kevind
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Post by kevind on Nov 1, 2011 12:28:16 GMT -6
Hi Guys,
Going into my first championship game as a coach in my first year as a HC and I'm very exicted just wondering if anyone has any advice?
Cheers
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Post by bobgoodman on Nov 1, 2011 12:30:34 GMT -6
Once the game starts you won't think about it any different than any other game, so why should you beforehand?
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Post by hindberg on Nov 2, 2011 20:51:16 GMT -6
Don't think you have to put something special in or a bunch of new plays in just do what you do. What got you there obviously works.
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Post by coachdoug on Nov 3, 2011 11:26:41 GMT -6
While I agree that you should continuing doing what you do, you should also do some extra homework with regard to self scouting. Put yourself in your opponent's shoes and prepare a game plan against yourself as if you were coaching your opponent. This should give you a pretty good idea of what they are likely to do against you. Then, make sure you have answers for whatever they throw at you.
I remember a few years back, a team in my organization went 11-0 through the regular season and playoffs up to the championship game. They were playing a team that they beat 16-6 during the regular season. I asked the coach if was making any adjustments or putting anything special in for the championship game and he said no, they were just going to stick with what had been working for them. Well, they got smoked 20-0 in the championship, and I remember watching the game thinking that there were a few obvious adjustments that could have been made on the fly, but certainly should have been addressed beforehand during practice.
Anyway, I guess my point is that you should stick to what you do, but don't be arrogant about it - self scout and make sure you have some adjustments ready for what your opponent is likely to do.
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kevind
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Post by kevind on Nov 6, 2011 21:47:26 GMT -6
Hey guys thanks for all the advice. I coached my first and i hope not my last championship game today. Was a tight game at the half 8-6 we had the ball three times in their red zone turned over on downs twice and fumbled once on their one yard line. It began to feel as if the game was not going to go our way today. We rallied the troops prepared our adjustments and we came out in the second half and put up 26 unanswered points to sin the championship 34-6
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Post by coachdoug on Nov 6, 2011 22:31:44 GMT -6
Congratulations, coach. Well done.
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Post by coachbmore on Nov 7, 2011 5:31:46 GMT -6
While I agree that you should continuing doing what you do, you should also do some extra homework with regard to self scouting. Put yourself in your opponent's shoes and prepare a game plan against yourself as if you were coaching your opponent. This should give you a pretty good idea of what they are likely to do against you. Then, make sure you have answers for whatever they throw at you. I remember a few years back, a team in my organization went 11-0 through the regular season and playoffs up to the championship game. They were playing a team that they beat 16-6 during the regular season. I asked the coach if was making any adjustments or putting anything special in for the championship game and he said no, they were just going to stick with what had been working for them. Well, they got smoked 20-0 in the championship, and I remember watching the game thinking that there were a few obvious adjustments that could have been made on the fly, but certainly should have been addressed beforehand during practice. Anyway, I guess my point is that you should stick to what you do, but don't be arrogant about it - self scout and make sure you have some adjustments ready for what your opponent is likely to do. I love this idea. as a matter a fact I just started doing this myself. ii play the season by halves since we play every team twice in 10 games. my goal at worse is 4-1 so we can boarderline clinch playoffs. and the second half i add new things, but let me ask would you change blocking assingments and if so how. for instance we run double wing with no pulling and i would like to put it in to pull some plays but in the midst of the game i dont want to forget and that be the cause of lost yardage. |
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Post by coachdoug on Nov 7, 2011 14:00:41 GMT -6
While I agree that you should continuing doing what you do, you should also do some extra homework with regard to self scouting. Put yourself in your opponent's shoes and prepare a game plan against yourself as if you were coaching your opponent. This should give you a pretty good idea of what they are likely to do against you. Then, make sure you have answers for whatever they throw at you. I remember a few years back, a team in my organization went 11-0 through the regular season and playoffs up to the championship game. They were playing a team that they beat 16-6 during the regular season. I asked the coach if was making any adjustments or putting anything special in for the championship game and he said no, they were just going to stick with what had been working for them. Well, they got smoked 20-0 in the championship, and I remember watching the game thinking that there were a few obvious adjustments that could have been made on the fly, but certainly should have been addressed beforehand during practice. Anyway, I guess my point is that you should stick to what you do, but don't be arrogant about it - self scout and make sure you have some adjustments ready for what your opponent is likely to do. I love this idea. as a matter a fact I just started doing this myself. ii play the season by halves since we play every team twice in 10 games. my goal at worse is 4-1 so we can boarderline clinch playoffs. and the second half i add new things, but let me ask would you change blocking assingments and if so how. for instance we run double wing with no pulling and i would like to put it in to pull some plays but in the midst of the game i dont want to forget and that be the cause of lost yardage. Well, the youngest tackle group I've coached ws 8-10, so you have a much better idea of what your 6-8s can handle than I do. I would think they could handle pulling, especially since that is so central to the DW scheme. Without know a lot more about your team and schemes, it's tough to really say what I would do. In any event, I wasn't really talking about wholesale changes to your approach or scheme but simple adjustments to likely tactics by your opponent. As an example, let me tell you what happened to that team I mentioned earlier that lost their championship game after going 11-0. They had two main pass plays that they used - one was a fade by the wideout and the other was a smoke (zero yard hitch). The opponent's game plan was predictable. They had pretty good athletes so they played their CBs 10 yards off to protect against the fade and as soon as they saw the WR step back they flew up to make the tackle on the smoke. The obvioius adjustments (that were never made) were to put another receiver in motion (or simply line up in twins) to block on the smoke play, or to fake the smoke play and have the other receiver go deep. Or even just run a smoke/hitch and go with the one receiver. This team did none of those things, but just kept running the same plays over and over again with the same results. I hope that gives you a better idea of what I was talking about. |
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Post by hindberg on Nov 7, 2011 23:17:57 GMT -6
Congrats Coach. Good Job
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Post by coachfd on Nov 8, 2011 1:37:58 GMT -6
Advice for you and for your players: If you ever find yourself thinking about what it would feel like to win... STOP it... and Start thinking about what you need to do--right now--to execute and help the team win on the next play.
Stay in the moment--This moment.
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