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Post by Coach JR on May 17, 2012 18:32:42 GMT -6
I have a player that can't be physically challenged by anybody currently on the roster. I had one last year that graduated. The kid is a Jr. to be, 6-3 290, quick, strong, and smart. He goes both ways. If he is blocking, nobody we have can defeat his blocks. On defense, nobody can block him one on one, and he can beat most any of our double team combos 90% of the time. I coach OL. How can I make him better...continue his growth as a player. I know there's off-season workouts. On the field I'm emphasizing getting off the ball low and hard. Doing lots of work on stance and starts. DL coach does the same, and we do some Oklahoma type stuff where he can get doubleteamed when he's a defender. But as his OL coach, I can work at coming off hard and low, and I can work him on the sled, but I can't challenge him with another human on our small team. Any suggestions?
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Post by newt21 on May 17, 2012 19:38:00 GMT -6
If his technique has any flaws that you can exploit in any way, shape, or form, do it and rep it. Also if you film him you can break down little flaws directly to him by showing him the film and what he can do to correct it.
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Post by Chris Clement on May 17, 2012 22:39:52 GMT -6
I make our best OL do pass pro with his hands behind his back, and just use his feet to keep himself in the DL's way, otherwise he was just rag dolling too many of our guys.
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Post by realdawg on May 18, 2012 4:09:08 GMT -6
The easier it is to be good, the harder it's to be great. Got to find a way to motivate him. Find out what makes him tick.
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Post by coachwilliams2 on May 18, 2012 5:16:48 GMT -6
1. Send him to elite level camps to go against people who are as physically gifted as he is.
2. Empower him by giving him a vocal leadership role. Make him the example on how things are supposed to be done (perfect TECHNIQUE not physical skills).
3. You get to be a really good TEAM when your best PLAYER is your hardest WORKER. Put that on him. Tell him that people follow him because he makes plays, but you cannot allow the rest of the team to give half effort because he gives half effort.
4. Set goals for him. Sit down with him and his parents and talk about the next level. Compare him to college athletes that you believe have similarities to him. Find out how to motivate him NOT to be the best player on the team, in the region, etc...but the best player in the STATE or the best player in the NATION at his position.
5. Have him form a plan for his goals and where he wants to be...then you have a carrot to dangle. "You will never make it at ALABAMA (or wherever) if you dont give better effort than that!!" or "I thought you were the best lineman in the state? No one should be standing on 2 feet when you finish a block!" etc....
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Post by fantom on May 18, 2012 9:04:39 GMT -6
I'll echo those who say that you need to be fanatical about his technique in practice. Also keep reminding him that there are others like him out there. That's who he's practicing for. Maybe he's more gifted than most of the players who he'll play against but he's not working to get ready for scrubeenies. He's getting ready for the monster who's out there somewhere on your schedule. Remind him that that's the film that every college coach is going to want to watch. He'd better be ready for that kid because you can bet that the other kid will.
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Post by emptybackfield on May 18, 2012 13:25:09 GMT -6
Print off a list from one of the recruiting services that shows all the players ranked ahead of him at his position. Like fantom said, he has to be reminded there are others just like him out there. Sometimes it's easy to lose sight of that when you're such a big fish in a small pond.
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Post by powerfootball71 on May 18, 2012 14:12:34 GMT -6
As a former linemen that was pretty much that way in Hs and coaching oline now. My best advice is work on making him well rounded. By this I mean having the ability to counter guys strength sort of a mma idea before it got big.
1) power the speed guys ( sounds like he has this one down)
2) out tech the power guys
3) street fight the tech guys
Having the ability to adapt his style to different situations.
Set goals of domination ( 25 flatbacks, making a dlinemen pull himself out of the game) sometimes at the small school level it will be no easy but its also harder to get d1 looks so I put a emphasis on doing the extraordinary..
Find ways to put him at a disadvantage in practice( cuff his hands let a dline men start offsides make him run with the backers)
If you can get him to some big camps or show him combine numbers ( your 40 is not up to par you cant jump bench clean whatever) and harp on it take a weakness and make him work on it
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Post by Coach JR on May 18, 2012 14:49:45 GMT -6
Appreciate all the suggestions. Good stuff.
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Post by TMGPG on May 18, 2012 18:59:54 GMT -6
technique and just fundamentals can always get better. We had this situation two years ago and we did as much as we could with him. He was more talented than the community had seen and was playing on a different level than anyone that we played. What we did to make him better was make the players around him better so that when game day came the opponent couldn't just put all their attention on him and when that happened he was able to dominate games.
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