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Post by CS on May 26, 2019 9:35:36 GMT -6
I don't know what Pod is, but it's implausible to me that a NFL team, with all their players and coaches, would ever want to do half-lines, so maybe they meant something else. Why? Half line is a valuable way to get point of attack reps So is inside run period. I always considered half line a necessity if you can’t film your group periods or if you don’t have enough good players to get a decent look |
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Post by coachks on May 26, 2019 13:36:22 GMT -6
Half line and Pod are on the list of drills banned in the NFL now. I don't know what Pod is, but it's implausible to me that a NFL team, with all their players and coaches, would ever want to do half-lines, so maybe they meant something else. I'm guessing here about "pods" but my assumption is that would be talking about perimeter fits (having TEs, WRs ect and throwing screens, sweeps ect), or having just OL/DL + LB and doing interior fits. Essentially, half-line but instead of right/left you are doing inside/outside and what not. As to half-line, I think it's a very valuable teaching tool because you can get so many more reps by cutting down the number of participants. Thats fewer guys getting untangled, walking back to the huddle ect ect. You can have a playside / backside setup at the same time, so when the left group is regrouping after a snap, the right group is going so you have less dead time. If you are only coaching up 3-5 guys at a time, you can focus on a lot more details. The NFL is also fairly limited as far as players as well. With Practice Squad they have 61??? guys I think. But you can go ahead and remove 3 QBs, a Kicker, Punter and Longsnapper since they'll never be a part of you defensive session (When you would be doing half-line). So, now you have 55. Offense is going to be practicing at the same time, so go ahead and take away at minimum 20 guys. So now the defense has, at best... 35 guys to use. Except, looking at any NFL injury report shows that on any given early week practice you are missing 7-8 guys as non-participants... so now we are down to about 28 guys to use for practice. I highly doubt anybody in the defensive 2-deep is playing scout team guard (You think Aaron Donald is running reps as the scout team FB for a drill?)... so you have 10 guys give or take that are going to scout during a defensive practice session (Not team, group sessions). Yea, half-line would make a lot of sense to me. I doubt it's a huge deal to them, but I can see where they would get value or want to do it if injuries start to pile up and you have a lot of guys who are not full go for practice. |
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Post by CoachP on May 26, 2019 18:15:28 GMT -6
The fact of the matter is you can safely practice Run Blocking / Run Block Destruction, Reading a Block and Tackling a ball carrier in much safer and effective ways. The only thing an Okie is good for is hype. Find a drill for your athletes to compete and generate the hype. If that's your argument then I don't see how you can feel comfortable asking your kids to go play the game of football on Fridays. Either the game is to dangerous or it isn't. Coach, if the only way you can feel comfortable for a kid to play the game of football is line up against each other and bash heads in a meaningless, not game like drill then by all means continue to do so and I hope your kids don't end up being hurt. Our job as coaches is first and foremost to ensure our participants are safe and engage in a controlled environment. If you can't teach them how to handle contact without an Okie drill that's on you. I know one thing for certain, my players can tackle, block, block shed using proper technique on game days and we are pretty successful at it. EDIT: By not game like I am referring to the number of instances in which a DL is facing a OL 1 on 1 Head up with the RB having a two go on the LB with no help. |
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