2015 GMSAA Coaches Clinic State of Georgia

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.

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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 6 5 5 3 4 4 3 2 2 1 1

NFHS rule 7 -2 -5(b) 59 81 82 69 51 61 79 65 41 55 34 At the snap at least five offensive players on their line of scrimmage must be numbered 50 -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 predetermined “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

CERTIFICATION Checked at Certification

Certification - 2 NFHS Concussion Test Checked at Certification

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