zgeezy8
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Post by zgeezy8 on Mar 6, 2014 8:10:42 GMT -6
Coaches.... I was at a Nike Clinic this weekend and most of the big college guys who were speaking said they use a lot of buzz words. They explain process and technique in depth and then give a buzz word so when the player hears the buzz word they know what coaches are talking about.
For example, Florida says "tight no air" and that means squeeze a down block butt to butt and stuff like that.
I've heard guys use buzz words to explain tackling. Lock, Load, Fire, Finish. Kids hear that and they know that Lock means eyes on waist and close the gap. Load means get into a good position and shimmy. Fire means explode at the hips and shoot the hands. Finish means wrap and run feet.
Do you guys have any buzz words? Offense defense or whatever...
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Post by brophy on Mar 6, 2014 8:33:25 GMT -6
We keep it simple.
Against any 3 man surface and web flow, we stack the stinger, apexing the dogs. This divorces the bracket to provide contstraint on the fulcrum, who is inverted, increasing the delta of the turnover coefficient.
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Post by zgeezy8 on Mar 6, 2014 8:44:08 GMT -6
great. so the buzz word so your kids understand it must be..... sinch
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Post by fantom on Mar 6, 2014 9:29:53 GMT -6
Coaches.... I was at a Nike Clinic this weekend and most of the big college guys who were speaking said they use a lot of buzz words. They explain process and technique in depth and then give a buzz word so when the player hears the buzz word they know what coaches are talking about. For example, Florida says "tight no air" and that means squeeze a down block butt to butt and stuff like that. I've heard guys use buzz words to explain tackling. Lock, Load, Fire, Finish. Kids hear that and they know that Lock means eyes on waist and close the gap. Load means get into a good position and shimmy. Fire means explode at the hips and shoot the hands. Finish means wrap and run feet. Do you guys have any buzz words? Offense defense or whatever... Sure. We all do but I couldn't tell you what they are. They're in-house jargon or peculiar to the program, position, and coach. They're just part of our vocabulary and we don't even think about them when we use them. I've never sat down and thought about a buzz word. I ever heard it somewhere and like it or thought it up on the run. |
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Post by spreadattack on Mar 6, 2014 9:36:14 GMT -6
Honestly I think you can go overboard on the buzz word stuff. Pretty soon everyone is saying the buzz word but forgets why. I get why people do it -- it's hard to get kids to remember much of anything -- but it often backfires.
Now, this is different than a specific coaching or technique point you talk about a lot, so it can be shortened in pressure situations -- "sink!" to an offensive lineman might be a bunch of coaching points you've repeatedly told him about sinking his hips and getting his hands in tight, or whatever. But buzz words for the sake of buzz words doesn't seem like it's leading to much.
I do kind of like what Chip Kelly does where he sort of combines the buzz word approach without just making them meaningless words by making little rhymes and mneumonics. An example is "Touchdown, first down, get down" is his coaching point for QBs who keep -- maybe it's nothing revolutionary (score if you can, if not get a first down, if you can't get a first down, get the heck on the ground) but anything that helps people remember. I seem to recall that John Wooden was great with little sayings like that that conveyed real teaching but were easy to remember.
But hey, whatever works for the kids.
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Post by coachbdud on Mar 6, 2014 9:38:58 GMT -6
This is basic teaching stuff
We actually learned and discussed this in depth in my PE teaching courses
We just called them cues
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Post by shocktroop34 on Mar 6, 2014 17:28:34 GMT -6
Que's, coaching points, buzz words...I'm not sure what anyone else calls them, but here are few we use within our program.
"Z in the knee" - a lower/athletic body position
"Pin the chin" - QB drop back with chin pinned to front shoulder to freeze safety and reduce QB eyeing receiver
"Pat down" - DL emphasis on using the hands to work past the OL on the way past them during a pass rush
"Reduce" - DE's stepping into the space of the OT on a down block
"High and Tight" - common term for RB ball security and ball position
"Read the knee" - OL reading the knee of the DLineman's first step to determine blocking position/assignment
"Feel and wheel" - A CB in press will have to feel for the body of the WR as they play the ball in the air
"Give to live" - A Que for the QB if he is ever undecided while reading a defender (particularly zone read)
"Look it in" - For the WR to focus on seeing the ball from his hands to his arm tuck
"Ball away, cover the A" - For backside safety (or possibly LB) when the run flow goes away from that defender, they are to cover the backside A gap to prevent cutbacks
"Bite the ball" - tackling Que for getting ones head on the ball side, particularly on angle tackles
"whythehelldidyoucallthatdumbassplay" - reserved for the head coach to address the coordinator in question
"assback" - "Coach can I go in?"
"No, son. Now get your ass back."
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Post by bigcroz on Mar 6, 2014 18:00:43 GMT -6
other than some mentioned by shocktroop, the biggest one I use is "drive your bus" which is a Que to the Oline on there down blocks to run their route and pick up the first kid the come across. never does a "bus driver" drive past one kid to pick up another!
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Post by mbianco on Mar 7, 2014 7:15:31 GMT -6
Defensive Line Reactions:
Base- Squeeze
Reach- Push/Pull
Down- Run the Heel Line
Double- Sit and Split
I've always taught what a block looks like, what we do, how we do it, then rep,rep,rep. I also have the kids repeat the cue to me.
For example:
Coach: What block was that?
Player: Base Block
Coach: What do you do?
Player: Squeeze
If a player can't tell me those answers it tells me 2 things
1- He isn't attacking/reading his key(V of the neck of the OL)
2- He doesn't know the proper reaction to the key
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2014 7:30:40 GMT -6
One of my favorites from a previous program is "wall of ass" to describe how the playside OL should seal the inside on veer or any other play where they left the EMLOS alone.
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Post by shocktroop34 on Mar 7, 2014 7:37:28 GMT -6
One of my favorites from a previous program is "wall of ass" to describe how the playside OL should seal the inside on veer or any other play where they left the EMLOS alone. I had a "wall of ass" in my college dorm room. It was much more effective than this OL play that you speak of! |
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Post by Coach Bennett on Mar 7, 2014 9:07:38 GMT -6
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Post by shocktroop34 on Mar 7, 2014 9:35:45 GMT -6
That is a great thread. It also inspired a couple others I remember. "Set the edge" for the DE or LB to defeat a reach block and establish a point of containment or for an offensive EMOL to reach and establish a point of leverage on the LOS. "Close your hips" meaning on angle tackles that the defender bring his hip closer to the runner which hopes to continue bringing our momentum forward and not be dragged laterally or pushed backward. Coach Bennett Thanks for sharing that thread. It reminded me of some that I hadn't heard in a while. Some coaches scoff at this stuff, but I use cues as often as possible. I'm not a big talker, so the more I can say with the fewest amount of words makes me happy. |
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