Post by gunslinger on Oct 24, 2007 9:19:56 GMT -6
The "what's your philosophy?" thread and the discussion about what stats are important and the "best way to win games" reminded me of an article or clinic presentation that I have seen before.
I would like to give credit to the coach that I "stole" this from but unfortunately, I can't remember who it was.
He talked about how he wanted his game goals to be team oriented and involve all three phases- offense, defense, special teams.
You'll see a lot of guys list their goals as score X number of points, hold the opponent to less than X number of points, create three turnovers, convert X % or 3rd downs, etc.
Those are good goals for a coordinator to convey to his unit but the following goals were presented as a good motivator for a head coach to use to convey the importance and interdependence of all three phases on the outcome of a game.
1. Score First- Establish momentum. All of your players can have an impact on reaching this goal.
Defense and Special Teams can create field position or actually take the ball away and score themselves.
2. Win the Take Away Comparison
Turnovers are critical.
Include blocked kicks and successful fakes as take-aways to give your special teams another way to contribute to this goal.
3. Win the Big Play
Offense- Rushes over 14 yards and passes over 19 yards
Defense- prevent the above
Special Teams- punts inside the plus 10, punt returns of 20 yards or more, kick off returns beyond the minus 40, and kick-offs that keep the opponent inside their 20.
4. Win Starting Field Position
The greater distance a team has to move the ball to score, the greater percentage that they will not score. Again, all three phases contribute to this goal.
5. Fewer Penalty Yards
You always want to eliminate penalties but emphasize the actual yardage lost (or opponents gained) of each penalty.
6. Score Last
Stay focused and keep momentum.
Obviously if you are in control of the game you would be more concerned with running time off of the clock rather than running up the score. Gladly give this goal up for the win.
The presenting coach went on to say that when his team achieved 4 or more of these goals they were 20-0.
When they achieved 3 of the goals they were 6-4 and when they only achieved 2 or less they were 1-9.
I would like to give credit to the coach that I "stole" this from but unfortunately, I can't remember who it was.
He talked about how he wanted his game goals to be team oriented and involve all three phases- offense, defense, special teams.
You'll see a lot of guys list their goals as score X number of points, hold the opponent to less than X number of points, create three turnovers, convert X % or 3rd downs, etc.
Those are good goals for a coordinator to convey to his unit but the following goals were presented as a good motivator for a head coach to use to convey the importance and interdependence of all three phases on the outcome of a game.
1. Score First- Establish momentum. All of your players can have an impact on reaching this goal.
Defense and Special Teams can create field position or actually take the ball away and score themselves.
2. Win the Take Away Comparison
Turnovers are critical.
Include blocked kicks and successful fakes as take-aways to give your special teams another way to contribute to this goal.
3. Win the Big Play
Offense- Rushes over 14 yards and passes over 19 yards
Defense- prevent the above
Special Teams- punts inside the plus 10, punt returns of 20 yards or more, kick off returns beyond the minus 40, and kick-offs that keep the opponent inside their 20.
4. Win Starting Field Position
The greater distance a team has to move the ball to score, the greater percentage that they will not score. Again, all three phases contribute to this goal.
5. Fewer Penalty Yards
You always want to eliminate penalties but emphasize the actual yardage lost (or opponents gained) of each penalty.
6. Score Last
Stay focused and keep momentum.
Obviously if you are in control of the game you would be more concerned with running time off of the clock rather than running up the score. Gladly give this goal up for the win.
The presenting coach went on to say that when his team achieved 4 or more of these goals they were 20-0.
When they achieved 3 of the goals they were 6-4 and when they only achieved 2 or less they were 1-9.