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Post by jsucoach79 on Jul 2, 2011 7:51:54 GMT -6
I am the head coach and will be calling both offense and defense this season. I figure that organization and proper planning will be my two best assistant coaches. I am looking for anything that you have seen done or done yourself that made practice more productive. I'm leaning towards scripting team for both sides of the ball and gear up to stop a certain number of their runs and passes. Im going to stay with my offensive system and just stick with universal concepts that we can learn and stay working towards. I'm leaning towards for a running team say 5 runs and 3 passes and a passing team 5 passes and 3 runs. Hopefully if we can get good at these few things week by week we will process as a team. It would help me tremendously if you would share anything that you do at practice that you feel good about and feels like makes your team more prepared than teams that dont do it.
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Post by dacoachmo on Jul 2, 2011 8:49:54 GMT -6
DELEGATE.
otherwise, you will be overworked which will result in stress. Prepping both sides of the ball is TOUGH...plus time consuming. Do you teach too?
Script both offense and defensive team. Make scout cards for both Offense and Defense. (yes, I said for both...ask yourself how much time is wasted telling a scout team defensive player where he SHOULD line up against a certain formation!)
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Post by bluboy on Jul 2, 2011 10:01:53 GMT -6
One of the thing we do to be efficient is organize scout teams. We spend time in staff meetings organizing all scout teams(we aim for a pare and a spare at most positions). Once we organize them, each coach has a copy. Our HC gets bent out of shape if any of us simply yell, "I need a guard." We all have a list and if Joey is not there, we call the next name on the list. It might not sound like a big deal, but it does save us time on the field. Also, we post all scout team lists so that these guys know to put on a pinnie as soon as they hit the field (another time-saver). The time spent organizing this at meetings is well worth the results.
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bgj
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Post by bgj on Jul 2, 2011 10:27:02 GMT -6
The number one efficient innovation in football the last 40 years is .....
let someone else call the offense or defense.
I know I am not answering your original question but...from experience don't do it.
Unless your a youth coach and you only have 15 players, it is the worst thing you could possible do to your program.
Your assistant coaches will resent you, if you could even find anyone that will work with you after they find out that you are doing this. Most people want to have some type of responsibility, even if it is the "get back" coach, he has a job and he is going to do it the best he can.
This is from experience. About 20 years ago, when I first started teaching I moved to a new school, I was asked to do the same thing for the freshman team, call offense and defense, the reason they asked me to do this was they wanted to get rid of some of the lower level coaches, and guess what, they all quit. During games, you can't talk to the offense when defense is on the field etc.
My second experience with this is type of situation, I was at another high school, they hired a new head coach, he decided that he would call the offense and defense. Long story short he was rooted out in 3 years.
At a school near me, the head coach used to call the offense and defense, they were moderately successful. Even more so because he didn't have any summer camps. (in our state we have 25 days of contact) He was always amazed at how other schools could get coaches at their summer camps. He would ask us how do you get your coaches at to do stuff in the summer. Answer: give your assistants some responsibilities.
Something to think about, when I was coaching under levels and the head coach or varsity coaches came to the game, they instantly would start telling you what to run etc. I hated it.
Now not only do I coach players, I also coach my coaches. I let my coaches coach, let them make mistakes, so that they can be better coaches, so that they will stay with me and make my program better.
Sorry for the long post.
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bgj
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Post by bgj on Jul 2, 2011 10:33:23 GMT -6
Just read your other post, put the above reply with that one.
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Post by GregH on Jul 2, 2011 17:59:39 GMT -6
I couldn't agree more with bij about, if at all possible, turning over one side of the ball to someone else. Then next few weeks would be the best time to coach the coach to run O or D. You can still advise him during the season.
A. Coaching both sides of the ball will make you a poor coach. You can't possibly do enough preparation for both sides.
B. It is an insult to your staff.
C. You might be surprised how much an assistant might put into his work with the added responsibility.
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Post by utchuckd on Jul 2, 2011 18:46:28 GMT -6
Going no huddle was something that made us much more efficient. We were a mostly running team and didn't run a hurry up tempo, but we went no huddle off of wristbands and you get a lot more reps in inside and team periods.
Also when we had the numbers to do it we ran 2 scout team offense huddles. Everything was scripted so the coaches knew what was being run, but one group would be getting back to the huddle and getting their play from the coach as the other group was getting to the line and running their play.
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Post by Coach H on Jul 2, 2011 19:11:02 GMT -6
Going no huddle was something that made us much more efficient. We were a mostly running team and didn't run a hurry up tempo, but we went no huddle off of wristbands and you get a lot more reps in inside and team periods. Also when we had the numbers to do it we ran 2 scout team offense huddles. Everything was scripted so the coaches knew what was being run, but one group would be getting back to the huddle and getting their play from the coach as the other group was getting to the line and running their play. |
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