Post by tothehouse on Jun 22, 2008 11:34:29 GMT -6
Coaches - What would your take be?
Our team had a great camp recently. 3 days of fun and football. Each day our team got better.
The rules of the camp state that when tackling the runner you should make every attempt to keep the runner upright. This is to avoid slamming kids to the ground or cut tackles for safety. The tackling in the camp is still ferocious, but a lot safer this way.
That being said a particular team kept tackling our players to the ground. Sometimes it's inevitable that people are going to fall. When these tackles occurred our players would get up and run to the huddle.
When this happened to the other team when we were tackling them it was a point of contention for their staff. In your face "coach you have to keep your players up!!!" type stuff. Not to mention the fact that this particular group claimed holding and all kinds of other infractions most of the camp.
Another thing we preach is driving the pile (the runner) back 5 yards when tackled. We do this and keep the runner up in the process...no slamming him down.
In the last scrimmage our linebackers filled and blew up their fullback, kept him up, and drove him backwards. Their QB didn't like that and hit our player in the helmet and then head butted our linebacker. This ignited a bench clearing brawl. The brawl lasted about 1 to 2 minutes and order was restored really quickly.
What would your take be?
Mine is this. Our players did exactly as coached. There were a few times players went to the ground, but all in all our players know the technique of keeping guys from falling down. Our players did drive people back like they were coached. Basically, our guys were being extremely coachable and doing what we said. This seemed to upset the other group.
I am glad the other players jumped in to help out the other guys getting jumped. Both teams got their shots in, but nobody was injured. I'm not promoting this brawl at all, but in the end it could really solidfy our group.
Our team had a great camp recently. 3 days of fun and football. Each day our team got better.
The rules of the camp state that when tackling the runner you should make every attempt to keep the runner upright. This is to avoid slamming kids to the ground or cut tackles for safety. The tackling in the camp is still ferocious, but a lot safer this way.
That being said a particular team kept tackling our players to the ground. Sometimes it's inevitable that people are going to fall. When these tackles occurred our players would get up and run to the huddle.
When this happened to the other team when we were tackling them it was a point of contention for their staff. In your face "coach you have to keep your players up!!!" type stuff. Not to mention the fact that this particular group claimed holding and all kinds of other infractions most of the camp.
Another thing we preach is driving the pile (the runner) back 5 yards when tackled. We do this and keep the runner up in the process...no slamming him down.
In the last scrimmage our linebackers filled and blew up their fullback, kept him up, and drove him backwards. Their QB didn't like that and hit our player in the helmet and then head butted our linebacker. This ignited a bench clearing brawl. The brawl lasted about 1 to 2 minutes and order was restored really quickly.
What would your take be?
Mine is this. Our players did exactly as coached. There were a few times players went to the ground, but all in all our players know the technique of keeping guys from falling down. Our players did drive people back like they were coached. Basically, our guys were being extremely coachable and doing what we said. This seemed to upset the other group.
I am glad the other players jumped in to help out the other guys getting jumped. Both teams got their shots in, but nobody was injured. I'm not promoting this brawl at all, but in the end it could really solidfy our group.