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Post by coachbdud on Feb 8, 2017 23:59:13 GMT -6
I am not a fan of the D1bound clothing line/social media account simply because it is all BS 1. the kids who buy it usually suck 2. the good players who really go D1 actually get it for free 3. D1 bound is not an attitude or anything you can work hard enough to achieve... it is hitting the genetic jackpot and then just not screwing it up after that ... no kid can work himself into being a D1 player... need a certain height/speed level to get to that 4. makes kids look down on FCS, D2, D3, Juco football... we have kids who wouldnt start on an average JC team next year that think they are D1 bound D1bound literally promotes the idea that to be #D1Bound is an attitude and does not require one to be D1 Bound in any literal sense. What I call "false shepherds"
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Post by coachbdud on Feb 8, 2017 20:53:56 GMT -6
a million years ago now at my old school on consecutive plays we scored a 60 yard TD on QB sneak and a 90 yard TD on a QB sneak One of the most aggravating games of my career as a DC was vs a team whose sole mission was to keep our very explosive offense off the field. Their solution? Double tight wishbone and give the QB the green light to sneak it any time he thought he could get more than 4 yards. So. F***ING. FRUSTRATING. Oh, you put DL in both A gaps? Cool, we'll send 2 backs through the open B gap right at your undersized ILB. You blitzed your backers through B gaps? We'll run off-tackle and wash them down. You shifted your front to deal with unbalanced, double tight wishbone? QB Sneak. Nevermind that their offense for the entire season was nothing but 21 personnel split back and they just decided to be full house bone for funsies. I'm still salty and frustrated and that was 7 years ago. I still remember the game i referenced above. It was the upset of the year in our league and section. We were in last place in league at the time and they were in 1st. They threw it a lot and were scoring 40 a game (this was before everyone was spread and tempo) one of our assistants had been their DC the previous year, the HC made him run the HC's defense so he knew all of their "rules" like the back of his hand. If we came out in 1 back, they automatically ran a defense with both DTs in 3 techs their only change up was to put the DTs in both A gaps. First drive we run QB sneak, knowing we will get 3 techs... Center to Mike, QB was a fast athlete and he just sprinted 60 yards straight ahead and no one ever got near him. Next drive we take over on our own 10, say screw it, lets do it again... they went to their double 1 techs. Middle was stuffed, they all sucked in, QB backed up and ran around the edge and was gone for 90 down the sideline
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Post by coachbdud on Feb 8, 2017 13:47:06 GMT -6
a million years ago now at my old school
on consecutive plays
we scored a 60 yard TD on QB sneak and a 90 yard TD on a QB sneak
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Post by coachbdud on Feb 6, 2017 13:34:49 GMT -6
My "worst" right now after one clinic is watching two "RPO" presenters talk on package plays which the QB reads numbers pre-snap (i.e. IZ/Bubble). Dude, THAT'S NOT AN RPO! I still think most would consider that an RPO we break ours down into Pre Snap and Post Snap RPOs Those are just Pre Snap things
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Post by coachbdud on Feb 5, 2017 10:16:43 GMT -6
Dub Maddox - the GOAT
No Speaker has ever made me feel so bad that everything i have been doing is wrong and there is a better, simpler way to do it
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Post by coachbdud on Feb 4, 2017 23:00:52 GMT -6
UPDATE
Spoke today Went Well
I brought 12 copies with me
sold out 3 other guys were interested so they purchased and typed their emails up into my iPad. i just emailed it to them once i got up to my room
overall productive day
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Post by coachbdud on Feb 4, 2017 13:00:11 GMT -6
The R4 system stuff is excellent. I became a better OC just listening to coach Maddox for 3 sessions.
I am investing in this system for my staff. Decent price and he provided a glazier discount code for 20% off if purchased by feb 10
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Post by coachbdud on Feb 3, 2017 13:31:51 GMT -6
What happens if they can't sell enough ads? Do you have to give done money back? havent had that happen but i dont think that ever happens to them they get a TON of ads and they get little schedules printed out on cards with real estate agents ads on the back the contract you sign locks you in to getting that 2500 so i think you get that even if they struggle to get people to buy the ads
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Post by coachbdud on Feb 3, 2017 11:13:51 GMT -6
Gameday media solutions we get 2500 a year and all i have to do is send them a few emails they get the sponsors (they keep the profit over 2500) but i dont have to do anything but give them away for free. I like it because it is EASY. Photo guy comes out and does head shots he sends them to the company i give them rosters with the numbers to match up submit a new Letter from the HC send in any new coach headshots and thats it $2500 check in the mail in November Easy Yes you can earn more if you get the sponsors yourself, i just dont have the time and energy to do all that, build them, have them printed, etc. Wow that does sound simple. So they find all of the advertisements and everything? Thanks for the info coach, really appreciate it yes they do all the leg work i just needed to set up a pic day for headshots for Varsity and JV give them my schedule and basic info and they do everything else not maximum profit possible, but minimal effort for 2500 and the product comes out way nicer than i could do myself
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Post by coachbdud on Feb 3, 2017 10:11:06 GMT -6
I will be there tonight and all day tomorrow
I am taking notes on my Ipad so i can share them digitally next week
Hopefully a few other guys share because there are a few speakers I want to see that I just wont be able to
Coach Hubbard speaks at same time as Dub tomorrow I am missing everything this afternoon I am missing middle of say tomorrow
I'll share everything i do take notes on though
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Post by coachbdud on Feb 2, 2017 16:55:25 GMT -6
Gameday media solutions
we get 2500 a year and all i have to do is send them a few emails
they get the sponsors (they keep the profit over 2500) but i dont have to do anything but give them away for free.
I like it because it is EASY.
Photo guy comes out and does head shots he sends them to the company i give them rosters with the numbers to match up submit a new Letter from the HC send in any new coach headshots and thats it
$2500 check in the mail in November
Easy
Yes you can earn more if you get the sponsors yourself, i just dont have the time and energy to do all that, build them, have them printed, etc.
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Post by coachbdud on Feb 2, 2017 16:51:32 GMT -6
Tomorrow. I absolutely despise what Signing Day has become, as well as the changes in recruiting that it represents. I can't stand the D1Bound mentality. I have had a few kids the last couple years pass on a D2, D3, NAIA opportunities because it wasn't D1. They go to a Juco and either end their career there or end up somewhere besides a D1 anyway... I am not a fan of the D1bound clothing line/social media account simply because it is all BS 1. the kids who buy it usually suck 2. the good players who really go D1 actually get it for free 3. D1 bound is not an attitude or anything you can work hard enough to achieve... it is hitting the genetic jackpot and then just not screwing it up after that ... no kid can work himself into being a D1 player... need a certain height/speed level to get to that 4. makes kids look down on FCS, D2, D3, Juco football... we have kids who wouldnt start on an average JC team next year that think they are D1 bound
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Post by coachbdud on Feb 2, 2017 11:53:26 GMT -6
i think the funniest clinic talk i saw was by Dana Stubblefield
it wasnt that he had bad info or anything, he went through some drills and technique stuff
but the last 30 minutes or so was us watching essentially HIS highlight tape not HS or college kids he coached but his NFL Film of him just beating the Crap out of people lol
"watch what i do to this guy"
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Post by coachbdud on Feb 2, 2017 9:58:22 GMT -6
i am leaning right now toward 10 bucks for all 3 on 1 disc for this first try
sell a couple and get a few free chipotle bowls
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Post by coachbdud on Feb 1, 2017 23:15:35 GMT -6
Most the ones I've been to, they are giving out DVDs for 5 bucks. Maybe it's gone up since it's been a couple years since I've been to a Glazier. Been going to AFCA for the past 3 years so I don't know for sure. This 1st time around you could just find out how many guys you would need to send it to and do it for free, then next time you speak you would have an idea of how many to make. If you are putting all 3 on a disk with cutups, that would be about $15. I've also seen a speaker or two reward guys for actively participating in the topic by answering questions or being the volunteer for a quick demo and tossing DVDs around for that as well. all great ideas, thank you
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Post by coachbdud on Feb 1, 2017 22:18:02 GMT -6
I am speaking at the local Glazier Clinic this weekend and i just had a thought.
Typically at these things guys are selling their own stuff (Books, DVDs, playbooks sometimes) but usually they also sell CD copies of their presentations
I am some no name Slappy so I am not expecting a huge crowd, but do you think it would be smart to make some copies of my presentations on CDs and have them on hand ?
I just dont wanna get hit up at the end by guys asking to send it to them just because i dont want to email it to a bunch of guys.
I was thinking put all 3 presentations on 1 disc sell it for 10-20 bucks
Should i do this? If so all 3 on 1 or do them individually? how much?
I dont even know that I wont get BOO'd out of the room lol
I appreciate any help/feedback
Thanks
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Post by coachbdud on Feb 1, 2017 20:17:11 GMT -6
clinics * coaches that insist on public speaking with an entire pack of dip in their mouths * coaches that punctuate every sentence with a call for acknowledgement "aight", "mmmmkay", etc Our AD's go to phrase is "and so on and so forth" ends like half his sentences with that... when he is trailing on and doesnt know how to finish the sentence he says this few years ago, pre season sports meeting. All HCs meet with him... he goes through his whole agenda and talks for 30 minutes Our HC tallied the results and he said "and so on and so forth" 36 times!
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Post by coachbdud on Feb 1, 2017 19:02:05 GMT -6
I would say the biggest thing would be in regard to OL play and pad level/technique
I feel the way most NFL/NCAA OL play is with very high pad level Very vertical spines (especially zone teams)
We always have 1-2 OL starters around 185-190 lbs that does not work for them
so some of the things I teach are technically "wrong" and i know that -yes we are off balanced -yes we fall on our faces some times but the little engine that could type of OL has to be super low to block someone bigger/stronger than them
i think we would get killed if we stood up and tried to bench press guys
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Post by coachbdud on Jan 31, 2017 23:12:10 GMT -6
Found a prep course that is hosted at the other HS in our district
It is run through a company but as a service for the district
there is a fee but it is way less than taking them a private company
I have even had luck getting PTSA to sponsor a few kids and pay their fee
helped our kids who went to it (it was like 5 consecutive saturdays in a row, leading up to the actual test)
My other advice is have your kids take the SAT once, and the ACT once
see which one they do better in (different scales of course so i look where they line up on the sliding scale and which one is comparatively higher) and then focus on THAT TEST
go with their strength #2 did better at SAT so we focused his prep on SAT ... worked well our corner did better on the ACT... we are focusing on that right now
and then have them take their best test over and over, as many times as they can, especially if they get free/reduced lunch and can get the fee waiver, 2 free times a year and then ill kick in and pay for one for a kid i like if necessary
every player i have worked with has scored higher every time they have taken it
you want them to do better each time but not too much better a score jump over 200 often results in NCAA red flagging the test score and they look into their test, they see it as a little too much of an improvement
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Post by coachbdud on Jan 31, 2017 10:06:07 GMT -6
the biggest thing that bugs me is kids dont care about HS football anymore
the game of HS football is ruined here (and probably even worse in Socal)
1. kids arent going where they grew up, they lie and fake address and try to make little super teams 2. kids are more focused on all the outside crap like 7on7 teams and other BS rather than getting better with their teammates
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Post by coachbdud on Jan 31, 2017 0:26:14 GMT -6
I wanted our kids (10 kid Leadership Council) to come up with them (or feel like they did)
if they come from them then it improves the buy in
i did a little suggestive psychology to steer them in the direction i wanted
they gave me their top 5 on ballots and i added them up to get the winners
ended up getting the 5 that i had already mapped out after reading Coach jackson's book
Monday - Energy Tuesday - Competition Wednesday - Toughness Thursday - Family Friday - Finish
I have them printed up on paper hanging up in my classroom (where most of the team spends lunch) and in 2 spots in the weight room
This is just a rough thing for now, going to have them printed up nice on bigger poster style paper so they can really look nice and POP off the wall
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Post by coachbdud on Jan 30, 2017 0:04:28 GMT -6
heard someone tell our short DT (who doesn't understand 5'9" DL dont get offers) that the secret to getting taller is to grab onto a pull up bar and just hang
it stretched you out so you can get taller, told the kid it worked for him
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Post by coachbdud on Jan 29, 2017 11:44:32 GMT -6
Anybody planning on going? I heard the Antioch OC is going to tell us about his offense. "1,000,000 and 1 ways to get the ball to the #1 back in the nation." 😉 haha yeah yeah yeah, i figure most coaches will either say A. i aint going to listen to that guy, he had the best Rb or B. I am gonna go and heckle that guy cuz he had the best Rb I didnt put any superhuman clips in the presentation, actually a good amount of our OTHER backs in the clips to highlight blocking there are even some clips with a WHITE Rb in that said I am very excited the line up looks significantly better than the last couple years what kills me is i really wanna see dub maddox AND faster than the fly but they are speaking at the same time, so i have a difficult decision ahead of me. I am just happy that the line up has improved where we have difficult choices of who to hear vs last year when it was like "ehhh i guessss ill go see this guy"
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Post by coachbdud on Jan 26, 2017 12:40:26 GMT -6
We have a combination of Speeds and Speed Flex
best helmets we have ever had
the Flex SUCKS for repairs, it is so unique that it has different parts and tools
Hard to fix we had some issues with the chin straps snapping, or these weird screw things popping off
that said, best helmet we have ever had regarding comfort, fit and concussions
if you have "an equipment guy" who can fix stuff in games then they are great
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Post by coachbdud on Jan 23, 2017 14:04:53 GMT -6
I am talking about the Team Parents, Announcer, Stats Guy, Clock Operator, Chain Gang.... Anything cool and special I can steal??? Our banquet is tomorrow night and I am looking for new and fresh ideas... Our announcer got a commemorative coin made for him from the school because he has done it for like 15 years or something ... maybe more Chain gang guys usually beg for a shirt and a hat and we give it to them, nice guys The best team mom gifts we have done was to get our team photo printed up on a blanket they loved them
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Post by coachbdud on Jan 20, 2017 16:57:29 GMT -6
we do a points system we dont let them do spring ball without enough points
we cant legally stop a kid from playing football, but official try outs cant be til August
so we just remove their chance to do the voluntary stuff that the kids actually like
Spring Ball is everyone's favorite thing ever here for some reason... my guess is because it is the closest to Recess ( no gear, but actually doing field stuff with a ball)
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Post by coachbdud on Jan 20, 2017 9:59:00 GMT -6
other guys have touched on the points i will make below
I share a lot on here, on my site, and on twitter
1. i didnt invent any of it... our offense is a collection of crap i stole from other people and i just packaged it together. I love everything offense, so i was just a little selective and i tried piecing together all the different things i found and liked and thought had a chance to work off of each other. I could give you a works cited of which ideas i got from which coach/team
I share because it helps ME further understand what, why, and how we are doing what we do. Teaching is the highest level of learning... being able to explain it helps me further refine what i am doing. Also, creating presentations to share with coaches has given me the best install tools ive ever used. The power/counter presentation i shared in the webinar Wed night is what i will share with my guys in spring ball to teach them (both players and any new staff members).
2. There is slight concern... but im not losing sleep over it. I dont do a ton of my own game stuff on my site anymore, more college film of concepts than anything now. Even if they have my stuff though, it isnt a secret we run power/counter to death. There's nothing you would get off of the stuff i share that you wouldnt be able to get from watching 1-2 game tapes.
3. I dont think there is a set point where you know people will want to see what you have to share. I started when people started sending me messages on here and twitter asking questions about some stuff i do. Started as doing some things to help individuals and then i figured, i can mass share it and help more people. I look at it like a pay it forward type of deal. I learned from someone, I will continue to share it out there so others can learn. An old coach i used to work with once said to me "knowledge not shared is wasted" that always stuck with me
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Post by coachbdud on Jan 19, 2017 16:49:25 GMT -6
these used to be awesome had the time of my life when i was a chunky little sophomore in HS and we went to a camp for a week good times CA law has taken these opportunities away from everyone in the state We still run a Lake Tahoe Football Camp in South Tahoe. We run three sessions and we had 21 total teams at camp last year. Since we can't have contact anymore, which means no helmets, shoulder pads or leg pads, we do a host of other activities. - Speed & Strength Competition - 7-on-7 Tournament - Linemen Trench Wars Tournament - Beach Competitions We also run controlled 11-on-11 sessions with no pads. Teams will hold shields for one another or some choose to do it without shields. The injury rate has decreased dramatically, but coaches are still happy (myself included) with the amount of work our team gets in. And as far as bonding goes, it is hard to beat the beautiful setting at Lake Tahoe. You can visit www.laketahoefootballcamp.com for more details! yeah i always get that invite i am friends with their AD just isnt as worth it as it used to be we did a year of "control camp" here and didnt do anything full contact but it sucked and we decided to just forget it
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Post by coachbdud on Jan 19, 2017 15:23:15 GMT -6
these used to be awesome
had the time of my life when i was a chunky little sophomore in HS and we went to a camp for a week
good times
CA law has taken these opportunities away from everyone in the state
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Post by coachbdud on Jan 17, 2017 16:51:35 GMT -6
yes this team was the biggest group of cry babies i have ever seen
if we got down by a TD we would have 3-4 kids crying
i swear one of our LBs was crying on the field while playing multiple times emotional wreck
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