What do you do when you start 0-3 but have a good team

there is a coaching circulum coaching to change lives it is interesting stuff.

fact is this world kids have been taught that there are no absolute truths and that they are the center of the own universe. it is the me decade on steriods.

the fact is kids lack focus because they lack discipline. nolonger are kids expected to sit quitely in class and respect adults. they have been taught that the teacher is your buddy.

personally I take the drill instructor approach. I am positive with the kids but God help you when you screwup. I think we are the only team which makes player apologize when they screwup or lack effort.

another thing we do is the loaf board. for example, defensive lineman tend to stand around when the play is going the other way instead of flying to the ball. we talk about not defending air.
if the ball is going the other way and you are not running after it(jogging does not count) that is a loaf.
offensive lineman like to do the same thing. of you get a loaf then you have to standup in front of your teammates and apologize for not giving the team 100% of your effort.

like tiger one says most kids cannot handle yelling. americans have become weak mentally and they cannot handle any bad remarks about there play.
If I see a kid making a mistake. I call himover and talk to him. now I might give him a stern lecture and if he choses to share it with his friends that is his choice. If I need to get on a player I do it in my office.

I take a note pad with me to practice and make notes about players on it. It is not uncommon for a player to get a note in his locker telling him how to correct his technique.

sometimes when you go 0-3 you need to make this simple. just do a few things on offense and defense. I look at friday night as a test of how well I have taught the kids.

another thing we have done to reinforce this is, we hand out a scouting report on monday. ON thursday before school we have a test for the kids. we test there comprehension on the scouting report. it also gives us a gage as to what we need to teach on thursday night.