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Post by toprowguy on Dec 7, 2007 16:41:23 GMT -6
Watching our films from this year I think our no huddle was too slow in our fastest tempo.
What can we do to speed it up?
I would like to be able to run it so fast that by the time the ball is put in play we are ready snap the ball.
The problem is not how fast the plays are called because they are usually called as soon as the first play is over.
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Post by CVBears on Dec 7, 2007 19:50:33 GMT -6
are you using wristbands or hand signals that everyone knows? We had a few plays where everyone knew the signals to when we went to our fastest tempo. We only had three plays that everyone knew the hand signals for. We used wristbands for our other no huddle tempo. Not nearly as fast though
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Post by toprowguy on Dec 7, 2007 20:36:04 GMT -6
All signals
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Post by CVBears on Dec 7, 2007 20:54:10 GMT -6
I don't know coach, we practice our hand signal tempo daily. Coaches on the sidelines and they are trained to look at the sidelines for the tempo call and then the play call. We have tempo calls for all the ball/fast tempo (the play sign), hit the wrist for a wristband play followed by the number or give a huddle signal. Our kids are conditioned to look to the signal caller on the sideline the second the whistle is blown. At the beginning of the year, we set a goal of having the play off in six seconds from the time the "ref" (coach in drill) blew the whistle to start the play clock. We then started to move the time down to five seconds, etc. Then we got to the point of having a "race" to see if we could be aligned before the "ref" could spot the ball and get back to the umpire position. We put some updowns on the line and other things to make it competitive. In the beginning, I felt at times we walked a fine line between practicing the tempo and making sure our execution was perfect.
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Post by rocketcoach on Dec 8, 2007 11:33:48 GMT -6
ignorantrookie,
Do you have any players playing both ways? If so, does that type of tempo wear-out your players?
toprowguy,
We are toying with a varied tempo no-huddle for our hybrid-wing-t offense. Something that is signaled with a number system and read by all players from a wristband. We will use a number grid for the cards (1-7)(4-3)etc. One thing we are considering is highlighting some plays in a column to be run in a row and just check with the sideline if we are to run it or check to a different play on the card. Doing this so we aren't caught in a bad situation, i.e. taking a sack on first down and having play two in the order a fb-dive on 2nd and 18. Coaching the kids all week that these plays are our "series" plays. Could be 2-in-a-row or 3 or 4. And having a few highlighted areas on the card, if the top play is called then go straight down the list until the highlights are finished or if the coach checks us out of it. We feel this will really keep the defense off-guard as to if we are signaling a play and taking time to read the card or just getting on the line and running the next play. We will also use malzahns number board to signal in the play so kids aren't missing signals. Just some off-season thoughts. Anyone else do something similar to this (varied tempo) and can expand on it?
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Post by CVBears on Dec 8, 2007 20:31:03 GMT -6
rocketcoach- yes and yes. we don't run our fast tempo or no huddle all game. we switch it up and mix in a traditional huddle as well. we also use creative substitutions (sub in a WR for a run play, RB for a pass, etc.). As for the line, the premium was placed on the O-line so we had a rotation on d-line when our two way players needed a sub.
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Post by baler22 on Dec 8, 2007 21:51:57 GMT -6
We do our know huddle solely off a wrestling scoreboard. We have wrist bands with numbers and we call the plays based on two live number on the board. You can make any two numbers on the board live and work from there. We go as soon as the officials are set.
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Post by scoresomemore on Dec 8, 2007 22:14:49 GMT -6
One great way to speed up your no huddle at any point is to have a few mini-packages in your offense. Examples could be a code word like "INDY" to signify a 4 play scripted sequence. We script these on the front panel of our wristband and it allows for a faster pace. We yell out "the word" and everyone goes to work, this eliminates the slower paced method for communicating the play to the field.
If using a packaged script isnt what you want, I suggest having two separate code words, one for your best attacking run play and one for your best passing play out of a base formation. By controlling these with a code word, you can just yell out "RAMBO" (or fill in the blank) after any play allowing you to be very quick, this eliminates nearly ALL communication, everyone, linemen as well, know exactly is going on by just hearing the code word. Sprinkling these in throughout a possession and over the course of the game can be very effective in speeding up the process, as well as wearing down your opponent.
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