Coach H
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Post by Coach H on Jul 28, 2007 8:53:15 GMT -6
Hello everyone. I am a coach of a team that is going two platoon this year. I was wondering f anyone had any advice on how to implement it successfully and could provide any examples of practice plans and anything else that would help make the transition a success.
Thanks
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Post by coachnichols on Jul 28, 2007 9:55:28 GMT -6
We're going to 2 platoon this year. Well, we're going to until the OLine coach blows it all up because he needs more backups "just in case" 8 coaches total, 4 on O and 4 on D. QB, RB, WR, and OL coaches. DL, ILB, OLB, and Secondary coaches. We are trying to have only a few players who will go both ways or at least start on one side of the ball and play some on the other. That being said, our practices will be approximately 3 hours long once school starts, and each side of the ball will create their own schedule. We start with our warm-up, move into a 7 station circuit (agilities, bag drills, sled, various other skills, etc.) that lasts for approximately 15 minutes, and then we break into offense and defense. We've talked about breaking in the middle of practice for special teams and on Tuesdays and Wednesdays our #1's will go vs. each other at some point in the 2nd half of practice. As far as special teams go, we've talked about making it an all star cast (best players from either side), but I lobbying for offense to run the punt team, defense to run the punt return, etc. We've just finished our non-pad camp, and the biggest "problem" we've had so far is kids thinking they are an offensive when we know they're a defense player and visa versa. We had a couple who think they're blue chip tailbacks when they're really backups on offense, but starters at linebacker. Not a big deal really, it's just something we're going to deal with for awhile.
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Post by hsfbcoach14 on Jul 28, 2007 14:38:52 GMT -6
Coach nichols. I have been through this and advise that your defense runs the punt team because it is coverage and teach it as the first defensive play of the drive and just the opposite for punt return.
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Post by coachnichols on Jul 28, 2007 18:21:06 GMT -6
That's the same thing we thought too. However, the OC/HC is planning on doing some (a lot?) of quick kicks with our QB, who will probably end up being the punter too. My guess is our defense will make up the punt team except when he wants to quick kick, the defense will make up the punt return team, and probably most of the kickoff team. We're going to finalize our special teams next week, but that's my guess for now.
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Post by airman on Jul 29, 2007 12:29:32 GMT -6
one thing I do which I think is unique to platooning is for special teams to be run at the same time.
for example, the d will be running punt coverage and the offense will be running the punt return.
on another field, kickoff and kickreturn are going. what we get is 30 minutes of practice time on kicking off and kick return and putn and punt return/punt block.
4 coaches work punt and 4 coaches work kick.
it is just a nice way to get alot of reps for all players involved. if you are a backup, you backup on both ko/kr or punt/puntreturn. all the players get lots of reps and we can actually do drills to improve special teams. got it from bill williams.
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