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Post by cqmiller on Apr 10, 2015 9:17:19 GMT -6
I guess I misunderstood the OP... of course the 1st thing they kids have to know is where to stand and what their "job" is. Most coaches don't need help with that because they tell the kids, "on Raider, you stand here and blitz the C-gap..." and go down the line. Making sure the kids can say "I blitz the C-gap coach"...
Now... does the kid know how to blitz the C-gap. What he needs to do to avoid being mauled by the OL (some of those OL aren't going to be so stupid they let a blitzer run right thru the gap), or what to do when he gets through the hole?
Those are the things that are covered during Indy time, in drills designed to teach "blitz technique". If all you do is stand and do team to work on responsibilities, then you will have kids going to the right place, but they will get out of position because they don't know how to get where they need to be efficiently and why they need to adjust as they move. I've never had a kid come to me at the HS level who doesn't know what a blitz is... very few come understanding how and why to blitz.
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Post by mahonz on Apr 10, 2015 9:17:31 GMT -6
Here is a good example of what I am talking about. One practice plan really never fits all.
I am coaching a Tackle Spring Team this season. 5th Graders. We are in week 3 of the regular season. We have 21 players representing 7 different Fall Teams and one rookie. So the level of coaching these kids have received in the past varies. Our running game is outstanding. Our passing game is worse than a poorly built Yugo. The reason is no real training except in little bits and pieces during Indy periods.
So last night I installed my 5 wide pure passing package that is probably a bit over their heads. We may or may not ever run this in a game this season. We ran nothing but Group and Team from 5:15 to 6:55 running 3 plays over and over again with the position coaches doing individual training as we went along.
Lots of kids rotating and WR / DB and using half lines for the bigs so they got in some real work vs other starters.
It fixed the spacing, the route running, the tempo, the protection, the QB, the pass rush and the pass coverage all at the same time.
Sometimes you just have to send your precious practice plans right into the shredder and fix everything as a Group.
They did so well we just might have to use this package in a game.
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Post by mahonz on Apr 10, 2015 10:57:10 GMT -6
I guess I misunderstood the OP... of course the 1st thing they kids have to know is where to stand and what their "job" is. Most coaches don't need help with that because they tell the kids, "on Raider, you stand here and blitz the C-gap..." and go down the line. Making sure the kids can say "I blitz the C-gap coach"... Now... does the kid know how to blitz the C-gap. What he needs to do to avoid being mauled by the OL (some of those OL aren't going to be so stupid they let a blitzer run right thru the gap), or what to do when he gets through the hole? Those are the things that are covered during Indy time, in drills designed to teach "blitz technique". If all you do is stand and do team to work on responsibilities, then you will have kids going to the right place, but they will get out of position because they don't know how to get where they need to be efficiently and why they need to adjust as they move. I've never had a kid come to me at the HS level who doesn't know what a blitz is... very few come understanding how and why to blitz. Excellent points. At the youth level if you don't teach assignments and alignments and spacing and recognition and the like....a lot...and as a full unit...they will all blitz The simple task of teaching a WILL, for example how to play counter....man....it might take an entire season. You can cover it during Indy periods until you are blue in the face but he almost has to live and and get burned once or twice in order to even begin to fully understand it. As a long time youth coach I call this working the Recess out of them.... meaning....this aint the same game you all play at Recess.
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