Online Clinic on the Red Zone Show

Me too Dave. I'm really looking forward to this. Best of luck with it Doug - it should be a lot of fun.

First your doing sold-out clinic sessions, now a talk radio show appearance, what's next, your own show on cable? Can I be your agent?

Dave Hartman
CYFL Coach

Coach Hayes does the show on both Tuesdays and Wednesdays, I believe. I'm not sure - he gave me a choice and Wednesday worked better for me.

We're on in about 10-15 minutes (9:00 pm EDT / 6:00 pm PDT). Here is a direct link to the feed:

www.blogtalkradio.com/coach-bigb/2010/05/27/the-red-zone-show-online-youth-football-clinic-guest-speaker-coach-doug-brown

The show will be archived at that same link, so you can access it later if you miss it.

Wow, I talk to a radio star! Great Job Doug!

Joe

Doug

I logged on but was having technical difficulties ( my end) ...I will try again and check out the archive. This is really a great idea. I'll keep up on your schedule. You do alot of good for the sport. Thanks.

Coach Mike

I can read these boards but hearing the coach talk really makes it sink in. I downloaded the show and listened on my way home from work. After all my kids in bed, I laid in bed and listened again. I laughed to myself more than once as I thought how easily Coach Brown would have eaten up my defense. Great resource Big B.

Todd

Coach Big B

Great show, I thought Doug was outstanding. The whole concept is great and really needed.

Joe

So part two is on June 2, 2010?

LOL Coach Roe has been extended to a hour now because of the problem we had last week. LOL We need to extend these shows because a lot of info is being given out. See you in a few hours. ;D

Another good job, Doug.

--Dave

Thanks Todd - I appreciate the kind words. Regarding the onsides kickoff - we assign our L2, L4 and L6 players as gunners to go after their L1, L2 and L3 players, respectively. Our L1, L3, and L5 guys go after the ball. NOTE: We number from the sidelines in towards the ball (which is on the right hash), and from our perspective so our L1 is our guy all the way to our left, closest to the sideline, and their L1 is their guy all the way to our left on the front line (he would be considered R1 by them). We put 7 guys to the left of the kicker and only 3 to the right. I've tried it from both hashes, and with a right-footed kicker, it's easier from the right hash - it's tough to kick it across the field without hooking it a bit, so I'd only go from the left with a left-footed kicker. However, you certainly can do it from either direction.

The idea is that by kicking a (somewhat slow) roller that will go about 20-25 yards across the field as well as 10 yards down the field, your gunners should be able to get to their targets before the ball gets there, allowing your ball hawks to get the ball with a lot less interference from the opposition.

I hope that helps.

Todd:

I generally huddle them up and tell the kicker what to do, who then relays it to the rest of the team in the huddle. We did start having teams move their best players around, though, so I came up with the following audible system - I break the field up into a 3x3 grid (Left, Middle, and Right by Deep, Medium, and Short) and number them 1-9, then I just yell out the # of the area I want him to kick the ball to. I also make sure that our kicker knows who their biggest studs are and he knows to not kick the ball to them regardless of what I call out (unless I tell him otherwise, like in an end-of-game onside kick situation where we have to get the ball back or we lose).

Coach Hayes - We can do it Wednesday evening around 4 pm PDT (7 pm EDT) again, if that works for you. I'm flexible if that doesn't work for you. Give me a call tomorrow morning and let's get it scheduled.