The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-10-15
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gives his time 10 detail work II he
devotes his afternoons to individual
instruction. Such a system Of coach !
ing must be scientifically managed
Yale and Pennsylvania failed because
1t was not.
snR of Coaches.
This plan is theoretically superior
10 the Individual coach scheme he
cause 1t more rapidly weeds out the
culls from the material and thus per
mits the earlier selection Of the team.
upon whose members the coaching
can be concentrated. The individual
coach at best can watch but one or
two players In a sCrimmage. whereas
the assistants Of head coach can
watch every player At all times. II IL
tribute to the genius OF the single
coach that his elcvcns have some
times been able to defeat those pro-
duced by staff OF coaches There
are reasons for this
In the first place the single coach
has fewer men trying for the team
and in practice-not thcory-he
actually selects his men and develops
team play at an earlier stage than
does the staff OF coaches with a
wealth Of material. His weakness,
as rule, Is in capable substitutes
In the second place the small college
has an uphill fight all season and up
hill nights breed fighters and auto
matically discard loafers. II the in
dividual coach knows his business he
is likely to spring surprises on the
big teams
Knowing his business is the key
to the situation with either the head
coach or the single coach. The quail
tiles which bring success are much
the same What these qualities are
may well be asked?
Coaches Hard to Find.
The tendency in getting coach Is
to secure former gridiron star. But
the work Of Zuppke. at Illinois. Of
Macklin. at Michigan Agricultural
College. and the confidence Princeton
has in Rush. none of whom made
their varsity team while in college,
disprOves this idea. as does the fail
ure Of Hinky. at Yale and of Brooke.
Mt Pennsylvania, former stars OF the
first magnitude.
For example. year ago certain
head coach engaged u noted drop
kicker for three weeks nj 5000 a
week 10 teach his men how 10 drop
kick. During the season this eleven
made but one goal from the field
which they humorously refer to as the
5000 drop kick" This head coach
1nu "a
will never forget
Coaching teams to victory in the
face OF present competition is no soft
sinecurc. Victory is earned The sue
ccssful eleven knows the game from
tacklinE to touchdOwns. II is high
ly perfected machine both mentally
and physically. possesses courage CO.
ordination and wonderful fighting
spirit, II goes about its work with
deadly determination And beyond
its technical knowledge and spirit II
must have a sort Of sixth football
sense--it must outguess and outthink
the opposition All of this it gets
from the coach.
Coaches Must Have Confidence.
The coach must not only know
hNAhAhtAAA hAA Nv must w UNlt ~ I'M
part his knowledge to others. He
must be a strict disciplinarian. have
confidence in himself and impart that
confidence to others, and he Judge
of human nature. He must know
how 10 train men, how to work them
and how to keep them interested
yitaily in the success Of the team.
In football knowledge alone he
must be progressive. Attack and de-
Tense are constantly changing and to
keep ahead of the advance he must
study other teams and their systems
in order to check their oifense and
overcome their defense. He is omen
TO rs much praise or censure as a
political leader, and in his profession
there is more competition than In
politics because there are so many
other coaches and teams plotting his
downfall. Supporters of a team de-
mand victory even when II is not a
logical conclusion because OF the ma
terial at his command. so ii behooyes
4 coach TO be on the job day and
night. The fact of the matter is
lie can't get away from it. His bust
ness is cyerybody's business and he
is much harassed and worn indi-
yidual At the end OF the season, what
eyer its results At that, there Is
abundant competition for the job.
copyrighted. 1876. by SOL Metzger.)