beebe
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Post by beebe on Dec 3, 2013 8:16:56 GMT -6
obviously there really is no universal language when it comes to coaching football...i have my own way of calling things as you all do....as long as your staff calls everything the same way, so you can communicate efficiently.
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Post by John Knight on Dec 3, 2013 8:53:22 GMT -6
A little funny about this. I was not coaching this year but my son was. I sat in the stands with the ladies. Enjoyed the hell out of it, really. I see a punt rolling around and our return man is not getting away and, of course, I yelled PETER, PETER, PETER!!!
The ladies looked at me like I farted in Church. They said why would you say that?? I said in 'footballese' that is the universal term for get away, don't touch that thing! They all howled with laughter, but every punt, that hit the ground, after that one the rest of the year, they all were yelling Peter, peter, peter!!! LOL!!!
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Post by realdawg on Dec 3, 2013 9:40:29 GMT -6
LOL That is funny, and that is pretty universal. I have heard of some places yelling poison, but nothing like a good ol' peter call.
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Post by joe83843 on Dec 3, 2013 15:50:19 GMT -6
The terms inside-out and outside-in both drive me nuts. After having it explained to me a million times I understand what inside-out is now (but still have absolutely no clue why the word "inside" was put right next to and in front of the word "out" to accomplish it), but if I'm understanding outside-in correctly I can't figure out why you'd ever want your guys to do that.
Anyway, pretty sure they're "essential" since I've heard them everywhere, and I doubt anybody outside football would know the definitions unless they're explained to them.
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Post by lochness on Dec 4, 2013 20:02:47 GMT -6
Just to show how un-universal, universal vocabulary is, banjo to us means the LB has the back out of the backfield man to man. I've actually never understood why anyone would all anything in football "banjo." It makes no sense to me. Stuff like "iso" or "trap" or "squeeze" all make some kind of sense that you could explain to a kid. "Banjo" means nothing to me. Does anyone know if there's a logical origin to that term?
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Post by John Knight on Dec 4, 2013 20:22:37 GMT -6
www.johntreed.com/fbdictionary.htmlMaybe it came from the ol' bingo, bango, bongo theory! We used to use this, in OLINE calls. bingo meant block the inside guy, bongo meant block the outside guy and bango meant add(double team)
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Post by fasterthanthefly on Dec 4, 2013 21:17:04 GMT -6
Someone needs to define "Check-off" for Mr. Burgundy!!
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Post by blb on Dec 5, 2013 6:33:01 GMT -6
www.johntreed.com/fbdictionary.htmlMaybe it came from the ol' bingo, bango, bongo theory! We used to use this, in OLINE calls. bingo meant block the inside guy, bongo meant block the outside guy and bango meant add(double team)
When I was in HS we used "Snap," "Crackle," and "Pop."
Was 25 miles from Battle Creek, where Kellogg's is located. In fact BC Central was our arch-rival.
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Post by morris on Dec 5, 2013 7:48:17 GMT -6
1, 2, 3. I don't know how many times I have either ran into this or saw a post here where the DB has #2 and he is looking at a jersey number and not counting. A number of things that could make this list depend on position. A WR doesn't care what a 1 tech is and doesn't need to know. Just like a G most likely doesn't need to know if it is middle of the field open or middle of the field closed (though calling odd or even and knowing the front pretty much matches the coverage or at least should)
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Post by blb on Dec 5, 2013 8:03:58 GMT -6
Just like a G most likely doesn't need to know if it is middle of the field open or middle of the field closed
I don't know about that.
During film last Fall I asked one of our DTs what coverage we were playing, because he was spending so much time in our Secondary.
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Post by casec11 on Dec 5, 2013 9:09:14 GMT -6
Down. as in blocking down
When I was in high school my JV coach explained when the TE or tackle blocked down I step down. I kept asking what he meant by down, after a while he started getting frustrated explaining it so I said I got it now coach... which I did not of course.
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dbeck84
Sophomore Member
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Post by dbeck84 on Dec 5, 2013 9:44:03 GMT -6
A little funny about this. I was not coaching this year but my son was. I sat in the stands with the ladies. Enjoyed the hell out of it, really. I see a punt rolling around and our return man is not getting away and, of course, I yelled PETER, PETER, PETER!!! The ladies looked at me like I farted in Church. They said why would you say that?? I said in 'footballese' that is the universal term for get away, don't touch that thing! They all howled with laughter, but every punt, that hit the ground, after that one the rest of the year, they all were yelling Peter, peter, peter!!! LOL!!! The staff I'm with now uses Omaha. The first time I started yelling Peter from the sideline, everyone gave me a weird look. They've also never heard of "Oskie". I always thought that was the proper call whenever the defense gets a turnover.
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Post by John Knight on Dec 5, 2013 12:01:20 GMT -6
We always say WETSU (we eat this $hit up) don't ask me where that came from!
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Post by morris on Dec 6, 2013 9:18:10 GMT -6
A little funny about this. I was not coaching this year but my son was. I sat in the stands with the ladies. Enjoyed the hell out of it, really. I see a punt rolling around and our return man is not getting away and, of course, I yelled PETER, PETER, PETER!!! The ladies looked at me like I farted in Church. They said why would you say that?? I said in 'footballese' that is the universal term for get away, don't touch that thing! They all howled with laughter, but every punt, that hit the ground, after that one the rest of the year, they all were yelling Peter, peter, peter!!! LOL!!! The staff I'm with now uses Omaha. The first time I started yelling Peter from the sideline, everyone gave me a weird look. They've also never heard of "Oskie". I always thought that was the proper call whenever the defense gets a turnover. We always used bingo for ints. The only guys I heard using Oskie were the guys from the Catholic schools.
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Post by tigeroption on Dec 6, 2013 9:24:33 GMT -6
We teach your line the techniques as well, and I agree kids don't know what most of those terms listed above mean and the "language" of football must be taught.
9-6-7-5-4-4I-3-2-2I-1-0
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Post by John Knight on Dec 6, 2013 9:48:45 GMT -6
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Post by 4slife0 on Dec 8, 2013 17:33:18 GMT -6
One important one in our system is: Slapd1ck Used regularly in practice. wow... We use that one a lot too! Another couple of great one's I picked up from a Coach I learned a lot of ball from was Coach- "that opened up like Lani's draws." Player- Who's Lani Coach? Coach-NVM. You look like your sneaking up on a twinkie! Sorry off topic but I had to share.
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Post by John Knight on Dec 8, 2013 19:04:43 GMT -6
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Post by jpdaley25 on Dec 11, 2013 8:18:29 GMT -6
We're still working on:
Right and Left
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Post by nltdiego on Dec 12, 2013 7:56:25 GMT -6
As our first year at this school the lack of football IQ amongst our team was staggering, we literally had to start with alignment names...as in 1 tech, 3 tech, etc. They did know the gaps but had no clue about anything else. Our read 2 coverage concept was like a HS freshman taking Calculus 3 in college...we will be SOOOO much better next year. and honestly, I don't blame the kids, I blame their previous coaches...some of whom are also on our staff. I was shocked. What is your base d?
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Post by airman on Dec 12, 2013 12:47:26 GMT -6
a wise old offensive/defensive line coach said give them something to see and understand. That is why our offensive line is told the line of scrimmage is three yards that away (pointing to the defense side of the ball) and to the defensive line the line of scrimmage is 3 yards that away (pointing to the offensive side of the ball) failure to achieve this goal will result in running the stadium steps on saturdays.
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crl
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Post by crl on Dec 15, 2013 10:40:46 GMT -6
I have not been on the site for years... here is a term that most of you have never heared, "Don 't play Whack a Mole...." When a Mike steps up to deep on the LOS and has to push off to get back to flatten out for outside pursuit.
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coachsmi0901
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Ever heard of that coach that hated his job? Yeah, me neither.
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Post by coachsmi0901 on Dec 15, 2013 20:52:43 GMT -6
We're still working on: Right and Left Coach I work with now said at his last stop he had a kid that had trouble remembering which directions the play was going. Kid played fullback in old wishbone, and they used the odd/even hole numbering system. Coach said he put the kid in jersey number 23, and put tape on each hand that on the right said "2" and the left said "3". Said it was the only way he could get the kid to know which way to go.
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crl
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Post by crl on Dec 16, 2013 12:55:41 GMT -6
I think I had that kids cousin in Germany. Picture this, the game is about to start everyone has been keyed up, we all put hands in the air for the final break before we run out in the field, and my starting Fullback has Right and Left in black marker on his respective hands. I shake my head and get out in the field. Before half time my OC comes up and says The F@#*ing full back can hit the right block on protection... I walk over to this Kid and look at his hands, and low and behold the marker has been sweated off!!!!!
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Post by calhoun44 on Dec 20, 2013 13:48:53 GMT -6
Stem Stick Stalk
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