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Post by vince148 on Aug 4, 2016 9:54:12 GMT -6
It appears that I am the only coach for my 5th/6th grade team. Our practice starts Monday and will go 2.25 hours. I have roughly 14 kids. Does anyone have any practice plan ideas or suggestions?
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Post by **** on Aug 4, 2016 10:32:05 GMT -6
Don't practice 2.25 hours with 5th/6th graders. That is crazy.
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Post by blb on Aug 4, 2016 10:49:37 GMT -6
Don't practice 2.25 hours with 5th/6th graders. That is crazy.
"Crazy" is unnecessarily harsh.
However, I wouldn't practice over two hours with 14 HS Varsity players much less 5th-6th graders, and in fact may not be able to keep them productively busy that long without wearing them out.
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Post by vince148 on Aug 4, 2016 11:03:47 GMT -6
It's only for the first week to get the basics in. And think about it, what would normally be done in 15 minutes with separate group indys will take me 45 minutes because I have to cover every group separately. So filling the time and keeping everyone busy won't be an issue. Unless you have another solution.
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Post by raymul313 on Aug 4, 2016 21:38:52 GMT -6
There aren't any dads or moms looking to help out? If they can follow simple instruction as far as what drills/activities you'll be giving them?
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Post by coachklee on Aug 5, 2016 10:18:37 GMT -6
I'd reach out for anyone & try to put them in charge of a position group their son is not in. Then get some simple drills set up to teach various fundamentals...QB throwing routes...Receivers running routes...single blocking drills on the sled or bags...a tackling circuit.
After that, try to have as many full-team half line periods as possible & refine those skills as effectively as possible on the fly.
Oh...and if you can find some trash cans for a full team offense or full team defensive pursuit that might be a good idea as well.
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Post by newt21 on Aug 5, 2016 10:30:25 GMT -6
Focus on standard techniques applicable to all positions such as blocking on LOS, blocking in free space, and tackling. Don't make offense or defense too complicated, the more you complicate things (especially skill wise) the harder it will be to practice those individual techniques. Also run some small sided drills such as half line to make use of all players (as few sitting out as possible; less discipline issues).
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Post by somecoach on Aug 7, 2016 22:57:06 GMT -6
First things first TRY to get SOMEONE, the person can have 0 football knowledge or experience, a friend, relative, someone's kid, someone on here posted something about trying to rig up an "educational internship" with a local college program in order to get bodies. Sometimes it's better if assistant coaches aren't that football savvy, this way they will teach EXACTLY what you tell them too (won't be any variations) Although two heads can always be better than one, it doesn't help if the two heads don't agree.
Second, SIMPLIFY the scheme. (SHOULD be done at this level anyways but definitely a priority with that amount of kids) You will get REALLY good at doing a few things, and out execute the other team, maybe even run the double wing on offense.
Third, teach blocking/tackling in a team wide circuit, do tackling drills to get the right fundamentals, 1 on 1 blocking for blocking and block shed. TEAM PURSUIT is HUGE!!!
4th, offensively work some form of "inside run" period, with the 5 offensive lineman, the qb and the running back, along with the necessary fullback/tightend v.s. who ever you have left to play defense, the same goes the other way around for
5th, for defensive time/7 on 7(offensive time) get 5 traffic cones/trash cans as the 5 offensive lineman and use 5 kids plus you to make up the scout offense (or 5 plus your Q for 7 on 7). Scout cards are big here. Draw up some simple play are for the scout offense and defense to follow.
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Post by blb on Aug 8, 2016 7:55:50 GMT -6
vince, do you have use of any field equipment - sleds, agility bags, hand shields?
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Post by vince148 on Aug 8, 2016 11:49:06 GMT -6
vince, do you have use of any field equipment - sleds, agility bags, hand shields? This is a really small area. Lucky enough to even be able to field a team. We have cones. They just ordered 4 shields. There are 2 heavy dummies. This is what I came up with for the first two weeks.
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Post by 19delta on Aug 8, 2016 22:17:37 GMT -6
Don't practice 2.25 hours with 5th/6th graders. That is crazy. 5th/6th grade coach here. We practice for 90 minutes 3 days a week (2 days a week after the first game). Sometimes that is too much! Almost two and a half hours with 5th/6th graders? At a football practice? No way. That is just asking for disaster.
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Post by 19delta on Aug 8, 2016 22:42:14 GMT -6
vince, do you have use of any field equipment - sleds, agility bags, hand shields? This is a really small area. Lucky enough to even be able to field a team. We have cones. They just ordered 4 shields. There are 2 heavy dummies. This is what I came up with for the first two weeks. Coach - You put a lot of effort into this. I commend you...far better than I have seen from most youth coaches. With that being said, I think you are doing WAY too much. With 14 kids and a 2+hour practice, you are going to wear these kids out. You need 11 to play. What happens when 2 or 3 of these kids quit because practice is too long and hard? Here's what I would do if I was in your situation: 1) Find some assistant coaches. There has to be at least 1 or 2 dads who are willing to help. Doesn't even matter if they know anything. You just need some warm bodies to help you out. 2) Assess your players. First practice should be something of a "combine". Come up with some skills tests that will help you separate linemen from backs. 3) Schedule a 90-minute practice and break it into two 45-minute periods. First part of practice is linemen and ends only. For 45 minutes, linemen work on stance, drive blocking progressions, and whatever special techniques (pulling/trapping/double teaming, etc, etc) you need. Second 45-minute period is for backs only. Work handoffs, ball security, and begin installing base plays using cones or garbage cans for the OL. Also a good time to let kids try out for center...gives the QB an opportunity to take live snaps in a "safe" environment. Work tackling EVERY day. 4) Do the above for about a week. After that time, you and your 1 or 2 assistant coaches should be able to coach either backs or line/ends. By the second week, you should be able spend the first 45 minutes repping team offense. You will have to coach and make corrections on the fly. Begin installing and coaching up the defense. Use garbage cans as the OL and find some adults to run the backfield motions for the basic plays you will see every week. Understand that you won't stop many teams. Emphasize slowing them down. 5) Realize that you probably aren't going to be very good. Don't yell and scream and carry on and berate kids. Regardless of how disastrous things get, remind yourself that you only have 14 kids and you took a thankless gig no one else was willing to do. 6) Run the DW on offense and the WT6 on defense. Both schemes can be run with 2 coaches (offense...1 guy takes line and ends, other guy takes backs. defense...1 guy takes interior DL and MLBs and other guy takes OLBs and DBs). Get to know Hugh Wyatt and Dave Cisar REALLY well! Just my thoughts...hang in there, coach...my thoughts are with you this fall!
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Post by vince148 on Aug 9, 2016 5:56:41 GMT -6
This is a really small area. Lucky enough to even be able to field a team. We have cones. They just ordered 4 shields. There are 2 heavy dummies. This is what I came up with for the first two weeks. Coach - You put a lot of effort into this. I commend you...far better than I have seen from most youth coaches. With that being said, I think you are doing WAY too much. With 14 kids and a 2+hour practice, you are going to wear these kids out. You need 11 to play. What happens when 2 or 3 of these kids quit because practice is too long and hard? Here's what I would do if I was in your situation: 1) Find some assistant coaches. There has to be at least 1 or 2 dads who are willing to help. Doesn't even matter if they know anything. You just need some warm bodies to help you out. 2) Assess your players. First practice should be something of a "combine". Come up with some skills tests that will help you separate linemen from backs. 3) Schedule a 90-minute practice and break it into two 45-minute periods. First part of practice is linemen and ends only. For 45 minutes, linemen work on stance, drive blocking progressions, and whatever special techniques (pulling/trapping/double teaming, etc, etc) you need. Second 45-minute period is for backs only. Work handoffs, ball security, and begin installing base plays using cones or garbage cans for the OL. Also a good time to let kids try out for center...gives the QB an opportunity to take live snaps in a "safe" environment. Work tackling EVERY day. 4) Do the above for about a week. After that time, you and your 1 or 2 assistant coaches should be able to coach either backs or line/ends. By the second week, you should be able spend the first 45 minutes repping team offense. You will have to coach and make corrections on the fly. Begin installing and coaching up the defense. Use garbage cans as the OL and find some adults to run the backfield motions for the basic plays you will see every week. Understand that you won't stop many teams. Emphasize slowing them down. 5) Realize that you probably aren't going to be very good. Don't yell and scream and carry on and berate kids. Regardless of how disastrous things get, remind yourself that you only have 14 kids and you took a thankless gig no one else was willing to do. 6) Run the DW on offense and the WT6 on defense. Both schemes can be run with 2 coaches (offense...1 guy takes line and ends, other guy takes backs. defense...1 guy takes interior DL and MLBs and other guy takes OLBs and DBs). Get to know Hugh Wyatt and Dave Cisar REALLY well! Just my thoughts...hang in there, coach...my thoughts are with you this fall! Thank you for your comments and suggestions. You are the only coach that has provided some actual food for thought and it is much appreciated.
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Post by jrk5150 on Aug 9, 2016 12:32:57 GMT -6
Voice of slight dissent here.
We go 2.5 hours 4 nights a week throughout August, then three nights a week in September/October (5:30 - 8pm). With kids younger than that. Never have been issues with practice being too long. We start to shorten it up about halfway through the season, cut them loose about 7:30-7:45. The only practice complaints we get are that we start the season too early (Aug 1), which I agree with, but that's the Pop Warner start date.
That said, I wouldn't argue against a well run fast-paced 90 minute practice. Might need to be more like 2 hours at first until you're up to speed.
Totally disagree with the "wear them out" comment. With a short roster, you have to make sure they're very well conditioned or you're going to have game issues. That should happen naturally if you're running practice at a fast pace. See Dave Cisar's practice material, he does that as well as anyone out there. He never does "conditioning" and practices fewer hours than his competition, he runs very fast paced practices that MOVE.
I will tell you flat out we've won 4-5 games in the past two years against teams that were physically better than us, we just wore them out by going no huddle at a fairly fast pace. Last year we "stole" 2-3 games that way with a 30 man roster vs. their 18-20 who were dead by the 4th quarter. The year before we only had 20 on the roster (18 for a couple of games), and still wore teams out going fast. We were just in better shape.
I liked your practice plan, but I won't profess to be all that good at practice planning.
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Post by vince148 on Aug 9, 2016 13:32:28 GMT -6
Voice of slight dissent here. We go 2.5 hours 4 nights a week throughout August, then three nights a week in September/October (5:30 - 8pm). With kids younger than that. Never have been issues with practice being too long. We start to shorten it up about halfway through the season, cut them loose about 7:30-7:45. The only practice complaints we get are that we start the season too early (Aug 1), which I agree with, but that's the Pop Warner start date. That said, I wouldn't argue against a well run fast-paced 90 minute practice. Might need to be more like 2 hours at first until you're up to speed. Totally disagree with the "wear them out" comment. With a short roster, you have to make sure they're very well conditioned or you're going to have game issues. That should happen naturally if you're running practice at a fast pace. See Dave Cisar's practice material, he does that as well as anyone out there. He never does "conditioning" and practices fewer hours than his competition, he runs very fast paced practices that MOVE. I will tell you flat out we've won 4-5 games in the past two years against teams that were physically better than us, we just wore them out by going no huddle at a fairly fast pace. Last year we "stole" 2-3 games that way with a 30 man roster vs. their 18-20 who were dead by the 4th quarter. The year before we only had 20 on the roster (18 for a couple of games), and still wore teams out going fast. We were just in better shape. I liked your practice plan, but I won't profess to be all that good at practice planning. Personally, I don't have an issue with the long practice either. The youth league that I was in prior had kids go 2 hours for the first two weeks then switched to 1.5 hr when school started. That's actually what I planned on doing. I'm making a slight change for tonight's practice in that I'm going to finish up with blocking and tackling progressions and have a QB tryout. Tomorrow, I'm going to use blb's suggestion and do some eval drills to start getting kids into positions.
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Post by 3rdandlong on Aug 9, 2016 14:39:54 GMT -6
Keep working coach. Got to commend your efforts. And the kids will see that you care. I agree with others though; see if you can get 2 people to help you out. You don't need a 9 man staff if you only have 14 kids.
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Post by tiger46 on Aug 9, 2016 16:25:16 GMT -6
Coach, Teach snap count during dynamic warmp-ups. Sprints, tail-kickers, etc... should all be on the snap count- especially if you are using any of Dave Cisar's stuff. I would definitely recommend that you do use Cisar's material. Correct 3pt stances during this time, also. Instill discipline at this time. You won't have time for horse-play during practices. Time is crucial for any staff of coaches. It's even more important when you're coaching alone. This is a half-line drill that I used when I had to coach alone. It isn't an end-all/be-all, magic bullet, or whatever. It does get the kids busy, conditions them and you can teach basics out of it. But, like the other coaches mentioned, get some AC's to help you out asap. .........................................................................C ................................X X X ................................O O O............................... W ..................................Q Don't just jump into the half-line drill. Progress your way into it. You begin with a basic 1 vs. 1 'Sumo Drill'. Have the players 'bet' on who's going to win. Winners do 5 push-ups. Losers do 10, along with the losing sumo participant. Winning sumo'er does no push-ups. This is a dogfight. Make the spectators cheer on their guy. Get them hyped and aggressive. ...........................................X ...........................................O Build and progress to this: Begin teaching correct O-line and D-line techniques. (i.e... shoulder blocking, hand blocking, rip, swim, whatever...). Look for a single winner. Ex.: one of the X's rips under the 'O' and gets into the backfield. He's the winner. He does no push-ups. All others do push-ups. Winner rotates out. New player in. It's also no longer really a sumo drill. O's are trying to drive and pancake. D's are trying whatever defensive techniques that fit your defense. ............................................D D D ............................................O O O Progress to this: ...........................................D D D ...........................................O O O................... W .............................................QB(Coach) Same drill. But, this time the winner goes out for a pass. You're the QB. Don't worry. They all want to go deep, which works out great for you. It's all about the conditioning. You could care less who actually catches the ball, for now. Fat kids that hate sprints will run their hearts out for a deep pass that they 'earned' by kicking someone's @$$ in 'sumo'. Progress to this: Now, a player is QB. Begin teaching QB candidates proper throwing techniques, W begins learning pass routes, everyone else is the same as usual. You can be on one knee and 'hiking' the ball to the Q. ........................................X X X ........................................O O O....................... W ........................................Coach ...........................................Q Now, you need a Center. Progress to this: It's best to have two center candidates. The center is not involved in blocking! He needs to focus on one job, only- properly snapping the football. The other center not in the drill is on the side snapping the ball to a QB candidate or anyone you can find. The winner of Sumo goes to R and your QB & R begin with proper hand-offs. No one is to tackle the Rb, either. RB takes hand-off and runs through the correct hole.. i.e.. 2, 4. 6, 8 when half-line drill is to the center's right. 1, 3, 5, 7 when half-line is to the center's left. Or, however you have your holes numbered. ...........................................X X X ........................................c O O O ........................................Q (Doesn't matter if Q is UC or shotgun. You know where to put him and how the C's are to snap in your offense.) .........................................R(Winner) Player-wise, this all starts out a little hodge-podge. But, you will see who dominates up front, who can throw, who can learn QB steps, etc... You progress at how many things you can keep track of and what you want to emphasize as a coach. Some suggestions: 1.) Keep everything very fast-paced. 2.) Only add what you're comfortable with tracking simultaneously. For example, at first it's pretty difficult to keep up with a CB's drop steps at the same time you're trying to check for correct hit & drive steps from your OG. I couldn't. But, I was better at watching a CB's B & R technique while watching the O-line. 3.) Get some assistants asap!
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Post by vince148 on Aug 11, 2016 7:46:44 GMT -6
Good news is that I had a dad come forward to help me.
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Post by vince148 on Aug 17, 2016 11:44:06 GMT -6
Coach, Teach snap count during dynamic warmp-ups. Sprints, tail-kickers, etc... should all be on the snap count- especially if you are using any of Dave Cisar's stuff. I would definitely recommend that you do use Cisar's material. Correct 3pt stances during this time, also. Instill discipline at this time. You won't have time for horse-play during practices. Time is crucial for any staff of coaches. It's even more important when you're coaching alone. This is a half-line drill that I used when I had to coach alone. It isn't an end-all/be-all, magic bullet, or whatever. It does get the kids busy, conditions them and you can teach basics out of it. But, like the other coaches mentioned, get some AC's to help you out asap. .........................................................................C ................................X X X ................................O O O............................... W ..................................Q Don't just jump into the half-line drill. Progress your way into it. You begin with a basic 1 vs. 1 'Sumo Drill'. Have the players 'bet' on who's going to win. Winners do 5 push-ups. Losers do 10, along with the losing sumo participant. Winning sumo'er does no push-ups. This is a dogfight. Make the spectators cheer on their guy. Get them hyped and aggressive. ...........................................X ...........................................O Build and progress to this: Begin teaching correct O-line and D-line techniques. (i.e... shoulder blocking, hand blocking, rip, swim, whatever...). Look for a single winner. Ex.: one of the X's rips under the 'O' and gets into the backfield. He's the winner. He does no push-ups. All others do push-ups. Winner rotates out. New player in. It's also no longer really a sumo drill. O's are trying to drive and pancake. D's are trying whatever defensive techniques that fit your defense. ............................................D D D ............................................O O O Progress to this: ...........................................D D D ...........................................O O O................... W .............................................QB(Coach) Same drill. But, this time the winner goes out for a pass. You're the QB. Don't worry. They all want to go deep, which works out great for you. It's all about the conditioning. You could care less who actually catches the ball, for now. Fat kids that hate sprints will run their hearts out for a deep pass that they 'earned' by kicking someone's @$$ in 'sumo'. Progress to this: Now, a player is QB. Begin teaching QB candidates proper throwing techniques, W begins learning pass routes, everyone else is the same as usual. You can be on one knee and 'hiking' the ball to the Q. ........................................X X X ........................................O O O....................... W ........................................Coach ...........................................Q Now, you need a Center. Progress to this: It's best to have two center candidates. The center is not involved in blocking! He needs to focus on one job, only- properly snapping the football. The other center not in the drill is on the side snapping the ball to a QB candidate or anyone you can find. The winner of Sumo goes to R and your QB & R begin with proper hand-offs. No one is to tackle the Rb, either. RB takes hand-off and runs through the correct hole.. i.e.. 2, 4. 6, 8 when half-line drill is to the center's right. 1, 3, 5, 7 when half-line is to the center's left. Or, however you have your holes numbered. ...........................................X X X ........................................c O O O ........................................Q (Doesn't matter if Q is UC or shotgun. You know where to put him and how the C's are to snap in your offense.) .........................................R(Winner) Player-wise, this all starts out a little hodge-podge. But, you will see who dominates up front, who can throw, who can learn QB steps, etc... You progress at how many things you can keep track of and what you want to emphasize as a coach. Some suggestions: 1.) Keep everything very fast-paced. 2.) Only add what you're comfortable with tracking simultaneously. For example, at first it's pretty difficult to keep up with a CB's drop steps at the same time you're trying to check for correct hit & drive steps from your OG. I couldn't. But, I was better at watching a CB's B & R technique while watching the O-line. 3.) Get some assistants asap! Getting into live 1-on-1 blocking today for the line (8 kids). I have been very hesitant to go full tilt with the kids as I have only 13 and can't afford to sustain major injuries. I have been doing steps and blocking with shields and dummies and have been keeping the tackling drills within close quarters, just 5 yards apart. I know that I'm going to have to do 1/2 line stuff at some point soon, but might have to keep it in the form of Oklahoma drills, etc.
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Post by coachorm on Aug 18, 2016 22:28:25 GMT -6
A few years ago when my oldest was this age I helped coach his team. First like many suggested get someone to help. Parent, friend, family member. Just someone you trust to help you and not try to install what they think is best.
We had myself and one other coach that was their enough to count as coaching. Every practice we would start with stretching and some agility warm ups. Next we would do a couple of controlled tackling drills. Controlled because we made sure their were no unfair matchups and that kids that are players went against each other. Otherwise it was full speed hitting. Make sure to really praise good technique and correct bad technique. Don't make a kid rep it 15 times until he gets it. 2-3 chances at the most before you go to next two kids.
Afer that we would spend time doing half line offense vs halfline defense. Get half the starting offense and the best we had left on defense. After both sides of offense have gone do the same with defense. During this a lot of the time I would actually play scout qb to make sure handoffs and passes could actually happen.
Finish with some conditioning and go home.
We usually practiced 3 nights a week and would finish usually in an hour and half.
The only thing we did different is the ast practice of the week we would go over special teams and then just line up in offense an defense.
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Post by bobgoodman on Sept 5, 2016 9:59:16 GMT -6
2:15 isn't too long for a practice session, although it's about the maximum I've ever done or would want to. It's the 5 sessions a week I think is ridiculous for kids.
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Post by Davs on Dec 31, 2016 11:37:41 GMT -6
Just found this thread and I am very curious to how this all worked out for you.
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Post by vince148 on Jan 5, 2017 5:40:13 GMT -6
Just found this thread and I am very curious to how this all worked out for you. I was alone for about the first 3 weeks. A couple of dads ended up helping out, although they were a little sporadic. In the end, everything went fairly well. We had to deal with very low numbers. We ended up playing one game with just 10 players due to an injury suffered in the first two minutes of the game. Ironically, it was the only game we won all season. However, the kids played hard and fearless every snap of every game and we could have easily won 2 more, but that's the way it goes. The good news is that I already have two other coaches lined up to help me next season.
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Post by vince148 on Jan 5, 2017 5:41:26 GMT -6
Just found this thread and I am very curious to how this all worked out for you. I was alone for about the first 3 weeks. A couple of dads ended up helping out, although they were a little sporadic. In the end, everything went fairly well. We had to deal with very low numbers. We ended up playing one game with just 10 players due to an injury suffered in the first two minutes of the game. Ironically, it was the only game we won all season. However, the kids played hard and fearless every snap of every game and we could have easily won 2 more, but that's the way it goes. The good news is that I already have two other coaches lined up to help me next season.
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Post by vince148 on Jan 5, 2017 5:42:55 GMT -6
Just found this thread and I am very curious to how this all worked out for you. I was alone for about the first 3 weeks. A couple of dads ended up helping out, although they were a little sporadic. In the end, everything went fairly well. We had to deal with very low numbers. We ended up playing one game with just 10 players due to an injury suffered in the first two minutes of the game. Ironically, it was the only game we won all season. However, the kids played hard and fearless every snap of every game and we could have easily won 2 more, but that's the way it goes. The good news is that I already have two other coaches lined up to help me next season.
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Post by tiger46 on Jan 5, 2017 8:57:02 GMT -6
Just found this thread and I am very curious to how this all worked out for you. I was alone for about the first 3 weeks. A couple of dads ended up helping out, although they were a little sporadic. In the end, everything went fairly well. We had to deal with very low numbers. We ended up playing one game with just 10 players due to an injury suffered in the first two minutes of the game. Ironically, it was the only game we won all season. However, the kids played hard and fearless every snap of every game and we could have easily won 2 more, but that's the way it goes. The good news is that I already have two other coaches lined up to help me next season. Specifically, what things did you and your team encounter that you would say prevented your team from getting more wins?
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Post by vince148 on Jan 5, 2017 16:03:42 GMT -6
Low numbers was the biggest issue. As I said, we had one game where we ended up playing with 10 players. Mostly, we had 13. We were in most games at the half, even leading a couple. However, by the middle of the 3rd quarter, the other team's numbers (most of them fielded 20-25 player rosters) and our fatigue began to set in. As tired as they were, they always played hard to the end. That was our biggest detriment.
The low numbers also meant that we had to play definite MPP type kids somewhere all the time. Out of 13 kids, 4 were true MPP type players. This made it somewhat difficult to position players where I really wanted them as it seemed that I was always robbing Peter to pay Paul to get what I wanted. Nevertheless, we still performed adequately enough to be in most games.
We ran a SW type offense and the kids really enjoyed it. Defense was the Dumcoach KB. It was a good defense, but I think that I'm going to go either with a 50 front or a pro 4-3 defense so that I have better containment.
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Post by tiger46 on Jan 6, 2017 17:09:51 GMT -6
I'm no expert. So, I can't say you're in my wheelhouse. But, I can say that I hoe the same tough row. Low numbers, mpp's, etc... Mpp's have a larger impact on a team with low numbers. You (generic) have to find their most useful way that they can effect a game and use it to the team's best advantage. Any coach can tell you how to use mpp's. But, sometimes, only people that coach in a similar condition can best tell you how to use mpp's in concert. LOL!
I'll start out by saying don't count on those new coaches for next season unless you're making efforts to keep in contact with them. If you're doing that already, make it constructive. Introduce them to your way of running things, define their responsibilities, your/their expectations, drills, whatever is next...
Other than that, winning with few -or, even just one- coach, low player numbers and MPPs is certainly possible. But, it takes planning and know how. I'm only mentioning this just in case things don't turn out as you expect next season.
Oh, yeah. I'd keep the KB defense. But, that's your choice. You know what's best for your team.
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Post by aceback76 on Jan 9, 2017 12:31:30 GMT -6
It appears that I am the only coach for my 5th/6th grade team. Our practice starts Monday and will go 2.25 hours. I have roughly 14 kids. Does anyone have any practice plan ideas or suggestions? Don't stay on the field over 90 minutes. Have a technique session is which they all practice their position fundamentals. Have a team session (you won't be able to go 11 v. 11 of course, but you can do Half Line for runs, and Half Field pass drills
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Post by captainpp on Jan 12, 2017 5:10:58 GMT -6
BULL SH!T, You demand from your H/S in Your area a corner of their practice field or maybe your park... You demand from your parents one hour a week on a certain day and on that same day You have that H/S borrow you shields and dummies so you can run a full team offense ... These are some of their kids they will be getting soon ... This isn't babysitting 101 this is football a TEAM SPORT ... (Life Lesson 1 ) If need be I'll be the first to sign a petition on Your behalf... P/S Please don't you naysayers come up with this insurance stuff, I see all over little teams on H/S grounds... Just get's me P/O when one good guy goes up against it all.
NEWS FLASH !!! Maybe in the offseason coaches/ people from this site and others could come up with a solution to help coaches like this with old stuff not in use anymore ... Like a free / low cost, page where like coaches can go too, simply to help out are kids...
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