Currently, there seems to be a disconnect between youth football coaches and high school football coaches. I say this because I feel high school coaches should put on clinics for youth football coaches to help them with enhancing their coaching knowledge whether it be drills, blocking, scheme, etc. I understand high school coaches are over worked and under paid, but this would pay dividends when that player makes it to high school. These youth football coaches have no practice structure, no drills, nothing. They just run plays on air for 2 hours, with water breaks built in and wind sprints when its over. The lineman get zero coach and are told to block. I think the high school coaching community needs to step up and provide clinics to assist with this issue.
Youth Football, High School Football, and the disconnect.
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That's why I wouldn't let my first two play youth football; I didn't want them to get bad habits. It's just a fact that a lot of guys out there being supportive good dads who don't necessarily know how to coach. You have a portion of others are living vicariously through their kids, and they may have unrealistic expectations. Occasionally you get a really good staff. As big as youth leagues are, you'd think they'd supply some kind of mandatory training.
My youngest, a pretty good basketball player, was recruited to play WR, and they asked me to coach OL. They promised they had a legit shot at a National Title, but needed some hands. And, little Punta Gorda, Pop 17,000 did in fact win a NC that year, beating teams from the 2nd and 4th largest cities in America, Chicago and Houston . But there were two other guys with college experience, and this staff was with the rest from the beginning.
One of our players is now the Tarpon HC. All three of my boys had pretty good high school careers; two were offered scholarships, and one of them went and played in the NAIA.
My youngest, a pretty good basketball player, was recruited to play WR, and they asked me to coach OL. They promised they had a legit shot at a National Title, but needed some hands. And, little Punta Gorda, Pop 17,000 did in fact win a NC that year, beating teams from the 2nd and 4th largest cities in America, Chicago and Houston . But there were two other guys with college experience, and this staff was with the rest from the beginning.
One of our players is now the Tarpon HC. All three of my boys had pretty good high school careers; two were offered scholarships, and one of them went and played in the NAIA.
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Two guys that can speak with a abundance of knowledge and insight on this topic, is SilverKing and Mark Cannon. I have to shake my head at times, watching some of the stuff the adults post on social media.
