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Post by funkfriss on Jun 24, 2016 12:12:46 GMT -6
While I believe leadership can be developed, leadership in a football program is largely dependent upon your best players being leaders. If your best guys and ancillary players are great kids and leaders that is wonderful, but to have a great program, your best players and seniors have to be leaders. This is what I believe more than anything. You as a coach can not pick the leaders of the team, the kids do that. And I'm not saying they pick who gets to call the coin flip, I'm saying that they naturally will follow and listen to certain kids. It's like the post someone had up here a few weeks ago when his son tried to hold a meeting, called out kids and got laughed at. His son may be the greatest kid in the world and may want to be a leader, but for some reason along the way, the other kids have decided not to respect him and don't want to follow him. Could be they are sh!theads and he tries to hard. Could be he's uppity and a douche about it. Who knows. I just know that you can't force a kid to be a leader and expect the team to follow. Most of the time they follow the best players, which is why it's been said that if your best players are your best workers then you have a chance.
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Post by funkfriss on Jun 23, 2016 13:06:35 GMT -6
I'm writing this not b/c I'm angry, more or less I actually kind of find it humorous and just believing that I cannot be the only coach here that this happens to. Here's what I'm talking about. We are in summer camp. Monday Tuesday we had very good practices. Looked sharp, buttoned up whatever you want to call it. Very few mistakes, kids were on top of things, etc. We take Wednesdays off to break up the week and then we reconvene on Thursdays & Fridays. Well, again had very good days M/T then we come back today & it's like the biggest $hit show in FB history. Granted we put some new stuff in so I expected some struggle with it but today was exceptionally bad. But it brings me to a bigger point, it seems like anytime we string together a couple of good days we almost always follow it up with a really bad one. For over 20 years now I have seen this happen. Just curious how many of you experience this same kind of trend? Thanks. Isn't this one of Murphy's laws?
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Post by funkfriss on Jun 23, 2016 12:06:31 GMT -6
Just a thought I have occasionally: Are morals part of leadership? I know plenty of guys with a strong moral compass, who are god-awful leaders. But, I don't know many who are morally lacking but are still great leaders. Are good leaders overwhelming people with high morals? Does that make leadership, at least in part? I'll take my answer off the air. I've pondered this myself and I think it depends on your definition of leadership. Most definitions of leadership involve getting people to do what you want them to do or taking a group to a goal or destination. By definition then guys like Joe Paterno, Bobby Knight, and Art Briles are considered GREAT leaders. I'm not here to judge these guys, I just know many wouldn't want them leading their sons right now. I understand your question, my point is it depends on your definition of leadership.
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Post by funkfriss on Jun 21, 2016 11:46:18 GMT -6
And the other (more ominous) question is...what do you ultimately do? Do you step down, saying that obviously you weren't selling the program to / reaching the kids and it's time for someone else to come in and try a different approach? That would sadden me...but if I'm not a good cultural fit, I'll move on. I don't want to be the reason kids aren't playing. Boy I hear you for sure loch but that would be one tough inner conversation. Another thing to consider is the kids themselves. While I agree with blb on his 2 reasons MOSY kids play I think a few play for other reasons. Some play for personal glory. Some play because they feel like they have to by parents, peers, coaches, or community. I think you'll find different levels of love for the game on every team. Now if you have almost an entire team full of it, I'm guessing it's because they've never won, it was never fun, and they don't care about each other. And that all starts way before you get them at the high school.
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Post by funkfriss on Jun 20, 2016 23:43:12 GMT -6
I am currently a bit discouraged with our numbers and several other things going on with our program. So today while I was at work, and should have been concentrating on my work, I was thinking of football. I have some ideas why are numbers are down, but it also made me think about sports at our school in general, specifically why would you play a sport here. What I mean by that is, if I had to name 3 things that we offered a kid exclusive to our program, that would make that kid just think "Man I gotta play football", what would they be? I truthfully struggled to come up with three. I know what we always say as coaches, but I am trying to think of what a kid/parent looking in from the outside see's or hears, and then makes their decision. So what do you "offer" to your kids. I am not talking about spirit gear or the typical trinket stuff, I am talking about the heart of your program....is it that your school has won 7 of the last 10 state championships, a true sense of family, top of the line recruiting program? What is it that pulls a kid into your program and turns them into a loyal football kid? What made you want to play football at your school? Me, I liked the idea that I could hit people and not get in trouble.
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Post by funkfriss on Jun 19, 2016 17:34:44 GMT -6
I like having clear rules where a coach doesnt have to be a judge. What if a kid misses because he has a personal trainer? in my opinion, it is the same thing. Why not be the judge? That's what the big bucks are for. Couldn't agree more. Assess the situation and how it relates to your core philosophy and values. Make the decision and stick to it. Some are going to agree with you and the rest can kiss your @$$
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Post by funkfriss on Jun 15, 2016 13:26:28 GMT -6
If your kids know and understand their rules then you should be fine. Two years ago I prepped for flexbone for our first game because that's what they ran the previous year. That team didn't play in a jamboree and then when we actually played them week 1 they're running Wing T. If you and you're kids are freaking out that you're playing something you haven't seen on film, then you probably didn't prepare them well enough in the first place, or you are not sound in what you do. Defense is about rules. If a kid plays his rules and technique correctly you should be fine (assuming you're not being majorly out athleted) Does it help to know what they're doing? Yes, but it's not the be all end all. I don't prepare for our week 1 opponent till that week, if they're that good then 2 weeks out. We see everything from Notre Dame Box to Quads through the summer. Each week in season shouldn't be a new learning experience. If we haven't ran against a generic type of any offense at some point in the summer, then I am failing my kids. Same thing has happened a few times in openers I've been a part of. After the first time I swore I would never prepare for a week 1 opponent again unless we had scrimmage film or other intel.
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Post by funkfriss on May 27, 2016 17:12:57 GMT -6
I need some new quotes hung in the locker room, weightroom, etc and instead of just typing in "Football Quotes" "Team Quotes" into Google I figured I would ask what your guys favorite quote or quotes are? Personally, this one always stuck out to me. Success is not forever and failure isn't fatal. -Don Shula "Muscles get you laid" Probably the only reason I get any kids in the weight room
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Post by funkfriss on May 27, 2016 17:05:15 GMT -6
I just don't see how some people are putting on weight during the season. Once summer camp starts we are out there coaching on the field upwards of 25 hrs a week; not to mention the hours breaking down film etc. Thats a lot of additional calories out. I always joke that a side benefit of coaching football is being able to eat whatever I want during the season w/o gaining weight. I'm with you! Now clinic season is a totally different story...
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Post by funkfriss on May 3, 2016 14:23:48 GMT -6
Best pens I've ever used were the ones we jacked from our Hilton room once.
Otherwise I have to join the Uni-ball crowd
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Post by funkfriss on Apr 22, 2016 10:16:38 GMT -6
Why? I mean I understand a complete turd who doesn't do anything, but why does a guy have to be "fiery" or demonstrate passion? Just b/c I want to put in an hour of film a night, why do all of my assistants have to our else they're not dedicated? Joe Gibbs was notorious for working so late he'd sleep in his office many nights. Does that make him a better coach than others? More passionate? This is something that I hear over and over again and I personally think it's a bunch of bull. I can't remember a single time in any sport I played thinking, Heck our HC would cut practice short b/c he had a date and we all knew it. It didn't effect our effort, we didn't play for our coaches. We played for each other. I think that gets overlooked by coaches who want to personally embellish their role as a coach. There are things that we must do to motivate individuals, but if our kids are collectively waiting to find motivation through the actions and speeches given by our coaches then we're in trouble. I could be wrong, but I think you are misinterpreting what people are talking about when the say passion. You can have passion, but not be fiery. I just interpret passion in this thread to mean you care, you work, and you are trying to get better, and make your players better. Not someone who is just going through the motions or just collecting a paycheck or just likes the title of coach. On your comment, "I can't remember a single time in any sport I played thinking Man, I'm really not going to give an all out effort because my coach isn't giving an all out effort." First, we are coaches. Most of us coaches were the players that coaches liked to coach! Probably cared more than our teammates, studied the game, gave effort, etc. i would imagine that 90% of coaches were this type of player. So yes, you ave great effort all the time. Unfortunately not all players are like this, especially in PRACTICE! Nope, the topic explicitly states " When they don't like football the way you like football." That means, I love the chit out of football and most days I think about football multiple times a day and when it's football season (or even not) I am spending hours upon hours on football.....SO WHY AREN'T YOU!!! Passion - a strong and barely controllable emotion
If that's not close to what you mean when you say passion, don't use the word passion. We have a couple coaches who I would say have a passion for football. We have the rest who have a liking for football and/or a liking for coaching. Not interested in film study, fundraising, weight room....the grind. That's cool, they get their job done in practice and game day. Would I like 8 guys with passion? You bet your @ss I would, but not everybody is a 100% guy. If you have a team full of them...wow...you are going places. You're going to have a handful of guys who will spend an extra 1/2 hour in the weight room, run routes in the offseason on their own, come into your room before school to watch film, etc, but your whole team won't. Should I be upset at the whole team for not going above and beyond? I don't think so. As long as they are showing up for weights/practice, busting it while they are there, and do their job I'm cool. To me it's the same with my coaching staff.
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Post by funkfriss on Apr 22, 2016 10:02:57 GMT -6
I admit I didn't read all the responses but... I think in order to be successful a HC needs AT LEAST one guy on staff who himself is a HC type guy. A guy who is just as passionate and who prioritizes the program as the HC himself does. Football is a lot. Delegating small things is one thing, having someone who can do some of the big things will save the HC a lot of time, stress, etc. I will also say I think this takes time to build as a HC. Hopefully as a HC if you move from school to school you're able to take some of "your guys" with you. If not, then I think that "guy" is a must find for any HC and I think it's pretty much at just about any cost. Every staff I've ever been on this has been the make up: HC - program is a top priority Top assistant - program is a top priority - these 2 rarely schedule anything that conflicts with football, they rarely miss, all meetings, all weights, etc. Mid-assistants 2-3 - program is important but some things are more important, like vacations. - these guys are good guys but they will miss for doctor's appointments, weddings, kid's birthdays, etc. Low-assistants 4-6 - football knowledgeable but not program dudes. Intermittent weight room attendance. Do not even consider football when scheduling life things. Maybe it's how I've come up in my career, being that the first HC i worked for, it was his first HC job, we are the same age, so we were learning together, plus he lived an hour from the school so I handled a lot of stuff but I've always been that HC style assistant. I don't care to have the limelight, I don't want to talk to the paper and all that. I was a HC for 2 years and I took a guy with me that was that kind of an assistant. On our current staff we have 3 guys who are HC type assistants and we handle all kinds of bigger things which really takes a lot off the HC's plate. Then everyone else is mid-assistants. We don't have any low-assistants (for lack of a better term, I was just trying to illustrate program commitment level). What's the Lou Holtz saying? "if you're not fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm" Bingo! Just like your football players or an office building there is a hierarchy of "giveachit". Just like in other walks of life "giveachit" is not guaranteed to get you more rewards (pay, promotion, wins, etc.). You can complain all you want about it, but that's life and you can either choose to drop your "giveachit" to others' levels, since you're not getting rewarded more anyways, or you can take pride in your work and do what you can to help the team.
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Post by funkfriss on Apr 21, 2016 11:28:01 GMT -6
Gotta find coaches with passion. Kids can sense when a coach doesn't really care. Why? I mean I understand a complete turd who doesn't do anything, but why does a guy have to be "fiery" or demonstrate passion? Just b/c I want to put in an hour of film a night, why do all of my assistants have to our else they're not dedicated? Joe Gibbs was notorious for working so late he'd sleep in his office many nights. Does that make him a better coach than others? More passionate? This is something that I hear over and over again and I personally think it's a bunch of bull. I can't remember a single time in any sport I played thinking, "Man, I'm really not going to give an all out effort because my coach isn't giving an all out effort." Heck our HC would cut practice short b/c he had a date and we all knew it. It didn't effect our effort, we didn't play for our coaches. We played for each other. I think that gets overlooked by coaches who want to personally embellish their role as a coach. There are things that we must do to motivate individuals, but if our kids are collectively waiting to find motivation through the actions and speeches given by our coaches then we're in trouble.
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Post by funkfriss on Apr 15, 2016 13:58:32 GMT -6
Coached with a guy once that had this philosophy if we were up big. You call off the dogs when they call off the dogs. Meaning when they start to sub in the 2s we did. Now if it was late in the game and they didn't sub we would but would still run our offense. Usually if the other team left the ones in they still were blitzing and trying to make something happen against our weaker guys. Coached with another guy that got fired up when we were getting crushed and we left our starters in the entire game and the other team subbed and still passed the ball... I could give two craps.... we should be able to stop it. I was waiting for somebody to bring this one up. I CAN'T STAND coaches who when winning big subscribe to the philosophy "I ain't calling off the dogs til the other team waives the white flag and subs first." Really?!? You know if your starters are better than their starters then your subs are going to be better than their subs right? It would be like being in a fight and saying "Put your knife down and I'll drop my gun, but then I'm gonna pull out my knife. Let's go!" I guess in that situation I would want my subs to get experience vs. another team's starters. Only going to make them better for the future.
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Post by funkfriss on Apr 6, 2016 12:20:40 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 Taking the availability of athletes out of the equation, the programs that I have seen to be more "straight laced" and "professional" and "less me-scentric" are the ones that tend to have continued success. In the opposite programs, you'll get a flash-in-the-pan w/ a group of superb athletes/kids, but don't tend to have the same success. Just been my experience, but maybe it's b/c I'm not in California. I'm sure your community's culture is going to drive a lot of these rules and rituals. I'm sure many of you would frown upon prayer before practice or games, but you're not from the Bible Belt either.
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Post by funkfriss on Apr 6, 2016 7:58:22 GMT -6
I find this thread very interesting. I am only 28, but I absolutely hate music at practice. We tried it 2 years ago, it didn't last a week. It was a HUGE distraction. We don't even have music in the weight room, we never have. I tell the guys all the time it is their job to be mentally prepared everyday for the task at hand. We as coaches bring energy to the weight room and practice and we have had very good results. My coaches know that we do not get any off days. We say, fake it till you make it. If you're not feeling it that day, you better fake it in a way that nobody can tell. We try to structure things where we rely solely on internal motivation, nothing external. Like someone mentioned earlier, when you get used to external motivators, you may struggle at times. I think music is a great way to "fake" energy. Besides, studies have shown that music can increase performance. I agree w/ Coach Helton to a point. I don't like music early in the season when more teaching is being done. I think this is when kids are starting to develop their communication and "buzz words," so we go without more during practice. Once we get to Week 1 I want to music up so they have to communicate over it. To me the music is exactly the same as crowd noise on Fridays. I don't hear it, but I know it's there because I'm yelling during team time. I think it prepares kids for this same exact feeling on Fridays. That said, nothing pisses me off more than when some kid is dancing during Install! So, we've gone to turning it off during Install and Indy.
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Post by funkfriss on Apr 1, 2016 13:24:20 GMT -6
We always looked for the kid on the other team w/ a neck roll and targeted his @$$ all game. We knew the neck roll kid was the biggest pu$$y on the field. Today "neck roll kid" has turned into "wristbands & fancy socks" kid.
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Post by funkfriss on Apr 1, 2016 7:02:17 GMT -6
Coaching is Teaching and that's my opinion. The most successful programs/companies have a Mission Statement and that's a fact and each person in those organizations understand the mission and that has nothing to do with a manual. Programs without clarity is just a lot of guys doing their own thing. I agree the actions of coaches is something that's very important. You are so right! Our school has a mission statement and we are voted to the Top 10 list in our state every year! What is our mission statement?.....I don't know. And neither do most of our teachers. And I'd be surprised if one of our students knows it. But we got one and it sure pays off!
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Post by funkfriss on Mar 31, 2016 12:01:21 GMT -6
Here is the entire speech given by Admiral William McRaven. Absolutely wonderful and inspiring.
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Post by funkfriss on Mar 21, 2016 13:32:36 GMT -6
Hey everyone... I've been asked to speak about our power run game at our state coaching convention next week and want to see what everyone thinks about what I'm planning on presenting. I hate going to clinics and seeing a guy get up there and just show one play for 45 minutes then show like 3 clips of that play the last 5 minutes before the session being over, so I am thinking of being VERY basic with the powerpoint version, then spending as much time using the video as possible. Does that sound like a decent idea that would be more helpful than most clinic sessions? We do block some of the plays differently than what some would call "traditional", like blocking back on the backside instead of scooping or "running the rails" to try and keep the backside open for cutbacks. Should I put some more slides in and discuss some of that in more detail or should I keep it and just answer the question while we are watching the clips and explain why our backside is blocking out on the backside? Here is the PPT as I have it now: dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/38263015/Football%20Stuff/2016%20UFCA%20Clinic%20PPT.pdfI plan on just pulling up my HUDL account with our full offensive breakdown for the season and clicking on each play-type and watching about a half dozen of each of the types. Feedback? Just let me know. Doesn't matter if you are an offensive guy or defensive guy, just looking for what would be the best for a majority of coaches to see. We did win our state title, so I assume some defensive guys may want to come see what we were doing exactly. I really think it depends on your audience. I remember being p1$$ed when I was a younger coach and a presenter would do nothing but go through film. I had no clue about the in's and out's of football, let alone a single play or concept. Now, if a coach is spending 20 minutes on how to block Trap vs. 8 different fronts I'm falling asleep. Maybe plan for both and see what kind of audience you have. I like when presenters will ask something like, "Alright, now how many of you guys in here are already running the Power?" I think they can tailor their presentation to their audience after that. As a veteran coach now (who still only knows about 10% of the game) I REALLY like when coaches get into the details of what makes their stuff work. Things like catch phrases they use for players ("Find the butt, make the cut"), techniques they teach their players, drills, etc. are helpful for anybody.
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Post by funkfriss on Mar 14, 2016 15:02:47 GMT -6
Literally 10 minutes ago had a kid in my room talking about doing a different lift with his dad at the local gym. One of his arguments to justify it, "We do more lifting than we do in the team lift. When we bench we go 8-6-4-2 with our reps, but the team just does 3x5 and some weeks only 3x3. We're actually lifting 4 times as much this way!"
I was speechless....
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Post by funkfriss on Mar 11, 2016 13:57:00 GMT -6
When is the "optimal" time for this kind of workout? 7:00am before school for 30 min? 3:30pm? 5:00? What about if you're away that week? The research that I have read showing performance to be enhanced shows that lifting weights (not just body weight or dynamics) and/or sprinting either earlier in the day (AM) or right before competition both seem to have advantageous effects on performance. "Performances" that were tested varied. Some were standard physical tests such as vertical, broad jump, 40 (or other running) time. Some were performance based stats such as shooting percentages on a basketball team. Of all these that I looked at (around 10 if I remember right....it's been a few years) none showed an adverse effect. Most found an increase in performance or at worst no change in performance. I will add that I have also looked at studies that tested performance following both static and dynamic stretching and every study I have read has shown that there is either a negative effect or at best an insignificant increase on performance. I'm banking on it as injury prevention, otherwise why do it?? Our in-season lifting schedule for other sports is M/W/F in the AM so we just decided last year to stay on schedule rather than change it or skip Friday altogether. Again, I can't tell you if it truly was better, just that none of our athletes complained or felt it hurt them. Some thought it helped. Who knows...
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Post by funkfriss on Mar 10, 2016 12:33:10 GMT -6
Like the idea of points to boost accountability. Couple questions.
What do you do about kids who either join late (say end of school) or kids who move in?
Kids with legitimate reasons for not making lifts (have to get siblings ready for school for example)?
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Post by funkfriss on Mar 8, 2016 13:14:13 GMT -6
We lifted this year for the first time on game days (just stuck to our M/W/F in-season schedule for all sports). No way of telling you whether it was beneficial, but none of the kids complained about being sore or weak in the game. Our basketball team has done it for the past few years (football would just take Friday off in the past) and a few of those guys swore they felt better/looser during games.
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Post by funkfriss on Mar 7, 2016 13:55:36 GMT -6
That's what we hired this guy for!
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Post by funkfriss on Mar 7, 2016 13:52:20 GMT -6
I know the "traditional" Thursday practice is a walk-and-talk practice in just helmets. Defense works on alignments, maybe runs a few plays against the scout team (without pads). Offense runs plays on air. How many of you do something different for Thursday practices? To me it seems like you could still accomplish much more with that day (it almost feels like a useless day) while also not risking injury the day before the game. Maybe at least have the scout teams with bags/hand-shields? Am I wrong in my thinking? Not wrong at all. We went away from it for that exact reason. We already have a "walk-through" practice, that's Monday when we install. Why the day before a game would we want to "walk-through?" We should be ready by then. So, this year, Wednesdays were half rack, big Indy/high rep days. Thursdays were full gear. Hit STs briefly, mostly subbing on the fly, worked Team O/D vs. scout for about 15 minutes each (thud period), then had a live team period where we went through a 10 minutes scrimmage up and down the field working all phases and end of half/game clock situations. Started w/ a KO and did everything that we would normally do in a game (punts on 4th, FG/XP tries, timeouts, etc). Like anything I can't prove to you that it helped us or not, but we liked it and the kids liked it. Never had an injury the day before the game or anything like that, but I've never bought that excuse for not hitting the day before. Kid can just as easily get hurt Wednesday which would 98% of the time put him out or hobbled for Friday.
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Post by funkfriss on Mar 7, 2016 12:40:31 GMT -6
Yup. Eight years ago we were 2-8 and lost to the perennial doormat in our league with 20 guys on our varsity squad. We've played in the last four section championships and won the last 3 and we only have 4 rules: 1-We, not me 2-No messengers 3-No sympathy groups 4-Do what's best for the program Our kids look like a bunch of hobos in the weight room, but they are also there at 6:30am year round. They sprint on/off the field (even in games), hustle through their workouts, and play way, way above their level, but that's because of the culture that we set, not the rules we enforce. No. I'm talking about out of control. Come to practice when you want. Pick and choose what drills you do. Holding "fight club" in the bathroom. Hazing. Teacher assault. Those rules were born from getting more than one effed up place back on the right track. I think what you're saying brings up a good point that your environment will drive your expectations/rules. Why have a rule if kids are already doing it? I think zgo's rules are fine and quite possibly exactly what they needed. Us, we don't need them. Kids need reminders every now and then for sure, but not the the extent they have to be demanded or else. I will say though my pet peeves that I constantly police are: 1. No clothes from other schools (respect our school) 2. Look at somebody when he/she is speaking 3. No whining or excuses
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Post by funkfriss on Mar 2, 2016 14:43:08 GMT -6
The last couple of years we have developed a routine that seems to work out pretty well for us and the boys are ready to play at kickoff. We start with a walkthrough of all facets of the game in the gym, then the entire team goes out to the practice field or whatever area is available to us and stretches together. Then, while still off the game field, we practice any concepts that we are focusing on for that week. We will run through our Big plays on offense, and we will align and run any special stunts we have planned for defense. By the time we get through this we send our kickers, snappers, and return men to the field. The rest of the players stay on the practice field and either run routes, work on blocking steps, or work on hand-offs. Then the entire team goes to the field and we do a shortened stretch. Then we do a short individual defense, a short individual offense. We end on the field by running through about 5 scripted offensive plays, and then do a small pursuit circuit with the defense. We then go back to the locker room and give our final talks, then it is to the field for introductions and kickoff. What we do as a team on the field does not change from week to week. We feel that it gives our boys a routine to work through to prepare themselves to play and it eliminates the other team trying to "scout" our pre-game warm-up and enhance their plan. It has worked well for us and it gets the players ready to go. Anybody do a full pre-game w/out pads and/or helmets? What has been your experience with this?
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Post by funkfriss on Mar 2, 2016 14:34:46 GMT -6
Okay, my question for anyone willing to share their thoughts. How do you win back kids to come out in the fall that left the program after a coaching change? Our head coach retired after the 2014 season and quite a few of the kids just didn't warm up to the new coach. We went from 35 kids in '14 down to 21 last season. We were successful and made the playoffs, but we faded down the stretch. I think winning fixes a lot of things, but these kids aren't willing to come back. Is it worth the effort to keep talking to them or do you just walk away? Figure out why the kids didn't go out and fix the problem. Kids who enjoy the game and competition don't just quit because of a coaching change unless there is something wrong with the coaching change.
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Post by funkfriss on Mar 2, 2016 13:59:38 GMT -6
I had one like that, he was an undersized OL at 6 foot 280 and was a coach on the field and off. Won co-lineman of the year in the conference his senior year and Unlimited class power lifting state champ. Got good grades and was set to play div 2 football but shattered his ankle in baseball game halfway through his senior year and still was team MVP. Plates and screws in his ankle made college football too painful. He will graduate with a degree in Special Education and has been coaching High school football and baseball for the last 3 years while maintaining a 3.8 GPA. Great kid, Lucky for me he is my son. Where can I find one of these "undersized" 6' 280 OL? He'd eat half of my OL!
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