Some Drills on a Wed. afternoon.

Day 3 of Blogging & I am still full of energy.  I was able to spend 30 full minutes with my 2 sons practicing some basic running back drills.  My youngest, we will just call him, "Lil' Bear" wants to play RB & my eldest just wanted to get out there with us to practice so I wasn't about to say no.

Although they have both already played one season of flag football it's still great to be able to be out there with them & work on the basics.  It's amazing to me how many little things you can actually work on just in 3 plays.  I mean, a simple handoff is really quite technical if you really think about it.  There are so many little things that can and sometimes do go wrong if the technique is not worked on PROPERLY.

The good thing is that we made it 30 minutes straight & they listened... Now, I am not trying to sound like my children don't normally listen to me but me putting on the "Coaching Hat" & being a teacher is different than being DADDY.

I can feel that this is going to be great for all of us.  I am even trying to block out the fact that my son said, "You don't know that much about football"... NICE... Real Nice!  Why my son thinks he knows more about football than me is pretty simple.  Because he's a kid & kids always know more about everything than their antiquated parents.  The point is that I let him believe that he knows more than me just so that he can be in awe of his younger brothers team when they break the huddle in unison & line up like little champions.

"I got this!", says my Lil' Bear as I tell him which hand signal means that I'm calling an audible...  LOL!!!

Kids... Football... Life... It's all good!

Day 2 - Team Parent selected

Alright! So now my team officially has a "Team Parent" and that makes me very happy!  I am not exactly sure what that means for the proud volunteer other than they help me out & make sure that all the kids are taken care of while there is practice going on  & other responsibilities that I am sure I won't really understand until I discuss it more with the League.  All I know is that I am happy that I had a volunteer less than 24 hours after I sent my introduction letter...

So, even though I won't share the name of the Team Parent, I am really grateful that they took the initiative to do it!

GO TEAM!!!

Coach Carlos


"It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up." - Vince Lombardi

FIRST FLAG FOOTBALL POST

OK,

So needless to say that I am pretty excited about coaching NFL Flag Football in January.  I was able to help out/coach a little bit with my youngest son's flag football team during his first season and even though my oldest son's coach wasn't as receptive to me on the sidelines I was able to absorb as much information as I could to make that tough decision... TO COACH, or NOT TO COACH... I chose to start with NFL Flag Football since I figured it would be a good way to introduce me to the world of football coaching & to be able to spend more time with my sons.

Now, I will say that my Eldest son's reaction to me wanting to coach was not what I expected.  Actually, it was NOTHING like what I expected.  He was very clear that he did not want me to be his coach.  Now, as heartbreaking as it was to realize that I wasn't my sons favorite person to teach him about football,  I quickly shrugged it off when my younger son said, "Daddy, will you be MY coach?!"  What was I gonna say but "YES!!!"

Of course, my first thought was, "Do I get to pick the DOLPHINS as my team?  If not, can I get the Steelers?  The answer to those questions came quick...  Those 2 teams have been chosen, please give us another pick... So, what team has a bunch of Miami Hurricanes on it & performs up to the standard that I would hope my little ones will?  The RAVENS!!! So, that's my team for my first season....


So, here I am.  I just sent out an email to the parents of the players that will be on my 5 -6 year old team & introduced myself.  I'm searching online for as many FREE ideas, plays, information that I can find so that I can be a good coach & not let my son, his soon to be teammates & myself down.  That's why I started this blog... To keep track of my career as a coach.  

Wish me luck world...  Cuz' I'm READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL!!!!

Coach Carlos