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KEYS to New Coaching Success COMMUNICATION TEAM CONNECT DELEGATION GET PARENTS INVOLVED TEAM MANAGERS ASK for HELP ASSISTANT COACHES DEALING with PARENTS DEALING with REFS PRACTICE PLANS
– COMMUNICATION
■ TEAM CONNECT
– DELEGATION
■ GET PARENTS INVOLVED
– TEAM MANAGERS
■ ASK for HELP
– ASSISTANT COACHES – DEALING with PARENTS – DEALING with REFS – PRACTICE PLANS – LINEUPS and GAMETIME – TEAM BUILDING and SPORTSMANSHIP – RESOURCES
■ TEAM CONNECT https://team.bluestarsports.com
■ TEAM CONNECT APP for iPHONE & ANDROID
■ GET PARENTS INVOLVED- ASK! – BENCH MANAGER ■ Hydration ■ Bathroom ■ Flags – PHOTOGRAPHER – TEAM MANAGER – ASSISTANT COACH
■ IN CHARGE of TEAM CONNECT ■ ATTENDANCE ■ WEEKLY EMAIL and COMMUNICATIONS ■ SNACK SCHEDULE ■ TEAM PARTY ■ EBFF EVENTS
■ EACH TEAM CAN HAVE 2 – We want to support and encourage full coaching squads ■ PLAYER PARENT ■ CREATE ROLE ■ LINEUP ■ OFF or DEF COORDINATOR ■ WORK TOGETHER
■ DEALING WITH PARENTS – Let them know you're approachable – Discuss distribution of playing time – Never talk to someone that's yelling at you – Discuss their problem at a later time – Get someone else to sit in on the meeting – Hear them out – Body language – Keep your composure. Even if they don't – ASK FOR HELP!
– Respect is critical – Address the youth football referees with respect. Expect the same. If the sideline
you may want to speak to the Head Referee at a convenient time. – Ask questions - The good coaches ask questions for two reasons – to understand why the call was made and to figure out if the covering referee made a bad call. – Listen –Youth football referees may not understand the rules in every scenario.
– BE CONSISTENT EVERY WEEK – WARM UP – DRILLS ■ EX: FLAG PULLING & ROUTES ■ ASK PARENTS TO HELP – FUNDAMENTALS ■ STANCES ■ SNAP ■ CATCHING – PLAYCALLING – DONT FORGET DEFENSE – TEACH THE RULES
– Equipment – Plays & Wrist Coaches
■ Team Binder ■ Gameplan Spreadsheet
– Substitutions
■ Each player must play at least one entire half on offense and one entire half on defense ■ See Substitution plan in Coaches Presentation ■ Have a Bench Manager or Team Manager assist
– Sideline Behavior
■ Don’t allow kids to focus on refs, penalties, negative plays – Brush it Off!
– Player Safety
– Introductions – Know the players names – Assign team leaders – Have fun – Let kids call or pick plays – Celebrate together – Make sure every player and role are treated equally important in this TEAM game – Have a ritual – Brush it off
■ RESOURCES – COACHES CORNER www.eastbayflag.com/coach – TEAM CONNECT team.bluestarsports.com – NFL FLAG CERTIFICATION https://usafootball.com/development- training/certification/
■ You will be asked to complete the Flag Health & Safety and the Flag Skills Courses