Progressive Coaching, Revisited DAVE POTTER HEAD FOOTBALL COACH KESTREL HEIGHTS HAWKS DURHAM, NC Development Guide

“Progressive Coaching, Revisited“DAVE POTTER HEAD FOOTBALL COACH KESTREL HEIGHTS HAWKS DURHAM, NC

Development Guide

14 YEARS COACHING YOUTH FOOTBALL

DURHAM EAGLES ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (1997 – 2010)

POP WARNER YOUTH FOOTBALL

DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA

5 YEARS COACHING SCHOOL FOOTBALL

MIDDLE SCHOOL (2006 – 2008)

HIGH SCHOOL (2009 – PRESENT)

5 YEARS COACHING AT THE MITEY-MITE DIVISION

(AGES 7 – 9)


(AGES 7 – 9)

5 YEARS COACHING AT THE JUNIOR PEEWEE DIVISION

(AGES 8 – 11)


(AGES 7 – 9)


(AGES 8 – 11)

3 YEARS COACHING AT THE PEEWEE DIVISION

(AGES 9 - 12)


(AGES 7 – 9)


(AGES 8 – 11)

3 YEARS COACHING AT THE PEEWEE DIVISION

(AGES 9 - 12)

1 YEAR COACHING AT THE MIDGET DIVISION

(AGES 11 - 15)

2006OFFENSIVE LINE COACH

ROGERS - HERR MIDDLE SCHOOLDOUBLE WING

2007OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR

LOWE’S GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLDOUBLE WING



2007OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR

LOWE’S GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLDOUBLE WING



2009 - 2010OFFENSIVE COORDINATORKESTREL HEIGHTS SCHOOL

DOUBLE WING



2009 - 2010OFFENSIVE COORDINATORKESTREL HEIGHTS SCHOOL

DOUBLE WING

“Progressive Coaching, Revisited” DAVE POTTER HEAD FOOTBALL COACH KESTREL HEIGHTS HAWKS DURHAM, NC

Development Guide

Challenges of Coaching Youth Football

Development Guide

Consistency—And How to Achieve It.


Development Guide

Consistency

How We Achieve It.


Development Guide

INFRASTRUCTURE

How Does Your Org Set Up Your Team?

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Move up with your team?

Start over from scratch?


Development Guide

Generally, there are two ways:Start over from scratch?


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You already have a built-in infrastructure.


Development Guide


You already have a built-in infrastructure.

You already have players, coaches, parents and a Team Mom.


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TEN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008,

2009, 2010

EIGHT UNDEFEATED SEASONS2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010

.


2009, 2010


DURHAM EAGLES90 – 3 IN THE C.F.F. DATING BACK TO 2000.


2009, 2010


“TOP 16 IN THE NATION”2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010

33 CONSECUTIVE WINS1999 -- 2003


“TOP 16” IN NATION2003, 2004, 2007, 2008



90 wins -- 3 lossesSINCE 2000



90 WINS -- 3 LOSSESSINCE 2000

First Undefeated Midget Teamin 2010

UNDEFEATED AT HOME1999 -- 2010

“TOP 16” IN NATION2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010

First Undefeated Midget Teamin 2010

UNDEFEATED AT HOME1999 -- 2010

“TOP 16” IN NATION2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010

“PROGRESSIVE COACHING, REVISITED”

PART 1:

Building the Infrastructure


Getting Good Coaches

And Being Able to Keep Them.


My DC was with me for 9 years.

“GETTING GOOD COACHES”

They are like money to a youth org.

We all need it, but we can’t sit and wait

for it to show up.

“GETTING GOOD COACHES”

Where?

Newspaper, website, PSAs,

Business Cards.

Continuity

No surprises. Don’t “make it up” as you go.

Attention to detail.Travel directions, charting plays, disseminating info.

Continuity

Average length of stay

of a youth football coach is

3 - 4 years.

Continuity

Head Coach My 14th yearDefensive Coordinator 11th year with me

Assistant Coach 5 years with meAssistant Coach 4 years with meAssistant Coach 4 years with me

Dealing with New Coaches:

Problems?

Are you taking the proper precautions?

Hiring A New Coach:

Identifying and keeping the good coach:

Ideas of Common Sense

Hiring A New Coach:

Without taking precaution,

you are courting disaster.

If he turns out to be a jerk,

you could be held liable.

Hiring A New Coach:

NFL and NCAA

Interview can take an entire weekend.

Hiring A New Coach:

Thorough Interview

I want to know everything about him.

I want him to know everything about me.

Do you have a “coaching contract?”

Can he abide by your rules?

Hiring A New Coach:

Thorough Interview





Hiring A New Coach:

Thorough Interview





Hiring A New Coach:

Thorough Interview





Hiring A New Coach:

Have Him Work Your Football Camps

Pair him with one of your coaches.

Hiring A New Coach:

Have Him Work Your Conditioning Camp

Let him run drills.

Hiring The New Coach:

Communicate During the Off-Season

Copy him on every e-mail.


Familiarize Him With Your Scheme

Give him a copy of last year’s highlight DVD,

game videos or playbook.


Don’t give him carte blanche.

Don’t give him responsibilities without defining

what those responsibilities are.

Don’t drop him in the deep end.


Don’t drop him in the deep end.

Dealing With the New Coach:

Problems?

Did you interview them thoroughly?Do not be liable for their mistakes.

“What we don’t correct, we encourage.”


Problems?

Did you interview them thoroughly?Do not be liable for their mistakes.

“What we don’t correct, we encourage.”


Problems?

Did you meet with themthroughout the pre-season?

Are they attending the meetings?


What if a prospective coach shows upone week before the season

and there’s no time to prepare him?


Teach him as you teach your players.


Give him responsibility.

Do NOT give him the “junk jobs,”

i.e. bottle washer, play counter, snacks.

Let your coaches coach.

Keeping the New Coach:


Relationship


Team Success


Game DVDs


Bag


Plaque


T-Shirts


Highlights DVD


Give him responsibilitiesBuild a relationship

Team successGame DVDs

BagPlaqueT-Shirts

Highlight DVD

Hiring New Coaches:

•Thorough interview•Meet often•Communicate (Keep them informed)•Work the camps•Last year’s highlight DVD, videos, or playbook


PART 2:

Dealing with Parents

Player-Agents: Dealing with Parents

Greatest Advocate

Or

Your Worst Nightmare?

Player-Agents: Dealing with Parents

Greatest Advocate

Or

Your Worst Nightmare?

YOUR CHOICE

HEAD FOOTBALL COACH – DAVE POTTER

Dave has been a Durham resident for the past 25 years. He has spent the past 14 years coaching football with the Durham Eagles Athletic Association. A head coach since 1999, his teams have won ten Consolidated Football Federation championships since 2000, have gone undefeated eight times and have won 91 of their last 94 conference games dating back to 1999. Five times in the past eight years, his teams have finished in the “Top 16” football teams in the nation. A firm believer in the importance of academics, his teams have had 44 “Academic All-Americans.” His passion and commitment to academic success lead to his development of the Durham Eagles “Academic Hall of Fame” program in 2002. This program has been further developed to include character-building and leadership development. His written work, “Character, Academics and Leadership: The CAL Program” is used as a model by more than sixty youth sports organizations around the country. He was instrumental in bringing in the educational tutoring firm, “Supplemental Learners” to partner with the DEAA so that his players had access to tutoring throughout the season. His academic emphasis led to the formation of the “Elite Eagles” college scholarship program in which $27,000 has been raised for all Eagles players who plan to attend college. He has been nominated for the Positive Coaching Alliance “Double – Goal” Coach Award for 2011.

Dave joined the football staff of Kestrel Heights in their inaugural season of 2009. He spent the first two years as Offensive Coordinator. He was named Head Coach on November 1, 2010.

American Red Cross certification in First Aid basics.American Red Cross certification in Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation.Member of P.E. 4Life2010 NCSS Certification2010 YFBCA Certification2010 USA Football Coaches Certification2010 NYSCA Youth Football CertificationMember of the Fellowship of Christian AthletesMember of the National Youth Sports Coaches AssociationMember of the National Federation of State High School AssociationsMember of the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame, Inc.Member of the AFCAMember of the North Carolina Coaches AssociationHe has been nominated for the Positive Coaching Alliance “Double – Goal” Coach Award for 2011.Author of the written work “Character, Academics and Leadership—The CAL Program”


Parent’s Meetings

How many did you have BEFORE the season?

More investment reaps more benefits.


MAKE NO MISTAKE:

WE ARE ALL ABOUT WINNING!


Our demands are to:

•Win in the classroom•Win at home

•Win on the football field


“I don’t determine your son’s playing time.

Your son determines his playing time.”


“At this age group, there is no decision

that I make regarding his position

or his playing time that will affect

his ability to get a D1 scholarship.”


Be willing to explain (not defend) your

actions and decisions.

NFL & NCAA coaches have to explain themselves

in the post-game press conference, the mid-week press conference

and on the coaches show.


Arguments?

Do YOU have to WIN?


How is your body language?

Dealing with ParentsAvailability?

Are you available?

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Business Cards & Refrigerator Magnets

NameHome PhoneCell Phone

E-Mail AddressWebsite AddressAvailable 24 / 7


If you set up too many ground rules

regarding when you are available,

all they see are the times that you aren’t.


Parent’s Meetings

During the season?

During practice?


Go to the fence.


PRE-SEASONDVD

History of successPlay at a high levelPlay aggressively

Their child’s academic & social welfare at stake


PART 3:

Dealing with Players

Dealing with Your Players

They will be successful in the classroom or they will not play for us.

We have signed an academic waiver since 2003.

Fuel the kid’s competitive desire: “Musical chairs.”


Academic Program

Standards

Rewards


The Sunday phone call.


Academic“Good News”

at the end of every practice.


A-B Honor RollFramed

Academic Honors Certificate


Straight A’sFramed

Academic Hall of Fame Certificate


Straight A’sAcademic Hall of Fame TrophyWith Classroom Presentation


Academic Hall of Fame DVD


Teacher’s Packet that explains theDurham Eagles Academic Program

and the Pop Warner Academic All-American Program


Pop WarnerAcademic All-Americans

“You do the work.We’ll do the rest.”


More Academic All-Americans per capita, than any team in our conference. On average, 25% to 33% of our team have been

Academic All-Americans over the past seven years. The national average in Pop Warner is 3%.


“Meet & Greet” Drill.

Dealing with Our Players at KHS

The interview process

for players and parents.


The academic requirement.


Helmet stickers.


The monthly team meeting

with a featured speaker.


Community service.

ATHLETIC DIRECTOR—RICHIE MITCHELL

DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL ADMINISTRATION—MELISSA LAWRENCE

DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL MARKETING—MARK STONE

COLLEGIATE RECRUITING COORDINATOR—ROB LAMBETH

TEAM PHYSICIAN—DR. CHRISTIAN WERNESS

STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COORDINATOR—CHRISTIAN INFINITO

HEAD FOOTBALL COACH—DAVE POTTER

ASSISTANT COACHESDALE EDMONDSCHRISTIAN INFINITOROB LAMBETHPHILLIP SMITHMARK STONE DEREK WADE

2011 Kestrel Heights Hawks Football Staff

M I S S I O N S T A T E M E N T

Discipline Dedication Determination

The Kestrel Heights Hawks football programis dedicated to creating an environment of

discipline, self-respect and successto aid in the academic, athletic and social success

of our student-athletes.

WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS?

Most Commonly Heard “Goals”:

“Our goal is for the kids to learn the fundamentals

and to have fun.”

Teaching them the fundamentals shouldn’t be a “GOAL.”

That should be a GIVEN.

Goals are what you aspire to achieve.

They are not the lowest common denominator.

What is your vision?

Are you coaching a team

or building a program?

“It doesn’t matter if you are the best.

What matters is that you are working to be.”

--Chuck Priefer, Detroit Lions Assistant Coach

“Be great in the things that are easy.”

--Coach Mike Krzyzewski

“Please share your ideas

and ‘Good News’ with me.”

Dave Potter

[email protected]

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Progressive Coaching, Revisited DAVE POTTER HEAD FOOTBALL COACH KESTREL HEIGHTS HAWKS DURHAM, NC Development Guide