I am faced with a decision over the next couple weeks…

- Return to my alma mater to coach varsity receivers.
- Remain at the district I teach at to possibly become freshman head coach.

For context, I’ve been coaching for six years. I spent three years coaching 8th Grade football in my alma mater’s youth program before joining their High School staff. The experience once I moved up to the HS staff was… average at best, so I decided to leave to join the freshmen staff in the district I teach. The experience coaching here has… also been average, but there’s a chance I can get the freshman HC job and do things my own way. However, my alma mater dissolved their old coaching staff in favor of a new one that appears to be pushing it in the right direction.

This decision will impact my future as a coach pretty significantly, so I want to be correct.

How often is your team kicking FG and XP?

My son is a sophomore - kicking 47yd FG in practice and 55yd kickoffs. Has good form, kicking height, and fairly consistent.

His high school coach refuses to kick FG in games. We’ve had 25+ opportunities to kick a FG this year and he’s gone for it every time - most of the time they don’t convert.
XPs are entirely dependent on his mood. He is 87% on XP this year.

He wants to quit next year - any thoughts? How do you help a kid who likes kicking but has a coach who refuses to kick FG?

Good afternoon, coaches!
I hope your seasons have gone well to this point! I am currently a JV HC. I have learned a lot in my 6 seasons coaching. If I’m giving myself an honest review and examining my areas for improvement I need to get better at toughening up the freshmen, while not going so hard on them that they quit. I’m looking for thoughts and feedback on how best to prepare 9th graders to make the transition from youth to high school football in terms of the huge jump in physicality.
Thank you!

Here is my entire Freshman Season Highlight. I hope you enjoy. Please feel free to comment and share any compliment, Thank You!

14y M

5'10 237

Freshman defensive lineman

All of the following are with coached form:

315 lb. Squat

465 lb deadlift

245 lb bench

1 leg RDL comfortable 5 rep- 80

Goblet squat 5r-90

Leg Press-685

Just asking because IDK if this is good. My dad is out of my life so I don't have someone to teach me weights other than my coaches, so I'm looking for advice on how to get better.

I'm not allowed to film in my schools gym so I can't post vids

Any advice on meal planning, improvement, etc.?

Hey folks,

I've been working on a side project for a while and figured this might be a good place to share it.

It's called **ohfootball.io**.

Basically, I built a statistical rating system for every Ohio high school football team. It uses historical game results to rate teams and then uses those ratings to generate win probabilities for upcoming games.

The site has:

- Statewide rankings with division/region filters

- Individual pages for every team

- Weekly schedules and game predictions

- Rating history

- An interactive map of teams across the state

- The methodology behind the model

I've spent a lot of time testing the model against historical results, and it's been around 80% accurate at picking games.

Everything is free and the methodology, data, and code are all public. No accounts, subscriptions, ads, etc. It's really just a football/data nerd side project that got slightly out of hand.

**https://ohfootball.io/\*\*

I'm working on playoff simulations next, but I'm always looking for ideas for other things that would actually be useful or interesting.

We just got hudl focus flex camera. I know they say it’s not recommended to use it for end zone angle, has anyone had success doing so? If so, any type of advice for it and do you mind sharing a clip or two to see what it looks like?

My son is in 8th grade and has played since he was 7. He has big goals to play in college some day and is really wanting to put in the work now to get himself in a position to make that a reality. What do you think pays the biggest dividends on player development? We live in a rural area with a low caliber football program and Id just like to help him put his drive and ambition into things that will actually help him in the long run.

If it makes any difference he is 13 5'11 150lbs, plays tight end and defensive end.

I’m really lost right now. I’m a sophomore wr and I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. I dominate scout team and constantly catch balls over starting DBs and I don’t get any love. It’s like I’m invisible to coaches and all of my friends are getting varsity reps and doing good and it’s just so discouraging. I have dreams to go d1 and it just feels like the school I’m at right now doesn’t appreciate me. I pray and pray and pray and I don’t get any output so if anyone can please tell me what to do I would be happy.

I am 15 years old and i am 5’5 and 115 lbs. i have been wanting to play the last few years but i was afraid of being to little and getting hurt/underperforming

GO CHECK MY BOY OUT AND YELL ME WHAT U THINK

Context: former FBS player who isn’t really happy with his chosen career

I think I want to make a career change from what I do now to teaching which would bring along the coaching aspect. I’d probably be getting certified in 6-12 social studies or science with the hopes of joining a coaching staff at whatever school I end up at.

From the coaching side of things, where do I start? Is it just as simple as waiting to see what teaching job I find or should I be reaching out to coaches in the area to see if they have vacancies at the end of the season? I guess which comes first the coaching job or the teaching job in most cases. My state has a certified as you go program for teachers without degrees in that field.

I’m looking for some advice from other coaches/programs that use Hudl Sideline.
Right now, I have an iPad that captures our sideline video directly into Hudl Sideline. We also own a Sports Scope end-zone camera, but currently we cannot access that camera during the game. We can only use the Sports Scope footage afterward for postgame film.
The stadium we play at has a Hudl Focus sideline camera and an end-zone camera. We have the option to pay approximately $2,000 per year to have access to that stadium’s Hudl camera system.
The other option I’m looking at is purchasing the hardware necessary to connect our existing end-zone camera and iPads into our Hudl Sideline setup. The quoted cost for that hardware is approximately $1,300 one time. I also understand that Sideline may be phased out. Additionally, Hudl Focus has more game analytics.
So, essentially, I’m trying to decide between:
Option 1 — Stadium Hudl system
• Approximately $2,000 per year
• Access to the stadium’s Hudl Focus sideline and end-zone cameras
• No additional equipment for us to purchase
• Recurring annual cost
Option 2 — Connect our existing equipment
• Approximately $1,300 one-time hardware cost
• Allows us to use our existing iPads and end-zone camera with Hudl Sideline
• We would own the hardware
• No $2,000 annual stadium access fee
Hudl’s documentation confirms that Sideline can work with existing cameras and iPads and that its system can connect multiple camera angles for instant replay. Hudl also specifically advertises integration between Sideline and Focus cameras.

What I’m trying to determine is whether there is anything I’m overlooking with the $1,300 hardware option. If it gives us reliable live access to our end-zone angle during games and integrates properly with our existing Hudl Sideline setup, it seems like a significant difference in long-term cost.
For perspective, the $1,300 option is less than one year of the $2,000 annual access fee. Over three years, that would be roughly $1,300 vs. $6,000, assuming there are no additional recurring costs.
Has anyone used this type of setup? Specifically, I’d be interested in hearing from programs that use their own end-zone camera with Hudl Sideline rather than paying for access to a stadium’s Focus system.
I’m trying to put together an apples-to-apples cost comparison for our AD before making a recommendation.

Anyone have experience with being recruited by an Ivy? Son is a 2028, has a 3.6 unweighted gpa and scores well on standardized tests. He has not taken ACT/SAT yet. He’s being pursued heavily by a couple Ivy schools for FB. Just wondering if anyone went Ivy and what your scores/gpa looked like and what the experience was like for you. Thanks!

Im not looking for advice or affirmations just somewhere to vent my frustration

i have been coaching over 10years from 8 year olds to varsity level, spending most of my time as a varsity OC. this seasoni joined a staff that already had position coaches in place and was just looking for someone to install and call an offense. brand new staff old coach left new coach brought in a lot of new guys. been with them since the spring.

we are now half way thru our season and we are averaging less than a touchdown a game. the times we do score are typically our athletic qb making something happen on broken plays. we started in zone scheme switch to gap at the other coaches behest as it was working for them i scout. we consistently miss asignments and/or lackof being physical up front. Wrs running wrong routes and dropping balls. overall just really poor performance all around.

i have coached at low level high schools primarily so i felt like i had a good handle on how to be successful even with low numbers and limit skill players but this season seems like nothing i try as a coach is bearing fruit. we have had a multitude of injuries to starters at the skill positions limited our flexibility but i dont feel thats a real hindrance when we just cant do the little things. ive even started jumping in and we split upthe lineman to really focus on technique and overall assignments.

like i said just a vent session, im frustrated and not really seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. on the bright side if we can catch fire soon we still have a shot at the playoffs 🤣 🤣 🤣

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As a one platoon team (Players play both sides)

1. How do you structure your practices so that you aren't out there for 3+ hours everyday but getting everything in?

2. How much live contact do you do in season during the practice week? especially while trying to keep guys healthy

My dad has been coaching as an assistant for high school football since I was 6 years old and also coached me in volleyball for years

My brother is 4 years younger then me and has been a football player since 3rd grade and is a senior in high school now and has always been a quarterback

He always was pretty decent in our school district but he usually didn't play on very good teams .My dad also helped out with his youth team while coaching at a pretty good high school program

But the team in general started going backwards in recent years,and my brother's JV team only won one game in my brother's first 2 years of high school

He decided to transfer to a nearby school in the district to compete for the starting varsity spot and got it and my dad also got a job their as an assistant coach last year for my brother's junior season

The team had just come off of winning back to back state championships and hadn't lost to a region opponent in a few years,when my brother and dad joined them and they both were positive they would win it again and perhaps again when my brother was a senior

They had a great season last year and won 10 games that year and my brother threw over 25 touchdown passes and threw under 10 interceptions with a few rushing touchdowns as well.They ended up losing before making it to the state championship game though, and my dad and brother were both upset but not discouraged .They were both concerned over 2 rival region teams that were each one okay away of beating our team during that season which did cause some concern as this team generally hadn't sweated playing any region team for a few years and usually blew each of them out .But that only drive them to work very hard together to win state the next season.

Now during this year,my brother and dad's team lost their first game to a massive nation powerhouse team,but our team held up with them and only lost by 10 points,then blew out their next 3 opponents.But in our team's homecoming game last night against one of the region rivals that came one play away from beating us last year...beat us by a point...yes 1 point in a very low scoring game .

It came down to the final play for my brother under center,and he threw a pass that was batted down on 4th down,and the other team took over on downs,which left our whole bleachers and sidelines in stunned silence .

The team had never lost to a region rival at home in our current head coach's era since he took over in 2022.That years was also the last time the team had lost yona region opponent,which happened to also be in the state title game.They had also won 20 straight region games until it was snapped last night

My dad literally just walked off the field when the game was called .And when we got home,my brother cried and called it rigged(so did my dad) as their was a controversial no flag on what looked like a PI committed by the opposing defense on our trans final drive on 3rd down and my dad claimed the defender specifically looked at my dad after the play and made a "gang signal with his hand" But all he did was point at our sidelines in reality

My dad literally went to his office and threw things around and didn't come out for an hour,while my brother eventually took a shower and then just stayed in his room all night

My mom and I just decided to go to a small diner to eat and get away from the tension.We were all upset but it's just a football game ....a high school football game .There is still plenty of season to go but they both acted like they just lost the Superbowl