True Stories From Teaching Extracurriculars and Coaching

Join this wild yet insightful episode where we take a deep dive into the world of extracurricular activities in schools. Gabe starts it off with sports and his journey as a track coach and college athlete, again, while Bri shares some entertaining stories from her time as a middle school basketball coach.
From Tell's adventures as class president to Lauran's cheerleading escapades, there's plenty of laughs and learning in this jam-packed episode. Learn how sports and extracurricular activities not only keep kids out of trouble but also teach invaluable life lessons like coping with disappointment and stepping out of comfort zones.
Bri also dives into the metaphorical depth of basketball while Lauran discusses the competitive spirit of speech and debate. Don't miss out on their candid views on today's kids' attitudes in sports, the significance of funding for extracurriculars, and some hilariously relatable moments from their teaching and coaching experiences.
Finally, ride along for a lively session of "Good or Garbage with Gabe" discussing post-game bus rides home. Tune in for this engaging episode that's as much about laughter as it is about lessons. It's all here in Teachers Off Duty - where education meets real-life experiences!
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[@norikadolmy7274]

Gabe is low key a fashion icon

[@Anna-Grace6]

Agreed

[@jwhite01130]

😂🤣🤣👍👌

[@gracegonzalez959]

I really appreciate the fact that you guys highlighted fine arts kids / band kids. We have 9 hour days of marching band during the summer and it's hard work. It's just nice to see that the teachers notice this stuff.

[@LL-yl6jk]

ONLY NINE!?

[@emilyrasmussen4330]

Pfft, well depends, some can get to 12 hours long in the summer right before schoo

[@Imulletman12]

I love the whole crew, but Bri and Gabe make everything 10 times funnier. Thank you for blessing us with such glory.

[@thebrotato642]

Thanks for showing support for performing arts kids! 34:39 I did marching band all 4 years of high school, and it teaches just as many if not more lessons than some other sports. The level of dedication and commitment it takes to perform at the highest level makes us who we are. So so happy you made that group of your listeners feel included ☺️

[@emilys_world.]

I do marching band too,!!, what was ur favorite show u guys did??

[@gracegonzalez959]

What instrument!?

[@thebrotato642]

In marching band I played trumpet for 3 years and baritone for my senior year when I had to get braces that fall. Primarily a trumpet player but my favorite show was from my junior year when we did HERO, a tribute to any and all kinds of heroes whether they were personal, medical, military, or other branches of emergency services

[@elyzzayt]

Former band kid here! I was drum major and used to do 3 a day summer band and had practice every morning before school and evenings after school. It’s a LOT. For my district (or it might be a Texas thing) it’s a big deal that they consider band a sport. It’s a lot but it was super fun. It teaches discipline and real world skills on top of musicianship, being a performer, and heath. I would recommend any parents or students to give band a try!

[@kimberlyslavsky9799]

I love your podcasts! I also really love the fact that none of you are embarrassed to ask questions if you aren't sure of what the other people are talking about.

[@iKatieUndead]

"What else are they going to do?" "Call the psychiatrist" I AM DEAD 😂😂😂😂

[@PazurLikeALazer]

In high school, my band camp was INTENSE. We did four weeks of camp, starting with eight hour days and ending with 14 hour days. It was a blast! We didn’t have a practice field, we had a parking lot. My high school used to be known as the “giant killers” because we would have this tiny 2A sized band knocking 4As and 5As out of the competition. I miss marching band greatly 🥲

[@kyleh3615]

I did marching band all 4 years and then went onto normal life. My younger sister however, decided that she loved guard and has done it through WGI ever since. Those people WORK

[@_SistaMai_-zr2lf]

41:29 Gabe's laugh I CANNOT🤣

[@missSi]

Loved this topic! School Counselor here at a Career Technology Center/ “vo-tech”, so important for students to find their outlet. ❤

[@AndiSchneider]

I was capt of the drum line for two years, and being in band from 7-12 was like having a other family. My school was 7-12 so we all grew up together with the same director. They were there when I was dealing with my anorexia, and all so supportive. I won this big solo contest for marimba in the state and it was a big deal. All of our homecoming queens were in the band.

[@RutSaraidDelCid]

I do appreciate y’all talking about the arts, as someone who was in marching band and the drum major my senior year, I didn’t like how Lauren said band wasn’t a sport. It most definitely is, we had two weeks of band camp where we would be out side in the Georgia heat from 7am-5pm Monday-Friday, we never had an off day, we had competitions on Saturday, we had to learn an 8 minute show with body (dance) and they a horn and move all over the field at the same time. So not only is it a physical sport, it’s also a mental sport. We even get letters after our first year because of how hard the sport was. We had football player do what we did once a year on a Saturday (head coach would make them so they would stop talking bad about us every year) and what they did was so hard, some would throw up and at the end the all walked out saying marching band was hard. Btw our football team when to state 6 years in a row and won 2 years in a row.

[@kayleeadams4388]

The band section made me laugh because we have 2-6 day weeks of 10 hour band camp starting July 31, then before school each day we have 1.5 hours of band. Plus the competitions each weekend for a month, and all of the time outside for practicing😂it’s a lot of work to be in band!

[@AV-rc5gi]

I will be a senior in August. My school has variety of clubs. My freshman year I did not do anything since it was the covid year and most of the school was online. My sophomore year I joined BAB which is my school's club for community service. My Junior year I continued with BAB and joined HOSA (medical honor society) and even won a medical reading competition. Now as a senior I want to continue in those 2 clubs and hopefully join NHS and the French club.

[@kaylab7999]

Hands up if you love the crew 🙌

[@bosssub-master6799]

🙌

[@ur.fav_gemma]

🙌🏾

[@Philo_phobiaa]

🙌

[@M_NIEHAUS]

"We go down fishin in da creek in Mississippi" -Bri 🤠

[@thomasforrer7023]

I play clarinet in my marching band, thank you for shouting out the bands! We are treated so bad for all we do. So thank you bre

[@faithfrancisco9829]

“Everyone needs to play their role…” “Like fetching the stars water.” *gives non reacting stare “Shut up” Lmao 🤣 omg Bri and Gabe are hilarious

[@nikkianderson1289]

I was in band from 3rd grade-12th grade. I went to a high school that had a huge music and art department. I could go on FOR DAYS about my experiences in band. We had a two week "band camp" for marching band at the end of August, and rehearsal every day after school from September - October. It was very intense. But fun. At the school I teach at, we also have an E-Sports club. There is also a rocket club where all the 6th graders can learn how to build little rockets and they launch them at the end of the year. I am hoping to start a true crime type club at my school this year, because I noticed a lot of students have an interest in that.

[@jaklyncook1595]

My freshman year, I was one of the very first kids on my school's speech team. For group speech, my team was composed of my brother, his best friend, another friend, and me. I was a sub on the team so I wasn't even supposed to perform, but I did and we had such a blast. Then, one of my friends and I were the only two to do individual speech. Two years later, we've both gone to state two years in a row and this year our improv team (just me and my friend, because everyone else graduated) went to state too. Speech is one of probably ten extra curriculars that I'm a part of, and it is by far the one I love most.

[@nuttynatsu2354]

I didn't do many sports but for a few years I did Ballet, Tap and Gymnastics (never got to the bar part of things). The place I went to do it, did a 2 yearly show, and in 2000 someone told the owner to send in the video from the show for the chance of some of us to dance at His (her at the time) Majesty's Theatre in London, and me, along with 4 other groups from the dance school I went to got chosen. I'm a massive musical addict and adore Phantom. Being surrounded by the set pieces, the costumes, getting a peak at the mask was the best experience ever, and I still haven't actually been and sat in the audience, just danced on the stage.

[@doljoe3]

Mr. Williams marching band in Indiana was almost more popular than Friday night lights. Representing Angola High School 1997 and 1998 class c state champions

[@cynetriaedwards5257]

I currently teach 3rd and 4th grade ELA and remember during my high school years I participated in mock trail and DECA! I truly enjoyed both!!

[@PazurLikeALazer]

Let me know if y’all want an arts teacher as a feature! Long time listener of this podcast, and I feel like the one thing you’re missing is a performing arts teacher! I’m a high school chorus teacher in NC, and would love to come chat with you guys!

[@roberts9565]

Extra curricular activities give a child a group of people to sit with at lunch. That is super important for many kids!

[@lmacks1031]

Last year my school had the worst football coaches! The team was nothing but behavior issues. A few of the boys were caught stealing packages off porches. A home owner posted ring cam footage on Facebook. In the comments of the post there were a bunch of people replying hey that is so and so they go to the middle school. Then you see the coach chime in saying he was handling the situation and going to have the boys go apologize and do yard work for the guy! I was LIVID. This coach had no management skills, he hosted a lock in and the boys were out of control and they trashed the gym. The PE teacher confronted him about the mess and all he said was oh they wouldn’t clean up. Like realty Bro!

[@bosssub-master6799]

nah bro thats... no thats MESSED UP!

[@danielmorgan3812]

I love helping out with sports and extracurriculars. I was a volunteer assistant coach for tow different schools for a couple years and a volunteer alumni assistant at my high school for several years. However since the fall of 2022, there’s been a growing problem in my district. So many extracurriculars have ground to a halt because of county politics. More specifically, it’s literally devolved into people left and right backstabbing and pulling all sorts of ridiculous BS tricks in order to get to the top. Head coaches throwing their assistants onto the fire. Assistant coaches and head coaches having heated arguments in front of the kids. The schools blaming the coaches for things that we cannot control. Two of my coworkers and myself were cut from the staff of the team that we helped so much by the new head coach who refused to even meet me. That’s an asinine and illogical thing to do for someone coming in who is completely new to the already long-standing program. It still makes me so sad and angry that I am now out of coaching and there are no more discernible opportunities in this district.

[@kelseypodojil]

I coach a jump rope team!!

[@tdeggz]

loving the support for the arts kids as a music-teacher-in-training :)

[@6686Andrea]

I'm from TN I was in the band, drama, speech team, thespian club, newspaper staff and yearbook staff, Lion's Club oh and girls ensemble (choir) 😅😅😅

[@laurenvalerie2889]

My first time…. He said “I’m a stallion” and I basically threw up. Lol. When Gabe said “stallion” I spit out my water 😂😂😂

[@siobhan7355]

Thank you for making me laugh while I’m sick with Covid. I’ve never dealt with so much pain in my life also dealing with chronic illness. Thank you for keeping me a little sane during this difficult time. 🤟🏽❤

[@KnightsRealm]

I am president of Creative Expressions club at my school in Nevada! It started as Creative Writing but I wanted to provide a space for students to express themselves in whatever way works best for them. This year, it will include writing, art, music, dancing, and planning events like show cases and dances. Now, it’s been built up to helping students becomes more active in the student body and school events, while teaching them how to take steps out of the comfort zone and achieve their dreams with no apology or fear. This year, we plan on doing a Horror night where they will show off their finished project (first one of the year!!) and be able to enjoy a night of Halloween fun with the parents, family, teachers, students, and friends. Wish us luck! It’s my senior year, so I hope to make enough of an impact that future students feel free to be unapologetically themselves.

[@harMONEY24]

My band camp is 5 days (Monday-Friday) for 7 hours each day. There is a camp in June and July and then a sleep away camp for a week in August, where we are outside for a collective 12 hours.

[@CodenameEcho666]

I'm not a teacher, but I am a band kid who played tuba but now I have joined the Color Guard. I enjoy your podcast and how accurate you got band, but my favorite thing is going to competitions and meeting the people in the other bands

[@Thervnomad]

I absolutely love your show! As someone that primarily listens on apple podcast I have found that recently the “ads” that are put in have been put in in such a way that some of them will cut in right in the middle of someone talking. This is something that has made me want to move away from your show. Is there no way to work with them and come up with a way that works for ads and your show? Again, absolutely love what y’all do and love the show!

[@kaylawebber8449]

Gymnastics is such an amazing sport, i was in 9 years and i can't even count the amount of life lessons i learned, its such an amazing sport

[@alliesparks9386]

So glad yall talked about Band!!My band has 13 hour band camp days for a week straight!! In Alabama in July (Very hot!!) We have over 350 kids and so hard!! But hard work really does pay off because this year we get to go to the Rose Parade!!

[@piperfox3754]

I’m in Marching Band. My favorite memory was us girl clarinet players had our own bus because there was 35 of us. we would put the windows down and scream music if we won. most of the time though it is late like 11:30-12 am so we went to sleep and we’re silent. I just finished band camp and it was horrendous. It was 110 degrees and our air conditioning was broke. Band camp is no joke at all.

[@taraduckett5917]

One year when I taught 5th grade, instead of “Study Hall/Interventions” on Fridays each teacher had a Club. Kids could sign up for what they wanted. I had a crafting club and it was a lot of fun and it was something we looked forward to. We got a new principal the next year and they decided it was a waste of “academic time”.😢

[@828creations6]

I was a figure skater and cheerleader. But one year i tried track, i was learning shot put. My coach was a military veteran and he was tough. He tried to teach me how to throw upwards and not out by standing in front of me. I hit him right in the eye with the ball 😮 so embarrassing!

[@jbmusician2007]

Thanks for the band shout out. Could y'all do this again with performing arts teachers? This was a great episode, but it was kinda sports heavy.

[@TheDarkOne_Rumplestiltskin]

I was in my school’s tech crew last year in 8th grade. It was so fun! I was a runner for a while and then they promoted me to doing the lights. I would sub for the person doing the sound if they weren’t there or they were in the show on stage. I would sub for lights too but they decided to keep me for that position. I miss middle school so much 😭😭😭😭

[@Imbatmn57]

21:11 i wanted to do soccer in highschool but my mom was tired of extra curriculars after taking band in elementary school, and i probably wouldn't have liked the amount of excersize we'd have to do because they had them run laps.

[@gthury]

I went to college with Trey Krier. Great ball player.

[@bbeachley1293]

I just took over our schools Dungeon and dragons club! It’s been great so far!

[@greasechoreography5501]

Bre got me with that "blood-borne pathogens"!!!

[@sinamoon_]

I did drama, art, yearbook, chess and journal of the arts. I wanted to play basketball though. Unfortunately I'm not an athlete (asthma killed that dream early) but I've always loved art. I was in band for 2 years and I played the saxophone as well. My only gripe is that they never taught us to read music -- just how to play and rehearse.

[@jenniferestes5293]

In the 6th grade I wanted to join the girls volleyball team. We were told that if we wanted to join but our grades weren't good enough to participate to join anyway and we would have 6 weeks to raise our grades so I joined. The 6th grade math teacher saw me in line for the volleyball team that first day and asked what I was thinking because I would never bring my grade up for participation (math was the only subject I had a bad grade in because I wasn't turning in my homework). He pulled me out of line and sent me home. Soured me on sports and him but not math. At the age of 45 I still get upset when I think about it. I found my niche in the 8th grade when I joined choir and stayed in it until I graduated.

[@LilyArmstrong-sy5cy]

I’m a student and I’m head of recruitment for Model United Nations

[@melanyxace]

nice goatee gabe!

[@kate_strazz625]

Hey Bri, just so you know if Peyton gets on a competitive team just so you know it is very expensive so make sure that you get ready for that, but I know she will do so good!!

[@juliegrossman-13]

My PR for one mile is like 6:25 or something like that since this was when i was in the military in basic training at the time and we run 2 miles which my PR for that is 13:30. I did cross country one year and wrestled all 4 years and did JROTC. Then I also coached girls wrestling at my high school

[@Rusty_Raven_]

D3 Tennis player and High School Tennis coach THEN became a History and Technology Education Teacher 😅..... I WAS definitely built for D3 😅 I only played for 4 years before walking onto my college team, everyone should give sports a chance 🎉

[@MrMarohlsclassroom]

Did the basics if I am being honest: swimming, baseball, basketball, band, jazz band, freshman house, sophomore house, and cooking. Though with sports and clubs today, there is no accountability for the horrible behavior. If the coach needs you they will keep you around and make excuses. Parents need to chill out about sports being a kids life, back up plan is always needed. Final note: esports should only be a club, not a actual sports team. Pro esport players say that they are not athletes and shouldn’t be looked at the same standard as others❤

[@brittanyakins9632]

I love Starkiss Tell! We have them every year after field day they are donated by our local Dairy Queen❤

[@kinsleywolfe9451]

Ok on the bus ride home for my first volleyball game we demolished the other team and the whole ride home we were screaming excited and scream singing wap

[@KendallMajeres-ou8iw]

Is there a post stamp collection club

[@edwingonzalez5185]

That's what you got as an adult from thr horse trail torture? My parents did the whole wake up early to do something hard on Saturdays. As an adult, this made me realize that Saturdays are for sleeping in

[@victoriafrost5461]

I've heard that for some professional football teams would do ballet during the off season to keep their strength and speed.

[@sheassweets-n-thingz5025]

My middle years were 7th grade drama, 8thgrade soccer and track. 10-12 air force jrotc

[@TheSuburbanBase]

About the coaches who make kids run after or before games: I remember some nutcase coaches even did that for my childhood rec league we all get a trophy soccer league. Thankfully I had the good coaches, but that sucks the bad coaches existed.

[@eleanorjones26407]

When everyone forgets about orchestra...

[@KendallMajeres-ou8iw]

I did fca fellowship of Christian afthletes

[@athenaschepmoes6257]

Super senior here meant you did not graduate with your class and had to stay for an extra senior year.

[@SConArt87]

You want to talk about "rivalries"? Try going for the solo in choir that EVERY other girl wanted. lol, it got nasty.

[@AntNerd_E]

Band and Anime Club cause was really cool

[@GhazelG]

Gabe looking like a snack

[@I_l0vemybesties]

Mk I have a story at my school kids at my school are notorious for for vaping, and WAY WORSE and I have a friend that was going to use the bathroom one day and she walks in on two kids smoking weed in the bathroom and fun fact they were sixth graders

[@leanbean6545]

She says the word “like“ too many times to be the best speaker of the group.

[@bosssub-master6799]

its 12:01am in Hawaii right now idk how but under a minute

[@kaylab7999]

8 pm in Australia

[@anica4512]

Bro I’m so glad that they talk ab band especially color gaurd like I feel Fuad kids are always over looked but like my schools band camp is 3 weeks long from 8-4

[@CherylChamberlain73]

I’m surprised speech was a huge part when she says “like” every other word 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@barbarajpeters9851]

👋👋👋👋👋

[@bosssub-master6799]

i just looked at my notifications and was like "how come I don't have any notifications but its on my home page? Am I subscribed? OHHH I'm not subbed🤣" Edit: don't worry its fixed now with notifications ofc🌟

[@Higoodvrgt]

Hi

[@bosssub-master6799]

hi what rtime is it for u

[@ewier]

Why is the audio so messed up?