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Post by nltdiego on May 2, 2015 19:15:48 GMT -6
Do you do this?
If so, what does it look like? What do you asses on?
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Post by gdf on May 2, 2015 19:38:58 GMT -6
We give our DBs one on the bus ride to the game. It has formation recognition, draw top runs & passes, and maybe some D&D tendency questions. Usually 10 questions or so.
Really I just like it as a way to have a discussion with kids before the game when I correct it with them.
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Post by bluboy on May 2, 2015 19:52:12 GMT -6
I give one to everyone on the defense on Thursday(we play Friiday night). Linemen and LB's have to give the call by formation; DB's have to give the formation and the coverage. Doing this lets me know what I have review before the game.
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Post by smcauliffe54 on May 3, 2015 11:16:15 GMT -6
We give everyone a quiz sheet on Monday that is due Wednesday. this way we can "grade them" and know what we need to cover in thursday's practice. Offensive Position specific. ol/RB,FB/WR,QB. same questions every week that the answers can be found by watching film(hudl).
EX:
What fronts do they like to run?
when do they run them?
Are they penetrating DL or Reading DL?
Are their ends contain or crash?
What are their top three coverages?
when do they run them?
Are thier linebackers North/South(fill) or East/West(flow)?
Most of this will be given in the Scouting Report Monday.
So as long as they are listening in meeting and watching film they will have no trouble filling this out.
And with most of them having smart phones they usually dont have a problem watching it.
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Post by WingTheT on May 4, 2015 8:43:41 GMT -6
During my playing days, my OL coach would have a chalk talk session and quiz us once a week. During the season, we had quizzes each Thursday (usually after walk throughs) that would make us draw up who's blocking who as well as the rules for each position.
You were expected to know both sides (if I was a guard, know both left & right) as well as the guy next to you...which essentially meant knowing every position.
We had a different fronts/defenses depending on who we were playing and their base defense.
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Post by hanagin on May 4, 2015 9:54:30 GMT -6
I had an OL coach who gave us written quizzes, too. We'd get a packet of 5-8 of our plays that we had to draw up all the blocking assignments against their various front combinations.
I liked the idea, but he didn't do much with it. (He wasn't a teacher, so getting classroom space with a whiteboard to review was probably not going to happen for him.) Some review/reteaching would have been great.
Best DC I knew would do oral quizzes for the starting defense on walk-throughs on Thursdays. He'd show a front or motion and then call out a defender and have him tell the team what to expect. He didn't have to correct much, and it did seem to help the defense's confidence in its own competence.
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Post by CoachMikeJudy on May 4, 2015 12:06:18 GMT -6
OL/Skills/QB/Def all get separate tests each week.
OL: Fronts, fav blitzes, personnel (is he a plugger/scraper, backdoor or arm under DL etc...)
Skills: Coverages, routes and conversions, signals, personnel
QB: Everything
Def: Formation top plays, checks, special situations etc...
We do out-of-season quizzes bi-weekly that we post links to on our website and kids take them- results upload to a spread sheet the coordinators grade. They take the test as often as needed to get a perfect score...basically they're in charge of learning it while we, according to our state association, cannot coach them.
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Post by Coach Vint on May 4, 2015 13:14:06 GMT -6
With my QB's I use google docs to create quizzes. I typically have 5 to 7 questions and incorporate pictures into the quizzes. They complete the quiz no their iPhone/ipad, or laptop. Every one of our students has a macbook air which definitely helps.
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Post by fshamrock on May 7, 2015 10:33:10 GMT -6
Anybody feel like these might be detrimental? I seen other O-line guys do it..never felt good about it...what if they don't line up in the game like I had them lined up in the quiz?
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2015 18:47:15 GMT -6
my guys on offense have to identify front or calls. They have to know who is in the game, and that tells them what they are doing. If they can do that, what the opponent does to some extent is irrelevant.
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Post by coachorm on May 8, 2015 7:18:59 GMT -6
One I did this week actually. We are working on going No Huddle this year. So for spring ball I set aside a period where we had two offensive huddles. I would yell a formation out and they had 6 seconds to line up in it. They had to line up in 3-5 formations with 6 seconds to get to each. If the entire group did it then they huddled back up and group 2 went. If they failed to make it in 6 seconds or someone went to the wrong spot that group ran down the field and back while kids not in either huddle planked.
Worked pretty well. Warned them monday it was coming because they didnt know formations well enough. Wednesday we only had one mess up. Thursday we didnt line up wrong once. Have a scrimmage today so we will see how it goes now in a real game situation.
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Post by tothehouse on May 8, 2015 9:39:17 GMT -6
I have been meeting with our defense since February (T-Th at lunch). I go over stuff on Tuesday and we quiz on Thursday. I created a Google group and stuck them into the group. I share out the quiz to them. We have quiz on various items all spring.
This week was every coverage and check that we're running. What's cool with the Google form is that I created the quiz...and then know who takes it. In fact, if people don't take the quiz by the end of the day today...they owe me "OTIs" on Monday.
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Post by nltdiego on May 9, 2015 9:49:38 GMT -6
Thanks guys!
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Post by tommytopper on May 14, 2015 9:21:03 GMT -6
I use the App Socrative to post quizzes for the OL. I like it because they can do it from a computer or their phone. I get instant feedback and I can print their results. it does the grading for me so I can see what the group doesnt understand and focus on fixing it.
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Post by natenator on May 15, 2015 5:19:46 GMT -6
My issue with the online quiz route is they can simply look at their playbook while doing the quiz which helps no one
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Post by fantom on May 15, 2015 11:23:31 GMT -6
My issue with the online quiz route is they can simply look at their playbook while doing the quiz which helps no one As a guy who passed his technology training that way I can vouch for that. At least this gets them looking at their playbook/scouting report, though, and that's something. |
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Post by WingTheT on May 15, 2015 12:11:26 GMT -6
What one of my buddies does is a "Rules Test" during certain times of practice where there's down time not taking away from indy, team, etc. Goes through and asks for the rules of each guy for any play....if you get it right, good job. Get it wrong? Up-downs!
Definitely something you can do for pre-practice....nothing better than doing some up-downs to start the day off right
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Post by stone65 on May 20, 2015 20:57:15 GMT -6
I quiz my defense with hudl. I make a cutup of 10 or so plays. I put notes on there and they have to name checks or responsibilities. They have to text me the answers.
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Post by flyinghelmet on May 21, 2015 13:17:19 GMT -6
I did a rules test until thr 5th or 6th week of the season and as often as I could during the offseason. Line the kids up by position, ask someone in each line what their rule is on, say, 121. If the player doesn't know, the entire position group is going to do updowns. It makes the younger kids pay attention as well as making sure the older kids have a vested interest in making sure the young kids know what is going on. Because updowns suck and pain is a tremendous teacher.
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