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Post by buck42 on Sept 18, 2007 11:13:20 GMT -6
Do you play your best athletes both ways? If so, the whole game? Way and a half? Special situations?
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Post by ajreaper on Sept 18, 2007 11:17:15 GMT -6
To be competative we must play many of our players on both sides of the ball. It's one of the key things I'll be addressing program wide- develop depth and it'll start with our 6th graders right up through our JV. It is not ideal and takes a toll on a players body over the course of a season.
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Post by coachsky on Sept 18, 2007 12:12:11 GMT -6
It's my observation that even teams that have a goal of two plattoning end up playing their best two or three athletes both ways.
We have three kids going both ways and we are getting mixed results at times;
1. RB & SS - This has been okay in that our RB can take a few plays off at safety and does not get contact on every defensive play. We also mix it up on offense so he's never geting more than 25 touches.
2. FB & MIKE - This is a tough one. So much physical contact. We have a really fit athlete in this role who is ussually giving us our best. When we have long drives, it takes it's toll.
3. OD and DT - This is probably our weakest two way situation. Bigs get gassed too easily. We are trying to rotate his postion on defense to keep him performing at a high level in the 4th qtr.
We have a couple other players we would like to have go both ways, they simply don't have the motor and or fitness level to equal the output we get from two platooning.
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Post by tribepride on Sept 18, 2007 12:34:48 GMT -6
When you have 30 kids out 9-12 there is no choice. Most every team we play has 5-10 kids playing both ways.
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Post by pfist12 on Sept 19, 2007 11:29:12 GMT -6
Try to 2-plattoon if possible.
If you have only 30 guys on your team it may be impossible to 2-plattoon. But if you have 40 or more players it will work.
The key is to have a group of 1A players (the best players on the field) for critical situations.
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Post by wildcat on Sept 19, 2007 18:47:24 GMT -6
We try to 2-platoon as much as possible. Unfortunately, there is often a huge drop in production, so our best guys end up playing both ways.
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Post by coachmathis on Sept 20, 2007 10:31:54 GMT -6
We have never had enough kids to even consider not going both ways. Almost literally we have all the kids play on both sides of the ball as starters and the dline may have a few subs. We are used to having 15 16 players(small private school) As wildcat stated, there is such a significant drop off that there are rarely subs. Even with so few players, we still have players on the sideline who only get in on special teams
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Post by WTR on Sept 20, 2007 11:40:22 GMT -6
We usually have atleast 5 that have to go both ways. We really have no choice because of the dropoff in ability.
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Post by coachf on Sept 20, 2007 12:43:45 GMT -6
We don't have the numbers to platoon, but we do try to give them a break for a series here and there. As the year goes on and the weather cools, we usually play our studs more, especially getting them on to more special teams.
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