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Post by coachbb on Jan 2, 2012 15:46:04 GMT -6
I've never understood the need for "grading". At the end of every game you get a grade on the scoreboard. 1. You can find out which players are performing better than others; this can let you know if you need to make a change at a position. 2. You can communicate with the players about their overall performance. This gives you something more specific than "good game" or "bad game."
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Post by coachbb on Jan 1, 2012 20:09:39 GMT -6
From what I gather, they kind of "have to". The organizational structure and environment is such that the H.S. varsity coach controls everything down to the middle school level. We have a local HS here which has changed complete staffs for three consecutive years. Each new HC brought in his new system. The kids who have had to try and learn those "have to" parameters are simply confused and have learned little while making almost no progress in learning fundamentals or being prepared for high school ball. As for me, I wouldn't ask it, nor would I operate within it. If you worked with a program that changed staffs three straight years then you have bigger problems that what the JH/MS is running.
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Post by coachbb on Jan 1, 2012 20:07:35 GMT -6
Maybe you should talk to the high school about what they want you to run. A well-organized high school program should be able to modify their systems for lower level teams. Here in Texas, every JH/MS program is aligned with the HS. Maybe the style of play is different, maybe the formations are much simpler, but I think it is important to get the players used to certain terminology, procedures, and drills. So if the high school staff changes next year do you intend to start over with a new system based upon what the new HC wants? Yep. If you are doing your own thing at the JH/MS level the kids would have to learn a new system once they got to HS anyway, right?
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Post by coachbb on Jan 1, 2012 18:36:53 GMT -6
Maybe you should talk to the high school about what they want you to run. A well-organized high school program should be able to modify their systems for lower level teams. Here in Texas, every JH/MS program is aligned with the HS.
Maybe the style of play is different, maybe the formations are much simpler, but I think it is important to get the players used to certain terminology, procedures, and drills.
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Post by coachbb on Aug 22, 2011 17:54:37 GMT -6
"Randy Floyd! I want that piece of paper on my desk before you leave here today. And that other crowd your running around with? Don't think I haven't noticed. " Please someone get the reference. Seriously, love it...using your idea tomorrow. First thing I thought of when I saw this thread.
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Post by coachbb on Aug 9, 2011 17:52:24 GMT -6
1. What high school practices in the summer?
2. Why would a high school kid play pop warner?
3. Why would the high school practice a kid that will not play for them?
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Post by coachbb on Aug 7, 2011 13:44:35 GMT -6
We're starting practice at 6:30 AM and finish before noon.
Building on what Huey said, we get the kids in the shade when you are in a low-intensity teaching segment (thank goodness our field has trees).
We also fill our whirlpool with cold water and make the kids sit in it before leaving.
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Post by coachbb on Jul 26, 2011 19:58:12 GMT -6
"Walk" by Pantera
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Post by coachbb on Jul 24, 2011 18:55:11 GMT -6
Looking to brainstorm ideas for the first four days of two-a-days. How do you guys adjust to the non-contact element?
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Post by coachbb on Jun 10, 2011 15:14:18 GMT -6
Just started a Facebook page for my program a few days ago.
The potential hazards are the typical internet problems: trolling, flaming, and spamming. I set the profanity filter on strict and plan on checking the site daily to eliminate any negative posts.
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Post by coachbb on Jun 10, 2011 15:06:58 GMT -6
Dynamic is usually quicker, does a better job warming up, and keeps the players focus better.
IMO, the only reason teams static stretch at the beginning is because that is what they have always done.
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Post by coachbb on Apr 20, 2011 14:27:27 GMT -6
That's why you have to train younger coaches. Sometimes schools up in my "tower" can't hire great football minds, but we hire hard-workers who want to learn. I'm sure your supts and principals are going to value work ethic when they hire, even if they don't know much about football.
Like Huey said, you get a progression in place so that if one coach leaves you have another who might be able to fill their shoes.
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Post by coachbb on Apr 19, 2011 21:00:27 GMT -6
Actually, he said that exact thing in his original post.
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Post by coachbb on Apr 19, 2011 17:05:47 GMT -6
If your guys are such big slapdicks that you don't trust one of them, then why don't you hire or train better coaches.
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Post by coachbb on Apr 17, 2011 9:56:47 GMT -6
Track is a different animal than football. Coach up the ones that show effort. You can only take three to an event anyway. Try to get the others to show better technique, but if they aren't going to listen and work then don't stress yourself.
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Post by coachbb on Nov 21, 2010 20:18:07 GMT -6
The varsity guys will usually watch the previous night's film, watch the next game's film, prepare the gameplan, discuss the gameplan, and prepare the week's practice. The MS/JH are in charge of preparing the stuff they need to do their job.
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Post by coachbb on Oct 28, 2010 9:39:53 GMT -6
What legitimacy does this author even have? Where does he coach? Why should you accept his opinion anymore that Pee-Wee Joe hollering from the stands? I'm not trying to run down the author or even discount his article. But how do you even measure "toughness"? Is there some sort of quantitative measure of "toughness"?
I'd rather focus on having a disciplined, fundamentally sound, athletic team. To quote from another thread similar to this- If you want tough players, have them line up and kick each other in the balls during practice.
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Post by coachbb on Oct 27, 2010 13:04:09 GMT -6
Funeral of a friend of the family? Uncle Great Aunt? anyone? Any religion? Grandma operation? Second cousin Sue's gall bladder surgery? Obviously you can treat stuff like that on a case by case basis. But I won't tell a kid he can't attend a relative's funeral, that's a PR nightmare waiting to happen. I think we're arguing in extremes with "second cousin Sue's gallbladder surgery."
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Post by coachbb on Oct 27, 2010 12:23:16 GMT -6
If the kid tells me about it ahead of time, i.e. not the day of, I would be more inclined to consider it an excused absence. As a Rangers fan, I can tell you a chance to watch a WS game live might not come around again.
As far as excused vs unexcused, just think of it like work. What would your principal or head coach allow you to miss for? Serious religious functions, family emergency, illness. We are training these kids for the real world, right?
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Post by coachbb on Oct 11, 2010 17:09:59 GMT -6
I am now that I read this thread
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Post by coachbb on Jul 16, 2010 14:44:52 GMT -6
Mostly a curiousity question for Huey or any other Texas coaches, but can a coach ref a 7 on 7 game?
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Post by coachbb on Jul 16, 2010 13:01:41 GMT -6
Most periods are about 45 minutes. Its the same length as the class schedule for the school day.
During the season, the athletes work on whatever sport they are playing. They will also work out after school. During the off-season, they lift/run whatever. Cannot have mandatory work outside of school for the off-season. But a lot of places have powerlifting, which counts as a sport and allows kids to lift extra.
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Post by coachbb on Mar 15, 2010 19:16:58 GMT -6
For any of you Texas UIL experts, would it be illegal for a booster club to provide lunch for the players during two-a-days?
Here is the schedule I brainstormed: 7:30- Video/Meet 8:00- Practice 1 10:00- Video/ Post-Practice 11:00- Lunch 12:00- Break 2:00- Lift 2:30- Meet/Video 3:00- Practice 2 5:00- No Post Practice
For the two hours, maybe set up a couple video game consoles for the kids that don't have a ride to maybe hang around and have something to do. Any thoughts?
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Post by coachbb on Sept 19, 2009 10:07:48 GMT -6
I had this come up at the beginning of last year. A mom asked me how I would accomodate her son (dyslexia). I tried explaining that every boy receives a 100 in athletics and there is no reading required. She seemed taken aback. I can't imagine this would be taken seriously.
In Texas, there are no TEKS and grades (the report card kind) are not determined by on-the-field performance. I don't think IDEA would apply that strictly to athletics.
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Post by coachbb on May 17, 2009 11:35:50 GMT -6
For you two platoon practice teams, how do you work a both ways JV into the mix? Like many teams, we have enough coaches for the varsity but none that can do only JV.
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Post by coachbb on Apr 20, 2009 15:42:53 GMT -6
During this time of the year, our 8th grade kids tune us out and want to stop working. I think you should have a high school coach during the period to make sure the kids work.
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Post by coachbb on Jan 22, 2009 21:11:04 GMT -6
Keller High is usually pretty solid, but not great. Fossil Ridge had been the real good team the last couple of years, but they bottomed out this year. There is also a third program, Keller Central, that has just gotten going. Keller High and Fossil Ridge have great coaching staffs, not sure about Central.
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Post by coachbb on Dec 15, 2008 10:33:11 GMT -6
hemlock, I agree with you. A lot of these big time programs such as Michigan and for that matter the SEC, require the "fit" as like a qualification. The SEC is probably the most conserative conference and for the obvious reason that it's in the most conserative part of the nation. If you are discussing political issues, then the most conservative part of the country would be the Mountain West territory.
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Post by coachbb on Dec 3, 2008 13:47:07 GMT -6
Uhh, Terry Bradshaw and Eli Manning were the first overall picks in their respective drafts.
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Post by coachbb on Oct 21, 2008 10:35:45 GMT -6
Had a kid who had turf toe one time. One of our coaches gave him a hard time and told him he needed to go to the gynocologist. Well that thursday he missed pregame warm-ups. He had been practicing all week. We asked him where he had been, and he said he was at his gynocologist appointment. Come to find out he skipped out to go to his girlfriends house. He thought he could get by on the excuse. If only he knew the difference between podiatrist and gynocologist. Might be a little bit dirty, but he probably had his own little gynecology practice going on at his girlfriend's. Seriously, I once had a kid at basketball practice complain that he could not make a chest pass because he did not eat breakfast that morning.
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