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Post by FBCoachMike on Jan 5, 2012 17:11:05 GMT -6
I want to get better at watching film. Would appreciate any tips/comments/advice/resources on how to watch film better and transfer that into being a better coach. Respond to either how to A) review/grade your own film and/or B) watching opponent film.
Thanks coaches.
(Oh, I'm an ILB coach).
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Post by newt21 on Jan 5, 2012 17:52:19 GMT -6
What I do is I draw every offensive formation I see (if backfield is the same I keep a running count; ex: I formation, I-twins, etc.), draw every play I see and keep a tally of how many times each play was run. Next I put together my scouting offense based on the top 5 formations, run plays, and pass plays. I also draw up a couple specials that they show for good measure.
I am very interested to see what others do because I know that this isn't exactly the best way to watch and breakdown film.
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Post by coachbuck on Jan 5, 2012 18:31:55 GMT -6
I would like to hear from the OC guys. What are you looking at, what are you telling your qb to watch? During the season would you want your qb breaking down film of the opponent at home?
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Post by werpennstate23 on Jan 5, 2012 19:57:40 GMT -6
I would like to hear from the OC guys. What are you looking at, what are you telling your qb to watch? During the season would you want your qb breaking down film of the opponent at home? What fronts do they line up in and what are our best run checks against these particular looks? What coverages do they use? Are they primarily a 1-high or 2-high team? If they run cover 3 do they show it or rotate from 2-high? How frequently do they vary coverages? What are their blitz tendencies? How much do they blitz, where do they blitz from, do they show it or wait until the last minute and try and time the snap count? Do they have a tendency to blitz vs. certain offensive formations? What personnel do we need to attack on their defense and who do we need to account for or stay away from? I think you can have your QBs watch film at school or at home (we do both since we have HUDL). You just need to make sure that you are constantly quizzing your QBs if they are watching film at home, and ask them what they are seeing and what they are looking for. It also helps if you develop a scouting report to direct their attention to important facets of the game film. |
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Post by CoachCP on Jan 5, 2012 20:00:29 GMT -6
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Post by realdawg on Jan 5, 2012 21:15:05 GMT -6
I am an OL coach so on Saturday morning the first thing I do is watch and grade the previous nights game. I am looking to see if we are using proper technique and footwork and executing our proper assignments. Then I put in the film of our opponent that has them playing against an offense most similar to ours. First time through I just watch. No rewind no nothing just watching for first impressions. Then I watch again and chart there fronts and stunts to break down into down and distance and formation tendencies. Then I watch one more time looking for personnel match ups.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2012 22:22:56 GMT -6
We have a mandatory 3 game trade in our league. What we do is go thru a film first with very little drawing or writing and just try to get a feel for a team. While we are doing this, our dvd stack is making copies of all the game for our coaches. After we get 1 or 2 done, we go back and take it apart play by play. We have a very nice computer program, however, my DC likes to draw every play by hand. He says he gets a better feel for the team. Seems to work . . . we have won 29 of our last 35. I do feel that sometimes you can get film overload.
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Post by coachbuck on Jan 6, 2012 0:33:56 GMT -6
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Post by julien on Jan 6, 2012 0:49:42 GMT -6
What I watch:
What Fronts do they run?
How DEs are playing?
How do they adjust vs. motion and/or shift?
What Coverages do they run?
Blitz tendencies
Who is their weakest player?
Who is their stud?
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Post by wolfden12 on Jan 6, 2012 8:50:29 GMT -6
We have done things many different ways at the different places.
As an offensive coach I watch the film several times.
1. Chart tackles. Who is making the plays on defense.
2. Rate the strongest and weakest players on the d-line, lb's, and secondary. Who can we attack and who do we need to protect ourselves against. Remember, you are coaching against the kids not the coach.
3. What is their base front and coverage? How do they align to our sets?
4. What pressures do they bring and when? Does our protection need to change?
5. How can we get our playmakers the ball against their defense? How do they treat motion/shifts etc.?
6. Do they struggle against tempo?
7. How often do they rotate players?
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Post by boug on Jan 6, 2012 14:35:11 GMT -6
Im a def coor. but I also watch and chart things for the off. I have 2 methods, 1 for in season and one for out of season.
During the off season I will watch games over and over, on def, I am looking at the opponents formations, favorite plays and how they block them. I want to make sure I match my def up to them formation wise so going into the season I have an idea on all teams going into those weeks.
On the off. side I am looking at how the def lines up to our many formations, what coverage they play to these formations, how they react to motion and how their DE's play. I will then start looking at our offense and looking at formations we need to be in and plays we need to run out of each and where to attack.
During the season I tape games of all our opponents and then break those down the weekend before. On the opponents def, I am looking for who their best players are, how they line up, adjust to motion and what their base coverage is. I will chart how many times they blitz, who they blitz and where.
On off. I chart all formations, plays, which side they were run to etc then put that all in an excell spreadsheet to filter out the fav. run and pass plays. I look for their play makers and if they have a dominate side of there line or not.
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Post by TMGPG on Jan 6, 2012 19:09:41 GMT -6
Other than charting the offenses tendencies I take a close look at the offensive line.
-What type of blocking scheme do they use.
-Does the OL make calls at the line.
-Who is the best run blocker
-Who is the weakest run blocker
-What is their pass pro
-What side of the line is better at pass pro
-Which lineman have bad technique (sloppy footwork, only use upper body, etc...)
-Can the center function just as well with a 0 tech.
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Post by flingt on Jan 8, 2012 13:10:43 GMT -6
We don't always get a wide copy but if we do this is what I look for.
1. Fronts
2. D & D stunts
3. Depth by DB's
4. Best defender/worst defender
5. Any mismatches either for or against us.
6. Goalline/shortyardage defense
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coachood
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Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. -Vince Lombardi
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Post by coachood on Jan 11, 2012 20:20:39 GMT -6
The best resource I've ever read is "Football scouting methods " by Steve Bellicheck. Great Book.
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