Post by coachood on May 13, 2011 0:16:15 GMT -6
After 2 years as an OC for a small private school I have decided to coach a youth team (11-12 yo) this season. I have several questions regarding the changes I should expect, and appreciate any advice on any of them.
1. In general what are the major differences that might not be obvious in terms of attitude, attention span and retention? Many of my hs players had never played football before so I'm used to teaching from the "ground up".
2. Can I still run my offense? My run game has always been built around the veer. Can I realistically expect a kid that young to read the dive? Also, my passing game contains many "choice " routes, can younger receivers make those choices. I should point out that I try to make the choices as simple as possible. The Qb is always trained to give on the dive unless the HOK turns his shoulders and goes straight for the mesh, and receivers on choice routes have a primary route and a secondary route that they only run if the primary is "capped".
3. How much offense. I've never had more than 15 plays in my play book, but should I trim some more? Also, how many blocking schemes, The ideal number for me has always been about 6-8.
4. What defenses should I expect to see the most.
5. Anything that I didn't ask but you think is important for me to know.
Thank you for your replies and your patience to get through such a long post.
1. In general what are the major differences that might not be obvious in terms of attitude, attention span and retention? Many of my hs players had never played football before so I'm used to teaching from the "ground up".
2. Can I still run my offense? My run game has always been built around the veer. Can I realistically expect a kid that young to read the dive? Also, my passing game contains many "choice " routes, can younger receivers make those choices. I should point out that I try to make the choices as simple as possible. The Qb is always trained to give on the dive unless the HOK turns his shoulders and goes straight for the mesh, and receivers on choice routes have a primary route and a secondary route that they only run if the primary is "capped".
3. How much offense. I've never had more than 15 plays in my play book, but should I trim some more? Also, how many blocking schemes, The ideal number for me has always been about 6-8.
4. What defenses should I expect to see the most.
5. Anything that I didn't ask but you think is important for me to know.
Thank you for your replies and your patience to get through such a long post.
