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Post by jhanawa on Apr 25, 2006 13:02:21 GMT -6
Anyone use this type of chute? What are your thoughts on it? Is it easily broken down into multiple parts for storage?
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Post by jhanawa on Apr 6, 2007 9:39:53 GMT -6
We do a LOT formation wise and keep it SIMPLE play wise. Here is how we do our formationing. We have rules and use tags. Z=always call side, always in the backfield. Y=always call side except if the formation begins with the letter "T", always on the LOS. X=always away from call except on formations that begin with "T", always on the LOS. F= in backfield, alignment depends on play called. F will be inside slot call side on "spread & quad" (empty formations) R= slotback, call side on flank, trips and quads, away on duece and spread. Two back formations, In "split" (split backs) he is away from F, who is call side, in "I", he is the tailback. Now with these rules in place, we use these formations. "I" R/L "I" Twins R/L Split R/L Split Twins R/L Duece R/L Trips R/L Flank R/L Spread R/L Quad R/L All of these formations we can modify with tags: Open= Y flexes out to an open alignment (personell change to SE if Y isn't an open field athlete) Tight= X becomes the second TE (personell change usually) Squeeze= All Receivers "squeeze" alignment to 1 yard from inside man. (bunching formations)
From these formations, we motion and shift quite a bit. So a typical call would sound like:
Deuce Rt, Texas Shift Duece Rt, Texas Shift Open Duece Rt, Texas Shift Open Duece Rt, Razor Texas
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Post by jhanawa on Apr 2, 2007 11:05:56 GMT -6
AJ, don't stop him, he's on a roll, it wasn't fair when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor......LETS DO IT,,,,aaaaahhhhhhh.
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Post by jhanawa on Apr 2, 2007 9:36:10 GMT -6
Years ago in my first season as a coach, I was a JV OC in the birds nest on Friday nights spotting for Varsity. The Varsity OC then was RUN, RUN and then pass if they needed it. Well, usually they needed it on 3rd and 10. They were Wing T based with a TE/WB and SE/SB alignment mostly. There main pass play other than Boot was to motion the WB to trips and sprint to the wide side. It was a good play but they didn't do anything off the motion across the formation except trap, so it was dead give away that Sprint Pass was coming when it was long yardage.....So, every defense that they faced would rotate the secondary HARD to the trips side and over play the sprintout. I'm up in the nest watching this so at half time I begged and pleaded with the OC to let me make an adjustment. I swore up and down that if it didn't go all the way for a TD that I'd shut up and forever hold my peace. (Thats a BIG promise coming from me!) Answer, NO. Again, NO. After the halftime break he's thought about it for a minute and processed the idea and calls me, the QB and the SB over. We go over it on the board real quick and Sprint Throwback is Born! We motion, sprintout, QB pulls up and hits the SB (#3 receiver) on a two count delayed throwback drag. It goes for about 60 yards, the kid got ran down by a faster kid. It was a huge play in a tight game so luckily I wasn't held to my commitment to shut up. It's a play that has stayed in my playbook since then and has been a backbreaker against teams that over play the sprintout.
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Post by jhanawa on Mar 5, 2008 21:07:39 GMT -6
I can agree with both sides. I think it is beneficial to have the HC on campus, but not critical given the right atmosphere. I see HC's in my area that are NOT qualified but are given the position because they are teachers. I think this gets progressively worse when you are talking about assistants, many of whom are looking to collect an extra check and do not look to improve their knowledge of the game or their coaching skills. It all boils down to whether the guy can coach or can't. What are his credentials, what is his knowledge base. If he can teach the game and is a good role model, then hire the best candidate for the position. And no, I'm not a teacher, and no, I have no desire to be a HC or a teacher. This does not mean that I don't know what I'm doing or that I'm not qualified to coach High School football. I prefer to be a coordinator and let the HC deal with all the BS.... What irks me is that unqualified people are given these positions based soley on their being a teacher. Would you have any teacher step in and run the teacher's retirement & pension program simple based on the fact that he's a teacher and a member of the union? I think you'd want to know that he has solid financial credentials when he's dealing with your money and your future. I think parents feel the same about who's coaching their kids, is the individual qualified to coach my kid? Yes, I know most parents don't know anything about football, but I think its a legitimate analogy regardless.
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Post by jhanawa on Aug 23, 2006 13:56:52 GMT -6
Thats it Luke, convert to the Dark Side, come over to the fun side of offense........lol And having that big Oline in front of him won't hurt either.
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Post by jhanawa on Aug 23, 2006 13:40:34 GMT -6
#17 or #81?
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Post by jhanawa on Aug 21, 2006 17:36:49 GMT -6
I'll add to that, the reason for difficulty is that there is normal fast, small guy fast (fast arms/shorter strides), and smooth fast, athlete thats fast but doesn't look like he's going 100%, like Vince Young-smooth, he doesn't look fast/quick until you notice all the other guys diving at air.
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Post by jhanawa on Aug 21, 2006 17:33:40 GMT -6
When the team is clear and the ball carrier is blurry, then you KNOW he's fast....LOL I've always had trouble gauging individual speed and more importantly quickness unless its in the open field against angles. When I look at a defense I look for team speed, how many hats are around the ball each time?
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Post by jhanawa on Mar 6, 2007 10:54:09 GMT -6
There is always a tidbit that you can steal to insert into what you do. Good Point. This is the recurring genesis of football, "borrowing" ideas into your system. My comment above about the importance of what my kids know isn't to imply that we "dumb it down" or are locked into one method of doing things, in fact we are far from that. We are always looking for better ways to do things technique wise and strategy wise.
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Post by jhanawa on Mar 5, 2007 22:56:14 GMT -6
It really doesn't matter what I know, the only thing that matters is what my kids know.
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Post by jhanawa on Aug 23, 2006 17:37:37 GMT -6
We like to keep them pretty loose to start with and then build up our "focus" with our pregame warm ups as the game nears, right before the game we want them in a feeding frenzy.
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Post by jhanawa on Jan 10, 2006 13:54:12 GMT -6
Do you encourage your players to play other sports? Linemen wrestle, play handball (a good one for lateral movement, pass pro) backs play soccer, (cutting, cardio) even though I can't stand soccer,,,,,basketball, never seen a basketball player catch the ball with his chest.....and of course QB's, on the golf course,,,,,hey, someone's gotta carry my bag... I guess baseball and track count also but what I am talking about is sports with a combo/all of : change of direction, up tempo cardio and hand eye cordination.
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Post by jhanawa on Oct 25, 2006 13:03:10 GMT -6
I'd suggest some form of a "chain of command", one chief and many indians following the same general program. Same team rules, same hole # structure, same terminology, etc, but allow for variation from team to team within the general terminology. If these kids are going to feed into a local HS, get with the HC at the HS and see if he is interested in giving a clinic, and getting his assistants involved with your program, obviously he'd want a good feeder program, so try to get him involved to benefit him and also for him to help you out with facilities, sleds, etc.
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Post by jhanawa on Jan 4, 2006 18:45:44 GMT -6
CLEAN!
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Post by jhanawa on Apr 20, 2007 14:45:43 GMT -6
True story about a female weight lifting coach. Year was 1986, I was a incoming Frosh at the University of Arizona and the LB's coach was Tom Roggerman (old leather helmet Bears, gruff mean SOB- he was a great, great LB coach btw), he introduced us to the strength coach by screaming at the top of his lungs, "this is the best GdamMfkg weight coach in the GdamMfkg country, now STFU and listen to what she says, this is coach Meg Richie". There isn't a "fear of god" emocon to insert here but trust me, Roggie could get your ATTENTION! Anyway, she doesn't blush or miss a beat with his colorful introduction, she says in a strong Scottish accent, "genteelmen, tis my hope that you'll one day be as strong as I am". Trust me, she wasn't joking. Then she proceeds to demonstrate different lifts by throwing weights around like they are feathers. She was unreal strong, former Olympian. Good weight coach, she always stressed Power Cleans and I agree, Power Cleans are the most important lift for football, every other lift is secondary to cleans. Hope I didn't offense anyone with the colorful quotations.... So as I said before, its a rare, RARE situation IMO that a woman will be a good football coach because its a very different environment for them, but I know its possible in rare cases.
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Post by jhanawa on Apr 17, 2007 16:01:37 GMT -6
A woman, in Football? Uh wut? I don't even like cheerleaders close to my boys distracting them I guess with the right woman it would be fine, such as a 20yr veteran Marine DI that understands "motivation". What I couldn't handle is a PC woman wanting to feminize the sport.
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Post by jhanawa on Mar 24, 2006 15:04:33 GMT -6
Here is a letter we hand out each year to our kids, in an effort to give them perspective on what it takes. Do you guys do something similiar?
Some thoughts about football and life, A Challenge to our Players:
In many years of both coaching and playing football, from the junior high level through college, I have learned many lessons about the game of football and life in general. Throughout these years I have seen thousands of football players, most of which were of average level, some that were above average, and a rare few that were outstanding. Common to all of the outstanding football players was that they possessed certain attributes that made them successful, regardless of their individual playing style. Obviously, all had been taught the fundamentals of the game throughout their lifetimes at different levels of the game. Things like proper footwork, blocking, tackling, throwing technique, were evident and put to successful use. Fundamentals such as these are the easy things to teach and learn. Most football players can learn and execute the basic fundamentals to an average level, but only a few will have the focus and work ethic to master them and thus have the potential to be a great player. The true key to success in any endeavor is the possession of intangible skills, which are skills that the average competitor does not possess nor comprehend. These intangible skills are much harder to teach and to learn than the basic fundamentals. Here lies the great, difficult lesson. At first glance, the questions seem simple, as do the answers, yet the answer to this lesson is a paradox requiring a blend of personality and physical abilities that can only be tempered on the forge of competition. Indeed, to succeed in any sport, it takes a mix of personality traits and physical abilities to reach and sustain a level of greatness. Although the mixtures are different for all different players, the ingredients are essentially the same. They all have Heart; a term by which I use to describe a passion to play that is driven by a burning desire to win. They have Courage, which means they are competitors who have no fear, they never give up and they never quite, regardless of situation. They have Commitment, which means that they care about their teammates and the success of the team more than their personal glories or ambitions. Lastly, they have Honor, a code by which they conduct themselves to the highest accord. This code is founded on the principle of doing things the right way, with a high degree of self-confidence and discipline. It seems so simple, heart, courage, commitment and honor. These are the four simple words are the ingredients of the “intangible skills”. It is a pity that so very few people will ever have the joy of possessing them, because they can only be learned and earned on the forge of competition. In life, as in football, the spectators and teammates can see when a competitor lacks these qualities, they can see the quitter in the person who points fingers, blames others and makes excuses to deflect from their deficiency. In both football and life, the success of these persons always comes to a falter and a stop when the pressure mounts past their tolerances. The reality check comes when they are required to look within themselves for the intangible skills to carry them through the task at hand and they find that they do not possess them. Do you possess these intangibles?
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Post by jhanawa on May 1, 2006 17:01:09 GMT -6
Put your QB at guard and rotate your entire defensive Line through him so that he can show your Oline how they are supposed to block. Let him earn his way back to QB from the left end of the bench. IMO, end the mutiny now, either they learn to work together as a team or they become all american gasser champions.
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Post by jhanawa on Apr 26, 2007 15:31:46 GMT -6
Thats a great read.
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Post by jhanawa on Sept 13, 2007 10:27:17 GMT -6
Is there a site online that carries that kind of stuff, stencils and sprayers?
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Post by jhanawa on Mar 26, 2007 21:00:13 GMT -6
Years ago I scouted a team and "stole" most of their signals. Our Defense looked like 11 All Americans in the first half. What really stunk was that we signaled in that they were going to run a Trap and they did, we missed the tackle and the kid broke it. We lost by 6... On that note, I've always felt it important to have two sets of signals and also use wristbands, multiple ways of communicating the play is important.
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Post by jhanawa on Feb 27, 2006 18:29:49 GMT -6
Rooster, for us, empty is an extension of our normal offense, we run the same patterns and jet stuff as from one back. I think the key out of empty is having a good 3 step quick game and being able to throw over the top vs press. Y ou must be able to recognize and throw hots. A good read pattern and screen game compliment it well, as does a mobile QB.
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Post by jhanawa on Jan 11, 2008 21:44:56 GMT -6
Well....I'll tell you how we got into it. We gradually became a spread gun team from an under center option/one back zone team. We kept the same terminology and blocking schemes and adapted it to the gun. You'll suprise yourself with how easy the transition can be, I'd say the most important thing is to keep the smashmouth mentality as you implement it. Spreading people out and pounding them when they empty the box is very effective, the numbers game that the spread provides is why so many no name colleges are competative now adays running a "fad" offense. As far as resources, there are lots of guys on here who are very good sources of various varieties of spread offenses, do a few thread searches on various plays, etc. and you'll find a ton of information.
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Post by jhanawa on Aug 4, 2007 19:39:57 GMT -6
I just got eight 55gal plastic drums donated, we will use them for 7 on air for defenders, we will double stack them as curl and flat defenders for the receivers to work in the open areas. We will also double stack them as Dline rushing for the QB to work throwing lanes, use them for defensive fronts, use them for an oline to go over defensive blitzes, etc against. I envision us using them a LOT, for a lot of things.
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Post by jhanawa on Jan 22, 2006 10:46:56 GMT -6
He also needs to learn to put the ball away better, the pro's are faster and will cause him to fumble it, but there's no doubt that he is phenom athelete.
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Post by jhanawa on Oct 20, 2006 15:12:48 GMT -6
Leave it to Brophy to set football preparation to music.... I have visions of "flights of the Valkeryies" playing at his practice.....
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Post by jhanawa on Oct 20, 2006 11:57:28 GMT -6
Good responses guys. Tog, I assume the "most dangerous" is mostly applied to your jet scheme vs the edge defender & inside pursuit, which is how we try to teach it also (where the play is going, who's the most dangerous to stop it). Brophy, as far as learning processes, do you concentrate on installing a play in great detail before the next or do you "relate" the play to another version of the play (such as power from "I" then power from slot) and then go back to the first? I'm not a shrink but I have come to believe in this approach of "short term" memory, teaching something, doing something esle then going back to the first install 15 minutes later, then back to the second. I honestly don't know if it has anything to do with improving memory or not but it seems to stick better and keep them more interested, sometimes too many reps gets monotonous and they end up going through the motions which we definately don't want. Do any of you try to combine teaching scheme with other aspects of practice, such as conditioning or playtiming, etc?
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Post by jhanawa on Oct 19, 2006 16:00:13 GMT -6
In several threads its always mentioned that scheme is overated, its "jimmies and joes"...and I'd agree with this, however, IMO, the most important thing is execution, this IMO is what wins football games. So, in that light, what are some of your best methods for communicating/teaching scheme and getting the best from your team in executing the scheme? I know the obvious answer, "reps, reps, reps", what I'm looking for are some of your unique teaching methods that hammer home key concepts.
How do you guys approach teaching scheme, let say for example your installing your base power play. For the Oline, do you teach by fronts or by "looks", whereas the blocking is dictated by a look in a certain area rather than the entire front? Are the oline's assigments "block this guy or this area" or are they term specific, such as, if covered, "tango", if uncovered, "fan"? Do you teach the Oline their specific position only or do you teach them the entire scheme for all Oline positions? Does your Oline communicate at the Oline with calls? Do you teach your backs the line blocking scheme and the WR blocking schemes for the play? Do you teach your QB everyone's assignment on the play? How much interchangability/cross training do you do? Would your QB know the entire blocking scheme if asked? Would your X know the entire pattern on a pass?
Overall, do you teach the entire scheme to everyone or limit their focus to their specific area? lots of questions for sure but I'm always interested in how others approach the teaching part of the game.
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Post by jhanawa on Oct 20, 2006 15:21:30 GMT -6
I think any scheme that places emphasis on being physical is going to result in more physical players than a scheme that is pussified, however, I think one back zone teams can be just as physical as a one back DW team, there may be less bodies at the POA, but the same attitude can be instilled. At anyrate, it was good film and well executed, which is first and foremost the most important and impressive thing.
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