Douglas Rivers is the Tight Ends Coach and Technology Coordinator at Dutch Fork High School. He’s been a part of the program for 20 years and has seen and been involved with the change that National Coach of the Year Coach Tom Knotts has brought to the program. It’s resulted in 6 state championships in 9 appearances including runner-up in 2021 which ended a 62 game winning streak. The program is now nationally recognized and was ranked as high as #9 in the country in 2021.
Coach Rivers share how they stay on top of the changes in the game and the technology that can benefits the team and helps them win games.
Shownotes:
A shift in the culture to promote winning
The weight room
Track as the speed development program
Process for evaluating tools
Change in rules that allowed technology
Criteria for evaluating technology
Setting up a sideline system
Best practices
Artificial Intelligence
Removing room for error
Process for sideline adjustments between series
Procedures and set-up of players for efficient communication
Treating the sideline like a classroom
Answering questions with individuals separately
Half time adjustments
Half time on the road
A schedule for half time
What stood out to help them pick their sideline replay system
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