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Post by vikingdw on Jun 30, 2023 8:47:53 GMT -6
My son played/started tackle football at age 5 in a large youth league with only 1 age group per team (teams with only 5 yr olds, separate teams with only 6 yr olds, etc...). After watching the absolutely terrible and unsafe coaching methods taught to him, I decided to pull him by telling him what a great season he had and that football season was now over and we moved onto the next sport (they were having the kids learn how to tackle by having them get on their knees and then having a ball carrier from 15 yards away run right over them).
Since he was only 5 he didn't know or realize the season had not really ended but I didn't want him to think it's okay to quit anything. I approached the HC and asked about this tackling teaching method and he was adamant this is the safe and right way. I had played football all throughout my youth, middle school and high school years (won a state championship and also coached at the collegiate level, so I knew he was wrong). The next season, I stepped up and became head coach of his youth team and he played football every season from age 6 up until he graduated high school and then he went on to play college basketball.
Hope that helps...
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Post by vikingdw on Mar 6, 2023 18:04:02 GMT -6
As an OC I always stand 10-15 yards behind their defense so I can see what they are doing and where they are lined up so I can call our offensive plays.
As a DC I always stand behind their offense so I can see what they are doing and where they are lined up so I can call the defense (base, stunt, blitz, etc.)
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Post by vikingdw on Aug 11, 2022 20:46:11 GMT -6
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Post by vikingdw on May 21, 2022 9:45:57 GMT -6
We run both offense and defense on every day Monday - Thursday. We alternate each day on which side of the ball goes first (offense goes first in practice on Mon and Wed with defense going first on Tue and Thur). The offense and defense get @ 55 minutes a piece on each practice day with the leftover time towards the end of practice used for special teams.
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Post by vikingdw on Aug 5, 2021 11:22:00 GMT -6
Coaches have already gone thru every play on HUDL before the team film session and have the spot shadows and text boxes filled out on plays (good and bad). We quickly talk thru what happened (good or bad) and how to fix it, then move to next play. Recently, we have not shown much if any HUDL film of our upcoming opponents to our team. Instead we have play cards/practice scripts of our opponent's schemes and run them in scout defense/offense.
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Post by vikingdw on Jul 22, 2021 13:47:40 GMT -6
Weightroom equipment and end-zone camera are 2 "must-haves" in my book.
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Post by vikingdw on Oct 29, 2020 9:30:08 GMT -6
Add to your list: A Field goal kick/attempt is a scrimmage kick just like a punt, and treated the same way as a punt. So a Field Goal attempt that rolls dead in the field of play or goes out of bounds anywhere outside of the End Zone would be the spot where the opposing offense takes over.
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Post by vikingdw on Jun 26, 2020 10:29:56 GMT -6
Former NFL OT Jamarcus Webb or NFL player DJ Fluker. Fluker wears a 22.5 shoe. Try and contact them thru social media and ask for help or get a pair he no longer uses...
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Post by vikingdw on Jun 15, 2020 10:52:34 GMT -6
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Post by vikingdw on Jun 10, 2019 13:25:25 GMT -6
I've always liked to have at minimum 17. I did head coach a whole year of high school JV football in Texas where we only had 13 players the entire season (really 12 as we had 1 get hurt early on). This team was made up entirely of freshmen playing against a JV schedule (we had to play other teams' JV roster/team). I absolutely loved those kids. We got laughed at each Thursday getting off the bus. Went 9-1 that year...
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Post by vikingdw on Mar 20, 2016 17:27:26 GMT -6
I've always used masking tape. Works great and no residue when you take it off.
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Post by vikingdw on Mar 21, 2014 21:22:17 GMT -6
Yes Coach, my school (private Christian school) has a mandatory athletics period that ALL boys and girls must participate in (boys athletics and girls athletics are at different times and are separate). In athletics the athletes lift 3X per week in the off-season and 2X during their in-season (other days are plyos, sprints, ladders, cones, hurdles, dot drills, etc...). During the athletics period, we alternate days in the weight room (for example, in season lifts on Mondays and Wednesdays and off-season lifts Tuesday, Thursday, Friday). When the sport season ends/changes then those athletes lift or not based on whether or not the sport they are now playing is in-season or off-season. This is a requirement that is posted and sent out to every household before school starts every year. We have had 2 athletes in the past 5 years that I know of that have chosen not to enroll or "be in" an athletics period that have also showed up to a 1st day of sport practice only to be told, "Sorry, but you aren't in athletics so you can't play this season." Our administration, principal, athletic director and school president are all on board with this policy. It makes a huge difference when we play other schools that don't have mandatory strength and conditioning program.
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Post by vikingdw on May 24, 2012 13:40:13 GMT -6
I'm in DFW area
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Post by vikingdw on Jan 24, 2012 0:30:29 GMT -6
Coach, I live 4 miles from DFW airport...
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Post by vikingdw on May 6, 2011 22:08:25 GMT -6
Coach, we've used regular masking tape for years. No mess, very easy and inexpensive...
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Post by vikingdw on Feb 4, 2011 0:42:28 GMT -6
Similar to your rules. When up by 28 points and in 2nd half, there's a running clock except for timeouts and after TDs. There are no other restrictions or requirements to remove 1st string players, just a fast clock in the 2nd half. First half is regular clock regardless of score.
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Post by vikingdw on May 31, 2010 9:44:11 GMT -6
Dave is right. I only run Nasty Tunnel if DE is outside my RE and no one is between our RE and OT. I run Nasty Split a lot and just run 16 Power so that the hole is wider pre-snap. When/if no one is between my RE and OT, I call Nasty Tunnel. If there is a DT between my RE and OT, I just run 16 Power with or without the Nasty call. Running NAsty Tunnel is an important tag to 16 Power and a valuable adjustment.
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Post by vikingdw on May 30, 2010 18:54:29 GMT -6
Coach, I've run DCSW for past 6 seasons. I always start teaching plays with a white board since kids are usually visual learners. I draw the formation with positions, hole numbers, back numbers,etc...and explain who is what. Then we chalk/talk the plays (chalk it, talk it, walk it, rep it, run it). Teach plays in the exact order as the book. Works great for us...good luck!
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Post by vikingdw on Mar 6, 2010 16:07:15 GMT -6
Thanks again for your help. Great stuff as always!
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Post by vikingdw on Mar 6, 2010 16:06:11 GMT -6
Great stuff as always Coach...I'll be using a bunch this next season. Thanks!
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Post by vikingdw on Mar 6, 2010 15:48:16 GMT -6
Coach, here is link to 8 man offense with plays/playbook on YouTube. Hope it can help.
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Post by vikingdw on Mar 5, 2010 19:18:45 GMT -6
Coach Cisar, Do you have a list of questions that you take a coaching applicant thru before agreeing to let them coach in your league? This year I will be interviewing potential coaches for our league and I know you have already "been there, done that" and have it down pat. Would you be willing to share any info you have on how you interview/ask these coaches before deciding?
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