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Oct 21, 2023 7:34:20 GMT -6
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Post by CS on Oct 21, 2023 7:34:20 GMT -6
1 more game š
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Post by CS on Oct 16, 2023 4:14:09 GMT -6
I can feel this post
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Post by CS on Oct 15, 2023 18:22:23 GMT -6
I teach them in class and like them outside of football but jeez I just canāt stand them within the realm of sports
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Post by CS on Oct 15, 2023 14:26:07 GMT -6
Get used to it because it ain't going to change. 2 more years and I probably won't watch another HS football game the rest of my life honestly. I feel like itās starting to run its course for the most part around here. For a while there is was you have to be spread or else type of attitude. Now some of the doormats that have been spread have hired guys who run the flex/DTDW/Wing t etc and have started seeing some success
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Post by CS on Oct 14, 2023 13:09:53 GMT -6
Anyone else ran into a group of seniors you couldnāt wait to get rid of? Iāve never wished a season to end before but dam
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Post by CS on Oct 13, 2023 20:12:20 GMT -6
Back when I started coaching, a million years ago, HS coaches used to ridicule JFL teams that would just pitch the ball wide to the biggest, fastest, usually oldest kid on the field. My question is this- How is this age of spread, put your best athlete at QB and just let him run around any different? Or just throwing 50/50 balls
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Post by CS on Oct 11, 2023 18:35:15 GMT -6
We had one Friday night on PI that 'happened' about midfield..... about a 15 yard go route on their sideline. Ā The side judge was about 5 yards away. Ā Ball incomplete, whistle blows, everybody slows down/stops; a full 3 seconds later the back judge crow hops and throws a flag towards that sideline about 25 yards in the air. Ā He then jogs over and picks up the flag to toss it the additional 10 yards to mark the spot of the 'foul'. yeah, I'm a DB coach but it was not even close to a PI. My wife told me I yelled at those refs in the JV game Monday more than I did in the 20 years I coached. Combined. I rarely yell at refs because I know they try and it's a job no one wants. 3 things piss me off though 1. When refs don't know basic rules 2. They allow the sidelines to determine what flag does and doesn't get thrown 3. Poor mechanics- when a ref throws a flag on something that's not their call, I lose my {censored} mind I lied- 4. When refs take it upon themselves to keep the score close and start throwing complete BS. #3 is a double edged sword. We had one thrown last Friday by the sideline official that was a white hats call and it was blatantly obvious but the white hat wasnāt going to do it. #5 refs that practically break their necks to ānot seeā a penalty
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Post by CS on Oct 10, 2023 9:47:55 GMT -6
At last night's game, my son's team was on defense and the DE hits the QB, wraps him up and spins him around and takes him to the ground. As he is spinning, the QB chucks the ball laterally with the closest WR being 20 yards away. They were on the right hash and the closest receiver was the back in the backfield blocking. Everyone else ran fades. Out comes the flag. For roughing the passer. Ref said the DE should have seen the Qb's arm releasing the ball and not taken him to the ground after he released it. Tell me you've never tackled someone without telling me. 2 plays later they throw it deep, over the WR and DB. The DB has a legitimate chance to intercept the pass. He was not only tackled by the WR, he was horse collared in doing so. No flag. None. I know there's a ref shortage, but come on... You should ref š
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Post by CS on Oct 3, 2023 13:16:06 GMT -6
If losing doesn't bother you then I am not sure why your in coaching. So to answer your question... if you lose continuously it will drive you nuts and wear you down. However, I believe there are things you can do to improve that I didn't think about early in my career. 1. Provide food for them in the locker room. I am not talking about feed them a meal constantly, but have snacks readily available and push them to eat them... For instance, buy packs of cheese and peanut butter and crackers or the uncrustables or ice cream sandwiches... any thing really that can give them extra calories. I know some may come on here and say that bad calories aren't good. but when your in your situations, those kids aren't worried about getting too fat. calories are calories imho. 2. make them weigh in daily and log it.. make them conscious of their weight and trying to gain. That probably isnt politically correct in some places today but I think it helps. 3. Lastly, and I am sure you already are... make the weight room THE MOST IMPORTANT thing in your program. Even more than practice at first, bc if I am understanding you correctly practice doesn't matter much bc your so out matched. anyway just my thoughts... hope things get better... our job is draining enough... and it can be brutal if no success. one other thing... celebrate the gains... in weight and weight room... give kids shirts and clothes and food and they will love it. Any calories are better than no calories I used to keep bologna and mustard in my room cause some kids didnāt like the schools food and I wanted them to eat before practice
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Post by CS on Sept 21, 2023 13:15:13 GMT -6
We had one last year and the admin had to stop the game to talk to the girls about being to roughā¦it was awesome
They were taking out a years worth of grudges
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Post by CS on Sept 17, 2023 17:36:08 GMT -6
Guy tried to throw our HC out Friday night from around 25yds away. Him and the white hat were having words but it wasnāt anything crazy. Guy slung that bish and gave the youāre out of here signal. Even the white hat was like WTF are you doing
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Post by CS on Sept 7, 2023 4:10:56 GMT -6
In 2005 we were unbeaten until a team that we'd beaten beat us in the playoffs then won states. In 2006 we returned the favor.Ā So each of those years you played them twice, and the first game didn't knock either of you out but the second game did.Ā Why should the second game count and the first one not?Ā If you counted the games equally, wouldn't you then need a rubber game to decide between you? In our conference playoff last season the 1,2,3 team in our district were all in the semi finals. The 2nd place team in our district won state
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Post by CS on Sept 3, 2023 15:02:03 GMT -6
If talking college you got William Penn college in Iowa and Henderson in Arkansas. Harding in Arkansas
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Post by CS on Aug 31, 2023 21:46:57 GMT -6
Situation matters as well.... Football Schematics like any curriculum should be layered if possible..... If you are in a situation in which their is heavy turnover in your roster for whatever reason your schematics don't matter beyond you better keep it simple.... However, if your gonna have mostly the same kids for 4 years whatever scheme you run ideally builds upon itself.... This becomes even more important if you have a 7-12 system or a K12 system... The reality is it helps EVERY level when kids come in with some knowledge! Agree with all the above opinion on the fact that it has to be flexible enough to utilize talent however, I would argue almost all systems have this built in it is a byproduct of an experience coach to know how to do this without making a mess of things... So if you are a wishbone guy, you are going to stick with it even in years where you aren't so good up front? One of the teams I follow runs flex bone regardless of personnel. Seems to me if you widen those two wing backs you make it easier to get the ball in space. I know, Hutch did well running it for a long time, but they had a string of beasts. Letās get one thing straight here. In the flex theyāre slots not wings. Wings are attached to TE. Also if you widen the slots then the timing is off on motions and give the defense time to adjust to it
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Post by CS on Aug 31, 2023 6:04:20 GMT -6
Unless you have a generational athlete come through your program I have never seen the need to change what you do because you have a kid who can sling it a little better than your usual QB or vise versa.
If it's a true system that you know in and out there should be some plays that work better than others based on the strengths of the kids you have
If you change what you do for one kid then what happens if he goes down in the 1st quarter and you don't have a safety net?
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Post by CS on Aug 24, 2023 13:31:39 GMT -6
Hard to talk back when you're out of breath. Fixes problems pretty quick in my experience
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Post by CS on Aug 24, 2023 10:19:21 GMT -6
Up downs are your friend
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Post by CS on Aug 22, 2023 16:53:59 GMT -6
Booneville high school AR
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Post by CS on Aug 16, 2023 5:22:50 GMT -6
I donāt think weāre talking about the same stuff. I use cones all the time for drills. Iām referring to(and I think the guy before me was also) the time filler bag drills people do that are non specific to playing the game I think you guys are talking about the same thing. I believe carookie is saying that he believes in using those drills to improvement the kinesthetic awareness of the athletes, and that those who find the drills āfillerā may not actually coach the drill but just tell the athletes āshuffle around the cones in a zig zag patternā. You guys are saying you believe that it is better to teach the player how to move and control his body in less abstract, more football specific ways - such as a key read drill. From what I am reading, he is saying he finds āagilitiesā useful and believes coaching basic body control abd movement skills through agility drills translates to better on the field performance. Others are saying that it does not, or that there are better methods to improve the athletes movement capabilities Absolutely. I saw one the other day on the platform formally known as twitter where the coach handed the ball off and had the players double leg hop over the bags. When I hear/read "bag drills" this is where my mind goes. Using cones and bags to teach movement skills and angles specific to their needs is great
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Post by CS on Aug 16, 2023 4:12:40 GMT -6
You teach pass drops with bag drills? No, I teach COD with cones and bags. I teach in parts to build up to the whole; movements are the part that build to the whole of the pass drop. And I rep the parts throughout the season. I have seen too many players whose cod is bad because they are never properly taught or repped in techniques as such. Teaching movement in space is important. Coaches simply tell players to drop at an angle and then if the receiver crosses to change direction and carry him, but they dont properly teach that part (or rep it) so its sloppy.Ā I donāt think weāre talking about the same stuff. I use cones all the time for drills. Iām referring to(and I think the guy before me was also) the time filler bag drills people do that are non specific to playing the game
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Post by CS on Aug 15, 2023 18:49:19 GMT -6
Iām thinking heās talking about the dumb ones where the kids are jumping over them and other various nonsense you see these days. That being said in season isnāt the time for bag drills if heās having problems with kids doing their base techniques. Iām not a fan of any bag drills in season personally but if I was I would look at them as a luxury if I had time to kill I guess is where we differ then, because I believe movement in space and change of direction to very much be fundamental techniques.Ā If my receiver breaks at 12yds, but his COD is off, he is drifting his route back to 14yds; thats the difference between a completion and a pick. If my ILB cant properly open up his hips when transitioning from his drop to carry an inbreaking route, then their receiver breaks free for a TD. There are a lot of things that we just chalk up to natural athleticism, or just being a football player that I think are important enough to coach and rep throughout the season. I think a lot of coaches let proper movement technique slack because they don't view it as being a skill that can be coached up. I disagree on that, and I find it to be a skill that is of extreme importance and carries over to lots of aspects.Ā You teach pass drops with bag drills?
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Post by CS on Aug 15, 2023 4:07:20 GMT -6
I donāt know what your practices look like but scrap any and all ābag drillsā that are designed to condition and work on āmovement skillsā and replace them with key reads and reactions. They will naturally learn their movement skills by doing this and rep their reads and reactions. Lastly minimize the amount of players that can be placed in a bind. If his key takes him āhereā, donāt be pissed when he isnāt āthereā on a once in a blue moon scenario. His reads should be clear and concise; if he does this, you do that with as few if/thens as possible. The more if/thens the more of a bind they are in, and the slower they play. Ah man I gotta disagree, I've had so many kids who can't change direction properly (look at their film from the year before) who become a step quicker lust by learning proper agility technique via cone drills. Problem is, most coaches don't actually teach the technique required to perform the movements correctly. More often than not I see coaches just set up the cones and have players run around them in prescribed patterns. Nothing about eyes, hips, center of gravity, breaking off the correct foot.Ā They often learn the movement skill wrong, or more accurately in a sub-optimal fashion, this makes them play slower than they should.Ā Iām thinking heās talking about the dumb ones where the kids are jumping over them and other various nonsense you see these days. That being said in season isnāt the time for bag drills if heās having problems with kids doing their base techniques. Iām not a fan of any bag drills in season personally but if I was I would look at them as a luxury if I had time to kill
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Post by CS on Aug 14, 2023 4:54:42 GMT -6
Watch the video. It looks like a normal practice to me. Agreed. Maybe there is more to it but Iāve never been anywhere that we tackled to the ground in season
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Post by CS on Aug 13, 2023 15:06:03 GMT -6
I donāt know what your practices look like but scrap any and all ābag drillsā that are designed to condition and work on āmovement skillsā and replace them with key reads and reactions. They will naturally learn their movement skills by doing this and rep their reads and reactions. Lastly minimize the amount of players that can be placed in a bind. If his key takes him āhereā, donāt be pissed when he isnāt āthereā on a once in a blue moon scenario. His reads should be clear and concise; if he does this, you do that with as few if/thens as possible. The more if/thens the more of a bind they are in, and the slower they play. Agree with you, I ditched all non-game like drills years ago. Our entire DL plays outside shades. Iāve been telling them to āsee the kneeā as their key read. It either goes at them (shock peek shed) or away from them (knock OL into B-gap). Everything is hips-hands-feet Weāve also got a lot of 2-way guys. Trying to break them from their OL habits (2 steps in the ground, compressed stance) is a big battle Iām fighting with them. Just have to get lots and lots of reps! This may be blasphemy on here but shock peek shed is hard to do and some kids will never be able to do it vs real competition. Take a look at the ability of your players and ask yourself if they can actually execute what youāre asking. I had to climb out of my own ego years ago because I could shock and shed in high school. I thought everyone should be able to do it but I was a D2 linebacker. I was trying to teach olānoodle arms how to do it and in drills he looked great but when applying it to team drills looked like the dark side of my anus.
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Post by CS on Aug 6, 2023 16:29:31 GMT -6
bro.... Big guy was operating before cell phones and still got clipped Guy I coached with tells the story that he was a young assistant on a staff with a first year HC. They're sitting around the day before the start of 2 a days and the HC walks in and goes "I just want you to know, I didn't do anything illegal, but I'm not going to be your HC this year." Apparently this guy lent a game tape form a previous stop to players to show them the offense they'd be running. Problem was , at some point the tape cut out to him railing his old lady. Of course, dozens of copies were made and eventually a parent found out. Guy resigned and was never heard from in these parts again. ššš
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Post by CS on Jul 28, 2023 9:43:00 GMT -6
I feel that itās time to do that. Itās no longer amateur if you have players making millions in NIL deals Well, remember that they are "not" (wink wink) getting paid to play.Ā They are getting paid by sponsors for the use of their name, their image, and their likeness as Spokesperson/representatives.Ā That avoids a lot of issues such as Title 9, Equal pay act etc.Ā Ā College athletics is not just college football, mens basketball, and a handful of women's basketball/mens baseball and a smattering of other inviduals.Ā So if we just give them employment contracts, explain to me the process of handling the women's field hockey team. It is much more complex, as are all things when they start to serve purposes other than what was originally intended.Ā Ā A prime example--as public education continues to shift from academic institution to childhood social safety net (and political lightning rod)Ā it becomes a much more complicated beast.Ā I think there would be some severe unintended and unknown consequences if schools decided to just abandon the idea of being a college activity all together, and just became true professional sports teams.Ā Is the team that plays in Death Valley, Baton Rouge really a college football team if guys are signing employment contracts?Ā Or is it just a professional football team that is wearing purple and gold and playing in a stadium that was build on the Louisiana State University Campus?Ā Ā I think all sports would benefit from guaranteed scholarships in contracts donāt you? Probably not allow NIL deals to be distributed by the schools but you know the conversation will be had. It works for both parties. Coaches know they can keep who they want and players know they canāt just have their scholarships taken from them if they get hurt or just donāt pan out
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Post by CS on Jul 28, 2023 8:52:22 GMT -6
If the argument is that college athletics are like pro sport then we will start seeing contracts with guaranteed scholarships and possible NIL deals attached. The coaches will find a way to keep studs from leaving their program so they wonāt be able to enter the portal without being let out of their contract. The good thing is that if they arenāt going to play the coaches canāt just leave them high and dry without scholarship money. That's the issue.Ā Colleges have spent over 70 years propagating an amateur model and keeping athletes from being considered university employees.Ā A contract such as you suggest, 100% sure fire "employee" status.Ā Ā I feel that itās time to do that. Itās no longer amateur if you have players making millions in NIL deals
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Post by CS on Jul 28, 2023 8:33:40 GMT -6
If the argument is that college athletics are like pro sport then we will start seeing contracts with guaranteed scholarships and possible NIL deals attached.
The coaches will find a way to keep studs from leaving their program so they wonāt be able to enter the portal without being let out of their contract. The good thing is that if they arenāt going to play the coaches canāt just leave them high and dry without scholarship money.
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Post by CS on Jul 23, 2023 6:55:41 GMT -6
I would be fine with the policy. That said, the fact that he felt the need to announce on TWITTER, visible to team and anyone else who follows, and not through another more intimate/team only method makes it suspect. My problem is the wording. It could have easily been stated that you arenāt going to allow them to wear them in games so please donāt waste your money. But the authoritarian way in which this coach puts it out there is ridiculous. That being said I feel like this is a non issue to have to worry about amongst all the real things you need to worry about during football season
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Post by CS on Jul 22, 2023 19:03:02 GMT -6
Dumb. This guy probably brags about gpa
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