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Post by utchuckd on Jul 23, 2014 7:52:03 GMT -6
What about the kid in between those two in the picking order that wanted that number but realized he didn't earn it so kept his trap shut and picked what he could?
Or maybe I'm over-thinking it.
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Post by utchuckd on Jul 22, 2014 7:39:58 GMT -6
Louie Zamperini from 'Unbroken' died a couple weeks ago. The movie comes out this year, fwiw.
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Post by utchuckd on Jul 22, 2014 7:34:42 GMT -6
Coach- This is is pretty interesting. I believe this qualifies as an expert opinion.
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Post by utchuckd on Jul 15, 2014 7:28:06 GMT -6
Randall 'Pink' Floyd would've never made it in today's football.
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Post by utchuckd on Jun 26, 2014 9:12:41 GMT -6
Heard a freshman receiver coach in pregame one time tell his kids to let the ball hit their pads and trap it against their body.
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Post by utchuckd on Jun 4, 2014 6:06:26 GMT -6
Hot Dog Eaters?
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Post by utchuckd on May 15, 2014 6:20:29 GMT -6
I'm not sorry, I didn't have to, I wanted to. #TWSS
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Post by utchuckd on May 13, 2014 12:57:49 GMT -6
Bought a TRX and made a T-handle. Don't have to go anywhere and can knock out a wicked metabolic session in 20-30 minutes.
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Post by utchuckd on May 6, 2014 6:37:02 GMT -6
My favorite ever:
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Post by utchuckd on Apr 27, 2014 18:22:29 GMT -6
Sounds like some of the coaches on this staff are only doing the bare minimum on their pieces of flair.
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Post by utchuckd on Apr 24, 2014 7:35:13 GMT -6
In our school district you start out making $3000 as a varsity assistant. I think its like $1500 for a lower level asst. You get points for experience that amounts to about a $300 dollar a year raise every year, capped off at seven years. The problem is that many of these guys started before they had the experience cap, so their contract gets grandfathered in. So we have lower level coaches with 30 years experience that pull in upwards of 10k. Multiply that by 3 because they also coach basketball, baseball, whatever, and they make dang near what a new teacher does just for coaching a couple hours after school. We have 11 slots available from the district. So the rest of the money comes from the "booster club" ie me and the HC fundraising. The parents throw a couple nice events each year, but its a drop in the bucket relative to what we pull in for revenue. We don't technically have to pay the guys on the booster club stipend as much as the guys on the district stipend, however the coach feels that is right and so do I. I just wish that they earned their keep. This post kicked my tourette's into overdrive. IMO, which is worth the paper it's printed on here, is that your problem isn't with the slack-ass assistants, it's with your HC. He's apparently in charge of a {censored} ton of money he's not qualified to manage. They're gonna do as little as they've always done if they're still getting paid, it's up to him to set the expectations for them. Jim Collins first 2 rules in Good to Great are having a Level 5 leader and getting the right people on the bus, pretty sure you don't have either one.
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Post by utchuckd on Apr 7, 2014 6:47:47 GMT -6
Are there any considerations about how many games one should play in a given year? A football season is only one game a week, 10-15 weeks a year, because of the preparation and recovery required. How many would they be playing for AAU? 10? 20? 30? Looks like they'd be missing off season workouts and be worn out and beaten all to hell by the time fall camp starts.
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Post by utchuckd on Mar 21, 2014 9:34:46 GMT -6
The first thing you need to do is get the school nutritionist on board so they can serve appropriate food in the cafeteria or the program will be moot.
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Post by utchuckd on Mar 21, 2014 6:55:55 GMT -6
Running the electric and maybe the plumbing from the school out to the building may be something the maintenance department can do. Might be worth looking into.
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Post by utchuckd on Mar 12, 2014 8:02:25 GMT -6
We used to go up to the UT Clinic and use that time to do kind of what you're talking about. We focused more on our schemes and put together tentative depth charts for the returning players, also set up spring practice schedule and most of the schedule for the rest of the year.
Where are y'all staying, coach? Calhoun's on the River is one of the well known local restaurants. There are 2 basic areas for socializing, the Old City and The Strip. The Strip is on the edge of campus and is populated by the college kids, the Old City is on the other side of downtown. Gotta go by the Sunsphere and see it, I guess.
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Post by utchuckd on Mar 4, 2014 23:55:12 GMT -6
Wow. Couple things here are shocking. Number one....someone pays this players schooling. Sounds illegal to me and they say private schools don't recruit. Whatever. Embrace and support this athlete,he is a teenager, or you will run him off...unless that is what you want. I guess you can just go pay for another 270 pounder from another school. Cheating private schools Hmmm... first post...
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Post by utchuckd on Mar 2, 2014 9:15:19 GMT -6
this is awesome coach! thank you! our restrictions are not..specific basicly comes down to is it something found in a weight room? if yes we cant use it. I did my whole summer program last year on the practice field with the straps, makeshift sand bags, benches/boxes, and slosh pipes. I'm going to test some home made medicine balls this year. Groundchuck had a good one too, you can do a ton of stuff with old tires, and tire shops usually will let you have what are willing to carry off. Loaded carries (farmer/overhead/zercher), throws, flips.
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Post by utchuckd on Mar 1, 2014 15:31:34 GMT -6
I have a little white board mounted by the office door that I keep track of how many pieces of equipment I hand out like that (I also add what I pick up in the locker room after practice), and once every week or two the whole team runs for it. Why does the whole team run for a few slappies not having their equipment? I understand the concept of peer pressure but it's not like the starting MLB is at home with the sophomore 3rd team TE at his house in the morning when he's packing his practice jersey. I'm dealing with 7-8 graders (if that matters or not) and we talk a lot about being responsible for yourself and your stuff, which is the first time a lot of them have been faced with the concept. I have 2-5 kids every day needing this or that pad, or a chinstrap, or a jersey, and that's not a level I'm willing to accept. It doesn't take too long until they get the picture and that number goes down, tho.
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Post by utchuckd on Mar 1, 2014 15:21:58 GMT -6
What are your equipment restrictions? No bars/plates/dumbbells or nothing at all? There are plenty of body weight things you can do with them, but they can all be enhanced with some equipment that isn't 'weights'.
Core: Plank Side plank Table top Russian twists
Lower: Single leg squats Split Squats Hip press (single leg or both legs) with bench or box: Bulgarian split squats Step Ups
Upper: Pushups (diamond, regular, wide) Put together some cheap sawhorses for dips and inverted rows.
If you can find a place to hang them you can make some knockoff TRX straps pretty cheap and do a ton of stuff: Atomic pushups Chest press Tricep press Power pull T/Y Flys Rows Suspended lunge Single leg squat Hip press Hamstring curl
Fill some heavy duty Ziploc bags with sand, then put a few each in some canvas shopping bags/back packs/etc and use them to do swings and other kettlebell and sandbag type exercises.
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Post by utchuckd on Mar 1, 2014 9:02:23 GMT -6
I have a little white board mounted by the office door that I keep track of how many pieces of equipment I hand out like that (I also add what I pick up in the locker room after practice), and once every week or two the whole team runs for it.
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Post by utchuckd on Feb 19, 2014 9:25:22 GMT -6
If I understand the situation right, I'm not sure the problem is with the guys that go to their own trainer. Sounds like you have too little facilities/equipment, too many distractions because it's 'open gym' format, and a non-existent lifting program that you can't tell them to follow or be held accountable to, and no coaches supervising any of it? If that's the best the school could offer I wouldn't mind at all if my kids went to someone who will work them hard, I'd just try to work with them and their trainer on training goals.
As far as a fix, is that the only time the weight room can ever be open? Is there any way to set up another time for football only workouts? You really need to have (some of) your coaches pushing your team through your workout. I know it's not you or your team's fault, it's basically the hand you've been dealt, but I don't see how you could get much production football/team building-wise out of the current set up.
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Post by utchuckd on Feb 4, 2014 8:27:21 GMT -6
We have made 2 half fields going across the field sideways in the past. It seemed to help break things up pretty well.
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Post by utchuckd on Feb 2, 2014 8:59:14 GMT -6
Do you take them back up and re-use them every year? Is it just my OCD or is that kind of eww.
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Post by utchuckd on Jan 23, 2014 8:28:40 GMT -6
We get out at 3. We have several lay coaches so we start practice at 4. We have a study table from 3:15 to 3:45. This is also the time for kids to see the trainer, etc. This is what we do.
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Post by utchuckd on Jan 22, 2014 22:07:43 GMT -6
On our 11-12 year old teams we had at least 50-60% parents stay for practice. I have virtually none at our middle school practices now. Growing up my dad was at every practice, but he was the coach so I don't know if that counts...
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Post by utchuckd on Jan 11, 2014 19:46:33 GMT -6
Our baseball team does something kind of similar but not really. They have an annual raffle where the big prize is a new truck (or you can take a cash payout instead of the truck), plus a lot of other smaller prizes. The booster club sells so many tickets for $100 a pop like yours, they just have their prizes and payoffs in one big night.
I think I like your lottery scheme better. On that picture it looked like most everything came out of the one store that was the sponsor, is that how you set it up? Do they get reimbursed for the full price on the items or do they donate any of them?
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Post by utchuckd on Jan 8, 2014 7:39:41 GMT -6
I'd like to see Spurrier on this Hatin' Ass Spurrier should get his own channel.
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Post by utchuckd on Jan 7, 2014 15:27:44 GMT -6
I thought it worked really well in real time, not sure if I could watch a replay of it. AFAIK this is the first time they've done something like this so I'm sure it will be refined. Guess it comes down to personal preference if it's something you want to watch or not.
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Post by utchuckd on Jan 6, 2014 20:38:55 GMT -6
Anybody watching this broadcast? This is great.
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Post by utchuckd on Jan 6, 2014 7:49:36 GMT -6
What about a practice segment timer? Although headsets do sound like they should be top of the list.
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