1. 2015 GMSAA Coaches Clinic

2. 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

3. 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.

4. 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 /

5. NFHS.com

6. 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…

7. Rule 7-2-5
At the snap at least ____ offensive players shall be on the line of scrimmage 9 8 7 6

8. 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 6 5 4 3 2 1

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

10. 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;

11. THUD - Players run a drill at competitive speed through the moment of contact with no pre-determined “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.

12. 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;

13. 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.

14. 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

15. First Day of week practice
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

16. GMSAA Web Site Please contact for information Head Coach
GMSAA contact (Program Manager, Athletic Officer)
Region Manager
Web Master or Executive Board

17. Stuff you can do with a login

18. Not Approved by
Region Manager
Approved by
Region Manager

19. CERTIFICATION
Checked at Certification

20. Certification - 2
NFHS Concussion Test
Checked at Certification

21. SCORES Winning coach must Scores must be entered by 6:00 PM SUNDAY
Enter the score using the “Do Score” selection
/ text / leave message with your Contact
/ 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

22. Wrap Up Please Get a twitter account
Approved Head Coaches will have their login and passwords ed 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 account