Transcript Trenton Football Parent’s Meeting • We have a salesman here to size everything that will be available for purchase.

Trenton Football
Parent’s Meeting
2015
• We have a salesman here to size everything that will be
available for purchase. Orders will be placed and paid for
on line.
• Everything ordered will be shipped to your homes.
• Before I forget, our first game will be played at Wayne
State vs Southgate. Our Athletic Director has pre sale
tickets on hand right now. Believe the pre sale tickets
cost $9.00—cost at the gate $11.00. However, we get
$2.00 per pre sale ticket---zero for those sold at the game.
Cloth/Shoes/ect
• Each young man, who participates in a sport at Trenton
High School, must have a physical. I would suggest
getting one as soon as possible.
• Athletic Fee of $130.00 due ASAP
• Along with a physical, an athlete who wishes to
participate must pass 4 of 5 classes with a 2.0 gpa. That
is the state standard. 9th graders are automatically eligible
if promoted.
Physicals and Eligibility
• 9:00 am on Friday the 12th of June.
• Bring running shoes, cleats, work out clothing, water, and
email lists.
• We will test, run them through how to do what we want
them to do.
• We will also start out online fund raiser.
• We will feed them afterwards.
Mini Camp
• We will begin our summer program on Monday, June 15th
@ 8:00am for 10-12th and 9:15 for incoming 9th graders.
We will be done around 10:30. This program will run
until double sessions begin on Mondays, Wednesdays,
and Thursdays (the building is not open on Fridays).
• 7 on 7’s are an invite based activity usually attended by
the older players. We will contact those players. We
typically have car pooled to these events. The calendar
has dates and venues.
Summer Program
• There are two weeks, as decided by the state, that we will
have no or limited contact with our players.
• Dead Week- no coach/player contact. Normally, our
seniors organize some activities for that week.
• Down Week- no football related activities; however, we
can condition and lift. We use that week to hand out
equipment after we work out.
• *Calendar has dates
Summer Program
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Youth Camp
On line letter
Outright solicitation
Victory Day
Noah’s Project (feeding the homeless)/July 14th
Fundraising/Activities
• Double sessions begin on Monday, August 10th. The first
session begins @ 8:00 am. We will break and then go back out
around 12:45. The first three days our Touchdown Club offers
lunches ($20.00’s per players). An athlete does not have to
participate in the lunch; however, they will stay on campus.
• Practice runs Monday-Friday.
• Saturday, August 15th, we will take pictures for the program.
Please come and take many pictures of your son; you will be
sad if you do not! Pictures packages are also taken on that day.
We have typically began at 10:00am---check the calendar for
the time.
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1 week of practice
• This will be the 26th year of this event. It gives everyone
the chance to mingle and meet. Each level will be asked
to contribute something to the buffet-style meal.
• Each family will be responsible for their own set-up,
drinks, and chairs.
• After we are done eating, we will go to the football field
and introduce each level, as well as our cheerleaders.
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Family Picnic (Aug. 19 )
• We will scrimmage at home vs Monroe St. Mary’s. The JV
will begin at 4:00---the varsity will follow at 6:00. The 9th
grade team will scrimmage at Gibraltar Carlson vs Riverview,
Redford Thurston, and Carlson.
• We will, again, be charging canned goods as admission. The
canned goods will then be transported to the Trenton Food
Pantry.
• September 12th (Sat) is Victory Day. Coach Aaron has been
around the country helping people put their own Victory Day
together. It is a wonderful day; we are blessed to have this day
in Trenton---also, very blessed to have Coach Segedi.
Scrimmage
• No cut
• I do not have a “playing time” rule to determine whether
a young man, playing varsity football, receives a letter. If
a player, works hard daily, and finishes the season in
good standing, I believe they deserve a letter.
• Our rules are very simple: be where you are supposed to
be, when you are supposed to be, do nothing to embarrass
your family, your teammates, your school and city. Just
like at home, there are consequences for not meeting our
expectations, which could be as severe as dismissal.
Membership
• We try to apply real-life consequences to inappropriate
behavior. If you do not go to work, you get fired. If you
do not work hard at your job, you will never get
promoted---a few examples. We are trying to help all of
you teach lessons that have value long after their playing
days are over.
• Character Manual- is one tool that we use to help
reinforce the lessons that are being taught in each of your
homes.
• Absences are deemed excused or unexcused by me.
membership
• We still expect an injured player to attend practice; they
are a member of this team until the season ends. Lori
Holcomb does wonderful work; she can help them heal.
She cannot work her magic if they are not here! Nor can
they continue to learn if they are sitting on your couch.
Injuries
• Playing time is determined by our staff; the final decision
is mine. Arguing about your son’s playing time is a little
like arguing balls and strikes in baseball.
• We base our decisions on need, ability, work ethic, and
physical readiness. It is not determined by who yells the
loudest from the stands. I have, in the past, leaned
towards our seniors, if all is equal. That has come back to
haunt me more than once. We try to reward players
efforts by getting them on the field in some capacity.
Playing Time
• This is a very simple, well-thought out rule. If you have
an issue, we are asking that you think about it for 24
hours prior to verbalizing that issue.
• Our coaching staff is instructed, by me, to never have a
“parking lot conversation” with anyone.
• If there is a need for a formal meeting, it will be
scheduled and all parties will be heard.
• Exceptions
24 Hour Rule
• If your son has an issue, we are asking them to first go to the
coach he has taken issue with.
• If there is no resolution (which doesn’t mean that they will
always get what they desire), the issue comes to me (for all
levels).
• If there is no resolution, we will schedule a meeting with you,
your son, myself, the coach, and our athletic director.
• Again, this is real-life conflict resolution. A parent, player, or
coach ranting and raving is not going to resolve anything.
Process
• If one of our football players is ticketed for drugs or
alcohol, he will be dismissed from the team (all levels).
This policy begins on the first day of practice and will
remain in place until the season’s end. Outside of the
season, the athletic policy will be followed.
• It is my hope that this policy will help all of us dissuade
our athletes from falling prey to the temptations that are
all around them. I would much rather have you angry at
me than be hugging you at the funeral home!
Zero Tolerance
• If there is anything that we need to know about your son’s
health, please do not keep it a secret. We need to know,
as well as Lori Holcomb.
• We had a young man, not too many years ago, who
managed his health issue at practice. He made us aware
of what was going on, and what we needed to do to assist
him.
Special Health Situations
• Banquet is 10-12th: not an attempt to slight our younger
players---we have found, in the past, that our 9th grade
players and parents were the ones sneaking out early.
• They will have their own get together after the season.
• Please read the washing directions for your son’s cloth. If
their jersey comes back pink, it will be very easy to
recognize them during a game!!!
Misc.
• Recruiting/Camps/Combines- recruiting has changed
considerably over the years. It has become very on-line
based. I still prefer the old way where the coach would
sit in my room where we could get to know one another.
• Camps- that is totally your call. My take on this matter is
not one that I will give unless asked.
• Combines- I have found these to be money-makers for
the people running them. I have never had a college
coach contact me based on the results of a combine. I
will, however, help anyone who is interested in this
avenue.
Misc
• This is our 26th year!!!! This club was created and still
exists because of the efforts of our parents. This is how
you can, positively, impact our football program. The
more people involved; the easier it is for everyone. New,
for us, this fall will be the split of the concession money.
• For those of you who are new to our program, the TTC
awards scholarship monies to our senior football players
and cheerleader. This is done through a number of
activities. Eligibility for this senior award starts right
now!!!
• Please become an active member of this group.
Trenton Touchdown Club
• All of the forms that you will need are linked to our calendar.
• 9th graders will have to fill out a consent form (one time deal) which says that
they read the athletic handbook and understand its’ content. A concussion
awareness form must be signed and kept on file at THS.
• We will offer the opportunity to come to service to all of our players the mornings
of varsity games. This invitation is extended to each of you also. This,
obviously, is not mandatory; it is something we have done for the past 25 years
on a voluntary basis.
• Let’s keep our energy in the right place and our eyes on the ball.
• Be supportive, encouraging, and positive.
• Enjoy their career with them.
• As always, we need to remember that performance and purpose are two totally
different things.
• Assess things honestly---life gets much easier that way.
• Thank you very much for coming.
In Closing