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Post by midlinemoney on Sept 10, 2008 13:39:08 GMT -6
i looked at the other post, but i was wondering what methods you guys use out there to stay in your offense.
i've heard of dri-ball, has anyone had any experience with it?
any other tips...
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Post by hawkfan on Sept 10, 2008 13:43:56 GMT -6
  Seriously, dip your footballs in water so the centers and backfield have to deal with a wet ball. That way when it rains in the game your guys won't be completely unprepared. Have the centers snap a wet ball, have the QB's throw a wet ball (and the receivers catch and carry a wet ball) and have the backs carry the wet ball. |
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Post by airman on Sept 10, 2008 14:18:09 GMT -6
There is many ways to deal with this. ball dry is one. multiple balls. practicing with wet balls.
I think the key however is ball boys. I do not use kids like most people do. I put a ad in the local paper looking for adult vol. to be ball boys. I do this because I explain to the adults the ball must never touch the ground. adults get a front row seat to the game, ride to game on bus and ten bucks for food.
when i used kids i saw many times where the offical tossed the ball to the kid and he was d.i.c.k.i.n.g the dog(not paying attension) and the dropped the ball on a wet field.
Adults also can be trusted to take care of the balls. we bring 16 game balls and 8 practice balls for warmup. we put the 16 balls into 4 different rubbermaid plastic totes. 1 tote for each quater. we also bring a hair dryer with us to dry balls at half time. I have a guy who has been doing it now for several years and i never have to worry about balls during the game. he takes care of every thing. even after games he rubs the balls down to get them dry.
we use big plastic bags to cover the balls not towels.
we also tell the kids not to wear their gloves during warmups. we want their gloves fresh for the start of the game. we give them ziplock bags to put extra gloves in to keep them dry.
if it rains really bad we tell the wr to take off the gloves and use towels to keep their hands dry. we also use huting pouches with hand warmers in them as the sesaon goes on.
we will also shorten the depth of the qb from 5 yds to 3.5. when we do this he needs to take a full 3 step drop on quicks and full 5 instead three from regular set.
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Post by coachorr on Sept 10, 2008 21:55:00 GMT -6
Great post Airman, thanks!
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Post by mitch on Sept 12, 2008 8:35:48 GMT -6
That's what you call a comprehensive plan!
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Post by Yash on Sept 13, 2008 14:07:36 GMT -6
16 game balls?? The refs check all of those balls and allow you to do that? We only use 2 game balls. we aren't a spread team. I guess prepare to succeed or prepare to fail. You come prepared for any type of weather. I'm not sure we have 16 footballs in our program.
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Post by airraider on Sept 13, 2008 19:35:52 GMT -6
We passed for 305 yards and 5tds last night in the preliminary effects of Hurricane Ike. It rained pretty hard before the game then started raining in the second half.
We never took a snap from under center in the game.
We bought this pine tar stuff that was offered in place of "Dry Hands" at the sporting goods place. My QB's, WR's, and Center all squeezed the cloth before the game.
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