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Post by coachdawhip on Apr 23, 2017 21:34:54 GMT -6
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Post by coachbdud on Apr 23, 2017 21:55:04 GMT -6
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Post by realdawg on Apr 24, 2017 3:13:25 GMT -6
Coachbdud-do you go for two everytime because you believe that the average is in your favor and your will make over 1/2 of them or do you just not have a kicker in your program. Also, how much time do you spend practicing two point plays during the week?
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Post by coachwoodall on Apr 24, 2017 8:52:00 GMT -6
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Post by coachbdud on Apr 24, 2017 8:57:26 GMT -6
Coachbdud-do you go for two everytime because you believe that the average is in your favor and your will make over 1/2 of them or do you just not have a kicker in your program. Also, how much time do you spend practicing two point plays during the week? just playing the numbers we have a kicker capable of making PATs but only use it for situations (if it was tied late, or if we had a big lead) I KNEW we would be over 50% Give the ball to best player with 10 guys blocking, he only needs to get 3 yards... build a couple counters and passes off of it for fun and we are rolling 3 years ago we were about 70% success 2 years ago was the best year, we were 85%... had a 6 game stretch where we made every single one this year went down, back to just under 70 still over 50, but we were really soft this year with some of the personnel i had blocking Havent decided what i want to do next year
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Post by rosey65 on Apr 24, 2017 9:07:52 GMT -6
oh no, this is ok. He gives it out at the banquet, AFTER the season is over. #cya #jobsecurity #whowantsabodyshot
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Post by coachstrongfootball on Apr 24, 2017 9:19:39 GMT -6
Seniors Last Hit At the end of our last practice before our last regular season game, we have all of our seniors line up and get announced by our head coach. They run through a tunnel of our underclassmen and at the end of the tunnel is a tackle dummy and landing pad. Guys get really creative and do some funny/awesome stuff (WWE Intros/running plays/alley-oops). It has become a tradition and guys love it. After every senior goes through the tackling tunnel, they then get to pick 2-3 underclassmen to carry them off the field. It is something that our head coach has done for a long time and I think it's great.
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Post by Inthesticks on Apr 25, 2017 8:33:37 GMT -6
Our seniors get to take a piggy back ride on an underclassman off the field on the last practice of the regular season. Always a good laugh watching who pairs up with who!
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Post by michwags19 on Apr 25, 2017 8:49:51 GMT -6
We are one of those schools who doesn't punt (something like 12 times all year this season), mostly kicks onside kicks (33% success rate last year), ALWAYS goes for two, and blitzes a ton (97% last year).
OL coach keeps track of pancakes and gives out the golden hammer award for OL with most at end of year.
I give out a custom t-shirt to a kid who defensively does something we want to praise. could be TFL that ends with a safety, getting double teamed but not getting moved, wrong-arming properly when necessary, a LB screaming downhill to destroy a FB, or anything else we want to emphasize. Like gruden did with that spider 2 Y banana shirt/logo, i take the call from that kid's specific play and make a shirt with the logos. they love it.
we had a wrestling style championship belt made up online with our logos and sayings on it. at the end of each practice and game, it goes to someone who goes above and beyond that day similar to the shirt from above. he keeps the belt overnight and gives it back before practice the next day.
seniors get dog tags at the banquet with 'Family' on the back
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Post by BrendanQB on Apr 25, 2017 10:26:06 GMT -6
We are one of those schools who doesn't punt (something like 12 times all year this season), mostly kicks onside kicks (33% success rate last year), ALWAYS goes for two, and blitzes a ton (97% last year). OL coach keeps track of pancakes and gives out the golden hammer award for OL with most at end of year. I give out a custom t-shirt to a kid who defensively does something we want to praise. could be TFL that ends with a safety, getting double teamed but not getting moved, wrong-arming properly when necessary, a LB screaming downhill to destroy a FB, or anything else we want to emphasize. Like gruden did with that spider 2 Y banana shirt/logo, i take the call from that kid's specific play and make a shirt with the logos. they love it. we had a wrestling style championship belt made up online with our logos and sayings on it. at the end of each practice and game, it goes to someone who goes above and beyond that day similar to the shirt from above. he keeps the belt overnight and gives it back before practice the next day. seniors get dog tags at the banquet with 'Family' on the back Very interested to hear about your reasons behind the first paragraph. We've played against teams like you and I've always wondered why they consistently did those things
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Post by coachb5806 on Apr 25, 2017 11:37:50 GMT -6
We almost never return punts. We don't block them either.
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Post by fantom on Apr 25, 2017 11:43:28 GMT -6
We almost never return punts. We don't block them either. Unless you're coaching at the youth or sub-varsity level it seems that you're giving up too much field position for my taste.
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Post by coachb5806 on Apr 25, 2017 11:56:09 GMT -6
We are a school of 200. We have been very good offensively and defensively the past three years. Our only goal on return is get the ball back. We play basically a base defense, want to ensure the kick, no fakes. There are way too any instances of teams losing possession on a muffed return or a team running a fake and any of those occurrences is a huge momentum shift. We try to minimize the bad and punt return, seemingly at every level, even the NFL, is where an abnormally high number of bad outcomes occur for the returning team. It is something that our kids initially didn't like, but now we tell them, watch college and NFL for a weekend and tell em how many posessions you see lost on a return gone bad. Not all of my coaches like it, but it has worked well for us. We went 2 years straight without a single punt where we didn't get the ball back. We had a team run a fake on us this year. SO, we have lost one possession in the last 3 seasons. It is a part of our overall approach to things.
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Post by michwags19 on Apr 25, 2017 13:06:35 GMT -6
We are one of those schools who doesn't punt (something like 12 times all year this season), mostly kicks onside kicks (33% success rate last year), ALWAYS goes for two, and blitzes a ton (97% last year). Very interested to hear about your reasons behind the first paragraph. We've played against teams like you and I've always wondered why they consistently did those things I've talked about this on other threads on here but can't find them right now so i'll give you the short version... new HC a few years ago. Brought in new OC. I am the DC. We were a bend-don't-break D. didn't match with our tempo and scoring on O. crazy stat went something like we scored on 91% of drives when we did not have a penalty, drop, or turnover. something like that. well, the bend-don't-break D simply allowed other offenses to keep our O on the sideline. we decided to change the way we play D. went to blitzing and i learned how to blitz not just to blitz but to take certain things away. basically i got smarter and learned a ton more about football in general. in addition to that, we decided not to punt unless we were backed up basically inside our own 15/20. that number changes each week btw. this gave our high powered O another down. as DC, i know what having another down does - scares the bajeezus out of me. we changed the mentality of our kids to the point where they no longer cared about going out on D (we are 2 platoon by the way) with their backs against their own goal line. we go for two bc our O can score in the 90%+ range. our quick three TDs turns into 24 points and the game is over in the first quarter. bottom line....we have gotten really good at certain things and we ALWAYS put pressure on the other team - in every phase of the game. message me if you want to discuss more.
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Post by **** on Apr 25, 2017 13:13:23 GMT -6
Lost a state semifinal game because of a muffed punt.
Can't think of a time we lost a game because we let the ball roll and kept possession.
I will never yell at my returners for letting the ball go and us keeping possession.
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Post by IronmanFootball on Apr 25, 2017 13:17:18 GMT -6
At my last stop we had a Tecmo Super Bowl / Pizza Party.
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Post by **** on Apr 25, 2017 13:17:54 GMT -6
I've talked about this on other threads on here but can't find them right now so i'll give you the short version... new HC a few years ago. Brought in new OC. I am the DC. We were a bend-don't-break D. didn't match with our tempo and scoring on O. crazy stat went something like we scored on 91% of drives when we did not have a penalty, drop, or turnover. something like that. well, the bend-don't-break D simply allowed other offenses to keep our O on the sideline. we decided to change the way we play D. went to blitzing and i learned how to blitz not just to blitz but to take certain things away. basically i got smarter and learned a ton more about football in general. in addition to that, we decided not to punt unless we were backed up basically inside our own 15/20. that number changes each week btw. this gave our high powered O another down. as DC, i know what having another down does - scares the bajeezus out of me. we changed the mentality of our kids to the point where they no longer cared about going out on D (we are 2 platoon by the way) with their backs against their own goal line. we go for two bc our O can score in the 90%+ range. our quick three TDs turns into 24 points and the game is over in the first quarter. bottom line....we have gotten really good at certain things and we ALWAYS put pressure on the other team - in every phase of the game. message me if you want to discuss more. This is how I will be if I am a HC. Usually it is statistically better (in your favor) to approach the game this way anyways. Kids know I don't give a phuk if the offense gets the ball on their +1. We are going to come after their a$$ and they will not score. We own the end zone.
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Post by carookie on Apr 25, 2017 14:25:53 GMT -6
I'm interested to hear more about the coverages that the 90%+ blitz teams run, here is why:
I was at a program where the defense blitzed or ran man on 85%+ of the snaps. Moreover, we also only had 35 players in the whole program so players played both ways. So by the second half, our guys were gassed and even our All State FBS corner was struggling; so teams could manipulate their alignment to get a matchup and 1-on-1 situation with little help. There were countless times we gave up 3rd and forevers because we were in man and gassing (heck even firezones had their share of busts). Now mind you this was a team that played in the state title game so we were pretty decent, but this was an achiles heel.
So my question is for you blitzing teams how often do you run man, firezone, 4 shell, etc? And has this been a problem?
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Post by mariner42 on Apr 25, 2017 14:57:17 GMT -6
We teach our guys to approach KO differently. First guy doesn't try to make the tackle, he just breaks down and contains and lets everyone else clean up.
I hate KO, but this makes me hate it less. Basically, we just want to tackle the dude before the 35.
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Post by 50slantstrong on Apr 25, 2017 20:54:28 GMT -6
We'll have a practice once a summer in which we spontaneously break out into a water balloon fight. Offense vs defense. We'll only let a few captains know beforehand. We tell them what segment and during water break the coaches will grab coolers filled with water balloons. Players never notice. After said water break it'll be 11 vs 11 and after the first play the captains know it's on and after a few seconds it turns into a balloon blood bath. Coaches get into it too.
We'll purposely do it fourth or fifth week of summer ball when practice has gotten monotonous and the temperature is 100+.
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Post by fugulookinat on Apr 25, 2017 21:00:58 GMT -6
We blast music throughout practice. Love some 80's rock.😊
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Post by michwags19 on Apr 26, 2017 7:35:29 GMT -6
I'm interested to hear more about the coverages that the 90%+ blitz teams run, here is why: I was at a program where the defense blitzed or ran man on 85%+ of the snaps. Moreover, we also only had 35 players in the whole program so players played both ways. So by the second half, our guys were gassed and even our All State FBS corner was struggling; so teams could manipulate their alignment to get a matchup and 1-on-1 situation with little help. There were countless times we gave up 3rd and forevers because we were in man and gassing (heck even firezones had their share of busts). Now mind you this was a team that played in the state title game so we were pretty decent, but this was an achiles heel. So my question is for you blitzing teams how often do you run man, firezone, 4 shell, etc? And has this been a problem? We are a 2 platoon team so that does play into this. Not sure how it would be if we were not 2 platoon but here is what we usually do.....obviously could change based on gameplan.... vs 2 and 3 back teams/personnel sets we will play lots of man and blitz the safeties almost exclusively but also some full field cover 3 (especially vs wing-t teams who motion) vs 1 back teams/personnel sets we usually play split field TCU type coverages (2 read to the passing strength or wide side of field and either cloud, sky, or off man to the off side). with 10/11 personnel sets we will blitz the ILBs and not the safeties. We play our split field stuff when blitzing only one ILB but will play some cover 1 to this when we blitz both ILBs.
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Post by westtxball on Apr 26, 2017 18:35:10 GMT -6
Don't know how unique this is today, but two days before the game is a non-pad jog through and special teams practice, and the next day, we will have a full pad practice the day before the game for no longer than an hour
Monday- Hard Practice (Full Time Length) Tuesday- Hard Practice (Full Time Length) Wednesday- No Pads/Jog Through Practice Thursday- Full Pads (45 min to 1 Hr)
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Post by famar on Apr 26, 2017 20:26:27 GMT -6
The past three years we've brought in Marines from the local USMC Recruiting Station and they give a Leadership Seminar and a Physical Fitness/Team Building activity on the first offcial day of practice in August.
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Post by rosey65 on Apr 27, 2017 7:23:08 GMT -6
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Post by tippecanoe41 on Jun 29, 2017 22:10:55 GMT -6
Always thought I'd do this if I became a head coach. My thinking is that it's just one less thing you have to teach. (I understand some kids can just kick with no teaching, but you get my point). However, I'll say that that percentage is over a long period and each game is different. A while back we had a kicker get hurt (in a non-football situation), and nobody else who could even in a practice situation put them through. We went only 2 pt. for the rest of the season. We went something like 16 for 20 in four games and then 1 for 4 in the next game.
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Post by hunhdisciple on Jun 29, 2017 22:13:48 GMT -6
We have the best few years in school history, by a mile, and the parents lobbied to get coaches fired and money lessened, in an attempt to make us even better.
Does that count?
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Post by CS on Jun 30, 2017 3:31:36 GMT -6
We have the best few years in school history, by a mile, and the parents lobbied to get coaches fired and money lessened, in an attempt to make us even better. Does that count? For real?? That was their motivation??
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Post by hunhdisciple on Jun 30, 2017 4:01:54 GMT -6
We have the best few years in school history, by a mile, and the parents lobbied to get coaches fired and money lessened, in an attempt to make us even better. Does that count? For real?? That was their motivation?? They could get rid of two good to get 1 great, was ultimately their logic. And that we were paid too much. This one was after our fees to go away to camp rose, so we had to charge kids $10 more. And, they act surprised when there is basically no interest from outside coaches to come here in any capacity. Had a HC change, there were parents trying to lobby to have all the coaches fired because they felt they could get a "championship winning" coach if they let him bring his own full staff.
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Post by tippecanoe41 on Jun 30, 2017 22:43:55 GMT -6
We do a senior line. It's been done since day 1 of the program over 40 years ago. At the end of the season, after it's over, directly after the last game, whether home or away, once we are back in the locker room, everyone on the team lines up in the locker room to talk with seniors. The seniors go out of the locker room into the adjacent gym. In there, head coach talks with them about how great it's been to have them on the team, hope that they have great lives going forward, that sort of stuff. Then these seniors come in and talk to every player who will be in the program next year and every coach. They have a chance to tell players whatever they want to tell them about well wishes and like make sure you don't waste this opportunity to play football, talk about favorite memories, etc. They talk to coaches, thank you, coaches say it's been a pleasure, what are your plans after high school, etc. Takes maybe a half hour.
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