Richmond Burton’s Off Season Competition Program

Richmond-Burton Football

• School of about 800 • 85 -100 players in program over the last five years • 55 - 65% are multi-sport athletes – Many 3-sport athletes

RB’s Problems

• Mentality: off-season is June – August – Great summer attendance, but not in winter and spring • Local trainers/gyms = not seeing players • Player’s bubble

Off-Season Competition Program

• Tie summer incentives into winter and spring lifting • Make players accountable in a variety of areas all year long • Keep football in their minds all year long • Program based on a variety of examples

Organization & Components

• 6-8 teams, each with a captain – Each team: 8 – 10 players drafted by team captain – Football coaches are drafted to a team as well • Score or lose points in these areas: – Weight Room Attendance – Academics & Discipline – Other R-B Sports/Activities – School Spirit – Community Service – Miscellaneous • 3 segments: 3 rd quarter, 4 th quarter, and summer

Captains

• Chosen by coaches – Past years • Pick leaders, as well as potential leaders – Pick players, as well as subs/2 nd stringers – Shows loyalty, expectations, etc.

• Provide players with the opportunity to lead a small group • Talk to captains before starting program – Purpose, expectations, offer rides, academic help, etc.

• Responsible for taking summer attendance • Leadership Program 2012

Leadership Program

• Captains meet with me every other Friday before school • Binders: readings, activities, handouts, etc.

• Resources: • • • • •

Becoming a Leader the Annapolis Way

by W. Brad Johnson & Gregory Harper

Bo’s Lasting Lessons

by Bo Schembechler

Competitive Leadership

by Brian Billick

It’s Your Ship

by Captain D. Michael Abrashoff

The Winner’s Manual

by Jim Tressel • Select chapters from each book for their reading

Leadership Program (cont.)

• Meeting Topics: – Me: Leadership Analysis, Leading by Example, Goal Setting, & Leadership Values – Captains: Communication, Listening, Self-Discipline, Motivation, Preparation, Team Building • Discuss readings, take aways, how this can apply to our team and program, etc.

• Earn 10 points for each meeting they are prepared for and participate in • Lose 20 points for each meeting they are not prepared for or do not participate in

Areas Players Score Points

Weight Room Attendance

• 2-3 days per week, 1 hour per day – Juniors/Sophs: Monday, Wednesday, & Friday – Freshmen: Tuesday & Thursday • Scoring: – Juniors/Sophs: Progressive Points • 1 point for 1 st day day, 2 points for 2 nd day, 3 points for 3 rd – Freshmen: 2 pts. per day in winter and spring • Competitive Weights Classes – warm-up only

Academics & Discipline

• Points for 3 rd & 4 th Quarter grades • Scoring: – A: +4 – B: +3 – C: +2 – D: -2 – F: -3 • AP/Honors not worth more points • No points for Pass/Fail classes • Disciplinary Referral: – 3 Tiers: -4 points (i.e. tardies), -8 points (i.e. cell phones, swearing), 12 points (i.e. stealing, cheating) – Discretion used in certain instances – Administrative help • Email notifications through Skyward – Print and file these

Other Sports/Activities

• 10 points per week of season – Starting in January – Through end of season • Communication with other coaches is crucial • Encourages athletes to participate and compete in other sports & activities – Competition is a good thing!

– Carryover skills/attributes

School Spirit

• Student support for football is phenomenal • Need to show similar support • Each player receives a card – Name on it – Ten events – Coach has to sign and date card • 2 points per event – Double points for non-athletic events • Replace damaged, not lost, cards

Community Service

• Area in need of most improvement • 5 points per hour of service (unlimited) • All team members must have 2 hours by the end of July – Prefer these to be done as a team • Idea must be approved by coach (form) • Signature from supervising adult

Coach Approval : _________

RICHMOND-BURTON FOOTBALL COMMUNITY SERVICE FORM

Team Member: __________________________________________ Team Name:_____________________________________________ Organization/Group Served:_____________________________ Organization Contact Information:______________________ Describe, in detail, your community service project. _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ How will this project improve your community? _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ Number of Hours:______________ Supervisor Name:_______________________________________ Supervisor Signature:__________________________________

Miscellaneous

• Speed camp – run by our track coach – 2 days per week in winter – 2 points per day – Does not replace lifting requirement • Other opportunities as they arise – Don’t want to go crazy with these though – Emphasis needs to be on key areas

Competition Day

• Last day before our July 4 th break • First round – station rotation – Push ups, Pull Ups, Sled Push, Obstacle Course, Bench Press – Average Reps (total reps divided by players) • Second round – head to head – Brackets – Tug of War (2 types), Harness Pull, Relay Race, Med Ball Relay

Competition Day (cont.)

• Scoring: 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (based on number of teams) – Team earns points for every event to keep it interesting • Total points get added to overall team points for summer segment • Winners get card for free pizza and Gatorade (and bragging rights…)

Points

• 3 segments – points start over at beginning • Post standings around school every 2 weeks – Ranked by average number of points per team – Other students pay attention to this as well • Captains get points sheets for their team – Discuss other topics at meetings • File copies of sheets in binder – Points sheets – Discipline sheets with deducted points

Team Member

Jake P.

Tylar S.

Luke B.

Riley H.

Josh H.

Trace V.

Spencer E.

Nick H.

Ethan P.

Individual Points Team Points Total Points Average Points Weight Room Attendance 3rd Quarter Grades 4th Quarter Grades Discipline Winter Sport/Activity Spring Sport/Activity Communit y Service School Spirit Misc.

0 9 10 3 17 0 8 4 20 71 19 17 8 17 10 13 15 14 12 125 0 -19 -10 -4 -33 68 0 0 78 0 68 0 68 0 282 20 20 20 0 20 0 0 0 20 100 10 10 2 0 8 10

117 46 19 98 17 81 41 86 60 565 565 62.78

per player

TEAM

Team Pauly Team O'Kane Team Smith Team Dechow Team Zygiel Team Mygiel Team Flood Team Zelinsky

RANK

1 2 7 8 3 4 5 6

Based on the average number of points per player.

AVERAGE POINTS

62.78

61.56

60.60

59.33

57.33

56.11

53.00

52.67

Rewards

• Individual improvement: strength, agility, community service, camaraderie, competitiveness, academic standing, etc.

• Tangible rewards for points based on total points as a team (all

must

have community service) – 2750: yellow R-B off-season t-shirt – 3000: maroon R-B off-season t-shirt & shorts – 3250: black R-B off-season t-shirt, shorts, & R-B mini-helmet

Winners & Losers

• Winning team: – Names in fall program – Recognized at end of season banquet – Ideally, some kind of “traveling trophy” but I haven’t figured that out yet.

• Losing Team: – Clean & reorganize weight room at end of the summer – Used to extend into season – bad idea!

• Segment winners get free pizza card • Segment losers are not “punished”

Issues that have come up

• Injured players? – physical therapy schedule • Sick players? – excuse them or give them points?

• New players?

– Criteria to meet before being placed on a team • How to score week between seasons (rest week)?

• Financial commitments for rewards – Fundraising incentive for players – Booster Club/Dad’s Club – Local business support

Advice

• Communicate with coaches, captains, and players constantly • Be positive – negative things will occur, focus on the positives your kids will get out of it • Be organized – binder works well, Excel spreadsheets, posting the points constantly keeps me on top of it • Give it time – players have to learn this is part of being a Richmond-Burton Rocket

Results

• 75% of players accounted for in winter – Spring number is always higher • 16 – 22 daily since program implemented in January – 20 in winter sport • Freshmen are important to Juniors • Players know who is showing up & who isn’t

Contact Information

• • Tad DePorter [email protected]

• School Phone: 815-678-7569