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Post by coach31 on Oct 13, 2010 8:07:39 GMT -6
Coaches,
I read the Oregon Articles.
One of our coaches (who spent alot of time coaching at the college level) is convinced that burning the clock can be a great equalizer.
Based on that, and my experience as a basketball coach. I am wondering if you can get a team out of their comfort level with tempo alone.
If I always play fast, I'm used to it an you're not. The same could be said for burn the clock and have you at the line for 15 seconds, I'm comfortable.
How many of you do use tempo?
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alln
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Post by alln on Oct 13, 2010 23:54:36 GMT -6
Great topic. This season I've learned how big of a weapon tempo can be. Up to this year, the only time I've worried about tempo was when we were working our two minute drill or if we were bleeding time off the clock with a lead late in the game. We decided to use tempo as a weapon and it's made us so much better on offense.
We've played 8 games and in 4 of them, we received the kickoff, came out playing as fast as possible, and scored before the first minute expired. Teams know that we don't huddle, but it's still a big adjustment to make, especially on the opening drive.
In another game that we ended up losing, we were down 28-7 in the 3rd qtr. Because we play fast, we got rolling and tied it up 35-35. Their defense couldn't stop our momentum because we didn't give them time to recover. Unfortunately, they scored last to win, but we wouldn't have gotten back in it without our tempo. Wild game, we ended up throwing for 566 yards and both teams combined for 1079 yards through the air.
We've found that when our offense is stalling, if we push the tempo, we start moving the ball again. It's also been really effective for us to attack after we hit a big play to keep the defense reeling. A few times we have been able to string together 2-3 explosive plays in a row before the defense knows what hit them.
Having experienced what I have this year, I don't think I could go back to huddling. We can still bleed the clock by freezing when we need to. And when you get into a rhythm pushing tempo on a drive, the score is a huge rush.
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Post by noplaysoff on Oct 14, 2010 0:12:24 GMT -6
This is my first year coaching and we tried to set goals this offseason, one of them being the most conditioned team in the state. Our offense is a no huddle/ uptempo spread and we wag our plays and formations from the sideline using 4 coaches. 1 is tempo, 1 is formation 1 is play and 1 is a dummy signal.
Everyone lines up and the QB checks with us before the snap, if we give the thumbs up, he runs the play. If we see something in the defense we can take advantage of then we change the play. So far it's worked great. The kids don't seem to feel the effects in the 4th quarter and you can tell the defenses have been.
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