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Post by jhanawa on Nov 20, 2009 18:57:38 GMT -6
Think that guy could play today??? I'd take my chances with him....
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Post by jhanawa on Nov 16, 2009 22:16:04 GMT -6
One assumption that everybody makes about the spread is that he QB is going to drop back, make fancy reads and throw the ball. One step (gun) quick game reading one defender, screen game (multiple screens), play action and sprinting out are all EASY ways to negate protection issues and throw the ball effectively, at ANY level. Again, it will come down to coaching and kids executing.
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Post by jhanawa on Nov 16, 2009 8:04:47 GMT -6
However, can the QB elude a rush, can he throw (accurately) when pressured, can he throw on the run, how is his footwork, what does he do if his receiver is covered, how long does it take him to "find the laces" when he receives a direct snap? Re: your receiver, even if he can catch, is he fast enough to get open, can he catch a ball in traffic or when he hears footsteps, can he make the run after the catch? Can your O-Line pass block?
Yes, next question?....lol....
It seems to me that people make this stuff out to be much hard than it is but it doesn't do any good for me to argue that point here. People are entitled to believe what they want.
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Post by jhanawa on Nov 14, 2009 20:26:41 GMT -6
coach5085, I understand what your saying, but keep in mind that I did mention that he needed to design his form of "spread" based on his kids skill sets, whether it be run based or pass based. As far as motor skills, that is what we as coaches are supposed to be developing, rather than just lining up fast kids and tossing them the ball. I've yet to drive down a street and see kids practicing hand offs, but I see kids everyday on my street throwing and catching the ball, I guess my neighborhood is just unique. Not trying to be an A$$, just making a point that young kids do in fact throw and catch the ball. As I mentioned, running any offense will come down to having a good line coach and being organized. This is why Dave is confident that he can go anywhere in the country with his staff and field a competitive team. I feel no different in our staff's ability to do the same thing with our offense.
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Post by jhanawa on Nov 13, 2009 18:27:30 GMT -6
Running the spread at the youth level isn't any more difficult than running Dave Cisar's Single Wing. The key is, you have to run it like Dave runs his offense, you have to be organized and efficient. Having said that, you need to design it around your talent, if you have a QB that can throw and kids that can catch, throw it, if your QB is a RB catching the snap, then run option or a series that has the QB involved in the run game. If you have both then your going to be tough to stop. Regardless of system, you will win or lose based on your LINE, better get a good line coach regardless of the offense you run.
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Post by jhanawa on Nov 12, 2009 20:37:25 GMT -6
I've been on here a long time and check the site daily. There is always something new to learn, there is always some way to do something better. As mentioned by others, I also miss the white board chats in the early spring, that's such a dead time of the year for football, its almost a necessity to get the juices flowing and the brain working ahead towards spring/summer/fall...
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Post by jhanawa on Oct 12, 2009 8:20:09 GMT -6
I guess you could have Dcohio come down and roll your field with the principal, kill two birds with one stone....
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Post by jhanawa on Oct 11, 2009 11:48:40 GMT -6
Have your principal fix it, its HIS SCHOOL.....lol, sorry, I couldn't resist....
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Post by jhanawa on Sept 22, 2009 20:27:20 GMT -6
After reading your post noting that the kid is a "great practice player" but has confidence issues in the game, the obvious thing to me is scale it down and find something that he can do well. Get good at that and get him some confidence, an example suggestion might be to line up in trips and have him throw hitch to the short side receiver or sprint out to the trips side.... a great, high percentage pattern to sprint to is snag, #1 snag, #2 corner, #3 arrow, good against man or zone....just being able to do these two things will open up everything else....
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Post by jhanawa on Sept 15, 2009 22:16:14 GMT -6
Midgets, Week 1: 42-0, Week 2: 14-0, option is looking good but need to work on our passing game more....
Frosh, Week 1: 50-0, Week 2: 6-34 (actually should have won but managed to stink it up in every conceivable way) we face a very TOUGH team this week but we will give better EFFORT this week, guaranteed!
Update: Frosh Week 3 won 20-18, made a great comeback drive to win the game. Started out horrible but stayed in it with much better effort than the week prior, we got the ball back with 3:44 after they scored to go ahead 18-12. Went no huddle down the field and scored with over a minute left.
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Post by jhanawa on Sept 14, 2009 21:03:13 GMT -6
Brad, you've got it good, nice location, solid program, END ZONE CAMERA!!! Wide/tight Sideline angles.....LOL.....I know what your saying on time though, it can be a grind, but pursuing excellence takes time....go to little league tired and cut film at night.
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Post by jhanawa on Sept 10, 2009 22:23:15 GMT -6
In our youth league, we can have 3 practices a week, we practice twice and watch film once. It's very important for us. If you don't have a good facility to watch it at with a projector, then huddling 20+ kids around a TV is going to be counter productive. If that's the case, the next best solution is film on laptops at the field. This is a good install tool, backs watch install clips of previous team running play, then they run it.....
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Post by jhanawa on Sept 8, 2009 20:04:56 GMT -6
We're a 5A-1 school, around 2900 students, we had a freshman start at one or our slot receivers and at safety last year, he's a sophmore this year and is a stud. Barring injury, he will be a 5 star D1 recruit by his senior year, very special talent and work ethic, effort is off the charts.
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Post by jhanawa on Aug 27, 2009 22:19:01 GMT -6
Good stuff here..... What we do is: Pre-practice Chalk Talk & film (if available) what we are going over a certain subject or subjects today, even if it's repetitive...explain the big picture and emphasis the importance of the details.....this takes time, its expensive time wise.....but I think it pays off in the long term.... On the field, in Individual Time, we cover details in technique on the subject... In Group time, we put the pieces together In Team time, put it all together. Right now, we have been in pads two weeks and have moments of brilliance and moments of a serious CF....its normal, frustrating, but normal....
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Post by jhanawa on Aug 27, 2009 22:00:23 GMT -6
I don't know about your areas, but in Phoenix, you can access books online through the Phoenix Library in PDF for free. Talk about sweet.....Walsh's book was a good insight into management and organization, certainly a good read.
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Post by jhanawa on Aug 27, 2009 21:21:01 GMT -6
nope I never underestimate, anybody, or overestimate what I can do, we take 1game at a time
Certainly a good approach, I know for Dang sure we can't underestimate anybody we play this year, every team we play in midgets and at the frosh level are very, very talented and well coached. It will be a tough, challenging and demanding year. Thats what makes it so fun....LOL
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Post by jhanawa on Aug 25, 2009 21:45:53 GMT -6
16-0, National Champs....same prediction as every year...LOL Hasn't come true yet but we've gotten close. Last year we went 11-2, lost in the state championship (not to cry, but we got robbed) to the team that finished 2nd at nationals and lost in CA at the Jr. Rose Bowl on the last play of the game Hail Mary to a solid 13-1 team.
Seriously though, our midget team (I'm just coaching QB's this year, letting an assistant get experience at the OC helm) is very, very physically strong. Physically its the strongest team we've ever had. We will have a kid at QB that is our fastest player we've had in 12 years, he can flat out run the option. Of course, the league we play in is very talented and some of the teams, for lack of a better term, are STACKED......The junior midget National Champion team is coming up to midgets this year, as well as the returning runner up National Champion team from last year, so its going to be a brawl this year, maybe the best talent and competition ever. Our freshman team will be very good also, not overly talented in size or speed at the skill spots, but good kids with a strong work ethic should produce a solid season, maybe 7-2 to 9-0......I've got 3 QB's on the frosh team that run the option well, so it will be a very VEERISH season....LOL
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Post by jhanawa on Aug 13, 2009 22:41:42 GMT -6
I would like to comment on one thing you said, though. Playing on the offensive line is not a waste of any player's talent. Most of the best coaches on this forum will tell you that the o-line is the most important area of their team and they insist on coaching it themselves even though as head coaches, they could focus on any area they want. On a well-coached team, the o-line is not a dumping groung for slow, unathletic MPP types.
but they learn a lot more about the game from having had the lineman's perspective in youth ball.
AMEN!
Oline is NOT a dumping ground, it is an ELITE GROUP!
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Post by jhanawa on Aug 13, 2009 22:14:47 GMT -6
We used to print them, then went to animated power point. We've had much better results with the power point.
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Post by jhanawa on Aug 11, 2009 22:27:15 GMT -6
Doug, Bigshel,
I'm honored to be mentioned for something like that, it would be fun. Your certainly welcome to come visit our youth & HS programs anytime to talk football, clinic or not.
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Post by jhanawa on Aug 9, 2009 18:32:25 GMT -6
IMO, at that age, two TE's and Wishbone, running dive, power, sweep, counter, boot is a pretty simple 5 play offense and effective.
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Post by jhanawa on Aug 9, 2009 18:11:47 GMT -6
The bummer is when you are relying on volunteer coaches who are coaching for free because stipends aren't available to pay them. We lost two excellent coaches because of the economy, they just can't afford to do it. Both are great coaches and we really are going to miss not having them. We now have 3 frosh coaches and 70+ frosh kids coming out Monday.....challenging organizational wise but hey, what a great problem to have! Anybody in Phoenix looking to volunteer coach? We could use 2-3 more quality coaches, preferably a DC capable guy since we will have numbers to platoon, IF we get enough coaches....
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Post by jhanawa on Aug 3, 2009 20:50:52 GMT -6
Our kids don't call plays, but they do call direction of the plays based on the front and also can audible out of plays.
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Post by jhanawa on Jul 30, 2009 18:03:34 GMT -6
We've had the caps for several years now. Scrimmage Vests are a PITA.
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Post by jhanawa on Jul 27, 2009 13:16:00 GMT -6
it's not like there is a WT/DW secret police force that will punish you if you don't use their numbering system
Um Doug, both systems do HAVE secret CULT POLICE, complete with secret handshakes, invisible inked playbooks, decoder rings...........coaches have been know to disappear and reappear months or years later running the Wing T or DW, there are rumors of "reprogramming camps", be careful, very, very careful, or you might find yourself running Super Power 46 times in a row.......LOL
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Post by jhanawa on Jul 26, 2009 10:15:25 GMT -6
perfect time to install wedge......it is what it is, make it into a positive, somehow.....
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Post by jhanawa on Jul 23, 2009 14:49:56 GMT -6
Um, have you noticed the TIMES of some of my post's.....LOL....
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Post by jhanawa on Jul 23, 2009 14:42:41 GMT -6
When do you do a bear crawl during a game??? I have yet to see a player do a bear crawl during a game
You haven't seen anybody cut and scramble (bear crawl) at the college level? Take a look at any option team and you'll see cut/scrambles on every play. When I was in college, we were taught to cut and scramble, which means bear crawl into the defenders legs as he is extending his arms and kicking his legs back to avoid the cut/scramble. You can work into a defender with your side while bear crawling and work him vertically or laterally depending on his movement/balance. It is a very important method of maintaining contact while cutting/scrambling and is very important for the offensive blocker to be able to get to his feet and work to the second/third levels....how do you teach cut blocking?
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Post by jhanawa on Jul 22, 2009 23:05:57 GMT -6
What a great and moving story. It is a tremendous honor for you to have met him. Cherish and remember it. When I was in the fifth grade I met Joe Foss, something I'll never forget. As a side note, when I was in the fifth grade I was, and I still am, a WWII historian. Truly the greatest American generation, selfless sacrifice and courage was common place.
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Post by jhanawa on Jul 22, 2009 21:57:51 GMT -6
Bear Crawls are a useful drill if you scramble cut on the offensive line.
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