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Post by ourball on Sept 27, 2014 23:20:19 GMT -6
I am a first year head coach, but have been a coordinator at my school for several years. Our school is not known for our football success, and have been around 5-5 for the last several years. This year, we have started out 0-4. The issue is, we have either been leading or within a score at halftime of every game. Our scheme adjustments have been ok (not great, but fairly effective). In each game, something has happened to allow the other team to gain momentum, and our kids just lose themselves mentally and we can never get back in the game. They go hard, but you can see them hang their heads when it happens.
How can I help them get over that mental block? I'm looking for ideas I can use at practice during the week and/or on game night.
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Post by agap on Sept 28, 2014 1:04:11 GMT -6
What happens that you lose momentum?
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Post by Send_the_House on Sept 29, 2014 9:09:41 GMT -6
Here's an idea... Stop practice halfway through. Pretend it is halftime. Then come out of a break, go in to a team situation. Set them up in a tough spot, allow them to battle back, and then finish the session with them experiencing success.
Talk about it afterwards. Talk about how there will be a different result if they stay focused and keep playing the next play.
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Post by Defcord on Sept 29, 2014 12:15:58 GMT -6
Try to have competition as much as possible in practice. During our conditioning we will have kids get partnered up with someone else in their position group and get them to compete. We will do various competitions in drills and team and stuff as well. We just always try to have them competing.
Also try to simulate the stuff that is causing the momentum loss. Put your defense in a bad spot and tell them okay the offense just turned it over in the redzone. We are up 4. We need a stop. Then if they get the stop great and if not have a small consequence (5 updowns or something like that) and then do the same situation. We try to do situational football every day for at least one period with some type of consequence if we fail or a reward if we succeed.
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Post by Defcord on Sept 29, 2014 12:26:19 GMT -6
Also I like make a bad call every once in a while on purpose during practice to simulate that aspect of a game.
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Post by coachcotner on Oct 2, 2014 9:21:35 GMT -6
Also I like make a bad call every once in a while on purpose during practice to simulate that aspect of a game. Love this
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Post by dubber on Oct 2, 2014 9:33:48 GMT -6
Have a second half goal.....we have a weekly challenge of getting a score and a stop on the first possessions of the 3rd quarter.
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