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Post by coachbdud on Apr 4, 2016 15:34:05 GMT -6
great points above
you need money and space (for a field) to play football
i imagine a big city like NYC doesnt have a ton of football fields
and weather point above makes sense too
san francisco football is horrible too oakland football has athletes but overall the teams are pretty bad too
the "suburban" ares of norcal are much better
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Post by coachbdud on Apr 3, 2016 21:59:40 GMT -6
the more rules you have the more you have to enforce
i have seen some team rules before, whether it be on here or talking to a coach in person... and it is just like wtf ... who gives a $hit i dont have time to police that
i had an uncle that coached a few years ago and bragged how they only wore black cleats, you cant be an individual and blah blah blah who cares
saw the no long hair/facial hair above... no offense coach, but who gives a $hit
i have so many more things to worry about ( making sure kids grades are up, getting kids in the weight room, feeding my kids, coaching my butt off) to worry about little things like those just seems rather shallow and pedantic
i personally do not care if every kid wants to wear 1700 pairs of wristbands, sleeves, neon green highlighter socks, whatever
from a demanding standpoint, i am trying to increase how demanding we are in the off season... i think any game we lose occurs in the off season, not with what we do in season we give them every friday off in the summer, i gave the kids spring break off this year (this past week) we have a relatively short practice compared to most HS teams we are one of the only teams in our area who does not charge each player a fee to play
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Post by coachbdud on Apr 3, 2016 21:52:08 GMT -6
actually saw an idea from a video on their site offensive drill, would work well for OZ, Pin n Pull, or Bucksweep
they had 3 all connected together ... like a train
player or coach pulls the end of the leash, and all 3 slide in unison
great for whoever is the one in these schemes CLIMBING up to the LB level hard to get kids to understand -attacking on a wide enough track to pick up the LB in space -finding the right LB in space
also, hard to get scout kids to simulate in right, if my frankenstein shadowman works well... i will build more and use them for our outside run schemes
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Post by coachbdud on Apr 3, 2016 21:23:14 GMT -6
i love it kids get energy from it, i get energy from it
finding the right volume is ideal, loud enough to turn up, but not too loud that you can't communicate during drills/small group
i think you can turn it way up in team, because the kids can never hear you yell in the game anyway and if you have a loud crowd, it helps them get ready for it
that said, we don't do it often, my HC is not a fan of it i want to get a bluetooth receiver next year, and connect it to the audio system in press box, then pair it to my phone... so i can adjust music/volume from my pocket... just a dream, do not know if i will achieve it
biggest issue is getting clean music, i have done the pandora thing and turned off explicit content but the results are so so, some explicit stuff still sneaks through here and there
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Post by coachbdud on Apr 3, 2016 16:23:28 GMT -6
i think most of us probably already do something similar, without ever realizing we were interleaving
for example, i work the heck out of power... but i dont only run power all spring ball long
we work 1-2 run schemes per day and the next day do something different
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Post by coachbdud on Mar 28, 2016 19:35:21 GMT -6
I love the Shadowman. We have 8 of them in the program. I will never teach my kids how to tackle on another teammate again. Honestly one of the best purchases I have made as a coach in a long time. In addition to our work on defense we use them for our outside zone drill work. Please Explain how you use them for OZ You can respond in PM if you don't wanna hijack this thread
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Post by coachbdud on Mar 25, 2016 14:27:01 GMT -6
As a DC I think it is hard to do any team or inside run without helmets. Then don't Work a ton of Indy Work block recognition drills Work block destruction drills Work tackling drills (still a ton you can work with no gear with bags) You're working all of the components that go into inside run and team We can wear gear starting July 25, still an entire month to hit each other to get ready for first game
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Post by coachbdud on Mar 24, 2016 9:08:57 GMT -6
i do not love it but i really think 10-20 years from now you will see parts of the country have "7on7" as a team sport in the spring time
your whole league, each team has their own spring 7on7 team, kids play on it you play out your league schedule there is playoffs
some kids might even only play in spring 7on7 and not in the real season because theyre worried about CTE
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Post by coachbdud on Mar 24, 2016 8:11:18 GMT -6
Well, it's confirmed... You're officially from Nor-Cal. I have the bay bridge tattood on my face
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Post by coachbdud on Mar 23, 2016 20:31:27 GMT -6
i bought one of the inflatable punching bags i posted above (found it cheaper through a different seller on amazon) going out of town during spring break, but after that i will set up my own ghetto shadowman and see how durable it is i am basically gonna beat the crap out of it and try to pop it if it holds up... then i will feel smart for the day i'll let you guys know how it turns out Please send video if you try to tackle this thing...haha Our HC set up the shadowman the first day we got them and was going to show the coaches how he wanted us to utilize them, at full speed. Now he is an in shape 61 years old, played at UF and then for the Steelers....but seeing him almost kiLL himself flying over the top of the shadow man (he hit it too high) was worth every penny he paid for it. I'm hella short, i don't think it is physically possible for me to hit it "too high" haha
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Post by coachbdud on Mar 23, 2016 20:03:33 GMT -6
i bought one of the inflatable punching bags i posted above (found it cheaper through a different seller on amazon) going out of town during spring break, but after that i will set up my own ghetto shadowman and see how durable it is i am basically gonna beat the crap out of it and try to pop it if it holds up... then i will feel smart for the day i'll let you guys know how it turns out
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Post by coachbdud on Mar 23, 2016 12:01:20 GMT -6
Is this a new trend for the military to get juniors to enlist, then go away for the summer to complete basic training a year early? I know of several schools who have kids, in some cases good players, going away and coming back in late August after practice starts. Haven't had any football players do it, ours are too soft But I had a female student do it when I first started working here She was a really motivated girl who knew exactly what she wanted to do with her life and is making a ton of money from the army right now She did her basic training early
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Post by coachbdud on Mar 23, 2016 9:52:55 GMT -6
i love my agile bags (so many uses) and hand shields (especially with all of our new in state contact restrictions) i use the F out of my chute as well
everything else is just fancy crap but those are the things i have to have every day
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Post by coachbdud on Mar 22, 2016 23:17:06 GMT -6
To me 7 on 7 outside of our offense vs. our defense is not about teaching. Sure we throw our stuff and I will never understand why people would have installs just to win passing leagues, but the value in it is not in scheme. To me it is all about the competition aspect. The kids like it. It's fun for them. They get t basically play super organized back yard football against other teams in our state. It's a huge confidence boost when you compete with a team you might not have any business competing with. I like it for that reason alone. We'll see how much our kids like it going in this year as a 46 cover 1 team that always sends 5. Teams will be looking at us like we're crazy for playing a man short! Haha! Should be interesting! Sent from my SCH-R970 using proboards We do that most of the time
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Post by coachbdud on Mar 21, 2016 23:27:02 GMT -6
I actually don't mind it that much... Kills my camp which was a huge pride of mine And our best fundraiser
But for practice it's whatever, I'll move on and be ok
I actually HATE wearing helmets in 7on7 and prefer not to wear them at tourneys
Kids play reckless in helmets and I think more injuries occur in them but that's just my personal feelings I have no data to back it up
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Post by coachbdud on Mar 21, 2016 11:58:33 GMT -6
I don't get this at all. What are you worried about? I got a text about a week ago from a number I didn't know. Claimed to be a 22 year old girl who had a thing for me when she was in school and I was subbing there. Said she got my number from a current football player and was trying to escalate things pretty quickly. I shut that down just as quick, but it is a very good example of why having my number out there does worry me some times. poor you
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Post by coachbdud on Mar 19, 2016 9:44:09 GMT -6
I have a presentation I use when teaching power
I have a few clips of our power scheme but the majority of the slides and video are of my drills
We all get be basic idea of power, there's no special nugget of info here... Yeah you block down, yeah someone kicks out, yeah someone wraps... Ok cool I don't think you need to see a ton of clips of that
However teaching/showing them exactly how you teach it... All those little details... That's something that will make them go wow this guy was amazing, I really can install this now
To me it's kinda like that old saying, something like give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for life
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Post by coachbdud on Mar 17, 2016 8:51:13 GMT -6
seriously though does anyone see a fault with this ?
cuz i think i am about to buy 3 of these for $300 and call it a day
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Post by coachbdud on Mar 15, 2016 22:38:26 GMT -6
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Post by coachbdud on Mar 13, 2016 21:10:24 GMT -6
ah. Everyones saying speedflex. Can't afford that stuff. I guess the revolution is referring to the revospeeds because the original revos aren't cleared at all. Sorry for any confusion. most of our varsity is revo speed we bought 4 speedflex last year for our guys who we felt needed the most protection those kids loved them i think we will continue to wear regular speed for 95% and let the top few guys wear a speedflex... they are too expensive for us to buy 40 or so of them
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Post by coachbdud on Mar 13, 2016 19:03:25 GMT -6
I am looking to see if anyone has ever set up a permanent online store for football apparel? I do not mean spirit pack or team stores that stay open and take orders for a 2-3 week "open" period, then go away once the deadline is up.
I want to try to set up something that can be up year round for people who want to be football apparel and if we can make a litle money off the top then perfect.
any help is appreciated
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Post by coachbdud on Mar 13, 2016 11:07:00 GMT -6
The speed flex has been the best thing we've ever used
Now I've never used a Xenith so it's unfair to compare, but of the various Riddell, Rawlings, and Schutt helmets we've used The speed flex has been the best
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Post by coachbdud on Mar 12, 2016 13:45:15 GMT -6
Hey Coaches just wanted to get a feel for how many of you are in a school district that gives PE credits for athletics vs. making them take a P.E. class. In CO it is by school district but with block scheduling (1-4 & then 5-8 every other day) most opt for having P.E class as credit. If you have any preference and what these kids do during off-season would be great as well. Thanks, Darren Grob varies GREATLY throughout CA by district some you can waive it some you cant in our district you CANT waive it, and actually ours is unique in that we are one of few who hold the kids to the state standards for PE most places that make you take PE it is a 1 year requirement, or any sort of PE (weight training, team sports, whatever) count here freshman are required to take PE1 sophomores take PE2 if you do not pass both semesters of each you have to take it again if you do not pass 5 out of 6 fitness tests you HAVE to retake the class as a junior dont pass the tests as a junior? you take it again as a senior in a way it is good because i can always have my job in the district... but ALL of our teaching sections go to PE 1 and PE2 classes the "elective" PEs have almost gone extinct used to be weight training offered every period, then 3/7, then 2/7, now just 1 period a day no football ifting no football skills no basketball skills no more bowling no more fun basically where as 3 miles away in a different city and district, our biggest rival gets their football kids in football ifting from january of their freshman year, through december of their senior year they take 1 semester (1st semester freshman year) of "regular" PE for all of HS
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Post by coachbdud on Mar 12, 2016 13:11:11 GMT -6
I guess maybe it's fairly more common than I thought. It didn't occur to me that maybe some districts, conferences, and states would require maxpreps since it's set-up to keep track of information. you have to do so to be in the playoffs here well you have to have accurate score info in... some teams fall behind on the stats in our league (6 teams) 3 of us always have our stats up to date by the end of the weekend (i am one of the 3) the other 3 eventually get them in
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Post by coachbdud on Mar 11, 2016 16:34:09 GMT -6
Our section makes us put things Into maxpreps
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Post by coachbdud on Mar 10, 2016 22:33:47 GMT -6
My personal view is that if its not illegal, it shouldn't matter
But I'm not the one who gets to judge everyone and decide who does and doesn't get to coach/teach
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Post by coachbdud on Mar 8, 2016 10:32:44 GMT -6
i dont think another team needs your permission to offer someone on your staff a job
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Post by coachbdud on Mar 2, 2016 22:10:04 GMT -6
We will be trying something new this year (starting tomorrow) no more thursday walk thru practice i've heard some coaches talk about it, suggested it at last staff meeting and everyone seemed in favor of trying it rather than the helmets only, or shells only walk thru practice on thursday (day before game) where it is low intensity, trying to "keep everyone healthy" blah blah blah we will be having a lighter day on wednesdays and a regular full gear practice on thursdays the idea behind it i got from Noel Mazzone at a clinic this year, and have since read that Chip Kelly has been doing it for years Mazzone said they go lighter 2 days out from a game, and have a legit practice the day before... he said they felt going 48 hours between playing intensely (between last full practice and game time) had negative effects and actually hurt athletic performance they found a more intense practice the day before kept them playing at a higher level I read somewhere chip kelly used Olympic track runners as the example, rather than rest, they run hard the day before their race, and it better prepares them for their event now we aren't gonna do oklahoma and go crazy running team for a long time, but i think being in full gear makes us more focused we will do a lot of individual work and a brief team period with a quick whistle just curious if anyone else has switched to this format... more or less flip flopping your thursday and wednesday schedules to avoid the peaks and valley's in player intensity How did this work for you guys? ehh the effects werent amazing. we ended up switching back to more of a walk through game situation thing last season
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Post by coachbdud on Mar 1, 2016 8:47:37 GMT -6
That's so sad. I didn't interact with him personally that i can remember, but I've seen his OL manuals and PPTs floating around the Internet for years
Love the guys who try to share and give to others
Sounds like a great guy from everything posted about him
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Post by coachbdud on Feb 29, 2016 18:22:36 GMT -6
Coaches, My Riddell rep told me that they have discontinued the 360's. We usually would get a blend of Speed and 360 each year. What is your opinion on the Flex? Like it, kids like it? Thanks guys! FTTF We bought a few for our best kids who get the most contact They loved them Kids are already fighting over them next year
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