Roosevelt Football- Fresno, Ca.

JoJo Reyes(559) 253-5200 work(559) 908-2857 cellJjreyes@fresno.k12.ca.uswww.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

                  

My Story

• Roosevelt’s 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.

Double Wing- The Sell

I explained to the kids:Simple/Easy to learn. Caters to your talent.Don’t 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.

Roosevelt-Present

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Ethnicity

Hispanic

S.EAsianOther

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!

2002 Woes- Before Double Wing

State record in P.A. over 650 points!No Frosh TeamNo Organized WeightsEnded with 15 JV and 21 Varsity respectively1-29 record in 3 yearsRunning Clock every gameMorgue On Campus!Beaten down kids-looked down upon7 Goose eggs

2003 1st Year

375 P.A. (10 Games) 73 P.F. Organized Lifting 38 Jv/43 Varsity (1 to grades)Won 2 gamesNo Running Clocks!Still “ME” players when it counted.1 Player at Division 1 School (Fresno St.)1 Goose Egg

2004 2nd Year

New Logo378 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 AttitudeScored every game5 “woulda-coulda-shoulda’s” games

2005 3rd year

“Payback” Baby……Minimal discipline No Cancers!16 Returners that can playGood leadership and accountabilityIt’s in the eyes.Hunger is there 1 invite to the Nike-Stanford Combine??????????????

Double Wing Implementation into an Inner City School

Key Components:

1. Fundraising

2. Community

3. Focus

4. Youth Program

5. Belief-Tradition

6. D.R.I.F.T.

*timeline is a must*

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

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

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, it’s You vs. everyone else still.

Union Dinosaurs- work’em one at a time. Hug’em 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.

Focus What is your Principal’s 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 it’s their program- bring in one quality kid.

“We’re ___ away from being a good team” You must work for them, so they see you mean business!

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!

Belief-Tradition 100% in what you are doing. Remind yourself to stay focused! Use word s like us/we/ours-ownership Don’t 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. It’s epidemic. “How Do You Want To Be Remembered” You are the foundation for the future. Changed logo/uni’s to reflect offense and attitude. Haka Team Dinners Goal Cards

Belief-Tradition Cont.

Are you still going to be my coach??It’s 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.BloodHire good people X’s and O’s come.

Don’t Hire to Hire

D .R . I . F . T .(Handout)

C atch M y...D .R .I .F .T .

D iscip lineC an you be..

I n tegrityT yp e t it le h e re

R espectSelf- O th ers- Sch ool

F riend sh ipE x pan d yourself

T rustH on or

SelfP rogram

Disciplining On Your Terms. Academics-Weight Lifting

“Be A Role Model and Discipline Them Quickly- They actually

WANT it”

“Go With What You Got Instead of What You Wish You

Had.”

Set Your Standards Day 1

Never be late- show up 5-10 min. earlyAddress all coaches by “Yes/No”coach.(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.

Excuses- Sound Familiar???Kids used to dictate playing time and discipline. I have to baby sit. I didn’t bring my clothes I forgot my combination I have a doctor’s appointment(braces etc.) I have a test or H/W to make up.Quinsinera practice.Uncle is in the hospital I’m getting Burned Out.Ran out of gas or car broke down.The teacher kept me late. I have Club soccer/BB/Basketball practice.

SuggestionsAlways give an option to the punishmentAfter 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/sHave 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 responsibilityPlay twenty questions with every excuse.Babysitting? Bring them and the girls will watch them. Let

me call you Aunt…….

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/d’s 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!

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!

Words of Wisdom

“A Man Without Balance Will Fall” Learn from the Veteran’s.Your Program will take a life of it’s own

soon enough.

For me it was Advocare Supplements. That kept me balanced.