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Post by realdawg on Nov 18, 2010 11:25:38 GMT -6
Do any of you do anything differently when you have to play a team in the playoffs that you have already played this year? Do you do anything differently depending on whether or not you won or lost the first game?
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Post by calkayne on Nov 18, 2010 11:35:01 GMT -6
Expect a few changes from them regardless of the previous result.
For example the offence may changes Formations, but the plays tend to remain similar.
Defence may be tailored to suit your Offence of the Season.
Convince your Players that they are a good team, not just the opponent. Your guys got there and deserve to be there. Thats something I have tended to overlook in preparations previously, I feel thats one of those intangibles that plays on self-confidence when things get hard.
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Post by coachzola on Nov 18, 2010 12:04:48 GMT -6
We play in a small league where we play each league opponent twice, home and away. You always make adjustments based on what was successful and what was not. Weakness that you can exploit both offensively and defensively. The biggest difference is you have a whole week to practice rather then between a series or halftime with a whiteboard.
Obviously gameplans do change depending on outcome and how the team played you previously. One team in particular this season really sufficated our run game the first meeting especially between the tackles. We had some success outside in our option game and throwing the football. Heading into game # 2, we adjusted some of our blocking schemes for our inside run game based on there defensive tendencies while increasing our reps and variation in our outside run game and passing game. Offensively we had more success in both aspects of the gameplan.
I love playing a team a second time, more film, a week to put in adjustments. However, IMO, I would not suggest completely changing your offense or defense entirely. I.E. if you are a wing-T team, and have been a wing-t team all season, but this weekend you are going to go 5 wide and throw the ball all over the place.
Work within your system. Be excited about the opportunity to prepare for a second game with more resources that should allow you to be more successful on gameday.
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Post by coachdennis on Nov 18, 2010 13:04:11 GMT -6
coachzola raises a very good point. I have seen teams completely go away from what worked for them during the season due to the fact that it was playoffs, and they were seeing a team for a second time. I saw one team in a playoff game waste three possessions trying to trot out this wildcat scheme that clearly had been freshly installed. It didn't work at all, and they ended up going back to their conventional offense. They ultimately lost by one point, 36-35 - think they wish they had those possessions as a do-over? Obviously you want to make a couple of smart, strategic adjustments, but at the end of the day at the youth level the game will be won and lost on fundamentals. We tell our kids, "Let's just do what we do."
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Post by julien on Nov 18, 2010 16:05:07 GMT -6
You have to stick with what you know.
Team can adjust their D to your O but it's not because they know what you run that you can't run it effectively.
Self confidence is a huge factor. Trust in the scheme too.
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Post by osnabrucktigers on May 10, 2011 7:03:33 GMT -6
One of the biggest factors is self scouting. If you are the OC, ask your teams DC "what would you do to stop us?" When watching your film, ask yourself "If I was their DC what would I do to stop us, or take this play away?" This will help you anticipate some adjustments that the other team may make.
The worst things you can do is change what you do for the second game against an opponent, or remain the exact same. Some things may need to be tweaked in anticipation for a true defensive adjustment.
If you won the 1st game, you have to anticipate that they will try to do something different. If you dont anticipate that than you are showing a lack of respect for that team.
Coming out with some type of variation of something you did well in the 1st game is an option. So when they get back on the sideline and start talking about how they will defend that, the next possession you go back to YOU, and what you do normally. This can force the defense to in a sense spend time on something that isnt really what they need to spend time on, they kind of waste an adjustment.
I see this in NCAA Bowl games a lot, its not the 2nd time playing a team, but usually the teams have had so long to prepare that its like they have seen everything you can run, so often teams come out early with something they run but do it from a look they never used before. This can give you bit of an advantage via element of surprise, the defense goes to the sideline to draw up what they just saw, and then you don't run that package again for the rest of the game. Now your on the sideline talking about your next possession and they are talking about the last possession. Now you're one step ahead.
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