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Post by mrjvi on Sept 9, 2015 17:37:14 GMT -6
I know this has been dealt with before but I'd like to re-visit it. I would like to get opinions (pros and cons) on having minimal or no live contact especially from coaches who have gone to it from a program that was high contact. We have always been lots of contact especially during set segments but it seems this year we have lots of borderline "injuries" that we are told by our trainer can only have the athlete in non contact drills. It's not the kids wimping out usually, but these last 2 weeks 5 starters have been deemed no contact for the week.
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Post by WTR on Sept 11, 2015 9:47:14 GMT -6
I've been on both sides of this. My personal opinion is that you do lose some physicality when you don't go live. For us I think its even more of a mindset, so even if I don't want a lot of contact I don't tell the players. I will just tell our coaches to make sure we get a quick whistle. When we tell the players that our practices just don't seem to be as good. And it's really a feeling you should have as a coach. We were very soft my first year as HC and I really wanted to change that so we bit the bullet and went live even with the risk of injury and still do today. Even if we are in shells we are live until whistle.
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Post by mrjvi on Sept 11, 2015 9:51:53 GMT -6
Good thoughts. I believe my teams have more practice contact and physicality than most programs and it has given us a reputation as being physical, but w/o really any depth, I'm thinking of tempering it some.
THANKS
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Post by realdawg on Sept 11, 2015 9:57:38 GMT -6
We probably go somewhere in between. We stress going full speed but we dont take the ball carrier to the ground very often, and we dont hit each other below the waist. Its pretty much live on the lines and in the box. One day a week we may go full speed during team and the O will cut the scout D and we will take the scout O to the ground tackling. One thing that has helped our tackling is the use of the shadow man tackling dummies. We can work tackling low without hitting each other in the legs every day.
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Post by John Knight on Sept 11, 2015 10:01:51 GMT -6
I think quick whistles teach backs to stop their feet on contact.
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Post by tothehouse on Sept 11, 2015 10:36:10 GMT -6
We are trying something "new". We have had trouble being physical recently. Our school used to be a school that people wanted off their schedule because of how hard we hit people. So to be in this position bothers me. We also weren't reacting to our run/pass keys properly.
What I created was a series of tackling drills based on what we would see from the opposing offense.
An example of what we would do. Put a tall blocking bag on the hash and put a player with a ball in the middle of the field. If the team is a toss sweep team the tackler would sprint (using a stop watch to time them) at the ball carrier. But when it came time to hit the ball carrier the defender would launch himself into the bag.
We feel that we're getting better fits with the speed change and more "courage" to hit the bag instead. And it's translating to better contact with a live human.
This also cuts down on the potential for injuries.
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Post by pistola on Sept 11, 2015 10:36:48 GMT -6
I think quick whistles teach backs to stop their feet on contact. maybe have the back sprint 5-10 more yards on the whistle |
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