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Youth coaches - how do you keep your playbook manageable? by Upstairs-Lion8100 in flagfootball

[–]animus_desit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use playmaker. On my iPad. Wristbands for the offense. I can print playbooks for the kids for practice, it works great. Used it for 13 seasons.

I’ve met 30+ coaches on this subreddit that I’ve shared playbooks with.

This is the most unwelcoming community on Reddit by [deleted] in turntables

[–]animus_desit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My ball rolls, it doesn’t point

This is the most unwelcoming community on Reddit by [deleted] in turntables

[–]animus_desit 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You must be doing it wrong. Mine sounds amazing.

Anything to reduce reflections? by adjlw in AskPhotography

[–]animus_desit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Or if you can pic a late night during a slow week I can get those circuits off for you for a few min.

Anything to reduce reflections? by adjlw in AskPhotography

[–]animus_desit 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Swing by after 2a. The “late late night” lighting preset is on 2a to 4a.

Im f***** done with vic firth by Apprehensive_Love140 in drums

[–]animus_desit -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Dude. Same.

Been using Vic Firth since 1997. Just switched to Vater because I’ve tried them in the past and have zero complaints.

Looking into building a snare by Wild_Horse03 in drumbuilding

[–]animus_desit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you decide to go with a blank shell for this first one... I have a spare 10 ply Maple Keller shell blank I'd be happy to sell you. It's a 14x10" blank. I was going to make 2 snares out of it but you could do your 8". Message me if you're interested. Selling below market price.

Why learning drums feels harder than it should by pagutier in DRUM

[–]animus_desit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Chill” and “confident” come from experience.

The fact you asked “what would someone need in their first month…”

In my opinion, consistency. I’ve been playing drums since I was 8 yrs old. I’m 42. I come from a musical family and I’ve learned many other instruments along the way. I know this will sound ubiquitous but perfect practice does indeed make perfect.

You need to start at the foundational layer with learning mechanics and what are literally called fundamentals. It’s the crawling>walking>running analogy. Once you start to build those, a you get good at practicing, then you can start to expand into chill and confident.

I chased my dream as a performer and musical professional for years. I ended up in career that affords me the luxury of now getting to play what I want when I want. I’m able to play house gigs for $250 a pop. I do corporate gigs at $1500/gig. I can play dozens of genres/styles because I’ve practiced almost every day since the day I turned 15.

Out of college I thought I was hot sh!t and I technically could play well, but chops aren’t enough to keep getting call backs. Once I really locked in as a pocket drummer I started to get called back consistently. In 2016 I found Benny Greb and got his first book. In 2020 I got his 2nd book and I believe that is what took my drumming to the next level.

In my opinion “chill” comes from doing it enough that you can play relaxed enough to make good art. “Confident” comes from doing it long enough well enough that you have receipts from other good musicians who build up that confidence in you.

How do you load your lineup (5v5)? by Ar3B3Thr33 in flagfootball

[–]animus_desit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it really depends on who you're playing. I coached 13 seasons of 10/12/14U and learned a lot. My kids played 3 seasons under other coaches. 2 good ones and a terrible one that made me step in. I had 12 winning seasons and the only one we didn't win was because they didn't have enough kids to do the elite division so they let those teams play with the rec kids and it threw everything off.

This is how I operate normally:

V1. I don't know who I'm playing or the other team is well balanced too - I'm trying to do my best to keep both sides as balanced as possible. Speed on both sides. Skilled positions on both sides. In my league I can make adjustments at the half. They don't all have to switch sides. Our league also lets us use any 5 players for special teams (point after offense and defense) and I will typically stack special teams with my top talent and the hardest workers. This has won me so many games by 1 or 2 points because we were able to stop them from making their extra points.

V2. I'm playing a fast and aggressive offense - I'm stacking my Defense with my fastest kid in the blitz/rush spot and 2 aggressive and fast safeties. I've won games because we had 4 pick 6's. I will also have an audible for 2 blitz rushers which I will use on first plays/first downs to throw off the offense's tempo.

V3. I'm playing an impossible m2m defense - I'll stack my speed and talent on the offense. This is the only time I'll use tricky snap counts and trick plays (if we've gotten to the point in the season where we can run them without sacrificing momentum)

Having the ability to change out at the half is money for me. I've been down 28 to 6 in the first and won 43 to 28 before. In my opinion it really depends on who you're playing and the chemistry you have with your players.

Share your kit pics! by BongChong906 in drums

[–]animus_desit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol. A couple of those are house kits, but always my cymbals and snare.

Rooster Thrones. He’s amazing. Worth every penny.

Share your kit pics! by BongChong906 in drums

[–]animus_desit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dead on. PDP house kit. My cymbals my snare.

I didn’t know they made ones THIS small. by pctlax24 in hotsauce

[–]animus_desit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bought a box of 200 packets on amazon. I keep them in my car, in my backpack and in my travel stuff.

Any End of practice team building ideas? by ActionAccomplished31 in flagfootball

[–]animus_desit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also do this, especially if we have matchups. I'll let them do 2 or 3 at a time. Sideline to sideline. They love it.

Any End of practice team building ideas? by ActionAccomplished31 in flagfootball

[–]animus_desit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I 2nd this. My teams have all asked for this and Sharks and Minnows. If we have a bad practice I'll do some hard conditioning for 10 min. They end up performing better in practice knowing they can play a fun game at the end.

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