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All coaches (head or assistants) need to be Level One certified from USA Football. We also have coaching instruction from the varsity staff directly or via our Director of Coaches. Regarding blocking one of the best things we did was to put on a blocking clinic for the entire league. Each coach ran a station. What they didn't realize is that the clinic was aimed more at the coaches than the kids. It worked well but there was a lot of grumpy coaches who didn't want to do it. The coaches are also given playbooks and a list of resources for assistance. All practices are on site and supervised by the Director of Coaches.

The three finalists are Carson Steele, Donoven McCulley, and Blake Fisher.

It is painful to watch. We have tried everything to get our league to properly instruct blocking. The biggest hurdles include getting the coaches to care (most coaches are parents of running backs) and getting coaches to admit they don't know how to teach blocking. The ego is a powerful defense against learning.

Well, in youth football because they are still learning how to tackle. Nothing wrong with the tackling drills as long as they are being taught properly.

At Center Grove our youngest contact league is for 2nd graders but 1st graders are accepted if the parents prefer. Much of the fears posted above are unwarranted IF the league is properly run. The coaches, league officials, and referees need to be properly instructed and supervised and the equipment needs to be high quality. If you have those things in place you should have minimal problems. You will not have zero injuries. They happen. Yes, we should be worried about AAU type football teams and tournaments. I see rogue teams being formed and seeking players and my biggest concern is who the coaches are and what do they know. National championships for 8 year-olds is ridiculous. There is a team forming. now that is talking about playing January tournaments. That's a horrible idea. Play football during football season. I recently saw that our Jr. Trojans were ranked in the top 20 nationally for 11U. Seriously? Who does this kind of stuff? Do they honestly think their rankings are credible? Usually there are adults trying to profit from over-zealous parents but they've never approached us for anything.

Who is learning to block?

What do you recommend for the Trojans?

PWO I hope he goes where he is valued.

When the check clears.

Congrats to all winning coaches. Shout out to CG's defensive coordinator Chad Daniels for leading the best high school defense I've ever seen.

Did you tell Carmel and Center Grove?

You won't find a bigger proponent of offensive linemen than me. I don't think they will ever win because realistically there aren't stats for o-linemen. No fantasy points! To most voters the o-line are just kind of in the way.

Not even close to being accurate. College scholarships are awarded based on college potential. High school awards should be based on high school achievements.

Short of forming a 4 team 7A or state forced splitting of the school districts there's nothing you can do about it.

No, I’m just tired of seeing enrollment used as a crutch.

Center Grove + Westfield is smaller than Carmel

I quoted it.

This guy gets paid to write this stuff?

This is basically the "quit whining" take which is every bit as tired as the "it's not fair" take.

Justifiably or not new businesses won't relocate to TH because of the union reputation.

Everything I find on line says the populations of Terre Haute vand Vigo County are virtually unchanged since 2010. There are other possibilities including the average age is increasing or there was a 4-5 year window where Hautians quit having sex. 😆 I'm sure there's a way to check the enrollment of lower grades but I don't know how to do it.

I think the number of free and reduced lunches is used most often on this forum.

3,000+ kids from @temptation's highly preferred socio-economic status. Great facilities. Rich tradition if you're as old as I am. Make the program good enough and you won't lose kids to neighbor programs. I think it is a great job. Edit: Aaaaand he beat me to the punch. LOL. Color me surprised if their SES is the lowest in the county.

So did I. Great school.

No. Terredice is a city with a college in it. It is not a college town. At all.