Untitled - Fast and Furious Football
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182 I.'OOTBALL COACHING STRATEGIES<br />
profession is the fact that the coach receives<br />
d small percenl age hala for ^fhrc<br />
tua(hinB<br />
<strong>and</strong> a larye pen€ntage ofit for his classroom<br />
teachjng <strong>and</strong> other duties. However, he will<br />
rarely be dismissedforhis failure as a class-<br />
8. The head coacb's job security lies in three<br />
First, hemust rely on his own abilities <strong>and</strong><br />
Second, he must b€lieve absolutely in th€<br />
pl ayers <strong>and</strong> his coaches. This does not mean<br />
that the discerning coach does not recog'<br />
nize the weaknesses of each player <strong>and</strong><br />
coach, but at the same time, be must rec<br />
ognizein them <strong>and</strong> in himselfthe opporlu<br />
nity for team victory. He must realize that<br />
you win with people,the rieht people, pmperly<br />
led.<br />
Thid, the football coach must cooperate<br />
with his administration. Coach Bear<br />
Bryant, one of the truly great college<br />
coach€s ofall time, wouldsecondthis 1007..<br />
He goes further to say that a coach should<br />
always have a lons-term contract. This conpFrarion<br />
wilh lhe adminisrrarion is obviotrsly<br />
a two-way street. Most administrators<br />
see in th€ coach <strong>and</strong> the athletic t€am<br />
a positive force for good attitude <strong>and</strong> sood<br />
discipline in the school syst€m.<br />
9. The haining of the coach must be an exhemelybroadening<br />
experience. In general,<br />
coaches feel that the most important coaching<br />
prepamtion is fr$t, actual coachingexperience<br />
after graduation; s€cond, und€rgraduate<br />
athletic expedence; <strong>and</strong> third,<br />
coaching schools <strong>and</strong> coachingclinics after<br />
Crddudr ion. Undcrgrddudre $ork in phy"ical<br />
education, pEycholosy, education, <strong>and</strong><br />
practice teaching are regarded by coaches<br />
as havine relativoly little value in preparation<br />
for coaching. With this in mind, it<br />
would appear that the coach upon graduation<br />
should make a strong effort to get on a<br />
good high school coaching staff or stay at<br />
his university,or some other university, for<br />
gaduate work. Even though he works for<br />
"peanuts," it will be worth his while to be<br />
abie to work on a sood colege coachins staf<br />
for a year or two. When a coach becomes a<br />
head coach, he must have a sound knowledg€<br />
ofall the phases offootball. For this<br />
r€ason a young coach must be a fast <strong>and</strong><br />
eag€r l€arner. Althoush we often say that<br />
ih€re arc thinss morc important than dlaw<br />
ins circles <strong>and</strong> X's, this is only partly true;<br />
for the young coach's first contact with the<br />
player is as an individual coach, <strong>and</strong> he<br />
must prove himselfto be a good technician<br />
with a good knowledge ofintricate football.<br />
He must be able to captivate the player<br />
menially <strong>and</strong> to build withinthe player th€<br />
desirc to comp€te <strong>and</strong>toimprove. The first<br />
impressionthe player must have is,"Here's<br />
a man who really knows the game <strong>and</strong><br />
knows how io pui it acmss." Considedng<br />
fiftl things flrst, the young coach must be<br />
a good technician.<br />
10. Moving into college coaching, we find that<br />
almost always a successful high school<br />
coach has aspirations of moving into college<br />
coaching. Although th€re are many<br />
reasons for this, several seem to be the most<br />
First, th€ coach wants to find the answer<br />
to the question, "How sood a coach am I"<br />
Second, the college coach gets to spend more<br />
time on actual coaching <strong>and</strong> less time on<br />
oiher duties.<br />
Third, the college coach gets more rccognition,<br />
<strong>and</strong>, for this rcason, to move into coll€se<br />
is an advanc€ment. Th€ high school<br />
coach has seen his own playerc move into<br />
college ranks, <strong>and</strong> he has the desire to follow<br />
th€m there <strong>and</strong> to work with more mature<br />
athlet€s.<br />
Fourth, he has the desire to excel <strong>and</strong> hc<br />
believes he can achieve this better on th€<br />
college level.<br />
Fifth, hisher pay si<strong>and</strong>ards are also a lac<br />
tor, although thtu is not alwaF the case.<br />
11. Much has been written <strong>and</strong> discussed about<br />
the coach <strong>and</strong> public relations. Cedainly<br />
bis most important qualification in this<br />
area is to live up to all the fine things for<br />
which football st<strong>and</strong>s-<br />
In this area he must be like no one but him<br />
sell In dealing with the prcss he should<br />
tell the truth, or say nothing. To mislead<br />
the press is neither etbical nor sensible.<br />
Most ofthese men are interested in spo s<br />
<strong>and</strong> want to portray spots in a positive<br />
sense, <strong>and</strong> very often acoach can grve them<br />
information that will helpthem do this. On<br />
the other h<strong>and</strong>, the coach has no igbt to
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