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Post by leethefootballcoach on Aug 25, 2015 20:51:27 GMT -6
We had a good win this past friday over our cross town rival. Emotional game because we worked all summer for it, knowing it was the opener.
We have another cross town game with an equal opponent this friday. Maybe better athletically, but also maybe not as hard nosed.
How do you handle these situations.
We decided not to watch game film, even though there is a lot we could show the kids to work on. We don't want this past friday to beat us this friday.
I feel we are doing the right thing, but just wanted to see what others would do in this situation.
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Post by fantom on Aug 25, 2015 21:21:45 GMT -6
We had a good win this past friday over our cross town rival. Emotional game because we worked all summer for it, knowing it was the opener. We have another cross town game with an equal opponent this friday. Maybe better athletically, but also maybe not as hard nosed. How do you handle these situations. We decided not to watch game film, even though there is a lot we could show the kids to work on. We don't want this past friday to beat us this friday. I feel we are doing the right thing, but just wanted to see what others would do in this situation. Showing film is a good way to stop them from feeling too good about themselves. You say that there's a lot to work on so emphasize that. In an opener I'm sure that there were plenty of mistakes. Point them out. If somebody was being lazy, call them on it. Don't let the film become a celebration of the win. When they leave the film room they should wonder who won the game. Next game. . |
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Post by dubber on Aug 26, 2015 6:55:46 GMT -6
Anytime we (coaches) do something against the norm, the kids notice.
And ask why?
Treat it like another week.
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Post by rudyrude9 on Aug 26, 2015 7:17:18 GMT -6
Every week is the same. If you had some magic bullet to help you win this week why the hell wouldn't you use it every other week.
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Post by olcoach53 on Aug 26, 2015 9:28:51 GMT -6
I agree with dcohio, it is just a game. Treat it as such. When you start to put these games up on pedestals you can get yourself into trouble.
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Post by realdawg on Aug 26, 2015 10:10:27 GMT -6
Yep, its over, get to work on the next one. Follow the routine, trust the routine. I'd show the film, and just point out mistakes that we needed to fix to drop it down a notch. After Monday I wouldnt talk about that game again, only our next opponent.
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Post by coachwoodall on Aug 26, 2015 19:48:21 GMT -6
We had a good win this past friday over our cross town rival. Emotional game because we worked all summer for it, knowing it was the opener. We have another cross town game with an equal opponent this friday. Maybe better athletically, but also maybe not as hard nosed. How do you handle these situations. We decided not to watch game film, even though there is a lot we could show the kids to work on. We don't want this past friday to beat us this friday. I feel we are doing the right thing, but just wanted to see what others would do in this situation. Monday is a Monday. We do the same thing whether we win or lose. It's about getting us better, not playing a another team. You (the kids) can celebrate all night Friday and into Saturday, then on Sunday it's game week. Pat at them on the back afterwards, chew their arse in the film room for the mistakes, then coach them up for the next game. Every day you have to go chop wood. |
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Post by fantom on Aug 28, 2015 21:50:56 GMT -6
Thought that this was applicable: We won our opener last night 47-21 while rolling for 486 yards, almost all on the ground. The bad new was that we gave up 21 points and almost 300 yds. It's true that most of it was against 2's and 3
s but that's no excuse. Even the 1sts made enough mistakes, offensively and defensively, that the film session today was NOT what they expected when they walked in. Gotta keep them hungry.
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Post by coachd5085 on Aug 29, 2015 20:39:04 GMT -6
We had a good win this past friday over our cross town rival. Emotional game because we worked all summer for it, knowing it was the opener. We have another cross town game with an equal opponent this friday. Maybe better athletically, but also maybe not as hard nosed. How do you handle these situations. We decided not to watch game film, even though there is a lot we could show the kids to work on. We don't want this past friday to beat us this friday. I feel we are doing the right thing, but just wanted to see what others would do in this situation. I am too late to give input here for game 2, BUT I do hope you took some of the advice given here and went over some film. Based on your comment though, I think you might want to reevaluate how you watch film with the kids. I can't imagine ever having a post game film session where the kids come out thinking they were so good they were going to just walk over an opponent. What is your film review process? |
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Post by orion320 on Aug 29, 2015 21:05:57 GMT -6
We had a big win ourselves last night. We had no idea what we had going into the game and we pulled off an impressive victory. Next week we play one of our biggest rival which is definitely one of the better teams we will play this week.
We watched film this morning and pointed out the mistakes and what we need to do in order to win this coming Friday. We had a few laughs on dumb mistakes, chewed some arse, and gave out kudos for effort plays. Kids left today better than they were when we played last night.
Win or lose, conference or non-conference, big game or business game, we always watch film We can be undefeated or winless and we watch film every week. Our kids know this and expect it. The few time we have not watched film the kids get upset. They want to see the mistakes they made and improve on them.
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