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Post by bulldogsdc on Oct 12, 2022 13:31:35 GMT -6
Why is it called RIVERSIDE when you switch sides?
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Post by tog on Oct 12, 2022 13:43:15 GMT -6
Why is it called RIVERSIDE when you switch sides? we say xerox I don't think it matters really, whatever you teach the kids to flip the play the other way |
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Post by blb on Oct 12, 2022 14:12:57 GMT -6
Why is it called RIVERSIDE when you switch sides? It's Southern for "Reverse sides"? |
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Post by 33coach on Oct 12, 2022 14:36:50 GMT -6
Why is it called RIVERSIDE when you switch sides? i have no idea. but thats what we use... |
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Post by CS on Oct 12, 2022 16:30:09 GMT -6
Why is it called RIVERSIDE when you switch sides? It's Southern for "Reverse sides"? This |
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Post by chi5hi on Oct 12, 2022 16:43:04 GMT -6
Reverse sides. "RIVERSIDE"!
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Post by silkyice on Oct 12, 2022 19:59:20 GMT -6
At my old school in Tuscaloosa, one side pointed towards the river and the other side toward the lake.
So, riverside and lakeside meant something.
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Post by bulldogsdc on Oct 13, 2022 6:55:26 GMT -6
Thank you for your answers! I love continuing to learn about the culture of our great game!
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Post by dbeck84 on Oct 13, 2022 8:28:39 GMT -6
I have never heard this term in my life. Must be a Southern thing.
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Post by larrymoe on Oct 13, 2022 10:28:02 GMT -6
I have never heard this term in my life. Must be a Southern thing. Seconded. |
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Post by fantom on Oct 13, 2022 11:00:41 GMT -6
I have never heard this term in my life. Must be a Southern thing. Almost every day somebody posts a question about a term that I've never heard before (And I don't even go into the Passing Game board). At least in this one the OP explained it unlike some who ask questions like, "Can you run Zwobble in high school?". |
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Post by jstoss24 on Oct 13, 2022 11:01:13 GMT -6
I have never heard this term in my life. Must be a Southern thing. The only time I've heard it used was while I was at a college in Michigan. I've been at 4 schools in the south in the last 4 years and haven't heard it once at any of them. I don't know that it's regional, but it's definitely not a super common term. |
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Post by bulldogsdc on Oct 13, 2022 11:34:01 GMT -6
Yes I have spent the all of my career in the south. FL,GA,NC,VA
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Post by Defcord on Oct 13, 2022 11:38:33 GMT -6
I have been in IN, NC, SC, GA, and FL and as far as I remember everyone has used it everywhere. But I could just be getting old and shitt running together after 20 years of high school football madness.
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Post by dbeck84 on Oct 13, 2022 12:25:42 GMT -6
So, this is like if you have an offensive formation that normally lines up strength to the right and you want to flip so strength is to the left? You would say "riverside"?
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Post by coachwoodall on Oct 13, 2022 12:30:18 GMT -6
So, this is like if you have an offensive formation that normally lines up strength to the right and you want to flip so strength is to the left? You would say "riverside"? Mostly it is if your are scrimmaging and moving the ball down the field and need to change the direction of the offense to go in the other directly; or to move to the other side fo the field. |
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Post by lws55 on Oct 13, 2022 13:23:39 GMT -6
I had never heard that term until I moved to South Carolina, all three schools that I have coached at in SC have used it. This thread explained a lot. In California we just said "Flip It"
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Post by dbeck84 on Oct 13, 2022 13:34:47 GMT -6
So, this is like if you have an offensive formation that normally lines up strength to the right and you want to flip so strength is to the left? You would say "riverside"? Mostly it is if your are scrimmaging and moving the ball down the field and need to change the direction of the offense to go in the other directly; or to move to the other side fo the field. Ok. Yeah, we just yell "turn it around". Might be good to have a term for it though. |
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Post by tog on Oct 13, 2022 16:05:38 GMT -6
hmmm
just thought about it, generally in scrimmages if we score,, then instead of going all the way back to the other end
riverside it
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Post by tog on Oct 13, 2022 16:10:16 GMT -6
At my old school in Tuscaloosa, one side pointed towards the river and the other side toward the lake. So, riverside and lakeside meant something. this reminded me of something I will never live down---kids still bug me about it 8 years later we had a color call that we were going to run a certain play as fast as we could towards our sideline during a game during practice,, I always had to tell them where our sideline was,, I usually did it correctly where they would understand this one time, on our practice field, inside the track, as it was all around us I yelled "black to the track" a couple of my smart ass OL looked at me and just started laughing I looked up---and one of the wr's was out there giving me the wtf hands as he was in the turn on the track part of the field |
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Post by morris on Oct 13, 2022 16:35:22 GMT -6
First time I heard it was from Wes Elrod who coached the wing-t in TN. I had heard the story that was posted earlier of riverside/lake side.
Basically the way we use it is everyone just turns around and faces the opposite direction. That way guys aren’t running from one side of the field to the other. For example if we have a line of WR running a route and when yell riverside the back of the line becomes the front. The QB just walks forward and now you’re running the route in the opposite direction.
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Post by blb on Oct 13, 2022 16:35:48 GMT -6
I had never heard it either until 2000 when I hired a DC from Mississippi.
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Post by 44dlcoach on Oct 13, 2022 21:26:35 GMT -6
Everyone on this thread who hasn't heard it where they coach needs to start using it immediately and refuse to give their other coaches any context.
I've heard it in NV but not too often.
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Post by veerwego on Oct 14, 2022 7:21:32 GMT -6
Whole career in SC and used everywhere I've ever been, 4 different regions of the state.
Last school I coached at, still teaching here, is actually Riverside High School. Scrimmaging a couple years ago and this younger DC on the other team yells Riverside. As we are walking past each other, I jokingly said "I figured we were the only ones who said that." He didn't get it. One of us looked like an idiot, but I still can't figure out if it was me or him.
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Post by bucksweepdotcom on Oct 14, 2022 7:28:16 GMT -6
Bringing it to Long Island, NY on Monday.
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Post by veerman on Oct 14, 2022 7:51:15 GMT -6
used it a bunch when we was flexbone and would flip the play call. EX: Veer Rt was called, 1 Tech was left when QB walked up, he would yell Riverside and we would run Veer Lt. Have heard it at every school I've been to, but have only worked in the south.
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Post by 3rdandlong on Oct 14, 2022 11:07:57 GMT -6
I never knew this was a thing throughout the country. I live in Southern Ca, Los Angeles County. and I always thought it was called "Riverside" because Riverside County is east of us. You learn something new everyday.
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Post by tothehouse on Oct 14, 2022 12:42:28 GMT -6
I've been coaching 30 years...I have heard "Riverside" numerous times (in California). I heard it when I played in the 80s. Been around forever. Always meant..."turn around" basically. "Go the other direction".
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Post by fantom on Oct 14, 2022 14:48:45 GMT -6
I've been coaching 30 years...I have heard "Riverside" numerous times (in California). I heard it when I played in the 80s. Been around forever. Always meant..."turn around" basically. "Go the other direction". OK, maybe that's why I've never heard of it. I don't understand why there's a call for it instead of just saying, "Turn around". |
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Post by blb on Oct 14, 2022 17:09:38 GMT -6
I've been coaching 30 years...I have heard "Riverside" numerous times (in California). I heard it when I played in the 80s. Been around forever. Always meant..."turn around" basically. "Go the other direction". OK, maybe that's why I've never heard of it. I don't understand why there's a call for it instead of just saying, "Turn around". "Riverside" is cooler. Just in a different way than "Leverage" instead of "Pursuit Angle", "Edge" instead of "Outside", "Apex" instead of "STD (Split the Difference)", "Boundary" instead of "Sideline", etc. |
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