coachf
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Post by coachf on Jul 30, 2006 20:18:28 GMT -6
When you draw up a playbook for your kids, do you draw it against a defense.? When I played, everybody ran a 50, so our playbook was drawn against a 50. It was sort of helpful, but everybody runs a different variation.
So, I am planning on drawing our plays without a defense (most teams in our conference run a form of the 4-4). I am going to take care of the blocking by incorporating a blocking table and rules for different schemes/blocks.
What do you guys do and what do you think is most helpful for the kids (obviously reps in practice---I am speaking mostly of what will help them from a playbook standpoint.)
Thanks
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Post by blb on Jul 30, 2006 20:26:17 GMT -6
I draw them up against a 5-2, 4-3, 5-3, and 4-4 so the kids can see how their rules apply to different, basic fronts.
We can then teach adjustments from that knowledge base, and they are logical and therefore easily understood by the kids.
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Post by coachjd on Jul 30, 2006 20:27:44 GMT -6
the sheets we hand out to the kids will have the play drawn vs. a 4-4 defense with all the rules for each position. the next page will have all the other defense alignments with no lines on them. We have the kids complete those in our chalk talks when we install or during game plan meetings. We started giving quizzes a couple of years ago the next day after we would install the play(s) which also seemed to help make the kids accountable.
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Post by wildcat on Jul 30, 2006 20:29:38 GMT -6
Coach -
We draw our plays against a 40-front because that is pretty much what we see.
If we are playing a team that doesn't run a 40-front, we will simply practice running our plays against whatever defense we will face that week.
A few years ago, I tried to put together a playbook that showed every play against every possible combination of 6 and 7 man fronts and I ended up with about 200 pages. Kids would have freaked out if they saw that!
My opinion on play books is to keep them short and simple. Diagram the basic plays an routes against the defenses you will see the most and then teach on the field to "fill in the blanks".
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Post by bigdaddyd on Jul 30, 2006 20:55:21 GMT -6
I diagram plays vs. a base 40. We see a lot of variations off this front during the season.
(IMO) don't get to specific in terms of defenses that will cause confusion for players...just keep it simple. Any adjustments that need to be made can be done during "chalk talk " as well as, on the field.
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coachf
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Post by coachf on Jul 30, 2006 21:39:08 GMT -6
I love the idea coachjd. I may leave some blanks for them to fill out. I will probably draw them against a 4-4 base. It's just that everyone in our conference has their own little tweak to it and I don't want the kids to stare at a picture and not know how to adjust when the picture on the field is different. Believe me, I will coach them to adjust and be smart, but I just want to cover all of my bases.
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Post by cqmiller on Jul 31, 2006 6:26:30 GMT -6
I draw up against no defense in my playbook. Then we work it against a 4-3, and a 5-2 (generic) defenses. Once we get into the season, we will give the kids the specific fronts we will see that week. I think it gives the kids a better Idea of what we are trying to do, if they see it without a defense. (Down blocks, Zone blocks, or Pull/Trap scheme)
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Post by wingtol on Jul 31, 2006 7:43:11 GMT -6
We do it like CQ. After scouting a team we will draw up their main fronts, usually their best 4 fronts, then draw our base plays against them and give that to the kids on monday. We dont do one playbook at the beggining but like to give them a scouting packet each week because things do change and we think it helps them to see the fronts they will see for the week on paper. We will run against 5-2 and 4-4 during preseason.
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coachf
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Post by coachf on Jul 31, 2006 9:14:43 GMT -6
That's probably what we will do. The last few years it seemed like we were always changing things even if we weren't and the playbooks became useless. I think I said I would draw it up against a 4-4, but we see the stack, a 2I, a tilted shade, all kinds of possibilities. So, it may be easier to show the gist of what we are doing rather than trying to become too specific.
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