Post by kylem56 on Oct 1, 2022 17:22:00 GMT -6
Coaches
I have a possible random question for the high school level, but I will try to give you some background on my question to why I ask what I am. I have heard of major Power 5 colleges doing this, but thats a way different animal..
My question is:
When a kid is CLEARED from injury, do you have a checklist of return-to-play questions before you insert Johnny Smith who just came back from a shoulder separation or Joe Jones from a pulled groin etc. ? Like ok they need to be able to J block on power, carry the ball with 2 hands on Power, execute a 3 step drop efficiently, etc. etc. Obviously these questions would vary by position group. I also know some schools have small enough rosters that this isn't feasible like "when hes cleared, hes playing" or your best player is cleared, hes playing no questions asked.
NOW THE REASON I ASK
I do alot of charting on Saturday after our games have been played Friday night to look for correlations. One of them has been injured players returning to play. For example, two of our halfbacks who returned to play for us after an injury (one being a pulled hamstring, one being a high ankle sprain), both of them had fumbles in their first game back. We had a senior guard who jumped offsides and was the worst overall graded lineman in his first 2 games back. We film practice, we give notes, and have a pre-practice correction period. I also believe that when a kid makes the same mistake twice, its you as a coach as you need to find another way to communicate the issue. But I look at these mistakes and how they influenced the flow of the game and wonder, what if we could find a way to prevent these disruptive errors from happening? What if we had a checklist of things that needed to be accomplished before they played? Maybe its too far fetched in high school football. I would be curious to hear others answers, just please include your roster size if you reply so I can get an idea if that influences the decision making.
Hope you all are having a great season, God Bless-
Kyle
I have a possible random question for the high school level, but I will try to give you some background on my question to why I ask what I am. I have heard of major Power 5 colleges doing this, but thats a way different animal..
My question is:
When a kid is CLEARED from injury, do you have a checklist of return-to-play questions before you insert Johnny Smith who just came back from a shoulder separation or Joe Jones from a pulled groin etc. ? Like ok they need to be able to J block on power, carry the ball with 2 hands on Power, execute a 3 step drop efficiently, etc. etc. Obviously these questions would vary by position group. I also know some schools have small enough rosters that this isn't feasible like "when hes cleared, hes playing" or your best player is cleared, hes playing no questions asked.
NOW THE REASON I ASK
I do alot of charting on Saturday after our games have been played Friday night to look for correlations. One of them has been injured players returning to play. For example, two of our halfbacks who returned to play for us after an injury (one being a pulled hamstring, one being a high ankle sprain), both of them had fumbles in their first game back. We had a senior guard who jumped offsides and was the worst overall graded lineman in his first 2 games back. We film practice, we give notes, and have a pre-practice correction period. I also believe that when a kid makes the same mistake twice, its you as a coach as you need to find another way to communicate the issue. But I look at these mistakes and how they influenced the flow of the game and wonder, what if we could find a way to prevent these disruptive errors from happening? What if we had a checklist of things that needed to be accomplished before they played? Maybe its too far fetched in high school football. I would be curious to hear others answers, just please include your roster size if you reply so I can get an idea if that influences the decision making.
Hope you all are having a great season, God Bless-
Kyle