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Post by coachbdud on Aug 8, 2016 15:31:31 GMT -6
in my example i am not talking about a frosh or soph kid i am talking about kids who are seniors, who have had all of may, june, and most of july to get better but do not have the physical ability to improve much between now and the end of the season i wouldnt give up yet on a kid who still has some potential to improve which is why they have gone from some reps, to a couple reps, to no reps this is during our O and D periods they're still on our scout team to give us bodies... we use our own terminology for our scout team so they get some learning experience But would a freshman like that get practice reps with the varsity? Hell no. No, which is why everyone has 3 levels of football here Even smallish schools... 500 students My example doesn't fit the small school rural area where the program has 25 kids total That's a different world
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Post by coachbdud on Aug 8, 2016 13:30:42 GMT -6
WOW...I guess there are a ton you guys that have 2-3 levels of stud players out there. No reps? really? must be nice to know that you will never need a 3rd-4th string kid to play because 1s and 2s never get hurt....or suspended.... I tell this story to every kid. We had a OL who was small and couldn't lift his own weight, between frosh and soph years he dedicated himself to the weight room, grew 4 inches and put on 60lbs of muscle....you just don't know when the light will go on. Limit reps yes, no reps....hmmm... in my example i am not talking about a frosh or soph kid i am talking about kids who are seniors, who have had all of may, june, and most of july to get better but do not have the physical ability to improve much between now and the end of the season i wouldnt give up yet on a kid who still has some potential to improve which is why they have gone from some reps, to a couple reps, to no reps this is during our O and D periods they're still on our scout team to give us bodies... we use our own terminology for our scout team so they get some learning experience
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Post by coachbdud on Aug 1, 2016 23:13:00 GMT -6
consulted a really good local HS HC... built a good program and made the jump into college
i asked him about the issue he was at a smaller school than me, never had the big teams... usually about 25, maybe 30 kids total
of that a few good players and a few not so good
he was very open and honest about what he did
he knew running them didnt really fix the problem, drove away some kids but didnt help him he didnt want to drive away the good players
didnt want to threaten them, knew they were his best guys, knew he couldnt take away reps from them or it would make his team worse (big drop off between starters and back ups)
so he just made those guys the clean up crew if they came late, they had to stay late, putting away equipment and water stuff would make them clean things up
he said it worked better for him
havent tried it yet, but i was really intrigued by it
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Post by coachbdud on Aug 1, 2016 11:52:11 GMT -6
never heard of that but i am really interested
when we want a cheap helmet to get by (freshman level usually... last years team was biggest in a long time and we needed more helmets asap) we go with rawlings for about that price
ill have to task our rep about these
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Post by coachbdud on Jul 31, 2016 21:24:10 GMT -6
we did them for like 3 years HC missed shiny black so we went back to it last year
i prefer the matte
there was a little bit more chipping on the crown then regular paint but not too bad theyd get repainted as part of conditioning every year and they call came out looking the same
it was actually a few bucks cheaper per helmet for us to get them done in matte black rather than shiny black
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Post by coachbdud on Jul 29, 2016 23:53:42 GMT -6
We've never had tryouts but I kind of wish we did this year. We probably have 10 kids that will never touch the field and won't really help us in practice. They are drill killers. Exactly! So what do you do? one thing we have started doing is just flat out not giving these kids any reps that interfere with the kids who will actually play what I mean by that is i have 2 OL who i can not put in a game because not only would they get killed, they would get someone else killed i use them as mobile bags... they provide great targets when we work pulls or screen drills for my OL they are happy to be a part of the team, they arent getting killed by them, we run to our landmark, buzz our feet and just touch them more for tracking guys than anything we start most practices with a "motion" period we work jet and WR runs, our WR motions into blocks only 6 of our WRs get to work this drill because they're the only ones i would ever let do it in a game all the other WRs are either working stalk blocking while this is happening, or they are serving as "dummys" in some fashion they all got spring ball, and 5-6 weeks of summer to "try out" and show what they can do we told them all (all positions) reps would be cut by the end of July the better players need the reps I actually had a harder time selling a coach on this than i did the players his heart was in the right place, because he "wants to make every one better, and it's our job to make them better" but we can't do that at the price of making our other players worse the better players werent getting enough reps as we wasted ones on them another deciding factor for me, was all of the kids we essentially demoted ...are seniors... and not even athletic seniors who still have a chance... they have no chance to improve enough to help us between now and december they get to be a part of the team, work in to some indy drills here and there fill in on scout team occasionally and wear a jersey on the sideline every friday night
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Post by coachbdud on Jul 29, 2016 23:31:20 GMT -6
So one of our assistant coaches has started wearing long sleeves to practice claiming that keeping the sun off his skin keeps him cooler. I'm calling bull. Do long sleeves really keep you cooler? No clue, but sweating > skin cancer. bingo it has been beaten in my head to protect myself and even then i worry about how well i am doing at it in college one of our teachers (30+ years as a HS pe teacher and most of it also as a coach and/or AD) she had NUMEROUS spots on her skin, especially face, that had to be removed she was always preaching to us to cover up, wear a hat, use sunscreen, etc. also 2 other teachers have had to hang up the whistle in my time here because of skin cancer issues i almost always have a large bucket hat on when I am outside and i stay stocked up on sunscreen re-applying suncreen every single hour sucks and makes you feel all oily so i will often just wear a long sleeve all day ... i do not feel i sweat any more or any less in long sleeves vs short sleeves... if i am awake, i am a little sweaty, i run pretty hot in terms of body temperature and i am extremely active i will however not need to be applying every single hour any more, i found out 2 days ago i am teaching all health this year, FML i have to be in the classroom I am going to wear the carpet out pacing back and forth 6 hours a day in my room but i am looking forward to the extra hudl time while the kids work
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Post by coachbdud on Jul 27, 2016 10:34:38 GMT -6
yes we do
i am a big believer in it
i would rather have some time every single day
then a ton of time just 2 days
i break up the practice days similar to how i discuss install schedule on my blog
only rather than 3 day split, i cut day 3 in half, and add it to day 1 and 2
so now i have the offense divided into 2 days
monday is game plan, new install, fix anything that is really broken
tuesday is O day 1 wednesday is O day 2
thursday is pre game review and we are ready to roll
I dont work EVERY drill during indy, i work drills relevant to what schemes i have that day
essentially a gap scheme day, and a zone day
if it is a power/counter day i am working down blocks and pulls... not bucket reach block steps
lets me divide my time more easily
and then you have to be stealing extra OL indy time (i will use for pass pro time) during special teams
in most cases no reason to put fat kids on anything but PAT so we have divided up every ST unit into position coaches...
i am the OL coach for PAT, and I am free in every other ST that way I can coach the big guys
none of my OL will be on KO/KOR/Punt so that is an extra 15 minutes per day i get with them
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Post by coachbdud on Jul 25, 2016 12:52:46 GMT -6
i dont but a few coaches on our staff do ... i just personally dont need them to demonstrate anything i am doing OL wise our DL and LB coach wear them i think so they feel like they are ready to go in and hit someone... they demonstrate with walk throughs and definitely dont need the cleats but they like to feel like they can do hit someone still our WR coach has cleats on more often than not he isnt the most athletic guy, we have plenty of kids faster but he is a phenomenal route runner and his grown man strength makes him harder than a HS kid to press and cover his demonstrations offensively are good, but where he is most valuable is actually when we practice defense... he becomes a great scout team look for our DBs to cover him and a better challenge than most of our kids ... we have 1 D1 Corner, and another who will probably end up FCS so getting them good looks to go against is nice to keep challenging them our QB coach also wears cleats sometimes
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Post by coachbdud on Jul 24, 2016 20:30:20 GMT -6
i would usually say a weak link sport... unless that kid plays RB or QB (easiest to effect the game every single snap from these spots... maybe WR if you were really good at forcing him touches)
most coaches game plan to attack the weakest link(s) but at RB/QB one stud can really carry a team
trust me, i know
our RB has completely turned our program around. Don't get me wrong, we have improved in a lot of areas in the 6 years I have been at this program, but we went from 1 win his freshman year, to 1 loss his junior year... pretty quick, pretty drastic turnaround. He is able to impact every single offensive snap for our team because he is either getting it (and he is amazing) or we are using him as a distraction (influencing the 13 defenders keying on him that play)
1 OL or DL isnt winning a football game by himself a RB/QB possibly could ... if the supporting staff (OL ... WRs) was just good enough to give them a tiny bit of help out
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Post by coachbdud on Jul 21, 2016 22:45:17 GMT -6
i also have a pre game gun ritual I know the East Bay went hard but dang... haha Your superstitions make everyone else feel "normal". You put freaking Cerrano from Major League to shame. Haha. Can't blame ya tho. Whatever works. Haha GUM Just saw my mistake now
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Post by coachbdud on Jul 21, 2016 15:00:52 GMT -6
I am about to share some of my OCD the night before a game when i shower, i dry myself with a towel the color of the opponent the next day last year we played a purple team in the 2nd round of the playoffs, so that monday i bought a purple towel, because i knew i would need it for my shower thursday night (by the way, in my 28 years on earth i have discovered there are ONLY 2 kinds of people... those who shower before bed, and those who are Phcking disgusting and go to bed with an entire day's worth of sweat and filth on them) i do an Arm day at the gym before school for the pump i then go directly to starbucks and i will wait extra long in line to get the same cashier each time (a little old lady) she has to be the one i order from i also have a pre game gun ritual after the national anthem, but before kick off, i go around and give a piece of gum (always trident layers... strawberry) to every coach on our sideline it has become EVERYONE's pre game ritual because I MAKE THEM take it, it is just known as "the good luck gum" What happens if you're little old lady isn't working that day? Or God forbid. Something happens to her? it happened once this year, she went out of state to visit her grandkids (what a bItch, we were chasing perfection lol) she warned me the week prior, so i HAD to have someone else take my order i put a lot of pressure on him and told him if we lost that night i'd blame him we won and Martha was very happy the next week when she was back and i told her we still won
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Post by coachbdud on Jul 19, 2016 22:49:50 GMT -6
I am about to share some of my OCD
the night before a game when i shower, i dry myself with a towel the color of the opponent the next day
last year we played a purple team in the 2nd round of the playoffs, so that monday i bought a purple towel, because i knew i would need it for my shower thursday night
(by the way, in my 28 years on earth i have discovered there are ONLY 2 kinds of people... those who shower before bed, and those who are Phcking disgusting and go to bed with an entire day's worth of sweat and filth on them)
i do an Arm day at the gym before school for the pump i then go directly to starbucks and i will wait extra long in line to get the same cashier each time (a little old lady) she has to be the one i order from
i also have a pre game gun ritual after the national anthem, but before kick off, i go around and give a piece of gum (always trident layers... strawberry) to every coach on our sideline
it has become EVERYONE's pre game ritual because I MAKE THEM take it, it is just known as "the good luck gum"
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Post by coachbdud on Jul 12, 2016 0:47:20 GMT -6
one year i did oklahoma drill before the game, everyone had to just get 1 rep in
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Post by coachbdud on Jul 11, 2016 12:08:07 GMT -6
As a HC or Coordinator, how much autonomy do you give position coaches and or coordinators? Do you instruct them on how to drill? Time management? As a coordinator I have been through several phases with this. Obviously if you have young coaches they will need more guidance, however, there is a certain amount I believe one should expect from coaches that have been around awhile. I have been an OC or DC for most of my career and without "ultimate authority" of a HC, I haven't quite figured out a happy medium on this aspect. What I expect - Have your practice area ready to go (even if you have players do it) - Know how your position works within the scheme - Coach within the scheme (Don't spend 95% of your time running routes when 95% of your positions time will be spent stalk blocking) (Don't teach the DE to slow play QB vs. load when he is a spill/dive player) - Coach your position (DL coach should not be talking to the secondary) - Talk less, drill more - Organization (If you have 25 guys, do not rep them one at a time) - Time management (If we have something to install make sure your group understands what and how to do it when we come together) - Coach fundamentals (Don't get bored and start installing random stuff because you did "everything already". And definitely do not stand around in the shade) Several of these overlap, but I do not think it's too much to expect. Meanwhile, I'm often confronted as a micro manager and know it all. I give autonomy in small doses I have OCD every day we get 60 minutes of offense total that is broken up into 12 - 5 minute segments and i have a manager run our scoreboard clock/buzzer to keep us on time i decide how that is divided up between individual, small group, and team periods parts of practice i write in the specific drill i want done if i dont have something super specific i want done, i will write in "INDY" if i want them working that or for example i always put in time for QBs and WRs to throw/run routes i give my QB coach and WR coaches some autonomy to decide if they need to do it on air to work the steps/timing, to put 1 or 2 key defeneders out there for reads, or to go full/half field 7on7... however i only "give them" a handful of plays to work each day i wrote here about how i divide our offense into 3 days for install and practice www.coachbdud.com/2016/06/29/3-day-install-and-practice-planning/so on the back of our schedule i have a script (for when we go team) that also includes a "bank" of run and pass plays we are "allowed" to rep that day it is a guided/controlled autonomy, i do not want to be a nazi, but i also do now want what i call "happy fun recess time" i ALWAYS have the OL/TE/FB stuff pre planned for the day because it is what i coach and put the most time/effort into if they give me input i take it into account and make changes for future days ... if my QB coach needs more time working the TE/FB stuff in our play action game i give them to him for 10 minutes here and there (pre planned of course) one day a week i trade those TE/FBs to our WR coach for some of his guys (who will have to block in the box on our run game) i work those guys blocking down on DEs for buck, he works with my TE/FBs to catch the ball better a controlled autonomy
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Post by coachbdud on Jul 9, 2016 15:27:21 GMT -6
You can get plain A4 brand "dri fit" long sleeve shirts for under $10 on Amazon this is the "cheap" dri fit option i have a number of long sleeve nike shirts i wear long sleeves often even when it is super hot just do i do not have to put sunscreen on my arms EVERY SINGLE PERIOD during the school day (i am outside teaching most days) plus football practice
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Post by coachbdud on Jul 9, 2016 14:23:21 GMT -6
You can get plain A4 brand "dri fit" long sleeve shirts for under $10 on Amazon
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Post by coachbdud on Jul 8, 2016 15:34:10 GMT -6
That is what I was thinking, now you might be able to take the stem out and use your spray foam there to make it harder but might change the roll. I'm assuming the duck tape is for the valve stem, that might be the only problem with it cutting up your arm. The one I ordered and shared in post has a tiny stem and a rubber cap that screws over it so no stem issues for me yet
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Post by coachbdud on Jul 8, 2016 13:58:17 GMT -6
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Post by coachbdud on Jul 8, 2016 13:09:36 GMT -6
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Post by coachbdud on Jul 6, 2016 12:47:07 GMT -6
I think it depends on how you feel about sleeping in bed with another coach
Nothing wrong with it it's a personal preference
1 a bed is great 2 a bed is doable
Side note, legally you're allowed to smother the other guy with a pillow if he snores
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Post by coachbdud on Jul 4, 2016 17:41:20 GMT -6
Update: I bought a big inner tube for under $40 off amazon... Think it's gonna work out well Coach, I'm exploring this option too. What size did you end up getting from Amazon? i got a 40" one it is ok i am going to buy one that is even bigger, 50 something inches... need to check amazon
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Post by coachbdud on Jul 2, 2016 16:41:15 GMT -6
Update: I bought a big inner tube for under $40 off amazon... Think it's gonna work out well
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Post by coachbdud on Jul 1, 2016 14:11:02 GMT -6
same as rest of summer
we lift we do an hour of offense we do 50-60 of Defense
only thing different would be trimming off an O or D session or 2, and adding in special teams time
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Post by coachbdud on Jun 17, 2016 10:39:23 GMT -6
this is one thing that separates the powerhouse teams from the struggling programs
we cant make it mandatory until August 8th (i coach in the same section as the OP so i know)
you dont have to give them any playing time, but you cant cut a kid or make it mandatory until august 8th
at the top schools this isnt a problem, there's a lot of competition, and the standard is just set that you will be there all summer... it is what is expected, and it is all the kids now
even at my school we struggle with this... i thought it would be better coming off of the best year in school history but it is still a struggle for us
another thing to consider is kid's personal situations
my starting center has a family obligation to help work in the summer
his dad does cement/landscaping... he has to help dad often in the summer, kid checks in with me, texts me, and sends me videos of him working (so i know he isnt BSing me) i dont love it but i have to deal with it... it is a cultural thing.
i have another kid who comes late every single day, my LT
why? he is a 4.0 genius and is taking classes at CAL every morning for the next 6 weeks. Hes a 5'10" OL he will go farther in life academically than on the football field so i support him
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Post by coachbdud on Jun 12, 2016 23:16:49 GMT -6
I'm blind
I got a super expensive pair nonprescription polarized ray bans
They're awesome and I seem to attract skeezers when i wear them
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Post by coachbdud on Jun 12, 2016 16:00:57 GMT -6
I never wear hats on game day because they're at night
I wear a bucket hat or sun hat at practice or while teaching pe
I have a couple Usually a school logo one but j just got an awesome lightweight/dri fit one in Alabama that I love It's become my every day hat
You'll never see me in a baseball hat I look awful in them
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Post by coachbdud on Jun 7, 2016 12:59:13 GMT -6
more like a book case on wheels, but stacked right next to one another Yeah it reminds me of the stacks in libraries at big colleges All the college equipment rooms I've been in are like this You slide/roll them to the side to open up walking space to go get what you need
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Post by coachbdud on Jun 2, 2016 22:00:26 GMT -6
One thing I've discovered is the difference in terms across the country All of you guys are calling them button downs My entire life (Bay Area) I've only ever heard them called button ups Button down is when the collar has buttons to hold it to the shirt. Ahhh
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Post by coachbdud on Jun 2, 2016 14:43:07 GMT -6
One thing I've discovered is the difference in terms across the country
All of you guys are calling them button downs
My entire life (Bay Area) I've only ever heard them called button ups
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