coachf
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Post by coachf on Apr 10, 2006 11:27:32 GMT -6
What do you think the youth league philosophy should be? To win or to teach them how to win at the next level? I ask this for a reason. Our JFL program is not affiliated with our schools. The kids are allowed to play regardless or grades or attitude. And we have no input as to what is run or taught. The coaches also try to establish a winning program, I believe, at the cost of the HS program. The JFL runs a DW offense utilizing a lot of wedge blocking and very small splits on the line. On defense they run a 7 man front and man up on the outside. Included in this defense is a play called "send the house" where everyone blitzes.
When the players come to HS they have absolutely no idea how to block properly (angles, head placement, etc.). They think that an 11-man blitz is a normal play. They are used to taking every short cut and playing towards weaknesses that no longer occur at the HS level.
I know that JFL kids can't pass and they struggle to learn offensive playcalling. But, wouldn't it be an overall benefit to play in an offense and defense that will make them better players at the HS level, regardless of W-L records. Have them run with some splits and learn with technigue how to block a man, or teach them to pull and lead block. Teach them to tackle in space and occupy a gap/ shuffle down on a counter.
I don't know, maybe I am wrong, but I think a lot of youth football can be counter-productive when coaches run this kind of stuff and ignore what they will need to do at higher levels.
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Post by brophy on Apr 10, 2006 11:31:38 GMT -6
Whats funny is how UNIVERSAL your (rhetorical) question is.
I hear this from EVERY program it seems (and we've lived it, too). Every where you go, it's the same song being sung.
My biggest gripe is, WHO CARES IF THE 5TH GRADERS WIN THE 'CITY CHAMPIONSHIP'.....WHO GIVES A *****?
Now, what about the High School varsity program....think people (community) would give a *** if the HS won State?
Many of the Youth coaches are volunteers and are over zealous to justify that time spent with the W/L column
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Post by superpower on Apr 10, 2006 13:11:52 GMT -6
I have accepted a head coaching position in a small northcentral Kansas community that has had youth football for the past four years. I have already been contacted by three of the coaches associated with the youth program, and each of them has asked what I want to see in their youth program. They want to learn the offense and defense I will be running at the high school, and they have each stressed that their goal is to provide a good fundamental base that will lead to future success at the high school level. I feel blessed.
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Post by akins96 on Apr 10, 2006 13:29:32 GMT -6
I am a youth league coach (11-12 year olds) and my personal belief is that my number one priority is for the kids to have fun. My second priority is to ensure that all the kids that come out are taught the fundamentals of the game in a safe, non-intimidating environment. My third priority(ies) is(are) to make sure that the kids understanding the concept of following rules, to give your best effort no matter what the result and to encourage your teammates to do the same.
Personally, at the youth level, I don't agree with getting bogged down with another coach's philosophy, just because it will make the other coach's team 3 or 4 years down the road better (that is if that coach is still coaching 3 or 4 years down the road). Let the kids have fun. I personally teach a form of Wing T offense and I prefer shoulder blocking. 9 out of 10 coaches I talk with think that shoulder blocking should have stopped when leather helmets stopped being worn. But my kids have fun, they're doing something active, and they are becoming familiar with the great game of football.
I could ramble on and on, but I think that the fundamentals should be emphasized (agilities, tackling, pursuit, effort, intensity, etc.) and if the Middle School or JV wants to follow the Varsity's system, then those kids that had fun in youth league and didn't get burned out will come out and play their hearts out.
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Post by los on Apr 10, 2006 13:59:58 GMT -6
Just teach good fundamentals to every player, reguardless of what position they play now, they will all usually change as they get older. Basic blocks, Tackling, How to carry the ball and change arms properly, Good stance is very important, Basic rules of the game, How to take a handoff properly, and some shedding and run thru drills is as much as we could teach and reinforce if we had a kid for 5-6 seasons. As it always turned out, you had some guys returning with experience and other new guys just coming out on the same team so really couldnt get much past ABC in the training, or you leave too many behind! We had a no blitz rule, unless the defender walked up so the o-line could see him coming, before the snap! We ran simple I formation plays and a base 43/61 defense.In fact we really didnt have time for more than 8-10 plays for having to spend the majority of every practice on the basics that someone hadn't grasped. If we had the most experienced/better trained players we could win, if not we didnt. The fancy schemes and things had little or nothing to do with it! It always came back to who had the athletes, and who could block, tackle and move the ball either run or pass(mostly run). So all this being said, if we could send a kid up to the 8th grade team who had a good stance, knew something about running with a football, could drive block or at least shield a defender, and was a good safe tackler and who knew the basic rules of the game, i felt like we did some good and the high school coaches could take it from there!
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Post by jhanawa on Apr 10, 2006 15:42:16 GMT -6
I've coached the last 6 years at the youth level, 7th/8th graders, before that I coached 5 years of High School, so I've seen both sides of it. After this coming season I will probably go back to coaching in High School as my job's hours will now permit it. Here's our approach to it, first, we stress discipline and fundamentals, without these, nothing will work. We encourage our kids to try to go to the same High School but since we are in a large city, in reality, they can fragment into as much as 12 different High Schools, as a result, for example, I have seven kids playing (or on the way to HS in the fall) High School QB at 4 different schools that have played for me in the last 3 years. Given this, it would be difficult for me to justify running one particuliar schools offense or defense. What we do is prepare them by giving them a solid understanding of football. As far as terminology and plays, we run the same plays and use the same terminology (on a more limited basis) as what I ran in college. This is limited to the kids talent and mental capabilities, but for the last few years, we have had smart kids and as a result we have been able to do a lot. I know a lot of guys on this site are keen to say that younger kids can't learn or execute more than a few plays, particuliarly in the passing game, but from my experience they can handle quite a bit.
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Post by oguru on Apr 10, 2006 16:27:24 GMT -6
It should be all about the fundamentals of football. Blocking,Catching,and Tackiling. What scheme you run doesn't amtter when they are that young. Also the high school coaches should expect to have to reteach everything to them,as you as coaches should assume that they know nothing.Also one of your jobs as a coach is to teach the game of football. If that means that on day 1 you have to show them how to properly block well then TEACH them how to do it. If you don't like it then talk to the people running the youth program,and get together and give them your playbooks and drills and teach them how to teach it to the youth players. Like I said it's all about FUNDAMENTALS
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Post by coachcalande on Apr 10, 2006 16:43:08 GMT -6
im not even going to read the other replies before i answer...its not one or the other...its both. winning is the result of performance. the emphasis should be on two things, participation and performance...winning is fun, its important to the kids. if a coach isnt winning then i have to consider that hes not making it fun enough to keep good kids coming out and the losing cycle continues....teach the fundamentals but also teach winning. team over self, pride, discipline, good football basics....and a good scheme! the best youth coaches on these forums win a lot of games. not because they focus on winning, but because they teach, they prepare and they know their stuff. kids ultimately want to play for them and learn to love the game by playing for good coaches.
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Post by los on Apr 11, 2006 6:13:52 GMT -6
Good responses fellas! These youth coaches are from all over the country but the teaching prioritys seem very similar. Have fun, teach basic fundamentals, discipline, team spirit, and learn to be competetive. Nothing wrong with this to me! In the 12 seasons I was associated with our youth program here, the local high school had 3 different HC and staff changes with totally different systems. So trying to run their stuff would have created more confusion than it did good to me! Sometimes, continuity however simplistic, is a good thing huh?
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Post by los on Apr 11, 2006 6:21:16 GMT -6
Everyone likes to play to win, but I don't remember ever making the Patton speech to a bunch of little kids, lol!
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Post by coachf on Apr 11, 2006 10:41:09 GMT -6
My concern is with running a system or teaching techniques that work only in JFL. "Sending the house" and that garbage is irresponsible. I agree with most of your posts. I just don't see that happening over a lot of the country. I think it is important to keep in touch with your HS football coaches and making some concessions. Because in the grand scheme of things, communities can be pulled together by a great HS team.
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Post by brophy on Apr 11, 2006 10:48:28 GMT -6
My concern is with running a system or teaching techniques that work only in JFL. "Sending the house" and that garbage is irresponsible. I agree with most of your posts. I just don't see that happening over a lot of the country. I think it is important to keep in touch with your HS football coaches and making some concessions. Because in the grand scheme of things, communities can be pulled together by a great HS team. and then you get the guys that say, "well, I don't see what went wrong....I mean this group of kids went 11-0 in the 7th grade and had 28 touchdowns....they should be a winning Varsity team, too"Blitzing linebackers every down on defense doesn't really enforce real good habits for when that kid becomes a Varsity player, either. or regalling how that 6'0 250lb 7th grader completely dominated his peers....then wonder why he isn't so spectacular as a sloppy 6'0 250lb Senior.....
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coachf
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Post by coachf on Apr 11, 2006 11:42:34 GMT -6
Sounds like you have had the same experience I've had. We have a JFL team that regularly goes 5-1, 6-0 or something like that and comes to HS and struggles mightily as freshmen. Most of them have no clue how to play the game at a higher level. In contrast, a team that we play in JFL regularly goes 2-5, 1-6 and they have lost only one game in our HS conference over the last 5 years.
The other school runs an I at the JFL level and plays their high school defense. By the time the kids are in high school they are so schooled in the offense they beat the heck out of everybody else. Not to mention these guys are so fundamental. Plus, our kids always come in as freshmen knowing they beat them in JFL and then wonder why they can't beat them in HS. It is very frustrating.
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Post by rig on Apr 11, 2006 12:04:17 GMT -6
This year we are going to make ourselves available to all the youth leagues that are feeders for our program giving free coaching seminars stressing fundamentals, motivation, etc. If they want to run our base scheme, great. If not, we still want them as freshmen with some good fundamentals. We can always build from that.
We are also talking about opening practice to those youth league coaches and players to watch what we do and how we do it. We want to stay in touch with them during the season and even make it out to one or two of their games.What we don't want to do is go in there like we know everything and talk down to them. We want to be respectful and let them know we are always available to help and share our ideas. We want an open line of communication with the youth leagues that has not been part of our program in the past.
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Post by JMC on Apr 11, 2006 12:29:43 GMT -6
Here is the deal gentlemen. The last school I was at the kids ran a different offense and defense at every level. Pop Warner ran power I and 4-4, 8th grade ran wing-t and 7and diamond, J.V. ran some split back, and wing-t, and tried single wing and defense ran 4-3, and varsity ran shot-gun and I with a 4-4. Let me ask you a question, since you have been 8 years old you have learned something new and different with different terminology every year and now you get on varsity and the coach has to RE-TEACH EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!! Tell me something is not wrong with that. Every successful program in my area their head coach has his hands all over the pop warner teams. He picks the coaches they ran his plays, use his terminology, and learn to block and tackle. When they get in the 8th grade they are still using the same terminology, when they enter the j.v. program guess what gentlemen??? You guessed it same terminology. So now when they enter the varsity how much teaching you think he has to do as far as fundamentals and terminology. Hardly any, plus where he is at the pop-warner games with his hands all over it and the kids already see him, guess how many show up for the varsity games, and this starts what I like to call tradition, cause you see those little rascals everywhere wearing their little jersey's.
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Post by coachcalande on Apr 11, 2006 12:43:41 GMT -6
I am going to take a devils advocate to this post...please forgive me if its obnoxious in anyway....
programs are great...but lets face it, its not a NECESSITY or PRE REQUISIT for winning a state championship or staying at that level. A varsity coach has to be a teacher too and Im stating this because I see so many coaches come adn go that I think if a youth program is doing a darned good job coaching up fundies and making the kids love the great game of football i say let em do their thing. Is it really their job to teach the varsity terminology etc? maybe?
someday id love the opportunity to have a full feeder system running all my stuff...but i have to tell ya this, i have had one team run my stuff and feed me...i had to break some bad habits because not every coach interprets the plays or playbook or even terminology just as the head hazza gazza would. theres still plenty to teach. second part, in order to follow, you must be led. this year for the first time i was given my varsity staffs playbook...alot is changing in it from last year and of course i have a million questions and so will my staff....but we will use it.
Ill say this too...I have been scapegoated by a varsity staff that couldnt win...they changed their offense and defense every year, sometimes every week...meanwhile, I installed mine in november and my kids could execute...theirs couldnt...when some of them were on teh chopping block they pointed fingers (we were on a 22-1 tear) and they were like 3-21 or something liek that...they had to blame someone. funny, when a new staff came in and made the playoffs 3 years in a row with my kids I felt better. teaching kids how to win doesnt mean neglecting the fundies at all.
btw, my teams won with no one teaching MY SYSTEM for me. You just have to do it yourself anyhow. as i said, sure id love to have an entire youth program running my stuff...ill say this too, if you are a winner they will more likely run it than if youre not.
just taking a side that says maybe if your hs team isnt winning its the system and the coaches rather than the youth coaching problems that are AT EVERY PROGRAM. some worse than others. perhaps the systems are just too complicated for the kids? i have no idea.
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Post by coachd5085 on Apr 11, 2006 12:48:12 GMT -6
It is funny...I remember a thread a few months ago about specific defensive alignments being enforced at the youth league level...and several of the H.S. coaches on here were talking about how far they would "bend these rules" to get an advantage.
Because of a lack of ability, and the randomness of puberty in the youth leagues, the schemes are essentially a different sport than H.S football..which is different than college..which is different than pros..Fundamentals are the same, but the schemes are just different.
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Post by coachcalande on Apr 11, 2006 12:49:44 GMT -6
Sounds like you have had the same experience I've had. We have a JFL team that regularly goes 5-1, 6-0 or something like that and comes to HS and struggles mightily as freshmen. Most of them have no clue how to play the game at a higher level. In contrast, a team that we play in JFL regularly goes 2-5, 1-6 and they have lost only one game in our HS conference over the last 5 years. The other school runs an I at the JFL level and plays their high school defense. By the time the kids are in high school they are so schooled in the offense they beat the heck out of everybody else. Not to mention these guys are so fundamental. Plus, our kids always come in as freshmen knowing they beat them in JFL and then wonder why they can't beat them in HS. It is very frustrating. I have coached jr high football since 1989 and honestly, we have to start over every year and treat them all as rookies...we start with stance and get offs. we go over hitting position etc. I think kids have enough trouble remembering stuff from friday to monday let alone year to year. what kind of offense are you guys running coach?
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Post by coachcalande on Apr 11, 2006 12:51:32 GMT -6
My concern is with running a system or teaching techniques that work only in JFL. "Sending the house" and that garbage is irresponsible. I agree with most of your posts. I just don't see that happening over a lot of the country. I think it is important to keep in touch with your HS football coaches and making some concessions. Because in the grand scheme of things, communities can be pulled together by a great HS team. and then you get the guys that say, "well, I don't see what went wrong....I mean this group of kids went 11-0 in the 7th grade and had 28 touchdowns....they should be a winning Varsity team, too"Blitzing linebackers every down on defense doesn't really enforce real good habits for when that kid becomes a Varsity player, either. or regalling how that 6'0 250lb 7th grader completely dominated his peers....then wonder why he isn't so spectacular as a sloppy 6'0 250lb Senior..... we have all heard that before brophy...folks have no clue that what happened when you were 12 has no effect on what happens when youre 16 and 17...lots of times those youth stars cant keep up grades or dont hit the weights....they stay the same. i had a "coach" tell me the other day that 8th grade football shouldnt require teaching fundamentals??!! are you kidding me???
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Post by brophy on Apr 11, 2006 13:03:03 GMT -6
it's the whole Travelling Baseball team syndrome....patting the kids so hard on the back when they are 12 & 13 that they have a distorted understanding of what sports are all about. And because it becomes so easy for them (by being physically superior), there is no need to apply themselves in development. I feel the responsibility lies on the adults & parents....parents need to realize these aren't NFL games and coaches need to realize they are doing the dirty work of BUILDING players.
I don't think its a question of one or the other....(winning or fundamentals), more of losing sight of the purpose of youth league.
Ideal situation, the Varsity HC has to be an influential politician / car salesman.....LEADER to get everyone on the same page (feeder / parents/ administrators / boosters / athletes / coaches)....BURDEN OF LEADERSHIP - it's pretty awesome.
Unfortunately, we all don't have the "ideal" setup
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Post by ccscoach on Apr 11, 2006 13:53:39 GMT -6
FUNDAMENTALS........3rd and 4th graders we have in a flag league were they learn some basic football stuff they are put into six teams and have a six week schedule in september and october ........we have a 4 week schedule were all boys in the 5-6th grade can play in a full contact league through the school were we usually get 5 or 6 teams of around 18 to 24 kids that play in late august and early september the winner is crowned school champion.....then the players from each team are selected to an all- star team and they play from the second week of september through october.... We have extremely high youth numbers and this was on of the only ways we could get all the kids too play with out having to cut anyone.....We also have extremely dedicated parents. Winning sports teams at are high school are very important and we all believe it starts at the youth level
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Post by kdcoach on Apr 11, 2006 14:06:36 GMT -6
I think one of the things that hasn't been mentioned here is that athletic skill in a group of kids in a district is often very cyclical. I am the Head Coach at our high school and also the President of our Youth Organization. I have been fortunate enough to have only missed 2 youth games in 5 years. (their games conflicted with when we played) During that time from the 4th grade to the 12th grade we have run the same offense and used the same terminology. The league we belong to mandates that everyone runs the same defense.
During that time we have had the same coaches in place in our youth program and they have produced 2 undefeated seasons and 2 0-8 seasons as well as a 4-4 season. In the undefeated seasons we had an exceptional group of athletes come through our program. They were taught with the same drills, fundy's and group sessions as the teams that went 0-8.
We stress to our youth coaches fundamentals of blocking and tackling just like everyone else does. We also offer (not demand) to come down and coach 2 or 3 practices a year with them. It has been very well received by the coaches and the kids love it. We also encourage our Varsity kids to volunteer a couple of nights a week when they can to help with the younger guys. We are trying to tie the whole program together as one. Our youth kids have moved up into Jr. High and this year will have a few of them on our Varsity so we'll see how it all works out. I guess my point in all of this is that if you can tie an entire program together it should reduce the learning curve some. Every kid that came up through our system knows how to run a 44 ISO the way we run it. We give the youth program 8 plays from our play book and try to add a few plays per year. The only thing that I really ask is that they learn and run those plays before starting to worry about reverses and things that so many youth teams like to run that aren't always a touchdown at the high school level.
Finally I don't believe that success at the youth or jr. high level is any indicator of success at the varsity level. That comes down to committment, dedication and sacrifice. Some kids are willing to pay the price and some aren't. Those that are willing are always more successful.
Sorry for being so long!
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Post by coachcalande on Apr 11, 2006 15:42:17 GMT -6
how many youth players actually stay at one position all of the way thru their careers?
i played: center, defensive tackle, nose guard, tailback, cornerback, safety and wide receiver
I doubt if i could remember plays from year to year while moving around so much as my height and weight changed....honestly, you could argue that its over rated. but, as i said, id love to have a whole program running my dw and 46 gambler from ages 5 to 19....i think those systems are "youth friendly" enough to give the kids at every level a chance to be successful (learn the game, fundies, love the game and win!)..is the spread shotgun and 43 capable of that? i dunno...anyone?
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Post by coachsky on Apr 11, 2006 18:01:06 GMT -6
I don't have the same experience.
By sixth , seventh and eight grade you can quite often tell your skill players from your linemen.
I look around at the three or four local high schools and their starting QB's played QB by the time they were 12 or 13. The starting running backs were the League Stud Running Backs. Some of the kids that were good youth RB are now DB's or receivers.
My eight graders and freshman from last year are about to head to spring camp, from what I can see none of my lineman have become tailbacks.
If there are reasonable coaches at Youth and HS levels, feeder systems work! 5th and 6th graders aren't running the full high school playbook, but they are using the same language and running some of the same basic sets and series.
I agree with Coach F. I think a team that runs a 10-1 defense, and brings the house every down, for 11 and 12 year olds is not giving kids good fundamentals. Teams that have 12 and 13 year olds and never pass or never introduce zone coverage are not helping to develop players.
I think you can have a progressive feeder system that wins at the Youth and High School level and develops kids that keep progressing.
I've won Championships at Youth/Junior High level and have kids that I have sent to high school knowing the high school language, the same warm up, 40% of the playbook, the same passing tree, a lot of the same defense calls and nomenclature, similar drills.
Please remember that when Bellevue (WA) High School broke DeLasalles (CA) record winning streak of 12 years and 151 straight victories, they did so with a 14 year old QB Eric Block starting his first game. Eric Block had run that same offense in the Bellevue Wolverines football program since he was 10 years old! Watch that game tape and tell me that this kids feeder system experience wasn't a vital part of the historic high school football game.
Not to be outdone, in 2005 Bellevue beat up national ranked Long Beach Poly, who has the reputation for sending more players to the NFL than any other high school programs.
Feeder Systems don't work everywhere for a lot of reasons, but when they work, they create State Championships and National caliber teams. If you play for the Bellevue Wolverines youth program, you will win the majority of your youth game and be groomed to win state championship football.
BTW - I don't coach for Bellevue. I can tell you most good HS programs in WA are hoping to emluate the Youth Feeder programs they have created!
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Post by los on Apr 11, 2006 19:07:01 GMT -6
Thats a good point Steve, and one reason we always taught everyone pretty much the fundamentals of every position. In other words our drills were total team drills for the first few weeks, then later we broke down into backs and linemen. We had a 125 lb. running weight limit in our older group(11-13) which limited some of the bigger boys who might later be high school backs! But at least they recieved some basic training while they were with us. We had a good relationship with our local high school and recieved many tips and techniques from the coaches. In fact we would have a weekly scrimmage with the school 7th and 8th grade team to provide us with better competition. I really dont recall any of the high school coaches particularly caring what we ran on offense and defense but one head coach told me to make sure they all knew how to tackle safely! Thats about it! As I stated earlier, our local high school had not the 3 but now that I think more about it, 5 head coaching changes in 12 seasons, with 4 different systems. Wishbone, Splitback Veer, Wing-T and the last was Spread stuff. The defenses ranged from 53,52 monster to 44. We'd have had a nervous breakdown trying to emulate all this stuff so just stuck with our own simple things! I can understand where the high school coaches are coming from, but yall are really giving us more credit than we deserve in developing future players. 6 hours a week once the season starts if your lucky, doesnt give you a lot of time to train 25-30 wild younguns. Their mama's were really appreciative for the free baby sitting though!
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Post by tedseay on Apr 12, 2006 4:36:10 GMT -6
What do you think the youth league philosophy should be? To win or to teach them how to win at the next level? That is a false dichotomy, coach. You haven't even begun to cover the range of youth league philosophies. As others have pointed out, instilling a love for the game by teaching it properly and fundamentally is a high priority for some of the best youth coaches out there -- and that IS "teaching them how to win at the next level." It has nothing to do with terminology or specific schemes. You are trying to disguise a rant against the double wing offense as an appeal for feeder programs to run whatever the HS varsity happens to be infatuated with this year. Sorry, coach, but that dog won't hunt.
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Post by brophy on Apr 12, 2006 6:11:52 GMT -6
think those systems are "youth friendly" enough to give the kids at every level a chance to be successful (learn the game, fundies, love the game and win!)..is the spread shotgun and 43 capable of that? i dunno...anyone? Yes. Scheme isn't what wins youth games, let alone HS games.
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Post by knighter on Apr 12, 2006 6:24:53 GMT -6
1. Let all kids play and have fun. Who knows how many kids quit every year due to bad experience that could be all staters later in life. 2. Teach them fundamentals of the game. Blocking, Tackling, Running, Catching, Throwing etc. (and don't tell me youth kids are strong enough to do anything but shoulder block) 3. Help them LOVE the game. Passion and enthusiasm are contagious. 4. Teach them a work ethic will get them a long way in football, and even farther in life.
Run whatever you want for scheme, I will teach them mine when you get them to me. That is a youth coach's job. If you have 35 6th graders, your job is to make sure the next guy get's 35 7th graders, and so on and so forth so that I will eventually get 35 freshmen. Let me weed them out if I have to, but get them all to me. If you send me 8 freshmen from a team that was 11-0, and had 35 on the team, you, my firend, will be out of a job as my JH coach!
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Post by coachcalande on Apr 12, 2006 6:29:53 GMT -6
ouch...youre a tough sob knighter.....id coach for you any day though.
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Post by coachcalande on Apr 12, 2006 6:30:52 GMT -6
think those systems are "youth friendly" enough to give the kids at every level a chance to be successful (learn the game, fundies, love the game and win!)..is the spread shotgun and 43 capable of that? i dunno...anyone? Yes. Scheme isn't what wins youth games, let alone HS games. i know i know...jimmies and joes...but i maintain that a sound scheme DOES WIN SOME GAMES IF THE KIDS ARE TAUGHT TO EXECUTE AND PLAY HARD AND LOVE EACH OTHER.
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