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Post by dubber on Aug 30, 2014 21:52:58 GMT -6
Coaches,
Curious how you prepare your teams to overcome adversity?
Every team faces adversity.....a moment in the game when you can pack it in or fight; accept failure or believe in success.
How do you get your team ready for those times?
Do you practice overcoming in situational football?
Do you talk about it with your leadership?
Appreciate your insights.
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Post by gators1422 on Aug 31, 2014 6:46:44 GMT -6
In my opinion you should have done that in the summer in the weight room. We do a 10 minutes of hell period that is designed just to break the kids. If they can fight through that all summer they can handle what's going to happen on Friday nights.
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Post by coachirish on Aug 31, 2014 7:29:18 GMT -6
In my opinion you should have done that in the summer in the weight room. We do a 10 minutes of hell period that is designed just to break the kids. If they can fight through that all summer they can handle what's going to happen on Friday nights. Will you share what you do in that 10min period?
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Post by groundchuck on Aug 31, 2014 10:37:51 GMT -6
Put them in adverse situations. Talk about adverse situations and how successful teams have handled it. Finally, they have to experience it for real.
I also thnk being a Multi sport athlete helps.
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Post by wingtol on Aug 31, 2014 12:39:52 GMT -6
www.coachcharacter.comSure you can put kids through all kinds of physical situations to prepare them but that only goes so far. You can push them to their breaking point but if they don't have the mental tools at that point don't have character at that point then it's all for not if you ask me. That is the program we use for character education. Best around if you ask me. Wade, the founder, is a huge football guy. Dad was a FCS HC brothers coach at top 25 programs so he has a feel for athletes especially football players.
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Post by natenator on Aug 31, 2014 16:26:20 GMT -6
In my opinion you should have done that in the summer in the weight room. We do a 10 minutes of hell period that is designed just to break the kids. If they can fight through that all summer they can handle what's going to happen on Friday nights. Disagree. What you do in the weight room does not prepare you for what's happening on the field when all sh!t is going to hell and the mental kicks in and you start questioning your play, the play of your teammates, and whether your coach is calling the right plays - ALL of which happens. No amount of weights prepares you for that. They need to be placed in adverse situations on the field so that they can be mentally prepared to deal with and adapt to a fluid environment. There's a reason why pilots, ship captains, etc use simulators - they need to be tested in the environment and conditions they will face when sh!t hits the fan and they need to react without thinking. No amount of gym sessions designed to 'break' them will help when the time comes.
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Post by fantom on Aug 31, 2014 16:55:42 GMT -6
Coaches,
Curious how you prepare your teams to overcome adversity?
Every team faces adversity.....a moment in the game when you can pack it in or fight; accept failure or believe in success.
How do you get your team ready for those times?
Do you practice overcoming in situational football?
Do you talk about it with your leadership?
Appreciate your insights. They'll take their lead from you. If you react calmly and confidently and make your play calls decisively they'll respond accordingly.
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Post by John Knight on Sept 1, 2014 7:33:40 GMT -6
www.n2growth.com/blog/the-myth-of-potential/ for fantom I think it comes down to maturity and mental toughness. Practice all kinds of situations and kids will get more mental toughness. Goal line period every day is a big start IMHO, Situational practice is also much better than just running plays in team..
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Post by gators1422 on Sept 1, 2014 8:04:44 GMT -6
What we do are 5 stations that are more for mentally breaking than physically. We do like man makers (burbees with weights) squat thrusters, bench step ups, truck drivers. The kids have to go all out, past their breaking point. If one slacks up we all start over. Its more a mental thing, if those kids don't break then they won't break in the 4th quarter when they been getting their a$$ kicked all game. We had a game last year we blew the lead with 1:39 left and went 70 yards and threw a TD with 5 seconds left to win. Our QB was quoted in the paper " This is why we do 10 minutes of hell, its full go throwing up and crying to get us ready for this " All of the X's and O's count too don't get me wrong, but if the kid doesn't believe they can do it you're fighting a losing battle.
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Post by jsk002 on Sept 5, 2014 6:48:15 GMT -6
I spend a lot of time talking about adversity. I always make sure they understand that adversity will happen and it is how they respond that will make the difference. I really focus on the fact that their response needs to be to come together as a team, play the next down hard etc. A big part of this is building trust with their teammates. The offseason plays a big role in this.
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Post by dubber on Sept 5, 2014 8:53:08 GMT -6
I appreciate the responses.......
We do game simulation on Thursday, and we end with a period called "9 in 9"
We are down 9 points with 9 minutes to go.
The clock was running out as our quarterback was driving for the win, and on the last two plays he made some serious errors that would have cost us a real game.
We plan on putting him in that situation again and again.....
We also have started a "Challenge" issuance on our white board every week.
For each varsity player, we issue a challenge for the week. Could be "finish runs" or "positive body language". They initial next to the challenge if they accept.
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Post by agame on Sept 5, 2014 11:49:22 GMT -6
Best way to prepare for adversity..
Go through it.......
Then you, your young men your staff will know what that adversity feels like and will not want to do it again.. Or feel that way again
Every player, coach, team faces adverse situations all the time.
Recognise and react according
As a coach I always keep a calm demeanour.. Even if my head is exploding on the inside..
( bit like a swan in a lake ... Calm on the surface but kicking like made out of site.. Lol )
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Post by dubber on Sept 5, 2014 14:25:41 GMT -6
Best way to prepare for adversity.. Go through it....... Then you, your young men your staff will know what that adversity feels like and will not want to do it again.. Or feel that way again Every player, coach, team faces adverse situations all the time. Recognise and react according As a coach I always keep a calm demeanour.. Even if my head is exploding on the inside.. ( bit like a swan in a lake ... Calm on the surface but kicking like made out of site.. Lol ) This is what I am trying to get at.........I'd rather do all that I can to avoid "learning" during the game.
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Post by agame on Sept 5, 2014 14:47:35 GMT -6
You can prepare yourself in many ways.. But it's like the game itself..
You won't know what you have till the bullets fly for real...
Or maybe that's my way of dealing with adversity. Embrace it and tackle it head on... And I'm sure every coach here has dealt with it there own way
I like the idea of puttin kids in position to over come defecits however that's not adversity for me..
Great example on my end, We took 28 bodies on the road for our last game of the year.. We were bare bones.. We lost our starting rb Y and Rg in the first qtr.. We hadn't got enough guys.. We had guys playin both ways our back up QB played X as we moved our x to Y These kids played a full game no plays to rest
We lost 33-32 but the way those guys faced adversity head on and played hard, spoke volumes of them as players and men... Their character was built that day and it is something we can reach back on at any point when things are not going our way.. Look at how you responded to that adversity.. U can over come anything..
Adversity comes of various guises .. To me being 2 scores down is not the same type of adversity ....
But that's just me..
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Post by dubber on Sept 6, 2014 13:15:21 GMT -6
You can prepare yourself in many ways.. But it's like the game itself.. You won't know what you have till the bullets fly for real... Or maybe that's my way of dealing with adversity. Embrace it and tackle it head on... And I'm sure every coach here has dealt with it there own way I like the idea of puttin kids in position to over come defecits however that's not adversity for me.. Great example on my end, We took 28 bodies on the road for our last game of the year.. We were bare bones.. We lost our starting rb Y and Rg in the first qtr.. We hadn't got enough guys.. We had guys playin both ways our back up QB played X as we moved our x to Y These kids played a full game no plays to rest We lost 33-32 but the way those guys faced adversity head on and played hard, spoke volumes of them as players and men... Their character was built that day and it is something we can reach back on at any point when things are not going our way.. Look at how you responded to that adversity.. U can over come anything.. Adversity comes of various guises .. To me being 2 scores down is not the same type of adversity .... But that's just me..
Ok.
So did you prepare your kids to work and overcome that, or do you have naturally mentally tough kids?
Or, are you saying it is experiences like this that build character?
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Post by agame on Sept 6, 2014 14:06:52 GMT -6
You can't prepare for losin guys like that..
I would say as you pointed out.. It builds character
And if they happen to be anythin like that situation again they will know we have been through if and wasn't stopped by that situation.
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Post by dubber on Sept 7, 2014 17:08:49 GMT -6
You can't prepare for losin guys like that.. I would say as you pointed out.. It builds character And if they happen to be anythin like that situation again they will know we have been through if and wasn't stopped by that situation.
What if your kids folded in that situation?
How would you have tried to prevent that?
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Post by agame on Sept 8, 2014 1:25:46 GMT -6
You can't prepare for losin guys like that.. I would say as you pointed out.. It builds character And if they happen to be anythin like that situation again they will know we have been through if and wasn't stopped by that situation.
What if your kids folded in that situation?
How would you have tried to prevent that?
To be honest.. Not sure if it's the level we coach at but we have this happen a fair few times.. Being amateur and guys missing games through work and illness and holiday So we always have that next man up approach.. It maybe somethin that is just accepted as normal here In the English game.. But I have always coached that next man up, plus and play approach.. All my wrs know all 4 positions.. Stuff like that.. Linemen is always a worry I remember the university team I coach at ( was it's first year last year, ) lost 2 oline in our first home game.. We had no back ups and a lb and wr played oline for 3 qtrs.. So we face that kinda situation all the time.. Maybe were hardened to it?? No sure Maybe it's good prep by getting our guys to rep other positions.. Could be a mix of both
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