kr7263
Sophomore Member
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Post by kr7263 on Mar 5, 2008 10:14:25 GMT -6
Just read a "how to win in business and life" book. Once a month, the CEO of a fortune 500 company sets up a "worst case disaster scenario". The CEO gives each department time to "work out" or deal with a set of circumstances that may or may not change as they go through it. Do you have built in "worse case scenarios" periods in practice? How do you practice or what do you do? - IE your best player goes down / they come out in a never seen defense or offense / they score 2 or 3 quick ones etc.
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Post by coachwoodall on Mar 5, 2008 11:07:07 GMT -6
If I was a HC, I would do some of that.
Goal line period. BUT that DE that you use as your blocking back has blood on his jersey and your starting center is out with a twisted ankle. READY? GO!
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Post by realdawg on Mar 5, 2008 11:20:20 GMT -6
As a spread offense we struggle the most in both red zones (going in and coming out). This is where teams really load up the box, send the house, and man us up, and use the short field as an extra defender. To me these are sort of "worse case scenario" for us. I like to spend time practicing these types of scenarios are good.
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Post by khalfie on Mar 5, 2008 11:36:51 GMT -6
We experience enough of those during games, we don't need to waste practice time on them. Best player goes down...it's OK, he's really not that good anyway. Every offense they come out in it seems as though we've never seen it before. They score 2-3 quick ones...so long as the kids are having fun why would the score matter? Sorry...just came off the "some people don't read responses" thread, still in smartarse mode.No we don't do things like that, we have enough trouble preparing for what we know they are going to do. Hill Larry... But true... worst case is the entire week of practice... You are preparing to handle their best plays, as well as a few PROBABLE WHAT IF'S... Once you get to the game, most of the coaching is done... you have your adjustments... but again, they were created during the week of practice, just in case your original schemes are ineffective.
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Post by CoachJohnsonMN on Mar 5, 2008 11:49:20 GMT -6
Mike Emendorfer spoke at the Glazier in Minneapolis and finished a little early. He went through a few of his unique practice things that he felt put his program over the top. One thing that U of W--Platteville does is an unexpected change-of-pace session. He will not inform his coaching staff of this so they are prepared for something new too. He will blow his whistle (or airhorn--I don't remember which) during a skills session, team O, special teams, stretch, or whatever and put them into a situation. Maybe 4th & goal from the one (need a TD to win), backed up punt at the -3, defense on third and short (need to force punt). Players will sprint and if they are not out of breath, he has them sprint a one hundred yard sprint. Coaches and players must instantly focus on the task at hand. If you do not achieve the desired goal, you are punished. I am planning on implementing this next season.
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Post by groundchuck on Mar 5, 2008 21:25:52 GMT -6
A lot of the personnel stuff we will do on Thursday's practice in walk through. I always thought it was especially important to do WCS (worst case scenario) with special teams b/c often times you have to sub in a kid who does not usually practice there.
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