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Post by utchuckd on Jan 8, 2010 18:42:41 GMT -6
This came up in another thread and so not to hijack it I thought I'd move this over here: In order to head off what you are referring to, I had a series of once a week meetings and advertised it in the local paper inviting anyone and everyone to come and "Let's Talk Football" at the field house meeting room. It was a big hit and it did not take the "experts" in the community long to figure out just how LITTLE they knew about the strategies, X's and O's, S&C, schemes, adjustments, etc,etc. for the sport. It really did them good, opened some eyes and gave them a new found respect for what we do. We discussed anything and everything that they wanted to talk about about football. I not only let them throw any question at me, I also threw questions at them and gave them opportunities to show their knowledge. At times is was comical to watch some of the "experts" try to carry on an intelligent conversation. Some came for all 8 weeks, some came once and never showed their face again. I will say that some came to legitimately learn the game, but the intent of the series was for the "experts" to get a wake up call. I like the idea. For anybody that's done anything like this, do you have a set agenda that you follow or just open it up and see what happens? |
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Post by brophy on Jan 8, 2010 18:57:35 GMT -6
See "Empower Parents: Watch Film" thread.
Its the exact same thing
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Post by unc31 on Jan 8, 2010 19:22:22 GMT -6
No it isn't the same thing at all. In fact we watch no film. We get on the board and talk pure football. This is completely off season and nothing specific about our program is discussed, nor are any kids, coaches or anything else discussed. It is all about generic football strategy, multiple philosophies, fundamentals, coverages, pass route design and why coaches do certain things the way they do.
Never in a million years would any parents be allowed to come in and watch and discuss our game film, ever.
utchuckd, to answer your question, I opened it up each week and asked if there was anything specific that anyone wanted to delve into about the x and o's etc. Ocassionally someone would want to discuss to discuss something in particular such as how to marry coverages to fronts, or what does pattern reading mean. But usually they would just show up ready to talk and and learn. If no one had a topic, I would bring up something for discussion and we would go from there.
I always tried to make it something that the average fan in the stands did not think about or consider. This made them think a little deeper next time they wanted to yell something like "why are they running up the middle" or "throw the ball", lol. At the very least it made them more intelligent fans which many of them thanked us for.
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Post by coachbw on Jan 8, 2010 22:08:37 GMT -6
UNC, I like this idea a lot. Would you be able to provide a examples of the specific topics that came up and that you covered? I know you mentioned the pattern reading, but i am just trying to get a feel for the topics, and level of depth, that you went into with them.
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Post by unc31 on Jan 9, 2010 9:56:12 GMT -6
we discussed the differences in various offensive and defensive schemes and the strengths and weaknesses of each, coverages, how to pre snap read coverages, adjusting to motion and to unusual formations, formationing to gain an advantage on offense, Strength and speed training for football, offensive line fundamentals, zone block vs. gap schemes. These were a few of the topics we discussed.
We got pretty in-depth with it.
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Post by utchuckd on Jan 9, 2010 13:34:07 GMT -6
So if nobody had specific questions/topics you would just start out broadly with something like blocking schemes, or pass coverage, or defensive fronts, etc and let it go from there? I like that, let it go where it goes. How long did the meetings last? Couple hours? Most coaches I know with an open ended topic and a whiteboard can go all day!  |
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Post by unc31 on Jan 9, 2010 17:19:29 GMT -6
I put a two hour limit on it from the get go, so we did not get into that many marathons. I agree, when you get a room full of coaches together it can get long, but keep in mind that these were not coaches and did not have that much to bring to the table or in this case the board, lol.
It is a great way to stay sharp in the offseason. Although we all x and o and clinic year around, this is a good weekly teaching session which is very beneficial especially in letting the other side know that you know your stuff.
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Post by unc31 on Jan 9, 2010 17:22:58 GMT -6
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In order to head off what you are referring to, I had a series of once a week meetings and advertised it in the local paper inviting anyone and everyone to come and "Let's Talk Football" at the field house meeting room. It was a big hit and it did not take the "experts" in the community long to figure out just how LITTLE they knew about the strategies, X's and O's, S&C, schemes, adjustments, etc,etc. for the sport. 
