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KEYS to New Coaching Success COMMUNICATION – TEAM CONNECT ■ DELEGATION – ■ GET PARENTS INVOLVED TEAM MANAGERS – ■ ASK for HELP – ASSISTANT COACHES – DEALING with PARENTS DEALING with REFS – – PRACTICE PLANS LINEUPS and GAMETIME – – TEAM BUILDING and SPORTSMANSHIP RESOURCES –

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KEYS to New Coaching Success COMMUNICATION

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KEYS to New Coaching Success – DELEGATION ■ GET PARENTS INVOLVED- ASK! BENCH MANAGER – ■ Hydration ■ Bathroom ■ Flags – PHOTOGRAPHER TEAM MANAGER – – ASSISTANT COACH

KEYS to New Coaching Success – TEAM MANAGER IN CHARGE of TEAM CONNECT ■ ■ ATTENDANCE WEEKLY EMAIL and COMMUNICATIONS ■ ■ SNACK SCHEDULE TEAM PARTY ■ ■ EBFF EVENTS

KEYS to New Coaching Success – ASSISTANT COACH ■ EACH TEAM CAN HAVE 2 – We want to support and encourage full coaching squads ■ PLAYER PARENT ■ CREATE ROLE ■ LINEUP ■ OFF or DEF COORDINATOR ■ WORK TOGETHER

KEYS to New Coaching Success DEALING WITH PARENTS ■ – Let them know you're approachable – Discuss distribution of playing time – Never talk to someone that's yelling at you – Discuss their problem at a later time Get someone else to sit in on the meeting – – Hear them out Body language – – Keep your composure. Even if they don't ASK FOR HELP! –

KEYS to New Coaching Success ■ DEALING WITH REFS Respect is critical – Address the youth football – referees with respect. Expect the same. If the sideline official does not listen to your reasonable complaint, you may want to speak to the Head Referee at a convenient time. – Ask questions - The good coaches ask questions for two reasons – to understand why the call was made and to figure out if the covering referee made a bad call. Listen –Youth football referees may not understand – the rules in every scenario.

KEYS to New Coaching Success ■ PRACTICE PLANS – BE CONSISTENT EVERY WEEK – WARM UP DRILLS – ■ EX: FLAG PULLING & ROUTES ■ ASK PARENTS TO HELP FUNDAMENTALS – ■ STANCES ■ SNAP CATCHING ■ PLAYCALLING – – DONT FORGET DEFENSE – TEACH THE RULES

KEYS to New Coaching Success ■ LINEUP AND GAMETIME – Equipment – Plays & Wrist Coaches ■ Team Binder ■ Gameplan Spreadsheet – Substitutions ■ Each player must play at least one entire half on offense and one entire half on defense See Substitution plan in Coaches Presentation ■ ■ Have a Bench Manager or Team Manager assist – Sideline Behavior Don’t allow kids to focus on refs, penalties, negative ■ plays – Brush it Off! – Player Safety

KEYS to New Coaching Success ■ TEAM BUILDING and SPORTMANSHIP – Introductions – Know the players names – Assign team leaders Have fun – – Let kids call or pick plays Celebrate together – – Make sure every player and role are treated equally important in this TEAM game – Have a ritual – Brush it off

KEYS to New Coaching Success RESOURCES ■ COACHES CORNER www.eastbayflag.com/coach – TEAM CONNECT team.bluestarsports.com – NFL FLAG CERTIFICATION – https://usafootball.com/development- training/certification/ ■ You will be asked to complete the Flag Health & Safety and the Flag Skills Courses