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Post by toprowguy on Jun 7, 2007 18:36:27 GMT -6
How often do you change your signals or do you ever change your signals.  We are a no huddle team and we were discussing changing our signals this year just to chnage them so other teams can't pick them up. I'm afraid of confussing our kids and I'm not sure how much other teams pay attention to our signals. |
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Post by fbdoc on Jun 7, 2007 18:54:30 GMT -6
We're a no huddle team and we use wrist coaches (Neuman 3 way) and our # and code system allows us to call each play about 12 different ways. We'll change the card inserts every 2-3 games just to be safe but it's almost impossible for a team to de-code our stuff. We'll actually call a play and have the other team yell out "It's a _____" - Of course they're wrong but we will often go "No wait, run a (one of our codes) just to keep them thinking.
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Post by phantom on Jun 8, 2007 17:29:58 GMT -6
We use wristbands on defense and we change them every week.
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Post by coacha65 on Jun 8, 2007 18:08:04 GMT -6
We use wrist bands and change the cards every half
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Post by larrymoe on Jun 9, 2007 10:13:23 GMT -6
I rarely change my defensive signals and don't use wristbands. If I do change anything I just change my signal for the coverage.
I don't know, but maybe it's because I usually only coach against teams with 4-5 guys on their sidelines, but I don't think I've ever had more than 2 teams even try to steal the signals. I've never really felt the need to act all cloak and dagger about it. You'll never see me with a paper over my mouth or 4 fake signalers standing next to me.
Heck I've even went as far as just yelling "You blitz!" across the field to the kids and no one's picked it up. (They may have, but the kid still got in and got a sack)
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Post by larrymoe on Jun 9, 2007 10:15:02 GMT -6
And after talking to a no huddle guy this off season, if you can pick up their signals, understand them, relay them to your kids and have them know what play is coming in the span of about 10 seconds then it doesn't matter what signals you use. You're going to lose to that team anyway.
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Post by SAcoach on Jun 9, 2007 11:50:04 GMT -6
Top...don't underestimate how fast your kids can pick up new signals
We changed our signals 3 times this spring ...won't go into that but in the end...
the kids all figured it out and things went smoothly...sell it to your kids why you are changing and just remember that you can always go back and use your old signals as a second way of relaying the plays
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Post by coacha65 on Jun 9, 2007 15:03:34 GMT -6
I actually agree with larrymoe, I'm just paranoid and as one of our assistants likes to say; you give the other guys waaaay to much credit. By the way I have also yelled "SAM B GAP GO!!" and we have sacked.
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