a 2 hour "practice", Mon through Friday. One camp a week. We have players help run drills. If they help out more then half the days any siblings will get in for free and they will get some spirit wear.
The run through stations. One for each skill position. Running the hoops, running over step overs, tackling bags etc. The last 30 minutes of each day they play flag football. Thursday we record times/scores for each position drill and print off certificates for the winner of each position drill in each grade.
On friday we play a flag football tourney. After the tourney we have a presentation of the certificates, everyone gets a camp shirt and then we hand out ribbons for whatever place they got in the tourney.
Separate to that, we will invite the 6-8th graders and their coaches to a week of padded practice in July. They will run our exact practice and we install our stuff. The idea is that they will understand how we practices and hopefully be familiar with some of our verbiage. We also hoped that it would make it easier for the Youth league guys to run our stuff.....but that hasn't happened and wont happen due to politics and who runs that stuff. But year, that is what we do.
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Post by macdiiddy on Jul 17, 2014 19:51:24 GMT -6
I think its important to explain the why you are doing certain individual drills. We are not running around big hoops on the ground because its something to do. It is to help you learn how to bend and lean around an offensive lineman in a pass rush and to dip that shoulder and rip past a blocker as you are disengaging from them; type of thing.
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Post by macdiiddy on Jul 16, 2014 21:48:40 GMT -6
rpetrie It is your guys league and you can run it the way you want I suppose, however I think that is immature and poor sportsmanship to not allow other coaches use the press box, let alone lock out a filmer (presumably a High School kid). From an outsiders perspective, I would look to change that culture. Whether through conference mandate, or from simply opening your box for visiting coaches in hope that they will do the same. Even if you were allowed scaffolding and lifts, why would you make someone deal with that hassle instead of just carrying 2 chairs up to the press box.
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Post by macdiiddy on Jul 16, 2014 19:50:10 GMT -6
we do not have the courtesy in our Division that teams provide space for the opponent box coaches, only for film. Some guys bring lifts or scaffolding. My BOE doesn't allow it so our opponents get bleacher space...which they hate. Then again we have to deal with the same on away games...so that does create an advantage IMO. That is obnoxious. One team we play yearly, plays at a middle school and have a tiny press box, but somehow we manage to get everyone in there.
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Post by macdiiddy on Jul 15, 2014 20:09:57 GMT -6
I would say if the trip is over an hour there is definitely an advantage for the home team. Outside of that, in high school, even if there is a large and loud crowd, I have never heard them quite down for the offense. Noise level tends to stay constant.
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Post by macdiiddy on Jul 15, 2014 20:03:10 GMT -6
Ask your players what they want their team to be known as. You might get something like Nasty, Tenacious, Family.
Use their input to create something that you heard a bunch of, or some sort of acronym.
You can create any slogan or motto you want, but if it doesn't mean anything to the players your are just saying words.
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Post by macdiiddy on Jul 13, 2014 15:43:39 GMT -6
We charge 6 dollars for admission, I believe and the state charges and takes 8 dollars during the tournament.
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Post by macdiiddy on Jul 13, 2014 2:05:37 GMT -6
Our students get in free to all home games. Just have to show their ID at the gate. Its the parents, community and visitors that we get our gate from. And most of the money comes from concession.
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Post by macdiiddy on Jul 9, 2014 19:41:01 GMT -6
We have 670 kids in our school.
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Post by macdiiddy on Jul 8, 2014 20:12:02 GMT -6
I cant help you as far as, your actual question goes, but I am curious on who/where this is going on. Is it a new rule for your state?
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Post by macdiiddy on Jul 8, 2014 20:10:03 GMT -6
We are not allowed to have "mandatory" practices during the summer, so its hard to pull your weight around and tell the kids they MUST be there.
With that being said, we are normally around 90 percent turnout rate. We do a good job in the offseason with our leadership programs and instilling in the upper classmen that they will only be as successful as the work they put in. And we need the young kids there because every year a sophomore see's the field in one way or the other. It might be a starter/rotator/special teams, get them working now so they don't cost you your senior season.
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Post by macdiiddy on Jul 8, 2014 20:04:37 GMT -6
Very rarely we don't. A few years ago we had a terrible home schedule where our three biggest games were away. But on our big rival games we normally around 10k profit after all expenses have been paid.
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Post by macdiiddy on Jul 6, 2014 20:04:10 GMT -6
I know our Athletic Department does not turn a profit.
Someone has to pay the refs, up keep the facilities, pay for bus drivers, busses gas, electricity for lights, uniforms, sport equipment, coaches stipends, etc.
Anything a school can do to help supplement the big cost it takes to run an athletic program. If the money isn't going to come from athletic fee's where is it going to come from?
With all that being said, if they can't afford it, we work with them. Normally they work off their athletic fee by working the concession stand in the off season or doing something during the summer for the athletic department.
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Post by macdiiddy on Jul 6, 2014 11:51:18 GMT -6
The HC does leadership training in the off season. Once a month in the morning from January to May.
In addition, they also will have a couple projects to volunteer for. We do a habitat for humanity build, clean up a park after they have a yearly fundraiser there and do a walk for a cure thing.
I like the idea of having them actually lead from start to finish like you are doing, by having them come up with something to do. But I would also have them constantly keep you informed on the process because teenage boys can sometimes make bad decisions haha.
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Post by macdiiddy on Jul 5, 2014 21:20:27 GMT -6
3. Then there was all the bear crawling for the DL. So much bear crawling. Our HC/DC got the idea that having them Bear Crawl on 1st and 10 from midfield was a good idea to keep them low and stop the run, so he put calls into our defense to have them do it. I don't know how many times I saw opponents just stand up, back away, and slam our face masks in the dirt over and over again. The the HC complained they weren't "flying to the ball" from their bear crawl and blamed the DL coach (me) for them not crawling well enough... I think I threw up a little bit. I cant imagine how that would look anything like a competent technique. Thats rough, but what the HC wants the HC gets, I suppose.
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Post by macdiiddy on Jul 2, 2014 15:23:56 GMT -6
The kids can wear what ever socks or cleats they want.
We have an under armour rep who does the main bulk of our spirit wear so most kids order their cleats through him. But if they buy some bright construction color orange cleats, its not a big deal. They are just shoes.
Socks on the other hand must be either blue or white (our school colors). It became a slight issue with the whole wear pink for cancer thing going on, where it just looked terrible with everyone doing their own thing.
On a side note, we will give them one weekend in october if they want to do that pink thing. I have been talking with the HC, and I think this year we are going to make them actually donate to a Breast Cancer charity if they want to wear pink that game. Walk the walk if you are going to talk the talk type of thing.
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Post by macdiiddy on Jul 1, 2014 16:17:08 GMT -6
Has anyone use magic scripts on Hudl? That tool seems like it could work very quickly. I haven't used that feature yet. Magic script works alright, however, If you input data as Trips open (instead of trips right open or trips left open) Then you only get one formation going one direction, as far as scout cards go. So we still use other methods to draw up the actual cards.
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Post by macdiiddy on Jul 1, 2014 14:12:10 GMT -6
While we are on the subject of scripts in practice, does anyone use something unique or different to hold the scout team cards? We just use your standard $.99 binder. Is there something out there that works better than that? Same, we use a 3 ring binder. We have plastic sleeves that we will slip the scout cards into. I like the plastic sleeves a lot better than just punching holes because you never have to worry about rain or one of the scout cards getting ripped out.
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Post by macdiiddy on Jun 30, 2014 20:20:58 GMT -6
We script everything (group and team periods) both on offense and defense (I am the DC). On defense, the script reflects what the opponent does on offense. If an opponent run pro I 80% of 120 scouted plays, we will run pro I 80% of our 15-play script. We will also script the plays according to the frequency % that plays are run. We want to defend what the offense does best or want to do, not just plays. Our script will also tell where to align a "special" player that we have to look for. When I make the defensive call (also on the script), sometimes it it right to where the ball is going, and sometimes it isn't. Every coach gets a copy of the script so that he knows where the ball is going (helps coach pursuit), as well as what is being run. Both the HC and I get really bent out of shape when one of the other assistants doesn't know know what's going on because he hasn't been following the script. Thats exactly how our scout is ran. In addition to what other people have said, I like scripting like this because it prepares them to what they are going to see. It allows us to draw up our defense in a bad situation and see how our players react. Also a bonus when you script is you can focus on playside and can coach the kid up on something like a pull, misdirection or boot to him.
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Post by macdiiddy on Jun 30, 2014 12:28:52 GMT -6
We script everything, breaking practice into 5 minute intervals.
Team period is scripted down to every play and sometimes what hash the ball should be spottted on, however the offense tends to go off script if things aren't going their way.
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Post by macdiiddy on Jun 29, 2014 22:26:30 GMT -6
Skinny skills go out and play 7 v 7, while kickers and long snappers are warming up and getting kicks in. Then the rest of the team comes out, they take the field in some sort of hoo-rah type fashion, normally with a chant. The team static stretches, then everyone goes to their position coach for indies.
The defense then gets 3 reps of pursing to the sideline while the offense watches. The offense then goes through their base plays.
Then punt down, punt back, PAT, then into the locker room.
Come out of the locker room, for 4 live plays in the endzone, then to the sidelines.
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Post by macdiiddy on Jun 27, 2014 20:18:51 GMT -6
Indy periods and tackling stations are very rarely live to the ground (As far as tackling is concerned).
Mondays are normally instructional days, very minimal team period. Tuesdays are normally our longer team segments. At Least 20 minutes. Wednesdays are service days. It really depends on how the Offense and Defense have been doing. If we need more team, more indy, or we need to rest up; The HC decides on what will best service the team. Thursdays are walkthrough.
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Post by macdiiddy on Jun 27, 2014 20:14:39 GMT -6
"You gotta make the tackle"
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Post by macdiiddy on Jun 25, 2014 21:56:43 GMT -6
We don't do fundraisers.
Instead, we sell ads in our Football Media Guide. That way you can go to your programs big donors once a year and be done with it.
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Post by macdiiddy on Jun 22, 2014 9:01:38 GMT -6
We have a Riddell rep. He stops by a couple times a year and asks if we need anything. All our business goes through him.
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Post by macdiiddy on Jun 15, 2014 12:04:37 GMT -6
We have a no more then 1 to 3 dads that may come out and watch practice. They have never been an issue during practice. They stay on the fence and keep to themselves.
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Post by macdiiddy on Jun 15, 2014 11:51:31 GMT -6
That is pretty much everything we do for off-season evaluations. I met with all the linemen in from Frosh to Juniors in February. I think doing it then is good because you can refocus their minds on what they need to do (i.e. be in the weightroom) if they want to have a successful year.
The one thing we added this year, which I enjoyed, was a personality/life questionnaire. Favorite move, favorite music artist, worst moment in your life, best moment in your life, what do you want to be, who do you admire, if you could meet anyone alive or dead who would it be and why?
Sure it has nothing to do with football, but it helps build a rapport with the kid and sometimes you get answers that give a little insight on what is going on at home or in his head.
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