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Post by fantom on Apr 13, 2011 10:59:58 GMT -6
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Post by gdn56 on Apr 13, 2011 12:57:41 GMT -6
I printed that off and gave it to all of our skill guys this morning. I thought it was great to just see on paper what we already knew. Even knowing the importance of the turnover battle I was still in awe of the team with the favorable margin winning 32 out of 37....really shows how important it is to take care of the rock.
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Post by coachfurn on Apr 13, 2011 14:04:45 GMT -6
there was also a good article and link on espn yesterdayon bruce feldman's blog... 3 diff links that manny diaz at tu uses as a dc for stats. all very interesting.
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Post by td4tc on Apr 24, 2011 17:58:00 GMT -6
gotta pay more attention to this compelling stuff!..Demeo (although retired) was just getting to this stuff in his "most meaningful stats" rants on his website and had some amazing stats on turnovers in D2 ball as well.
As an HC, two ways to win the turnover battle..stop your own on O or create more on D...with this info, has anybody changed their practice routines to specifically address this?any favourite drills?we've always paid lip service to ball security but only if it was a problem..i'm thinking i have to get more serious about this.
i have tended to ignore them and hope they will go away..not a great attitude..kind of like masturbating and three putting..you feel guilty about it when you do it , but you know its going to happen again!
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Post by coachd5085 on Apr 24, 2011 18:22:47 GMT -6
Turnovers are an interesting part of football. I know as a defensive coach, we really emphasized creating turnovers. However, the amount of effort we put into it didn't seem to correlate to our production. One year lots of turnovers, the next...not as many.. etc.
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Post by fantom on Apr 24, 2011 19:22:11 GMT -6
Turnovers are an interesting part of football. I know as a defensive coach, we really emphasized creating turnovers. However, the amount of effort we put into it didn't seem to correlate to our production. One year lots of turnovers, the next...not as many.. etc. We kind of feel the same way. We do a turnover station. We had planned to do it every defensive practice but it seemed to be working out like it did for you. In fact it may have been counterproductive because it seemed that tackling got sloppier. Now we do the stations a couple of times in camp and maybe once or twice during the season.
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Post by coachood on Apr 24, 2011 20:46:30 GMT -6
gotta pay more attention to this compelling stuff!..Demeo (although retired) was just getting to this stuff in his "most meaningful stats" rants on his website and had some amazing stats on turnovers in D2 ball as well. As an HC, two ways to win the turnover battle..stop your own on O or create more on D...with this info, has anybody changed their practice routines to specifically address this?any favourite drills?we've always paid lip service to ball security but only if it was a problem..i'm thinking i have to get more serious about this. i have tended to ignore them and hope they will go away..not a great attitude..kind of like masturbating and three putting..you feel guilty about it when you do it , but you know its going to happen again! As far as limiting our turnovers on offense, we have a few drills to reduce fumbles. Hammer drill= back carries the ball in one arm and runs the width of the field while a defender trails and tries to knock the ball out. Double hammer drill= same as hammer but back has a ball in each arm. To add some competition to the drill who ever doesn't have a ball when they reach the other side of the field does 10 push ups. Blaster drill= Back runs through a hall way of defenders, half of the defenders have pads and are trying to stand him up while the other half try to strip the ball. we have a qb stand right beside and one step before the blaster and make a hand off to the back, or will move the qb out a few yards and pitch to the back. Either way he's getting hit just after he gets the ball.
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Post by coachwoodall on Apr 26, 2011 7:17:41 GMT -6
Defensively - we set a goal as to the number of TOs that we must get in a practice usually 12+. They can come in any phase of practice: inside run, perimeter, scout team, situation, etc....
Offensively - I was at the Clemson clinic and one thing they do every practice is chart how many times a ball is 'in jeapardy'. This is when a WR catches the ball and doesn't tuck it away immediately, RB is in the LOS and doesn't have the ball tucked to the 3 contact points, etc....
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