Monday, March 18, 2019

Spring practice 2019.... #23 and counting

All guys with no unexcused absences got a spring football t-shirt
We shut down spring practice today for the 2019 season with a team meeting, followed with video by position. The state of Kentucky brought back spring football practice in 1998.  Counting the spring of 2015 when I was at Mason & Mercer both for spring practice, this makes the completion of 23 "years" of spring ball.
Today's itinerary


I believe we do a better job coaching spring practice each year. We constantly try to fine tune what we are doing and improve our methods. This year, I thought we did a better of adjusting when we would have to be inside than we have in the past. We were more deliberate in picking what we would work on and trying to stay on track in regards to new learning.


In the spring scrimmage, we tried to do better with the young guys. They got 20 plays and then we tried to make sure they had our attention today in position video meetings. Going forward, I hope we can continue to do a better job each year in how we coach the youngest guys on our team and those that are further down the depth chart.
Discussion topics for team meeting
So... where do we go from here?  We talked about that substantially today. We are excited to return an experienced football team for 2019. That is a huge positive. But, older guys also have access to cars, more "stuff" to get into, and can escape supervision more easily than younger players.  Doing "what is right" is important to the safety and well-being of our players. But, it is also important that they make good decisions because the little ones in our community look up to them.


I am excited about our team going forward. I believe our guys will make the most of the next few months to get stronger and earn the right to be champions by working hard and going above and beyond what is required of them. We also discussed that on a daily basis to seek improvement in regards to being unselfish and serving others. Great teams have guys that put the team first. We can "practice" that attitude and skill.... every day!  


If you have ideas to make spring football practice more productive, please send those to me at coachdavidbuchanan@gmail.com

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