Coaching Film responsibilities during this time.

yes sir i am planning on holding them to the 20 mins.  I will be checking that and I figure if I give them a purpose for watching and questions to answer we will get better as a staff.  I dont think thats too much to ask and I have the blessing of the HFC so hes got my back as well.  

This is a good one. I would spend a day or two on teaching them how to efficiently enter data on the opponent (unless you already have someone who does it). I have found the best way to do that is divide tasks, that way everyone goes in and puts in their specific columns first without watching the game and it gets done quickly.

I would have them each breakdown one whole game on their own, then print up reports. Then have them each assigned 3-4 data columns, divide and conquer, followed by the reports. Show them how if they each do a chunk, and focus on getting the job done, it makes things so much easier.

Or were you thinking more about how to watch film and grade out your own players?

We are not so much going back over last season--we've done a lot of that prior to the shutdown. Instead, we are getting ready for next season. Our offensive and defensive staffs have been meeting online for weeks making plans. Now that we've gotten far enough along that it looks like we won't get spring practice, we have shifted into preparing for an online spring practice.

We are putting together offensive and defensive installs and film cutups that we will use to hold online team, group and position meetings with our players beginning the first week of May (about the time spring practice would have started). We are going at 4 pm, the same time practices would have been held. I've told the coaches I would like for them to try to hold the meetings to about 30 minutes due to attention span. Coaches are practicing using google meetings (the only online video sessions approved by our district) and presentations. We are going through many of the same things as a staff that teachers have done in order to teach remotely.

It won't be any where near the equivalent of spring practice, but it will accomplish several things for us (we hope): it will give the players something football related to do, we hope that by getting them involved in the spring we can keep our numbers, we will get some teaching in that we would do in live meetings, it will let us engage with our players and will be a way to check up on them.

Our plan is offense on Mondays and Wednesdays, defense on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We have a number of players who play on both sides.

We have also started collecting film on those teams with new HCs and breaking it down as a staff.

Have you thought about getting some young and ambitious guys on staff. Formal player types. You can develop those type of coaches over the course of time. I myself am not a teacher and do not work in the building. The HC and OL coach are the only two who work as teachers in the school.


So basically what I am saying is, while having everyone in the building is ideal, it is not the end all be all. Also, coaches can be developed. I know I started real young and can think about a coach we have on staff that started very green, and can really communicate and understand football now. 

Helps to have a good network and a staff with a good network