HedgeHog8

NAIA football at Georgetown College. TIGER PRIDE If we are talking intramural sports, Intramural water polo was possibly the most fun and most exhausting off season activity I ever participated in. Killer cardio and low impact on the knees, right up my alley.

Check out the thread Franklin County Flyers (New Lids) for the whole details on the back logo. Short story version, it is an award decal given to a few players based on off season efforts. Cool idea

Landon Swartz is, in my opinion, their most dangerous athlete. This kid is a football player. Look forward to seeing him run again this year. Not too much though... He's tough on Defense too. Tough, physical kid.

When our staff took over, we had not a team, but a group of individuals in the same color scheme. When we started going to camp, we immediately noticed a change in our team. Camp was not the only thing that changed the chemistry of our team, but at the end of the season we attributed it as the most significant change where we saw the most significant benefits. Its 72 hours to eat sleep and breathe football with the closest friends you can make. More of our time in between practices is spent getting to know each other on a different level, not x's and o's. It is a great time to integrate and indoctrinate rookies too. We must put an emphasis on "team bonding" and building relationships more than other teams, or so it seems... We don't always go to a college to do camp either. There are other, more cost effective choices. And most of our kids, when we do go away to a college for camp, it will be the only time they set foot on a college campus. Heck, for some, it is the first time they have ever stayed out of town overnight. Everyone goes, regardless of ability to pay. It teaches responsibility, accountability and self reliance too. Cuts the cord, so to speak. And we get work done. I find that we get productive practices morning and evening because of the time we give them and the activities we do in between. It is a long weekend but well worth it.

I agree. Makes the heat less of an issue on Fridays. With an extra week of practice, you can eliminate the necessity of cramming practices together and spread out installs.

Every year we go away to a camp for 3-4 days. That is the only time we practice twice in a day. Went to one camp and they had us scheduled 3 practices per day and we quickly found that it is too hard on the players (and staff) even in helmets only. I find that the quality of practice yields better returns than the quantity of practices. Just like high quality reps are better than 100 poor reps. You just aren't going to get the best out of your kids when they have to worry about fatigue.

I'm sure he has experience with other offenses. The point I'm trying to make, for public schools that cannot pull specific types of athletes toward it, is that you can generally estimate what type of players you will have and craft a style off of that. For instance, a rural community finds an identity as a ground and pound, work for what you get kind of team. 8 years later, the suburbs creep in and the blue collar ideals may not seem as appealing. Then the spread it around attitude seems to fit. And this is bordering on scheme not style, but you cannot date the option. You must marry the option. I've married the option. If I get a passer, he will run the option then pass the ball. After he graduates, we will still run option and wait for the next Tom Brady. I'll be waiting a while...

I have listened to Coach Haywood speak and I believe the reason he is the best coach in the state of ky has little to do with offensive genius and more to do with the caliber of man he is. A good man molding good kids. I plan on reading his book if I find time during DP. With that being said, I know his style in veer and he said it will always be veer. If he had a Brett Favre would still run the veer, although he said he would imagine he would throw to his SE a little more. I subscribe to this line of thinking, not only because I think highly of Coach Haywood, but also because you typically know the type of kids you will get, know what you can get out of them, and know what you can make out of them. Develop a "style" based on what you have the majority of the time and tweak it when you get that one stand out kid that comes along every 7-8 years that has the ability to do something special. Give him the freedom to make plays but with the scope of your scheme. Good discussion going on here

Congratulations to Coach Brausch and the polar bears. Here's to hoping good competition continues to breed at Bracken

Do coaches need to pre-register or can they just show up at 8 and pay the man for admission? Thank you for this opportunity coach, I hope others will take advantage of all the free knowledge being handed out.