Thoughts on meetings

Monday is lifting/film day. Half of the team lifts while the other watches film. They watch about 20 minutes of their last game and then 20-30 minutes of that week's opponent.

1. We watch film by position groups through out the week we do it after morning lift. On Saturdays after team stretch.

2. We will watch film of opponents some but not a ton, they watch it on their own, we as coaches watch it to put them in the best position to make plays.

3. We don't chalk talk much at all, we just go over it in film. And with the way hudl is now you can chalk talk while being on hudl.

1- We watch our own game film Saturday morning following the game (fresh in memory) try to have notes and graded out beforehand so players know what to follow. No need to watch the whole game, just selected portions that allow players to see where they are correct or where they need to improve (although the actual imrpovement takes place on the field). The second part of the question depends on the size of your program and whether or not you two platoon.

2- Yes, watch it with a scouting packet in hand (just cut ups not a whole game) on Monday. This just lets them see what plays the opponent runs and the speed and size of opposition players. We usually only take about 15-20 mn per side of the ball to do this, and it is more of an introduction into what they will face this week (the actual learning takes place on the field) We are going to do what we do, so what they do doesn't change that much. I just ask that while at home they watch the players they get their keys from (on HUDL) so they can get accustomed to seeing it (although it is not fromt he same angle they see it during the game). But if they get 10 min a night a couple nights a week then that is more than enough

3- Rarely, we try to install everything during the season so unless there is something extremely unique that an opponent does, or we need to make some sort of drastic change, then there really is no need. I think a lot of people see the chalkboard as a sign of coaching genius (mostly dads who love John Gruden); but genius play designers don't win games- players who execute win games. Players best learn to execute by practicing on the field. 

we watch film on Sat am we usually break up skill and Line..Defense first then offense. We/I create Hudl cutups for the kids to watch during the week. I usually put together a 10-12 film for friday before the game that we watch together..sometimes i make a highlight tape of us instead of watching our opponent on Friday

Monday is when we watch film. I never want to review the entire game with the players. They are expected to watch on their own over the weekend. Since I run the offense I make a playlist of 10-20 plays I want to review. My DC did the same thing. Same thing for all kicking game units.

Then we go to our opponent and do the same thing. We will use Hudl to create a playlist of what we want to watch with the players. Again they are expected to watch some over the weekend too.

During the week we did a Wednesday (or sometimes Tuesday) film session after practice which was mostly geared toward our defense. This lasted about 30 minutes. We brought in pizza.

Thursday before we went out to practice we would again watch film. Usually 20 min. Short playlists of offensive corrections from Wednesday practice and same for D.

We watched film every day before practice and after the game. Always in position groups which was great for me because I could cut down a 150 clip practice into 13 plays that wee relevant to the RBs, but we could have used more all-offense meetings to install the gameplan and clarify any issues before practice.