@aceback76 what does this look like? What topics do you cover and how do you present it?
fantom is everything on the whiteboard? Do you have players take notes/quizzes?
Contact me (PM). LOTS of power-points, film, etc. QBs keep detailed notebook & are tested!
TRAINING THE QB:
1. OFFENSIVE PHILOSOPHY
2. TRAINING THE QB:
A. TYPES OF DEFENSES (FRONTS & COVERAGES)
B. NAMING DEFENDERS
C. DEFINING FIELD ZONES
D. READING DEFENSES
E. FORMATIONS AND HOW THEY AFFECT DEFENSES
F. UNDERSTANDING HOW FRONTS AND COVERAGES ARE COORDINATED
G. HOW TO UNDERSTAND WHERE TO RUN THE FOOTBALL
H. HOW TO UNDERSTAND WHERE TO THROW THE FOOTBALL
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PS: A few years back, I received an EXCELLENT 22 page booklet from the late Homer Smith (former "OC" at Alabama, UCLA, and "HFC" at ARMY, etc.). Homer passed away in 2011. I gave copies to my staff. Here is the "TOC":
TEACHING:
1. Teaching In Athletics Is Different
2. Teaching In Football Is Very Different
3. Your Subject Is Human
4. Control Of A Player Is Essential
5. His Mins Is Good Enough
6. A Playbook Confines The Subject
7. You Must Teach Reavting
8. You Must Implant Kinesthetic Feels
9. You Must Teach Hitting With Power
10. You Must Teach Against A Total Defense
11. Correction Factors Have Their Usual Importance
12. Mistakes Cannot Be Allowed To Retard Learning
13. Concentration Is Organized Around Langusge Symbols
14. Anything Can Be Taught - Discipline, Appearance, Spirit
a. Looking Good
b. Showing Spirit
c. Maintaining Good Execution
d. Disguising Fatigue
e. Playing With A Lead
f. Executing Stop-The-Clock Offense
g. Staying Together
15. Time Is Precious
16. You Organize To Keep Learning Curves Steep
17. A Computerized Teaching Program?
18. In Closing
19. A Postscript
NOTE: I will not have time to EXPLAIN ANY OF THIS, but hope it gives you"food for thought"!
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Homer Smith's daughter (Kim Hall) is selling copies of his manuals (these are GREAT). Here is the pone number you call to order (they are about $13 each), and a LIST of the manuals available:
TO ORDER: Kim Hall = phone 1 770 623 0285
LIST OF MANUALS:
Homer Smith on Coaching Offensive Football Theories and Concepts which Football Coaches and Quarterbacks Need to Understand Homer Smith offers seventeen professional manuals for those who aspire to be successful football coaches and who want to learn before getting tested in game competition. Plenty of diagrams! “You do not memorize football — you work with it and it soaks in.” The following are samplers of the manuals. The material is written for study. It is intended to be complete in its coverage of the theories and concepts that can undergird any offense. All of it is also for quarterbacks. Some of it can help other players.
1. Stop the Clock and Run the Clock Offense
2. Targeting on Defenders
3. Identifying Threats Posed by Defenses
4. Teaching
5. Blocking, And Running on Blockers
6. Protecting the Passer
7. Organizing Pass Patterns
8. Making Plays Look Alike
9. Handling the Ball
10. Optioning
11. Practicing
12. Formationing
13. Attacking
14. Calling Plays
15. A History of Football Concepts
16. Quarterbacking
17. Receiving