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Post by coachbdud on Jun 22, 2014 10:57:33 GMT -6
We don't hit much The biggest worry I have is it wouldn't allow us to do team camps in the summer This hurts us in two areas 1. I run my own multi team camp that has been out biggest fundraiser each of the last two years. We don't have enough money for equipment for all 3 levels without the money this camp brings in... So it worries me losing the camp 2. Camp is a great litmus test for us every year... It's our best chance to see what we really have before the season starts...what we can execute well and what needs more work... It's a major thing our kids and staff look forward to all year long Im Do you guys have spring ball? Yes But can't do anything with pads We can do drills all day Long but at the end of the day it's a physical game and I feel you need reps in pads to see where the kids really are
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Post by coachbdud on Jun 21, 2014 23:40:31 GMT -6
You can still host that camp.. youre just gonna have to try and get reliable programs committed early I don't think so... It states NO full contact practice in the off season It also states any team camp shall be considered the same as a practice It mentions "pre season" as 30 days prior to the start of the regular season, which puts us around last week of July/first week of August That's later than usual but I guess theoretically I could do a 2 day camp, with 90 minutes per day of actual contact scrimmaging I think it said in preseason and season you're allowed 90 minutes of full contact per day, and 2 practices per week
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Post by coachbdud on Jun 21, 2014 22:15:45 GMT -6
4-6:30
Monday-Thursday
We've had 3 Saturday passing tournaments (The last of which is today)
We've done more than this We've done less I like our Current schedule and feel it's best for us... Putting in good work but not overdoing it and burning them out
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Post by coachbdud on Jun 21, 2014 21:27:26 GMT -6
But the ability to do reps in pads and work on proper technique IMO makes it safer for the kids in the fall I would bet many if not most states do not do reps in pads in the offseason... We don't hit much The biggest worry I have is it wouldn't allow us to do team camps in the summer This hurts us in two areas 1. I run my own multi team camp that has been out biggest fundraiser each of the last two years. We don't have enough money for equipment for all 3 levels without the money this camp brings in... So it worries me losing the camp 2. Camp is a great litmus test for us every year... It's our best chance to see what we really have before the season starts...what we can execute well and what needs more work... It's a major thing our kids and staff look forward to all year long Im
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Post by coachbdud on Jun 21, 2014 17:21:16 GMT -6
It's a terrible rule
95% of us aren't banging our kids up too much But the ability to do reps in pads and work on proper technique IMO makes it safer for the kids in the fall
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Post by coachbdud on Jun 19, 2014 12:55:18 GMT -6
It sounds like this is a California thread. In Missouri we are allowed two 5 day school camps, 25 contact days, which means weights, 7 on 7s and camps, kids can go to as many college camps they want as individuals, we have a state mandate 10 day dead week, everyone has to take it but it is up to the school when they take it, we take ours 10 days before the season, season starts august 4, our jr high starts on aug 19, first day of school, jamboree august 15 first game august 22 CA is very different it is divided into sections each section has their own rules and their can be huge differences from section to section
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Post by coachbdud on Jun 18, 2014 10:43:49 GMT -6
We had a player 2 years ago and have one now
It's the no water that concerns me
We tell them to eat and drink as much as they can right before sun up
They are expected to be at practice and watch but don't have to participate in drills or conditioning
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Post by coachbdud on Jun 15, 2014 18:09:33 GMT -6
I'm currently the assistant HC and have been for my time here
I guess the best way to describe it is "the right hand man"
I'm on campus HC is off
I am the one who plans things, puts permits in, checks grades, organizes, any paperwork, inventory, fundraising S&C, making schedule All the little stuff that goes in to running a program that takes place off the field
If the HC has to leave early or can't make something, I step in
Really as someone stated above I just try to be the best assistant possible
Having the title can't hurt my resume in the future and it allows me to sign off on things here at school during the day so the HC doesn't have to leave work to come to the school to sign something
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Post by coachbdud on Jun 12, 2014 14:10:24 GMT -6
I don't think a kid should be pulled up unless he starts on O or D
However I understand what you said about wanting to develop him and have him coached up
I understand the frustration with lack of coaching at lower levels
I'd say keep him up with you all summer long... He will develop more there and won't get the bad habits studs can develop on JV when they beat everyone on natural ability
The week of your first game, if he still looks like just a role player Send him to the JVs If he has done enough to earn a starting spot at RB or LB then keep him up
Should be the same O and D so It should be no problem for him to slide back with the JV team
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Post by coachbdud on Jun 6, 2014 11:38:18 GMT -6
Between 2.5-3 hours Monday-Thursday
We have 3 passing tourneys on Saturdays
We have 3 Thursday nights we 7on7 against other schools in a passing "league"
We host a 3 day team camp with other schools in July
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Post by coachbdud on Jun 3, 2014 11:27:39 GMT -6
Numbers with kids who do what they are supposed to and want to be there is the best - good programs have this
low numbers isn't great but at least you've got the dedicated few
having numbers just for the sake of numbers sucks... I've coached teams who kept kids on just for numbers, they are useless, just want to wear a jersey on friday nights or to get girls
our JV coach thinks numbers are great, wants to let every kid in the world come play JV football, any time... too loose and we butt heads on the issue at times because now we have kids coming up in a year who think they can show up whenever they want
I feel you need to start off as strict as possible, trim the numbers down and build from there
id rather have 25 quality kids
then 25 quality kids +15 losers
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Post by coachbdud on Jun 2, 2014 18:39:39 GMT -6
Actually thought I would contribute lol. I do like #blueblooded although we have to be careful with stuff like that in the area we work. Acta non verba: Action, not words. Live for honor, die for glory. Blue and Blood together is kind of an oxy moron... but you're including both major gang colors, so everyone can feel welcome
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Post by coachbdud on May 31, 2014 16:16:02 GMT -6
A mentor once told me knowledge not shared is knowledge wasted
I've probably stolen just about everything I know or do... Maybe 5% came as an original idea
But I (and I think most of us do this) "pay it forward" and continue sharing that knowledge with others
I'm not stealing and hoarding it away like I'm keeping a big secret
I like spreading knowledge
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Post by coachbdud on May 26, 2014 23:01:59 GMT -6
Something simple
I think less is more on t shirts
Knights pride Or
Once a knight always a knight
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Post by coachbdud on May 26, 2014 14:51:17 GMT -6
Through spring ball very little, actually the least amount I ever have in 9 years of coaching
As camp approaches team time will go up a little but that's more for to in purposes than anything else
Then we will refocus on Indy and small groups
In season we will spend a little more time in team I just think team is overrated
You don't improve in team, you improve in Indy and small groups... In education terms Indy time is your lesson planning homework and studying... Team time is like a midterm review and finally the game is the final exam
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Post by coachbdud on May 25, 2014 15:38:53 GMT -6
not the HC, but I have been the assistant HC and main on campus guy... so i handle most of the day to day operations stuff
season ends in mid-late november ish (depending on playoffs)
gear collection is the most important thing once the season ends... collecting all the gear, inventory of it all, writing bills for kids who fail to turn in or lose equipment... this all has to happen prior to when you go on christmas break or you'll never get it back... ideally you get all of this knocked down within 2 weeks of the season ending though.
I have found the best way to do this is to collect equipment the night of your last game... it sucks, you likely just lost, kids are crying, its all over blah blah blah... but you have the entire team all there at the school
shortly after season you'll likely have end of season awards/banquet... ours is in january every year. Our all league meeting is the week after our last regular season game...
-Reconditioning usually gets sent away in January or february and is returned in april or may... im sure this varies but you gotta get it done
-Scheduling - i try to have all of our non league games scheduled for the next season by christmas... I don't always get it done but I try... the longer you wait the harder it is to fill games with teams you want to play. Shortly after finishing the game schedule I will find our pre season scrimmage (the week before our first game)
Through winter and the first part of spring it is just running our off season lifting, emailing recruiters, and meeting the ones who come visit face to face
Spring Ball for us is mid to late may, we get 10 days we usually begin meeting as a staff in late march or early april... review playbooks, meet any new coaches... go over any new/changed responsibilities if any. Any changes we want to make generally get discussed in these pre spring ball meetings
in the spring we line up any 7on7 tourneys or passing leagues we want to participate in, and make a summer calendar
We plan a camp ( i run my own every year in July) so that is always getting worked on but next years rule changes will probably stop it
Fundraising is a major thing, we dont have a booster club anything we do is on our own We have several fundraising efforts throughout the year ... for us it looks like this Early december crab feed - pretty easy for us, we have a local business owner who runs it for us, it is a tradition so it sells out every year, a consistent money maker that we really just have to work and get/sell raffle prizes and tickets for (profit 6-10k depending on the year)
may we sell BBQ sandwiches at an art festival we have here at school every year (profit around 1k)
we do a liftathon every year at the conclusion of spring ball (somewhere between 5-7k a year)
we do 3 car washes in the summer ( this money goes towards player's transportation fees)
we usually do some sort of sale over the summer, gold cards or something like that - a couple thousand
fundraising is probably the hardest/biggest hassle of everything... especially because our community is pretty poor
we've talked in the past about doing a golf tourney, that might happen this year
other items - paperwork... we have to have permits for everything... practice fields, games, getting fields lined, using anything
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Post by coachbdud on May 13, 2014 20:37:29 GMT -6
much respect for your dedication and great outline for everyone. Just a footnote, though.....you're under 30 and have no kids For the demographic we're really talking about (HS coaches), it makes a BIG difference The key will be a nutrition plan/prep for most everyone because it usually means early mornings and late evenings, unless you have an athletic period and even then, running around the field for 2 hours may seem like 'exercise', but all I've found it does is just wear me down before my evening workout where it is the intensity counts (not duration). So, essentially, you kinda have to get a short weight session in when you wake up and then burn down at the end of practice with some cardio (45 min). Oh yeah I know not having kids is a major reason I can do it
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Post by coachbdud on May 13, 2014 13:48:03 GMT -6
I don't need to be show ready, just hoe ready Wow. Just wow. haha there's a popular YouTuber Chris Jones he has the funniest little sayings that kinda rhyme that one is one of my favs rows for the hoes curls for the girls cuts for the sluts wide back to get hoes in the sack bigger pecs get you more sex big trappezius makes hoes the sleeziest just a few gems, entertaining videos to watch on my lunch break haha
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Post by coachbdud on May 13, 2014 13:30:34 GMT -6
I've made a few blog posts about coaches nutrition and such
I'm really in to bodybuilding I'm a small human being with pretty poor genetics so I'm not trying to get on stage , and I won't be winning any power lifting contests anytime soon But my training routine is pretty much that of a bodybuilder
I'm REALLY Into fitness and my personal nutrition
I do a 6 day a week program I take Fridays off
Saturday is back/shoulders Sunday chest and arms Monday is legs
I repeat tues-thurs
So I'm hitting each body part 2x a week I change my emphasis slightly... One day I'll do more rows for back, the other more vertical pull variations
One chest day I'll focus on BB bench, the other on DB bench
One leg day I focus on back squat the other I focus on DL with some front squats thrown in
I do 5/3/1 protocol for my strength lifts then do a lot of high volume training after that
I count every calorie I consume in my fitness pal and measure everything
My biggest advice is to meal prep Sunday nights and cook all your food for the week and Tupperware it all out This way you avoid temptation and can control what you consume Also makes it easy to track macros and stay on track
I'm currently on a caloric deficit until I get a 6 pack... I don't need to be show ready, just hoe ready so I can look great shirtless
Beginning September 1 I'm going in to a slow controlled bulk Upping my current calories by 700 or so and adjusting from there as I notice weight gain
I can't stress enough the importance of meal prep
Also I do all of my lifting before school Hardest part of the day is done And it really helps wake me up A million reasons to not lift during the day Only reason before school is being lazy
Also I want to add, it's my belief that slow steady state cardio is useless
Very popular with people because it's what people always think of as "good for you" but all the research I read says it hurts muscle gain and you're better off with sprints or interval training for fat loss... More intense and you can burn more fat in less time
Next time you're in a gym look at the people on treadmills... Most are running dozens of miles per week, hours of time wasted and have terrible bodies
Look at people who lift, much better physiques... This is especially true with women... Hot girls in gyms lift weights, the girls on treadmills usually have cankles and flab all over
I lift weights If I want cardio I'll lift weights faster or run sprints
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Post by coachbdud on May 13, 2014 0:04:53 GMT -6
Not supposed to talk to kids about it
But is recommend Creatine A protein supplement
Creatine is the only legal supplement proven to increase size and strength in pretty much every study done on it
Protein because the average teens diet is too high in carb on fat and too low on protein
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Post by coachbdud on May 11, 2014 20:21:17 GMT -6
Does anyone know of a class you can take on NCAA eligibility for high school kids who want to play at the next level?
or can suggest some really good resources on it
We have a number of young players coming up (class of 2016 and 17) who are D-1 caliber players... I feel I do not know as much as I would like to help them qualify to play at the next level... I have some knowledge and am the main person who helps kids with recruiting but I am no expert
I know with our other sports the coaches have pretty much ZERO knowledge or recruiting or the kind of grades/SAT/ACT scores needed to qualify
I'm hoping I can take a class or classes to learn more... and be a resource for all of the athletes at our school and their parents... I'd essentially like to make up a volunteer position of (athletic recruiting coordinator) and try to help as many of our athletes as I can.
I appreciate any help/advice
Thanks, b Dud
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Post by coachbdud on Apr 24, 2014 18:21:28 GMT -6
We want to try it this year
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Post by coachbdud on Apr 9, 2014 18:12:54 GMT -6
No fines If you're ejected you have to miss the next game, same as the players
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Post by coachbdud on Apr 2, 2014 13:12:11 GMT -6
Normally, around here anyway, administrations always prefer on campus coaches over "outsiders". No need for selling it here. In CA it's a total 180, getting on campus coaches is HARD and most staffs are mostly off-campus/'walk-on' coaches, including HCs. I know coachbdud is the primary guy on campus with an off-campus HC, for example. Good points to consider, doesn't seem like there are many success stories to hear about... Yeah many schools either don't care/see the relationship between on campus coaches and stability Or don't have the teaching jobs open to bring an on campus guy in I got lucky A change in our PE and health master schedule made us need an extra PE teacher, then we had an older guy retire That's what opened up the spot for me to get and maintain my position Got pink slipped last spring but when the older guy retired I was hired back Luckily didn't get pinked this year so I know I'm good If our HC was on campus I might not have my job Our principal is a former coach and wanted at least someone on campus so that was a major part of me getting on here as well HC needed that on campus support
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Post by coachbdud on Mar 15, 2014 14:08:07 GMT -6
We are currently meeting every Wednesday night We've done this the last few weeks
We are at somewhat of a cross roads both offensively and defensively... So we are making some schematic adjustments to what we do These meetings have been to discuss and bounce ideas around Essentially refining our own offense and defense
We are pretty much done offensively ... Have our concepts dialed in how we want to teach and drill them, how we will protect our base concepts
Working on defense as a staff next few weeks And then the focus will shift to our spring ball and early summer (pre camp) schedule and focus
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Post by coachbdud on Mar 10, 2014 20:41:34 GMT -6
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Post by coachbdud on Mar 10, 2014 16:03:23 GMT -6
as was already said: cussing at others is disrespectful and gets shut down immediately. i also think that the points of "being in a job environment" and "representing the team" are good reasons to not swear at all. i think we all would agree that if we didnt need swearing and never used it, we wouldnt miss anything. i too drop a "damn" sometimes, even as a positive statement: "damn, what a catch". but i think, even if there is some tolerance for it, we would not promote it. so swearing, even if its not always a really really bad thing, its no good thing also. but i am not a fan of prohibiting something - and its not an effective way also. although it sometimes is necessary, i try to look for ways around it. i want to give another reason why swearing is bad for your players and at the same time a way of how to avoid it or change the culture. i found it very helpful with my receivers this year. blog.drstankovich.com/3-reasons-why-cue-words-increase-athletic-success/swearing at others: disrespectful, not tolerated and prohibited for good reasons swearing at oneself: is bad for your performance, not tolerated but not prohibited. instead try to reverse the culture into a positive one. this gets all foul language out and gets you more benefits than prohibitting it. thats all well and good, but whats swearing? are we talking about the F word? or GD? or A$$ or D@mn? what about Fudge? (a common replacement) or Gosh Darnit (again..a common replacement) why are those ok if the words that they are replacing arnt? i have a hard time with enforcing rules on specific words when replacements SHOULD be just as harmful (scientifically YOU know what you are saying, and so does everyone around you...so isnt it realistic to think that it has the exact same effect?). also, we worry about "bad words", but do we worry about a kid running off the field happily yelling "Coach i Murdered that guy!" or "Coach we raped those fools!". good points some of it is a little subjective i think based upon your view of the words for example, if a kid said GD... i wouldn't even notice it but i know to some people, that's like one of the worst things you can say
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Post by coachbdud on Mar 10, 2014 13:40:05 GMT -6
in class and on field: "normal" cuss = 5 pushups f bomb or worse = 10 Also, I tell them if I don't like it they push the earth ( I use the watch your language line on the damn, ass, etc. Also, for every naughty word they it grows exponentially... 2 sh!ts = 15.... 5, and then 10 3rd time equals 20 and so on Watching girls in health class do 5 pushups is priceless We all got in trouble for our language a few years ago. So the kids decided to police it themselves. Normal was 5, F word, GD was 10. They all agreed. One day the QB was frustrated during team and he goes off on a F bomb tirade. The MIKE LB just stood there counting them up. The QB hears him and says "F you Hayden, I ain't doin chit" Hayden replies "that's another 15, and we'll see." Well........the QB refused even after he calmed down. About 2 days later the QB coach (who was the QB's uncle) comes in the office and says "well, they got him" Apparently a group that still remains nameless...got him in the shower and they held him down and caked him in lotion. There were 8 empty lotion bottles in the trash can. So the HC rounds up the suspects (the QB wouldn't say who did it). Of course no one saw anything. Until he gets to the MIKE LB who was maybe the 3rd guy he brought in. HC says "do you know who did this?" MIKE says "yep" HC says "who?" MIKE says "You did." Puzzled the HC says "I didn't do it, how did I do it?" MIKE replied "because he's special, he doesn't do half the stuff anyone else does and you never say anything to him. Anyone else gets thrown out of class and we have to run or do updowns. He gets thrown out of english everyday and nothing ever happens to him. He comes late almost everyday, he never lifts in the summer, he never lifts on saturday, so when we all decided to do pushups for our language, he didn't think that applied to him. Yesterday he learned different." HC sat back for a second and said "you're right, I don't hold him to the same standard, that's my fault but you guys can't do things like that, you could get into pretty serious trouble for that." MIKE says "well we had to do something, some of the guys were going to his house and that wasn't going to work out well for anyone." MIKE leaves, HC looks at the rest of us and one of our guys says "well...at least he won't be ashy for a while" and we all busted out laughing. That QB was a complete jerk. The following year he got busted stealing out of vending machine during school, got caught leaving school and coming back high. We didn't experience those types of problems with him but not a single kid was surprised. So as some have said - who's the leader of the program and if you're going to have the rule, you have to police it and you have to enforce it and it best be universal. That was a great story
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Post by coachbdud on Mar 8, 2014 23:57:13 GMT -6
We use Riddell for reconditioning and ordering new helmets for our varsity
We have a local Rawlings rep we work with for our apparel, uniform needs, some basic equipment, and if we need cheaper helmets for the freshman team
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Post by coachbdud on Mar 8, 2014 20:27:49 GMT -6
So yeah, no means of getting to Reno so I didn't make it out. Bummed. Hopefully catch all you guys sometime soon. You didn't miss much Kind of disappointing weekend Mazzone had something come up so he bailed on his last two sessions He tried to sandwhich all of his topics together into the first 3 sessions But there was a lot from the titles of each session left out I felt That said he is awesome to listen to Funny His system is just so simple, genius really I thoroughly enjoy the way he attaches things to protect his concepts Now if only I was allowed to run snag still
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