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Post by agap on Jul 23, 2023 21:22:09 GMT -6
Short answer: no. Receivers aren’t winning many awards in high school here in Minnesota.
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Post by agap on Jul 23, 2023 12:54:16 GMT -6
I've barely seen any of these at a few different schools I've coached at, so it's probably not a big deal if a coach tells players not to wear them. One school I recently coached at would only let players wear black shoes. I thought it would be a big deal because I had never been part of a program where players had to wear a certain color, but nobody else thought twice about it because that's what they were used to.
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Post by agap on Jul 12, 2023 16:31:12 GMT -6
Most schools I’ve been at, the coaches’ office is in the locker room with a window. There are always a few chairs facing the window so people could always see what was happening. At one school, players changed in the parking lot next to the practice field so we didn’t have to go to the locker room. I didn’t really understand that but they were used to it there.
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Post by agap on Jun 29, 2023 9:06:03 GMT -6
We had three Tuesday night practices for 2 hours in June. We went to a passing tournament during the day a couple weeks ago. We have our three day team camp later in July which is two hours per day, and then we go to a college for camp which is three days. Other teams I've coached for have done similar things since we're limited with how many practices we can have in Minnesota.
It's nice in June because it's basically one night per week. If coaches have vacation planned or something comes up, then they don't show up. I think we had one coach gone from each practice in June. We do more in July but the team camp and college camp are finished in about a week and a half.
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Post by agap on Jun 18, 2023 15:23:11 GMT -6
We used to give them a paper copy and no one ever looked at it. Then we started sharing it on Drive and no one still looked at it. I’m not a fan of giving it out anymore after that. We can teach what we need to without sharing a scouring report.
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Post by agap on May 17, 2023 8:30:20 GMT -6
Every school I've been at has had a coaches office in the locker room that is used by coaches of all sports. There was usually just a desk, chairs, and lockers. It got crowded when the whole staff was in there. I've only been at one school where the football coaches basically had their own office during the fall season.
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Post by agap on May 10, 2023 20:57:08 GMT -6
I’ll watch college football, especially when our season is done. I might watch maybe one game per weekend during the season but more when the high school season is done. I’ll watch NASCAR every weekend until the football season starts though. And yes, racing is a sport.
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Post by agap on Apr 13, 2023 21:16:56 GMT -6
I've heard of staffs that will create a Google Doc on the weekend for everyone to type ideas on. A couple years ago, the HC/OC, STC, and me (DC) would put our gameplans on the same Google Slides presentation. Then when we met on Zoom on Sunday nights, we just shared the presentation went through it quickly. Then the others could look at it on their own. I would rather do that any day than meet as a staff in-person.
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Post by agap on Apr 5, 2023 14:08:04 GMT -6
Hello everybody! I'm new to coaching. Played in high school and decided I'd start back in the system. I was wondering, what are the biggest struggles that you face as a coach? Is there a part of coaching that is "the most annoying" or most frustrating? I'm just interested to see the path I have ahead of me, so I can prepare a bit better. I'm in the dark right now. There has already been a lot of great things said, and I could say a lot of things but I will keep it short. 1. If you are not around the people you want to be around it will be a struggle. 2. If your wife or girlfriend is not on board it will be a struggle. 3. If you have to do things you disagree with or can't get behind (kinda goes along with #1) it could be a struggle. I didn't realize how true #1 and #3 are until last season.
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Post by agap on Mar 10, 2023 15:04:48 GMT -6
I believe we have it up and functional for people to pay for access to the digital clinic. There are 47 videos available (had a few technology issues, and fasterthanthefly has a contract with an outside party). $60 for access to all 47 videos. A little something for anybody. If there are any issues, let me know. We just built the site recently and I'm still a little slow with troubleshooting! www.utahfbca.com/www.utahfbca.com/clinicI'll be buying it this weekend.
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Post by agap on Mar 9, 2023 8:08:00 GMT -6
I think I counted 17 other assistant coaches I’ve coached with at a few different schools. None of them are coaching anymore for various reasons, but most just quit coaching.
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Post by agap on Mar 6, 2023 22:26:45 GMT -6
I always liked standing behind the defense. That way I could see what we were doing plus I could communicate to the DBs easier. Once the play was over, I was walking towards the down marker to make the call and then I walked back behind the defense.
I called the defense one year up in the box. I loved being up there but I didn't like not being able to talk to the secondary in between plays and in between series as easily. You can definitely see more up there and you can make calls without the emotions.
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Post by agap on Feb 13, 2023 11:59:46 GMT -6
It seems like it’s becoming more common in high school for new HC’s to bring in a new staff. That’s what happened to us last year and we weren’t even at a large metro school. It makes sense though. If you want a change in the program, you won’t get that if all the assistants stay.
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Post by agap on Jan 17, 2023 22:02:07 GMT -6
Can we watch online?
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Post by agap on Jan 10, 2023 21:50:11 GMT -6
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Post by agap on Dec 28, 2022 18:36:02 GMT -6
I usually don't get home until sometime between 6 and 7 from practice. When I was DC, I would spend each night making scripts, organizing scout cards, and finishing game plans until 9. I would work on the practice schedule for defense and drills for Indy during the school day. We had staff meetings on Sunday nights on Zoom that would last about an hour, otherwise we didn't meet. I still spent most of the weekend game planning when I was DC. If I had to choose between making scripts at night or watching TV, I would pick scripts.
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Post by agap on Dec 17, 2022 11:28:39 GMT -6
I have seen them with the hood up under the helmet.
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Post by agap on Dec 8, 2022 21:31:57 GMT -6
I think our state has already approved this. I remember reading something about it at one point. It's not something I can control so I'm not going to worry about it, which is why I probably can't remember any details about it.
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Post by agap on Dec 8, 2022 11:36:07 GMT -6
We always heard that at the last school I was at. This player was in the weight room four days a week and will be playing D2 football next season.
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Post by agap on Dec 5, 2022 21:47:26 GMT -6
We had a Fix-It Period at the end of practice one year when I was HC. We'd either use this for Team or Indy.
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Post by agap on Dec 3, 2022 19:21:18 GMT -6
Thanks for posting this, I just watched the greatest ending of a HS football game I have ever seen. Please tell me others saw that!!! Great ending. We lost to them in the regular season. The player who scored the game winning touchdown is a great player.
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Post by agap on Dec 2, 2022 17:54:07 GMT -6
We'll also see crushing the front vs. Power-T tomorrow afternoon.
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Post by agap on Nov 9, 2022 18:44:20 GMT -6
One year when I was HC, we let the players decide. They wanted one without the parents. The underclassmen were not happy the next couple years when we had a banquet and invited the parents. That would have been fantastic. I would have enjoyed that banquet. It was great. We had a simple meal, watched highlights, gave out awards, and then talked about the next season with the underclassmen. It was very informal. We actually had to kick the players out because they didn't want to leave. Then when we had parents, we had to have an agenda, programs, etc. Everybody wanted to leave as soon as possible.
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Post by agap on Nov 9, 2022 18:41:16 GMT -6
1. Everywhere I've been, we've watched film as a whole team.
2. This depends. When I was HC and one time as an AC, 20-30 minutes at the most. Another place I was an AC, film lasted about an hour and a half every time.
3. This also depends. When we watched film for 20-30 minutes, it was cutups or situations. When it was an hour and a half, we watched every single clip.
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Post by agap on Nov 9, 2022 18:39:02 GMT -6
Defensively, we only practice what we plan on running that week. There are a few times when we'll call something that we didn't practice that week, but it has to be something we've done earlier in the season. We'll never call something we haven't repped at some point. We also won't call something that we last repped during camp or a long time before the game.
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Post by agap on Nov 9, 2022 18:37:08 GMT -6
One year when I was HC, we let the players decide. They wanted one without the parents. The underclassmen were not happy the next couple years when we had a banquet and invited the parents.
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Post by agap on Oct 19, 2022 22:35:45 GMT -6
This one really annoyed me: Before practice I'd set up my assigned area for my drills- balls, cones, and bags. When indy time came sometimes stuff would be missing or moved. Irritated the hell out of me. I'd usually setup for Indy during special teams at the last place I coached. We had two full-size fields but they'd always practice ST right where we had Indy. We would have moved Indy but we used stand-up dummies and other things that we just dragged 20 yards from the shed. They would move all our cones, bags, shields, balls, etc. every day instead of just moving down 30 yards to stay out of our way. Before games, I'd always grab 4-5 balls for DB Indy. The RB coach (the same one who coached ST) would take all of them since we did O Indy first and then leave them laying all around the field when we transitioned to D Indy.
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Post by agap on Oct 18, 2022 19:05:30 GMT -6
Have not had a football player do this, but I had this thought just this morning: if I get called "bro" by one of my freshmen students one more time, I'll absolutely lose my chit... I have three classroom rules I introduce the start of the year, in addition to school rules. Rule #2 is that my name is "Mr. (my last name)" or "Coach (my last name)". Not Bro, or dude, or anything like that. I add on that once you graduate from High School, when you get that diploma in your hand, you can call me whatever you want, until then its Mr. (my last name)" or "Coach (my last name). The fun part is when kids get that diploma, and while walking across the stage are eager to call me by my first name or bro- to finally do it. But I don't put up with anyone calling me bro that isn't a good friend of mine. I'll yell at the workers at Dutch Bros. Coffee when they try to pull that nonsense. As soon as a student calls me bro or dude, I start using it nonstop. That stops them real quickly. The last couple years, I've said lit, no cap, throwing shade, etc. more than any student which means they don't say any of that in my room.
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Post by agap on Oct 3, 2022 21:08:44 GMT -6
Does bucksweep.com not exist anymore? It doesn't work when I try to go to the page.
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Post by agap on Sept 29, 2022 18:06:02 GMT -6
Does anyone know of incidents like the OP where the coaches weren't put on the hot seat...given time to recover. I'm sure there are some (short time) although I can't provide you with any. School administrators don't want problems from parents. BITD when I first got into teaching-coaching administrators often were former coaches who moved up the ladder. They supported their people, teachers and coaches, because they had been there. Not so much anymore. As I have posted before - administrators are only interested in keeping the job they have or getting their next one now. Teachers and especially coaches don't help them do either. They will dump a coach in a heartbeat to placate parents or community. Then three years later - wash, rinse, repeat. After one group of parents moves on. And program doesn't get any better. Exactly. Usually the AD was a teacher who doesn't want to go back to the classroom, so they'll do whatever they can to make people happy and keep their job.
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