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Post by center on Apr 23, 2016 9:13:31 GMT -6
When this magazine first came out as American Football Quarterly in the 1990's I thought it was the best football magazine ever published. Hands down. It took days to get through all the content.
Since the move to monthly and all the other stuff they started trying to do (remember American Football University and the job seeking/consulting service from the editor), it has eroded.
Too bad, it was a great source at the time.
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Post by center on Feb 25, 2016 18:44:22 GMT -6
Seeking those wise owls out there who've been around the block. I've been coaching for 12 years now (this past my first as HC), so maybe I'm still young and it's ok that I'm learning about a million things every year, but it feels like there are sooooo many good ideas floating around out there. My question is, when do you finally decide enough is enough and settle into a groove with what you are doing? I'm not really talking schemes, but more the techniques, drills, equipment and "toys," culture building, etc. . There are a ton of great ideas out there. And yes we are always looking for better ideas, etc. But what do you really believe in? What are you willing to bet your paycheck on? It's 4th and goal on the one yard line and playoffs are on the line. What are you going to call? That's the groove that you settle in to. And keep it mostly the same from year to year so your kids benefit from the consistency. Then your kids start to believe.
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Post by center on Feb 11, 2016 10:24:02 GMT -6
Our team scrapped conditioning, traditional pursuit drills, blocking circuits and tackling circuits. We are in full pads 4 days a week. What do you do with blocking and tackling instead of circuits? Just teach it during individual? Are you hitting all 4 days?
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Post by center on Jan 29, 2016 9:00:07 GMT -6
I will say that you need to be careful with having kids watch opponent film. They are horrible judges of another team on film. They usually underestimate an opponent badly or get really intimidated by another teams stud, but rarely get a good read on an opponent themselves.
I think the on the field stuff is the real key to prepping for an opponent.
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Post by center on Dec 9, 2015 8:57:07 GMT -6
I had a college teammate that started his coaching career as an intern in quality control for an NFL team in the late 80's, early 90's. When he first met with the team he had a set of meetings for the new guys to learn the base systems on offense and defense so he could better do his job.
The team he was with was a one back offense and 4/3 under defense. After those meetings he commented to one of the coaches that it was easier than he thought it would be.
The coach said "great, I am glad that you think so, but we can't run that stuff more than one snap per game." "Dan Marino would set a single game passing record if we ran that coverage even half the game and Reggie White would cripple our running back if we ran power from base formation without motion and help for our TE."
The coach explained that every thing started with a base but had to be adjusted to personnel after that every week. And by this point in the season you have a ton of guys hurt and need even more adjustment to the system to have any success at all.
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Post by center on Nov 2, 2015 19:46:00 GMT -6
I ask returning players about the positions they played this year and if they envision themselves helping out more at another position. That way if they want to make a position change they have time to make any body changes to make the switch. (Gain weight, lose weight, get faster/stronger)
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