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Post by coachbdud on Nov 22, 2016 23:59:50 GMT -6
I don't know if they really sit around discussing technique at length in the locker room but the main advantage to having them by position group is logistics. I actually started doing it by position this year and then realized i couldnt i had to swap some guys around and tweaked where i was putting guys i basically realized i couldnt put the OL/DL all near each other they took up too much space if they were near one of the corners of the locker room lol had to spread the chunky kids out a bit
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Post by coachbdud on Nov 22, 2016 16:08:25 GMT -6
dont move to the bay area cost of living is crazy but you get what you pay for living here is really nice one state retirement system for all public school teachers... you go anywhere in the state at a public school and you are contributing to the same fund we are all members of CTA (CA teachers association) and they are some benefits they have deals on insurance (life, home, and auto) theres a log in where you can go through to other sites and get a small % off at places... i have used it a little here and there for purchases i already needed to make the benefit i use monthly is it gets me 15% off my AT&T phone bill family plan with my parents, brother, and myself that we have been on since i was a kid but now i added the code they gave me and it automatically knocks off 15% from the monthly bill pay overall varies district to district... typically the more expensive it is to live in that city that pay goes up a couple grand Word. It's great except for killing my dream of home owner. change your dream to "Trap House operator" and you are all set
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Post by coachbdud on Nov 22, 2016 14:15:12 GMT -6
Hello All, I am re-evaluating the structure and responsibilities of my coaching staff. We are a small program where our kids need to play both ways, therefore my coaches need to coach both ways. I have a staff of 6 total (HC and 5 Assistants). How would you define the roles of the staff. For example: Coach 1 = HC - OC - QB Coach / DB Coach. Coach 2 = DC - LB Coach Coach 3 = Special Teams Coordinator - RB Coach The examples above are not necessarily how I have it structured. Here are the roles that need to be served: HC OC DC Special Teams Coordinator QB Coach OL Coach WR Coach RB Coach TE / H Coach DB Coach DL Coach LB Coach I am looking for a fresh perspective and what an ideal situation would look like. Not all situations are ideal so if you also can provide us what your program looks like that would be beneficial. Thanks Ideal is whatever guys know we have a bit larger staff but if i had to condense our staff, based off of what we currently already do (and could do, since we are combining guys ) HC - DC/LB coach /RB Coach OC (me) OL - QB Coach TE/H and DB coach /Special Teams Coach WR/DB Coach DL Coach
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Post by coachbdud on Nov 22, 2016 11:30:10 GMT -6
dont move to the bay area cost of living is crazy but you get what you pay for
living here is really nice
one state retirement system for all public school teachers... you go anywhere in the state at a public school and you are contributing to the same fund
we are all members of CTA (CA teachers association) and they are some benefits
they have deals on insurance (life, home, and auto) theres a log in where you can go through to other sites and get a small % off at places... i have used it a little here and there for purchases i already needed to make
the benefit i use monthly is it gets me 15% off my AT&T phone bill family plan with my parents, brother, and myself that we have been on since i was a kid but now i added the code they gave me and it automatically knocks off 15% from the monthly bill
pay overall varies district to district... typically the more expensive it is to live in that city that pay goes up a couple grand
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Post by coachbdud on Nov 21, 2016 23:01:28 GMT -6
Does anyone assign lockers to players? If so, what are some ideas to organize? We have let the guys choose their own lockers for years. We don't feel like there has a been a major division, but we certainly have not been as close as we would like. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. i started doing it 2 years ago because they all want certain ones and whine and blah blah blah so i just wrote their names down on the locker sheet and handed them out that way
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Post by coachbdud on Nov 16, 2016 22:52:52 GMT -6
Impressed you guys get people to film practice. i can email our entire student body at once through our gradebook/communication system called SchoolLoop every single year, before spring ball i send a mass message out to the whole school stating that we are looking for team managers and filmers i tell them there will be a meeting date for anyone who is interested at lunch and they meet me in my class Here I explain the job description and the commitment we need from them When i started doing this 3 years ago i had a couple kids last year that grew this past year i had 30 girls who wanted to be managers (and 1 boy who is actually bigger than all but 1 players on our team) and about 10 kids who wanted to be filmers because i had so many interested i wanted to weed out the turds i gave them 1 week to write me a half page essay on WHY they wanted to be team managers this cut the number a bit and then i explained i would be making cuts after spring ball if they didnt show up 80% of the time or more we developed a schedule for the minimum days they needed to be there and i appointed 2 "Captains" for each job One Senior as the official LEADER of their position and one underclassmen to essentially be their under study so they know how to run things the next year when they take over do they miss? heck yeah, all the time they are like the kids... they wanna miss but everyone is there on game day but because i have so many overall, we are always able to have about 4 managers and 2 filmers there every single day another thing you can do if you are a teacher, offer an insane amount of extra credit to kids who donate their time after school i did that for a kid once, ended up being the best press box filmer i have ever had deal was he could do his homework in my PE class and get an A, if he filmed every single game for me ( he was a 3 sport athlete in amazing shape and a 4.0 student) worked out great for everyone and he is in college now
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Post by coachbdud on Nov 8, 2016 13:08:33 GMT -6
I want to go back and analyze our film. What are some specific items to look at? Look at the worst plays... the runs for 2 yards and under see what went wrong, was it simply being over matched? running a "bad play" into a loaded side where you had no chance, was it "mental mistakes"? look at which plays had the highest yards per attempt ive run our Wing counter much more this year (with good success) than i did most of last season because after studying 2015 data i realized it had our highest YPA)
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Post by coachbdud on Nov 8, 2016 11:19:38 GMT -6
Coach bdud are you doing the Los Angeles clinic? If so looking forward to attending your clinic. Mike they have me listed at the bay area/concord one... convenient cuz i live in concord havent been asked to do one in LA or anywhere else, would like to do one in LA or reno because they are close enough driving distance wise
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Post by coachbdud on Nov 4, 2016 13:13:53 GMT -6
Looking for some ideas on the most efficient way to watch practice film. The best way I've seen is to watch yesterday's practice film during athletic period. The downside to this is not all coaches can necessarily be there due to teaching responsibilities and not all schools have an athletic period. So how do people without athletic periods watch yesterday's film? Does anyone shave a little time off of field time for this? I'd love to hear how others schedule this. no football class time after school is limited because so many kids need tutoring/study hall time what i do is what i feel is the most efficient for us I load it from my ipad (by far the best way to film practice IMO) i add notes and share them... telestration and text i share it with the kids that night before they get in bed or ANY time during the school day when they are free... they can watch it on their phones my OL is actually the smartest (football IQ wise) i have ever had, and 4 of 5 watch the clips at least 1 time through my LG and LT watch it multiple times, and will actually seek out kids on team during the school day, and grab them... show them a clip they screwed up on and talk about what they shouldve done they get it fixed or come to me with questions and i fix it before that days practice this is why my LG is my captain (smart kid... brain makes up for his zero size or athletecism) and my LT is my best overall OL (as a sophomore) ... smart kid with a desire to keep getting better
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Post by coachbdud on Nov 3, 2016 22:12:37 GMT -6
Kudos to coachbdud for making the clinic circuit! Just saw it said Spread run game and pass game haha not what we do at all, i gotta talk to the guy that put me on i wanted to talk OL play and play action lol
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Post by coachbdud on Oct 10, 2016 12:41:13 GMT -6
it's always a 1 year deal ive never actually seen a contract get signed, other than the one we sign to get out stipend... we usually dont sign til the week before we get our check
and you can always get fired at any time for no reason
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Post by coachbdud on Oct 4, 2016 15:05:40 GMT -6
i know your pain
this has been the worst year of my career (11) for dealing with parents
every single parent thinks their kid is going D1 and we are doing something to hurt their chances of playing in college
i think i read on this site years ago where a guy made a joke about wanting to coach a football team at an orphanage so he never had to deal with parents again
in the era of 7on7 year round, "elite camps", highlight videos... every parent thinks more than ever that someone is out there to watch their kid and their kid only
ive had delusional parents before... where they think their kid is great but ours are in the stands getting in fights (verbal, not physical... yet) because they are naming other kids saying how $hitty they are and why their kid or another kid is way better)
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Post by coachbdud on Sept 24, 2016 13:43:48 GMT -6
fun game
happy with our performance because the entire world thought it would be a blow out
yes we have Najee but they are just so dominant up front on both sides
we have a JV OL/DL in comparison but the kids played as tough as they possibly could up front
we shot ourselves in the foot
2 bad snaps on the first drive otherwise we walk in ... BAD holding call the 2nd drive otherwise we are at least in FG range if not score
our best WR made 2 great plays, 1 heck of a catch on a 4th and goal ball int he end zone and a great KOR for a TD where he broke a few tackles and pulled away from everyone at the end
The physical size, strength, skill difference was staggering, they were HUGE and that is the best coached team in the state if not country
couldve made history
on the positive side of things, our balls dropped collectively as a team last night we have a bye now and 2 weeks to get ready for league play
if we play this physical the rest of the season we can beat any one
extremely proud of our kids
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Post by coachbdud on Sept 14, 2016 20:55:37 GMT -6
I said no showers at all because kids don't use them
We have them in locker room and kids rinse off with clothes on after swim unit in PE
That's it
My previous school had a few built in at field house in bathroom Never used once
Kids don't use them because HS kid logic is :
If you see my dick you're gay If you show your dick you're gay
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Post by coachbdud on Sept 14, 2016 15:59:16 GMT -6
I wouldn't build showers
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Post by coachbdud on Sept 13, 2016 8:12:47 GMT -6
Everywhere I've been has some cute name for it
We've tried it but the hard part is you don't have a training staff to run it
You have coaches and they're busy coaching so our issue was getting someone to run it and make them work
They also have a lot of equipment to get the kids working out as much as possible while letting their injured part heal
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Post by coachbdud on Sept 3, 2016 13:17:43 GMT -6
Kids for years have called them Tubs
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Post by coachbdud on Aug 28, 2016 13:01:02 GMT -6
Pedialyte is so expensive. To give each starter a bottle would be quite costly. Any ideas? 1. You don't need a whole bottle, drinking too much will actually give them diarrhea 2. I get it at the dollar store, bottle is a little bit smaller, but it's a dollar! $40 and your whole team can have one to sip throughout the day Don't drink it all at once
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Cramps
Aug 27, 2016 13:11:04 GMT -6
Post by coachbdud on Aug 27, 2016 13:11:04 GMT -6
Why is pediallyte better than powerade? regular powerade and gatorade have way too much sugar in them went to college with a dude who had been a fire fighter at big national parks the dudes who fight forest fires he said that they were instructed to not drink gatorade as is they were told they had to dilute it by adding water to it because the sugar dehydrated them and they had a few guys pass out fighting fires (all that gear on and heat) all the guys who passed out were the ones drinking regular gatorade, not diluting it
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Cramps
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Post by coachbdud on Aug 26, 2016 12:30:56 GMT -6
pedialyte has helped here Are your kids able to drink that and go back in the game fairly quick?? CoachMcKie i give it to them before they drink it pre emptive i buy a ton keep it in my room on thursday and friday they come by and get a few sips i leave a few bottles in the locker room they get a few sips and it has reduced the number of crampers by a lot since i started doing it 3 years ago
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Post by coachbdud on Aug 26, 2016 10:40:48 GMT -6
pedialyte has helped here
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Post by coachbdud on Aug 24, 2016 13:03:04 GMT -6
i actually believe it is illegal in CA now
at least i have been told that by many over my 11 years coaching
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Post by coachbdud on Aug 17, 2016 12:20:19 GMT -6
I always say the same argument every time this comes up
De La Salle is the best HS football team in the country over the last 30 years they can hand pick their athletes
they have tons of numbers
their best players STILL play both ways
the "extra reps" a kid can get from playing 1 way dont make up for genetics when you have a stud ... that stud is still better
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Post by coachbdud on Aug 16, 2016 9:33:39 GMT -6
we have staff meetings on every sunday
i really like them they are usually about 2 hours
we are all expected to have watched our own film and opponent film by then we meet to talk about what we have seen and share ideas, go over the gameplan and any adjustments to practice schedule that week
we usually get everyone the first week or two and then some of the guys stop coming but we always get myself, HC, and our DB/TE coach there
we make most of the game plan decisions
my QB coach is about 50/50 but him and i text all day every day anyway so we talk all weekend to go over what he likes in the air
i'll be honest, half of our meetins is social for us, we all get along pretty well
but we get some really good ideas that come from it and sometimes it is helpful to get another person's perspective
also, because i do not coach any defense at all, sometimes having my perspective as an OC can help our D coaches see something in a different way
kind of what i think the other team wants to do, how they want to block it, how they set their pass pro, etc.
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Post by coachbdud on Aug 15, 2016 21:12:16 GMT -6
In the Bible Belt you'd be ran out of town if you made them come in on Sunday. We can't practice or have team meetings on Sunday. We can and do have staff meetings. I like the law. Same here
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Post by coachbdud on Aug 14, 2016 14:40:49 GMT -6
Do you guys do a AM practice after games on Friday nights? What are pros and cons? Thanks my thoughts we do not do it we have tried it in the past but i hate it for several reasons 1. kids and coaches have lives... some have weekend jobs... families go out of town or do things so you are always missing kids anyway 2. quick turnaround doesnt give the kids or coaches much time to rest/recover from the night before 3. Such a quick turnaround means I havent had the chance to watch the film yet... or if i have it is skimming it, no time to analyze and make notes for the kids i hate leading film sessions like this, there isnt much focus, becomes more about oooh and ahhh on big plays/hits and less on praising effort, fixing mistakes, and moving on to the next opponent another thing to consider is we (you and me, being in the same section) have an 18 hour limit for the week your game counts as 3 hours so for the rest of the week you get 15 hours max to practice... weights, chalk talk, film, meetings all count as part of that practice i also do not like watching entire games (whether ourselves or an opponent) with the kids it is way too long for their attention span, they need it broken up into chunks i look at film like eating you can't eat a steak in one bite you have to cut it up into smaller pieces i know there are guys out there who believe in it, and if so then awesome that is great for you i personally look at it as an example where technology has moved faster than us coaches can adapt with it saturday morning film is a thing that "coaches have always done" so they think it is still necessary even though I am not that old (28... going on year 11 coaching) i can still remember the days of making VHS copies, and then DVD copies prior to HUDL taking over... i have always done the film work my first 4 years (at previous school) i had a system of VCRs connected together, i made my own duplicating tower, i would make 4 copies of our game film. 1 to me, 1 to HC, 1 to DC, and one for trade i would meet the next opponent early saturday, trade the film go back to school and make copies of it we dont do this anymore "back then" you HAD to meet saturday morning with your kids/staff because only a handful of copies EXISTED... you needed to get together to watch it together even when DVDs took over for a few years... unless you had a 10x1 tower, you were probably just burning a few copies the information was less readily available, and harder to share, so coming together to see it/show it was a necessity with HUDL, all of OUR film becomes viewable for everyone in the program that night scout film is usually up for them by 9:00 AM saturday morning i have the weekend (usually saturday) to go through both, add the notes i want , the text i want, and i can separate specific things down into a game planning playlist to "cut it up smaller" for them the need to meet together saturday is gone i can GIVE my players/coaches the information when I HAVE TIME and they can access it WHEN THEY HAVE TIME then i can text all my guys saturday/sunday night to make sure they have watched it we then go over the film (playlists, not whole game) monday after the weight room, before we go to the field by this point most of the team has seen what i want them to see AT LEAST once this has worked better for me usually once or twice a year, after an emotional big win, our HC (more "old school" than I) gets that rush from the win and announces to everyone we will watch film in the morning he shows up with donuts, and immediately tells me he regrets calling for film lol he is good for one of those per year after a BIG win
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Post by coachbdud on Aug 14, 2016 14:02:36 GMT -6
At my old school we made the playoffs The other school gave me film from 2 years prior I found out Monday night after watching several times the scores and roster just didn't synch up and I looked at maxpreps from 2 years prior and realized those scores lined up Didn't get film til Wednesday Looking back should have made a harder push with our section to have them forfeit They killed us We were getting ready for a completely different offense and defense That is bush league. Wow the HC was really old and this was all just before HUDL took over so we still all had DVDs he swore it was a mistake by one of his assistants who did all the video stuff for him but it sucked i realized it soon enough, but the school is about 2 hours away and the HC didnt return my calls/voicemails so by the time we got the actual film in hand we had wasted half of our week
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Post by coachbdud on Aug 13, 2016 13:35:43 GMT -6
At my old school we made the playoffs
The other school gave me film from 2 years prior
I found out Monday night after watching several times the scores and roster just didn't synch up and I looked at maxpreps from 2 years prior and realized those scores lined up
Didn't get film til Wednesday Looking back should have made a harder push with our section to have them forfeit
They killed us We were getting ready for a completely different offense and defense
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Post by coachbdud on Aug 13, 2016 12:40:36 GMT -6
Actual screenshot....I understand that we are sometimes at the mercy of our video crew but man this was a gut punch when I cracked this open today and realized I have 6 days to get a team ready based on this. I didn't know a camera could zoom out that far
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Post by coachbdud on Aug 12, 2016 12:21:20 GMT -6
Passionate
Spent this past weekend there with my RB
He's a little different But he's passionate about football, his family, his team, and recruiting
That passion makes him very energetic and he may seem a little out there to some But his passion has jolted life back into that program and recruiting
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