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Post by coachgiardini on Mar 8, 2019 13:48:58 GMT -6
Hi coaches!
I'm starting a new season here in Brazil with 50 new players, from all ages, that have zero experience in football. My strategy is to fill my entire practice time with the 4 most important fundamentals in football (in my opinion).
Here is the list of the techniques I will teach them throughout the entire month. If you disagree with this approach or if you know a better way to introduce them to football, please, let me know. I want to create the best environment for my new players.
They do not need to start competing this year, so we have time to develop their skills.
List of Fundamentals:
- Catching the Ball
- Running with the Ball
- Blocking
- Tackling
What do you guys think is the best way to approach this challenge? Let me know, I'm sure that, with your knowledge, I can improve the way I coach these guys.
Thank you!
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Post by chi5hi on Mar 8, 2019 15:58:17 GMT -6
Hi coaches! I'm starting a new season here in Brazil with 50 new players, from all ages, that have zero experience in football. My strategy is to fill my entire practice time with the 4 most important fundamentals in football (in my opinion). Here is the list of the techniques I will teach them throughout the entire month. If you disagree with this approach or if you know a better way to introduce them to football, please, let me know. I want to create the best environment for my new players. They do not need to start competing this year, so we have time to develop their skills. List of Fundamentals: - Catching the Ball - Running with the Ball - Blocking - Tackling What do you guys think is the best way to approach this challenge? Let me know, I'm sure that, with your knowledge, I can improve the way I coach these guys. Thank you! How many assistant coaches do you have...and what is their experience? I ask this because, never having coached players with zero experience in football, I would first set up 4 stations with a coach at each individual skills training. Rotate groups through each station. From there, I'd introduce 1 (ONE) simple run play (Dive) to reinforce the WHY they went through each station. See if they can at least begin to put it all together. BTW...start with a proper 3 point stance and "get-off" footwork! |
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Post by Defcord on Mar 8, 2019 16:25:16 GMT -6
I think you are on the right track. But I would also run some team stuff. Could do offense on air at least so they can experience it as a “whole.”
My son takes guitar lessons and he is learning to read music and memorize scales and that is really important but he has the most fun when they work on sings. He just wants to jam and at the end of the day players just want to play.
The fundamentals are vital but so there’s a balance that has to be found.
Good luck sounds like a rewarding experience.
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Post by CoachP on Mar 10, 2019 21:03:53 GMT -6
Hi Coach,
As someone who has coached players with zero experience for a number of years and aware of the challenges you face the main thing I would recommend is;
MAKE IT FUN!
Imo it has to be fun has to be run at tempo - you want to ensure you retain these players ( I assume they are paying club fees etc as most player do internationally).
Stations are often great for this, you have certainly highlighted great skills to work on day.
I assume you have a circa 2 hour practice
3 rounds of 4 stations (5 mins per stations) - total time 1hr 15mins
Station 1 - Tackling
Round 1: Fit ups - CPs strong focus on heads up tackle procedure
Round 2: Track and Fit CPs Pursuit angle, heads up, correct fit
Round 3: Roll tackles on bag CPs Same as above
Station 2 - Blocking
Round 1: Stance, step and strike CP - Heads up, Leverage, Hands
Round 2: Fit and Drive - CPs Leverage, Heads Up, Base/Feet
Round 3: Stance, step, strike, fit, drive, finish - Heads up Leverage, base/feet
Station 3: - Catching
Round 1: Stationary throw and catch with partner CPs of thumbs/pinkys together, tuck away
Round 2: Fade and catch - run fade and catch the ball - CPs as above, tracking ball
Round 3: Slant or Post and catch - CPs same as above, sharp cut
Station 4: - Running
Round 1: Dive Hand off, accelerate, change direction - CPs, Correct arm up, pad level
Round 2: Wide hand off, accelerate, change direction, make a move - CPs Correct arm up, pad level
Round 3: Dive hand off, accelerate, run through traffic (people trying to slap ball out), make a move CPs, Correct arm up, pad level, high and tight
You could then of course build on these skills as your team progresses in Indy or advance the stations as you see fit.
Would highly recommend some big picture type - the key is reps it doesn't have to be 100% right early on (as you said they have time to develop).
Offense maybe 2 running plays and 2 passing plays to install 1 formation on air
Defense 1 alignment 1 coverage catch the rabbit pursuit drill
Bring together at the end for 10-15mins of "scrimmage"
An alternative to the scrimmage at the end is what we called "Champ time" or "Compete" - something that is competitive could be soemthing simple like a tyre pull, 40 yard dash, Okies (once safe), 1 on 1s and so forth.
Best of luck to you Coach, it is a challenge but it's great seeing people develop a love of our sport!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2019 6:10:47 GMT -6
One thing that I've liked doing with new players is to ramp up the contact slowly.
So we'll do 7-on-7 and 2 hand touch games in the offseason after players lift. We mostly just want them having fun and building their agility and speed. That works the passing and catching fundamentals, and we can work with them on how to carry and protect the ball when it's in their hands. For linemen, we'll work a lot of footwork and get off--you can never do enough stance and start work with young linemen.
Our state has a rule in that nobody can go full contact until they've been through several days of practice in t-shirts. That means our first practice days are all about footwork and taking proper angles with very light hitting against shields, dummies, and sleds. We may have our OL and DL work 1-on-1 against each other in pass rush/pass protection drills during these days and we may also work very slow speed wlakthroughs of "hawk tackle" technique but that's about it. This time is spent on installing scheme and working the mental aspects of the game, especially assignments, and we will work the passing game a fair amount here, too.
On our first day in pads, we usually do Oklahoma drills with players just to get them used to hitting, but I don't like putting players who have never hit in pads right into Oklahoma. Instead, I'd rather work on board drills with them: work on punching each other from up close, work that up to 25% speed walkthroughs of blocking fits and footwork, then work up to board drills with them all, then do some tackling drills. Always try to work stuff as a walkthrough 1st, then half speed again before going full contact.
Beyond that, we still limit contact in practice so we don't beat ourselves up and a lot of US state associations are putting tight restrictions on this, too. We will do maybe 1-2 drills the first week where we tackle to the ground and we have a very quick whistle on contact.
A lot of tackling isn't about the tackling technique itself--it's about the pursuit and taking proper angles and run fits, so you can work that without hitting. The same goes for blocking footwork and angles.
One other thing I find that helps a lot with young, inexperienced players is to run the absolute simplest schemes possible in all phases of the game. A good, simplistic 5-8 play offense (like a Double Wing, Wing-T, or Single Wing package) of 3-5 runs and 2-3 passes is a good start. A simple base defense with maybe 2-3 blitzes and only 1 or 2 coverages is where you start there. 1 KOR, 1 KO, 1 Punt, 1 PR (with the defense as your PR team), etc. Don't kick FGs or spend much time on FG block so you can save time on teaching that.
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