2015 GMSAA Coaches Clinic

State of Georgia

• Two of the many laws passed by the Georgia Legislature have an effect on your ability to coach– HB 284 : Concussions– HB 1176 : Mandatory Reporter

• Forms are on the web site

House Bill 284

– Creates protocols for informing parents about the dangers of concussions and for identifying and treating players with head injuries.

– Requires any student in a public or private k-12 school who shows signs of a concussion to be removed from practice and games and would not be able to return until a doctor says it is safe.

– Public sports leagues are also required to provide concussion forms to parents and guardians and encouraged to apply the policies to their programs.

House Bill 1176

– WHO: “volunteers in the public, private, for-profit and non-profit sectors that provide "care, treatment, education, training, supervision, coaching, counseling, recreational programs, or shelter to children."

– requires that an oral report be provided to DHS/DFCS within 24 hours of the time the reporter learns of the suspected abuse or maltreatment.

– 1-855-GACHILD / 1-855-422-4453.

NFHS.com

Coaches Test

• Everyone must PASS the test• Head coaches must be here or at Roswell next

week• On the test, the first 5 questions are the SAME

for everyone• And there’s a good reason for that…

Rule 7-2-5

• At the snap at least ____ offensive players shall be on the line of scrimmage– 9– 8– 7– 6

7 6 5 4 3 2 1

6 5 4 3 2 1

NFHS rule 7-2-5(b)

51 6169 79

41

34

65

5582

81 59

At the snap at least five offensive players on their line of scrimmage must be numbered50-79

Practice Rules

• AIR - Players run a drill unopposed without contact;

• BAGS - Players run a drill against a bag or another soft-contact surface;

• CONTROL - Players run a drill at assigned speed until the moment of contact and one player is pre-determined the “winner” by the coach. Contact remains above the waist and players stay on their feet;

• THUD - Players run a drill at competitive speed through the moment of contact with no pre-determined “winner.” Contact remains above the waist, players stay on their feet and a quick whistle ends the drill;

• LIVE ACTION - Players run a drill in game-like conditions and is the only time that players are taken to the ground;

• FULL CONTACT - Contact which meets the definition of Live Action or Thud.

Pre-Season Practice

• Full contact shall be allowed in no more than 2 consecutive practice days per week;

• Full contact during practice shall be limited to not more than 45 minutes per day;

• Full contact during practice shall be limited to not more than 135 minutes per week;

Regular & Post Season Practice• Full contact during practice shall be allowed in

no more than three (3) practice days per week;

• Full contact during practice shall not be allowed on more than two (2) consecutive days;

• Full contact during practice shall be limited to not more than 30 minutes per day;

• Full contact during practice shall be limited to not more than 90 minutes per week.

Written Practice Plans

• A written practice plan in compliance with this by-law shall be prepared in advance by the head coach prior to every practice.

• Such practice plans shall be made available to the GMSAA upon request

Example Practice Plan

• 6:15 – 6:25 Warm-up• 6:30 – 7:00 Position Drills - Offense– Backs (Introduce new plays for week)– Line (Sled, footwork, etc. )– Receivers (work routes, and blocking)

• 7:05 – 7:20 A offense vs B defense (No tackle)• 7:25 – 8:10 11 on 11 (Quick whistle)

First Day of week practice

GMSAA Web Site

• Please contact for information– Head Coach– GMSAA contact (Program Manager, Athletic Officer)

– Region Manager– Web Master or Executive Board

Stuff you can do with a login

Not Approved by Region Manager

Approved by Region Manager

CERTIFICATION

Checked at Certification

Certification - 2

Checked at Certification

NFHS Concussion Test

SCORES

• Winning coach must – Enter the score using the “Do Score” selection– E-mail / text / leave message with your Contact– E-mail / text / leave message with your Region

Manager

• Scores must be entered by 6:00 PM SUNDAY– The system will cut you off at that time

Wrap Up

• Please Get a twitter account• Approved Head Coaches will have their login

and passwords e-mailed to them. – LOOK IN YOUR SPAM FOLDER– Use the Forgot Password function to see if I have

the right one.– Contact your Region Manager, I will send it from

the gmsaa.net@gmail.com account