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Post by utchuckd on Oct 5, 2010 8:29:00 GMT -6
msl- Very nice post. I like it.
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Post by utchuckd on Oct 5, 2010 6:33:28 GMT -6
We had a script with every situation we could think of. Actually I think we got it of here a few years ago. We would come out and go through our pregame routine, up through the coin flip, then run through the script. But we didn't do special teams, then defense, then offense, they were all mixed up so any unit could be coming out next.
I really like the practice in the morning or during class period and give them the afternoon off idea.
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Post by utchuckd on Oct 3, 2010 17:15:49 GMT -6
Considering I've lived here 34 of my 38 years, yeah, I'm pretty sure it's that. Seeing as how each school has it's own gym, and the officials are the same guys that have been doing it for the last 20 years, that's not the problem.
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Post by utchuckd on Oct 3, 2010 8:09:26 GMT -6
So our elementary basketball league had it's season opening tournament this weekend. It's the local county 5th-6th grade league. They like to have it wrapped up by Christmas, and since there are no other fall sports for those grades they just go ahead and start it. We had guys miss Thursdays practice for b-ball games. That's basketball in September! So we're gonna be working around b-ball games and practices from here on out. Our HC wants to not make a big deal about it and as long as they only miss for an actual b-ball game not worry about it too much. I, on the other hand, would like to say its still freakin football season and you need to be on the football field.
We bend over backwards to accommodate every body else enough. Usually there's a little overlap between sports at the end of the season, and at those times I don't have a problem working with them, but we still have 3 games and the playoffs to go. Way too early, imo.
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Post by utchuckd on Sept 20, 2010 18:57:25 GMT -6
We are 3-0. Won Sat. 38-0. We mash people on offense. We run little else but off tackle and the occasional dive. Mix in 3-4 passes a game. I think in 3 games we lead 86-12. Yet, I'm not sure how good we are. I keep thinking if we ever run across a well coached team, we may be in real trouble. Well if ya'll could just do it like last year's team... Sorry coach, couldn't resist. ;D
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Post by utchuckd on Sept 12, 2010 12:21:41 GMT -6
We had a barn burner. After spending 2 weeks (off last week) really working the power play they came out and were aligned just funky enough to have an extra guy sitting in the hole so it took us a drive or two to get it going. Wedge was a beast tho. We scored in the 4th quarter to tie it at 20, then held them as they went for it on 4th down from their own 12, punched it in to take the lead with about 2 minutes left and got an interception to ice it. 3-0 so far.
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Post by utchuckd on Sept 10, 2010 16:03:49 GMT -6
I don't see it as putting winning above all else. Imo there is an official deadline, they met the deadline, therefore at some point they are on the team just like anybody else. If it takes a couple games, or a few extra sprints or whatever to get there that's fine. But if they're not gonna get to play because of the way it's gonna look, then don't let 'em on the team.
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Post by utchuckd on Sept 10, 2010 8:53:45 GMT -6
Gotcha. I guess I misread that. Maybe they could go do some running while everybody else warms up, or during individual. Then you could emphasize hey look they've done the extra work for the team, even at the expense of getting their individual reps, so it's time to welcome them as part of the team...(insert motivational team building diatribe here).
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Post by utchuckd on Sept 10, 2010 8:44:00 GMT -6
Good stuff! Because we have young guys with bad habits or new guys with no habits I get focused on fundamentals and don't tie it back in to how it helps the team. I love some of these ideas.
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Post by utchuckd on Sept 10, 2010 8:26:11 GMT -6
But, there's already been some issues among the rest of the team; they see how athletic these guys are (especially when they're playing scout team D), know that they'll be splitting reps with them pretty soon and are jaded because of it. And, they should be; they put in the work during camp; these two didn't, excuses or not. If you have requirements they must complete to be eligible because they came out late, and they meet those requirements, they should be eligible. I see a good teachable moment here. Your other players that have been there need to be shown that this isn't about them losing playing time, it's about helping the team. I know they went through camp and all, but the new guys have done extra work since they got there, plus they don't get to play the first two games. If they other guys can't see that they've paid a price and should be equal at that point they need to look at their own motivations.
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Post by utchuckd on Sept 9, 2010 7:42:20 GMT -6
Good to hear, Bob.
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Post by utchuckd on Sept 9, 2010 7:40:25 GMT -6
Do any of you talk about goals or situational type things or do you focus mainly on individual jobs and techniques? Things like being stout on first down defense so you get them behind the chains. Or trying to get 4 yards every play on offense to keep the chains moving. Or do you just drill down their fundamentals and let the big stuff take care of itself. Just looking for ways to tie in their individual jobs to how it helps the overall team effort.
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Post by utchuckd on Sept 3, 2010 8:27:17 GMT -6
Nice Ace Ventura reference too!
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Post by utchuckd on Sept 3, 2010 8:23:43 GMT -6
Congrats! I know you'll have a great time.
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Post by utchuckd on Sept 2, 2010 21:04:05 GMT -6
Good luck Bob. You and a lot of the other coaches on here sound like a lot better men than me cause if all I did was stand around and watch him run the whole team through a drill one at a time I'd have a problem with that. I may be way off base and you just need to build some trust with him, but he sounds like a control freak to me. Not that I think I'm the world's greatest coach by any stretch, and I wouldn't have a problem doing anything exactly the way he wanted it done, but I don't show up to watch other people coach. If he kept running it all himself I'd be real frank with him fairly quickly and let him know I'm here to work and I need a job to do. But maybe that's just me and I've never been in a situation where I wasn't given a position to coach and the freedom to do it. Imo it's his job to coach you up as an assistant to what he wants and let you go do it.
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Post by utchuckd on Sept 2, 2010 6:49:57 GMT -6
We used to do helmet stickers for either the whole team or at least the whole unit when I was with the high school team. We did have a couple of categories for singe player stickers, but we didn't give much of those out.
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Post by utchuckd on Aug 31, 2010 6:54:39 GMT -6
Did they give you blocking rules or just backfield action? Does everybody run the same defense too?
Good luck, that's a short time to get going.
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Post by utchuckd on Aug 29, 2010 7:41:58 GMT -6
Hang in there Doug. Just gotta keep working. Playoffs or not, after the season when you go back and watch this film vs. the last game's film, I bet you'll be proud of their improvement. Which I know doesn't help a lot at this point, but we all have seasons like this.
They had scoreboard troubles at our field yesterday, the lights kept flashing on and off and the horn kept blowing constantly.
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Post by utchuckd on Aug 28, 2010 18:50:50 GMT -6
Off the top of my head I would say it depends on what you're going to run. If it's more 2 back dive/iso/power/sweep stuff maybe 4-5 runs with play actions. But if your running more of a series based offense you could run a few more that tie in together, say 2 or 3 series of 3-4 plays each.
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Post by utchuckd on Aug 25, 2010 13:13:02 GMT -6
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Post by utchuckd on Aug 21, 2010 6:46:15 GMT -6
Woot! Judging from our final practice Thursday either our offense sucks or our defense is awesome.
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Post by utchuckd on Aug 21, 2010 6:43:18 GMT -6
...and they'll make valid points about not putting the kids in a positon to fail. What's the saying? The only failure is failing to try? Something like that. I'm with Doug, I say play the game. How much do we preach that football teaches about life in that things don't always go your way but you've gotta suck it up and keep pushing. You can't control what happens but you can control how you react to it, etc... Seems like a wonderful teaching opportunity to me.
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Post by utchuckd on Aug 16, 2010 8:14:25 GMT -6
Currently we split it and do half offense and half defense each day (M,W,Th). I like the idea of keeping both in front of them more often. But I'm looking at having an offensive day and defensive day. Get all the offense in on Monday, all the defense in on Tuesday, split Thursday. Anybody got any pros/cons either way?
Currently at 3 practices a week, but hopefully going to 2 shortly. When we go to 2 practices I will do both each day.
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Post by utchuckd on Aug 16, 2010 7:15:22 GMT -6
Well that sucked. Lost 22-0, gave up 3 big plays for TD's. 2 were to uncovered receivers because we lined up wrong, the 3rd our DE (good athlete, first time playing FB) went inside and lost contain. Been pissed all weekend cause I thought we had 'em coached up better than that. The size/speed difference was ridiculous (the way they've let this guy stack his team is obscene), but we should've been right there with them. At least it's fixable stuff.
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Post by utchuckd on Aug 16, 2010 6:50:19 GMT -6
...Then we do a 3 point stance drill, where they get into 3 pt. stance. all the coaches check stances, on whistle they clap 3 times. then cadence clap drill 10 times. Then Bird Dog Drill... What is your Bird Dog Drill? We do a dynamic warm-up, but I'm getting some kids that even at 10-12 years old have hips so tight they can't do a squat without their heels coming off the ground so I'm adding in some things to try and work on that some. We have a group of stationary (not static) warm ups then we do the 10 yard movement stuff.
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Help!!!
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Post by utchuckd on Aug 14, 2010 23:58:56 GMT -6
One of the reasons I like shooting the hands over wrapping up is that shooting the hands fits overall more into the whole body technique we're looking for. We teach cocking the hands, lowering the hips and exploding into the ball carrier. Everything is going in the same direction, from the same direction. Wrapping up leads to arm tackling or leading with the head down for me.
Note- a drill we've started doing this year is we have 3 lines with a parent holding a hand shield at the front of each line. Player is in a good athletic stance 2 steps from the shield, on go player takes his steps, keeps good form (low hips, hands cocked) and explodes into the shield firing the hips and shooting the hands and driving the feet. We get a ton of good form reps in a little over 5 minutes. We have a coach watching each line and coaching up each rep.
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Post by utchuckd on Aug 14, 2010 9:20:11 GMT -6
Thanks.
Did I mention I'm missing a bachelor party in Memphis/Tunica for this?
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Post by utchuckd on Aug 14, 2010 7:22:39 GMT -6
We get the last game of the day, against our main rival. They'll probably beat us at this point on talent alone, but in a few more weeks we'll be more polished football players and should have something for 'em in season. At least that's what I'm telling myself. I'm just glad to be able to get a little scout in on the rest of the league.
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Post by utchuckd on Aug 10, 2010 7:40:58 GMT -6
I'd say most of us tell the kids the same thing about playing time and most of them get it. But it doesn't do much good when it's the parents doing all the bitching and moaning.
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Post by utchuckd on Aug 9, 2010 21:58:47 GMT -6
Had a kid quit tonite. His parents made him come tell the HC that they didn't want him to play for us cause they didn't think he was being treated fairly. He's a 10 year old in a 10-12 yo league so they think he's gonna get screwed out of playing time because he's younger. Imo they are looking for reasons to be offended and cause trouble, they conveniently don't realize he played as much or more than any 10 year old in Saturday's scrimmage, especially one that's 3rd on the depth chart. They've already complained to the board 3 times about us, but they are all smiles to our faces. And they make the kid come tell us they are making him quit. That just doesn't sit right with me. Honestly we're not gonna miss him from the depth chart, he runs from contact. But I believe he wants to be a part of something and I really think being on our team was some of the little positive attention he ever gets. Good little kid in spite of his jackass parents, which is amazing to me, and he needs football a lot more than it needs him. I saw him walking off after practice after he told the HC he was quitting, he looked heartbroken. Maybe he'll get to play on another team. /rant
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