Roosevelt Football Fresno, Ca'

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Roosevelt Football- Fresno, Ca.

• JoJo Reyes
• [phone] work
• [phone] cell
• Jjreyes_at_fresno.k12.ca.us
• www.eteamz.com/rooseveltfootball
• Part 1 Implementation of DW in an inner city
  school. / 6 Components
• Part 2 Disciplining On Your Terms. Academics
  and Weight Lifting

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My Story

• Roosevelts job is Coaching Suicide!
• Why leave a rising program you helped build?
• Too comfortable- I like challenges..I Guess
• Stereo Stolen 3rd day of school.
• Bunga Bunga or Death.

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Double Wing- The Sell

• I explained to the kids
• Simple/Easy to learn.
• Caters to your talent.
• Dont need great athletes.
• You have 4 downs.
• Nobody can catch or throw!
• DW fits my character on the field
• Brash, Confident Not Arrogant, Frustrating,
  Simple.

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Roosevelt-Present

• 91 Title 1 and Free/Reduced lunch
• 60 Single Parent or Guardian
• 20 Foster Homes
• 12 Nomads
• 8 2 Parents at home
• and Student/Parent Education are issues
• Multi-family households
• 2850 Students enrolled
• Deceiving numbers
• Not reasons-reality!

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2002 Woes- Before Double Wing

• State record in P.A. over 650 points!
• No Frosh Team
• No Organized Weights
• Ended with 15 JV and 21 Varsity respectively
• 1-29 record in 3 years
• Running Clock every game
• Morgue On Campus!
• Beaten down kids-looked down upon
• 7 Goose eggs

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2003 1st Year

• 375 P.A. (10 Games)
• 73 P.F.
• Organized Lifting
• 38 Jv/43 Varsity (1 to grades)
• Won 2 games
• No Running Clocks!
• Still ME players when it counted.
• 1 Player at Division 1 School (Fresno St.)
• 1 Goose Egg

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2004 2nd Year

• New Logo
• 378 P.A. (11 Games)
• 149 P.F.
• 41 Frosh/34 Jv/34 Var (1 Cancer/ 1 Grades)
• 7 returners (4 starters)
• One of the hardest pre-season schedules
• Not by choice.. So, what?!
• Better Attitude
• Scored every game
• 5 woulda-coulda-shouldas games

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2005 3rd year

• Payback Baby
• Minimal discipline
• No Cancers!
• 16 Returners that can play
• Good leadership and accountability
• Its in the eyes.
• Hunger is there
• 1 invite to the Nike-Stanford Combine
• ??????????????

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Double Wing Implementation into an Inner City
School

• Key Components
• Fundraising
• Community
• Focus
• Youth Program
• Belief-Tradition
• D.R.I.F.T.
• timeline is a must

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Fundraising

• Start Your Booster Club-started w/3. Now we are
  25 strong. We had less than 2k altogether.
• Have a vision of what you want to raise and
  present it-Florida 2006
• Gold Cards/Fireworks/Car wash/Pizza
  Cards/Donation Letters/K.O. Dinner/S.Mart
• Schedule Big Events-think outside the box! (Camps
  too!)
• All ideas are good ideas.
• Kids can AFFORD IT!
• Booster are in your control ultimately.
• Cater to your Alumnus
• Coaches take part to offset costs

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Community

• Support your Youth Programs and Invite them to be
  part of your staff and Games.
• Churches-Haka/Luau
• Be Visible at Elementary Schools w/ team Posters-
  Not recruiting just spreading the love.
• Invite kids to walk your sidelines.
• Volunteer at the Y
• Include them in any media situation.
• All Media is good media

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Community- School

• Constantly communicate with teachers that you are
  there for STUDENT-athletes.
• Get to know your true bosses- Office Staff and
  support services.
• Get a Website 40 eteamz.com
• Work with other sports as much as possible. The
  target is big enough on your back.- E-mails, open
  support, buy what they are selling-invite to
  fundraise.
• Unfortunately, its You vs. everyone else still.
• Union Dinosaurs- workem one at a time.
• Hugem all everybody needs one and it breaks the
  walls.
• Have a teacher of the week.
• Donation Shirts at your beginning in-service of
  the year.
• Get a midday PE Class! Attendance/
  recovery/strength/auxiliary sports benefit.
• Initially invite all to join.

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Focus

• What is your Principals focus for you? Find it
  and run with it.
• Believe and display 100 in your programs
  off/def. Even though you and others may have
  doubts.
• Interview all types of kids and ask how the
  program can be improved on- I was laughed at.
• What are their concerns and how can they
  addressed.
• Let the kids know that you are there for them and
  not the other way around. People have ditched
  them since they were kids.
• Tell the kids its their program- bring in one
  quality kid. Were ___ away from being a good
  team
• You must work for them, so they see you mean
  business!

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Youth Programs

• Let them mirror you offensively. Have the vets
  demonstrate.
• Invite staffs to clinics/ RHS
• Focus on letting them know you are there to help
  them in any way.
• Be visible and visit their campuses as much as
  possible.
• Buddy Programs to P.W./8th
• Free Youth Skills Camp
• 8th with Frosh C
• 5-7th with Jv C/P
• 12yrs with Varsity C/P
• Girls Invited!

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Belief-Tradition

• 100 in what you are doing. Remind yourself to
  stay focused!
• Use word s like us/we/ours-ownership
• Dont ever talk about wins. Instead use
  success/honor
• I work my tail off-all I ask for 100/Performance
  
• Constantly make a lesson on confidence on the
  field and the classroom. (Marco/Shield))
• Raise the bar-they will achieve. Its epidemic.
• How Do You Want To Be Remembered
• You are the foundation for the future.
• Changed logo/unis to reflect offense and
  attitude. Haka
• Team Dinners
• Goal Cards

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Belief-Tradition Cont.

• Are you still going to be my coach??
• Its O.K. to fail. How else are you going to
  learn? Effort and resilience is what matters.
• Football is a game for life.
• Be your worst Critic.
• Believe in them because they want to believe in
  you. (Stop smoking slowly-E)
• Tell you kids you love them and hug them.
• Appropriately- T.Blood
• Hire good people Xs and Os come.
• Dont Hire to Hire

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D .R . I . F . T .(Handout)
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Disciplining On Your Terms. Academics-Weight
Lifting

• Be A Role Model and Discipline Them Quickly-
  They actually WANT it

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Go With What You Got Instead of What You Wish
You Had.
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Set Your Standards Day 1

• Never be late- show up 5-10 min. early
• Address all coaches by Yes/Nocoach.(kid game)
• Never miss a work out.
• Drill them hard and swift to show you mean
  business.
• Use can always lighten up.
• Consistency is a must-follow up!
• Up-downs and wall-sits are the poison. Contract
  and expulsion are the daggers.

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Excuses- Sound Familiar???

• Kids used to dictate playing time and discipline.
• I have to baby sit.
• I didnt bring my clothes
• I forgot my combination
• I have a doctors appointment(braces etc.)
• I have a test or H/W to make up.
• Quinsinera practice.
• Uncle is in the hospital
• Im getting Burned Out.
• Ran out of gas or car broke down.
• The teacher kept me late.
• I have Club soccer/BB/Basketball practice.

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Suggestions

• Always give an option to the punishment
• After punishment, explain why. (275 u/d 6 min
  wall sits) or you will lose them.
• Balance the negative with the positive, unless
  planned.
• No clothes/combination? 60 min w/s
• Have kids run the punishment. Walk away and say,
  I trust you. Pressure is on them.
• Give your cell , they must contact you no matter
  what. Not someone else. Teaches responsibility
• Play twenty questions with every excuse.
• Babysitting? Bring them and the girls will watch
  them. Let me call you Aunt.

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Academics

• During Off-Season Grade checks start in Feb.
  Every two weeks it is due on Fri.
• In season every week.
• Teacher/student absences do not count. 25 u/ds
  per class.
• 3 hrs per week in study hall- mandatory check in.
  
• Praise good grades and improvement.
• Separate eligible/not eligible and borderlines
  during class.
• Contracts for knuckleheads. Which carry over to
  next season. . (2 week and 4 week)
• E-mail teachers!

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Weight Lifting

• All Olympic Lifts-SPEND
• Champions are made in January, not August.
• X-fer training into games- King of Da
  Ring/application is crucial.
• 3-5 contact times per week for Varsity.
• Get midday class.
• Lifting is the vehicle for wellness and
  confidence.
• Stress the importance of nutrition/safety daily.
  (soda)
• Take all kids to Power Lifting Tournaments to
  plant the seed.
• Call other high schools for old equipment.
• Get kids out of their comfort zone!

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Words of Wisdom

• A Man Without Balance Will Fall
• Learn from the Veterans.
• Your Program will take a life of its own soon
  enough.
• For me it was Advocare Supplements. That kept me
  balanced.