Post by tiger46 on Sept 6, 2007 13:21:50 GMT -6
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I coach a junior (9>10yr old) team. Yesterday, we ran plays against our senior (11>12yr old) team in an impromptu session near the end of practice. Of course, the senior team is a lot bigger and faster than our juniors. They’re big and fast for 11 & 12yr olds, period. The Sr’s did not wear helmets or shoulderpads. Our Jr’s removed their helmets. We went full speed with the Sr’s wrapping or two-hand touching the Jr.’s. I did what I could to simulate a no-huddle offense. Due to playing against such large, powerful boys and having no full tackling, I can only offer probabilities as far as the results of the plays had we scrimmaged a 9>10yr old team.
We run Coach Cisar’s UBSW. We have six of seven plays installed. 16 Power, 18 Sweep, 18 Sweep Pass, 22 Wedge, 32 Wedge, 43 Reverse. We won’t have 31 Trap installed until today’s practice.
Here’s the play sequence, results and probabilities as best as I can approximate.
1. 16 Power- Result: -5yrds. The Center shot a rocket over the TB’s right shoulder. All I could do was sigh, thinking of the amount of time spent in pre-practice snaps with the Center.
2. 16P- Result: +20yrds. Probable touchdown against 9>10yr olds. It took the Sr’s fastest player to catch my TB 20+ yrds downfield.
3. 18S- Result: +10yrds. TB needed to turn it up sooner.
4. 18S Pass- Result: 0yrds. TB overthrew the WB. Also, want to note that I use Coach Ted Seay’s pass pattern for my 16P Pass. I think it’s the “stick” pattern he outlined earlier in the year at the SW Conclave. RE runs up 10yrds, 5yrds right, plants and faces TB. WB shoots off at a 45 Degree angle and doesn’t stop. BB runs a 5yrd out and keeps moving toward sideline. If Coach Seay reads this, hopefully, he’ll correct where needed.
5. 43 Reverse- Result: Touchdown! No one came near my WB. In fact, my lead blockers had no one to block.
6. Swapped in the ‘great hands’ WB. Ran 18S Pass- Result: Touchdown….. I think. At 30+yrds, even the fastest Sr’s had not yet caught up to my WB although they were gaining. I blew the whistle.
7. 32 Wedge- Result: Touchdown. No one touched him. No one even knew he had the ball. Some of the Sr’s didn’t even know why I blew the whistle.
8. 22 Wedge- Stuffed at line due to my O-lineman blurting out the play at the LOS. I shouldn’t have ran two wedges in a row, anyway. My first year with the SW. I’m going to make mistakes.
9. 32 Wedge modifified to look like 18S Pass. Result: +20yrds. Probability to have gotten more had the BB angled towards the sideline once he cleared the LB’s.
10. 16P Result: +5yrds. BB missed block on the DE. Sr DE is very fast. He turned and caught my TB right before he would’ve sprung for big yards.
11. For kicks I let my kids try 31 Trap, bearing in mind that the kids have never even heard of 31 Trap; let alone tried to execute it. I just huddled ‘em up and did some fast talking. Also, 31 Trap was modified to look like 18S Pass. Result: -1yrd. LE and LG made the correct blocks. RG made the trap block on the DT. Big hole. BB tried to bounce it outside. Big Sr. DT swallowed him up. It was like watching someone refuse to drive down a 6-lane highway and instead opting to drive into a brick wall. LOL! Can’t wait to actually practice that play today.
12. 18S- Result: +10. A Sr. LB was a bit frustrated at the success my Jr’s were having running that ‘stupid looking offense’. He pretty much, leveled my WB on the play. It was the end of practice. The LB got into a lot of trouble with the Sr. HC. My WB is tough and was alright. We didn’t want it to end on a sour note between anyone. So, we had the teams do the end of the practice cheer together. Also, the Jr.’s clapped and cheered the Sr’s for coming over and giving them something to look at. Sr’s chests puffed out. They had pride in helping their ‘Little Tigers’. It all ended in a positive manner.
One common complaint from the Sr.’s., “They’re too little. We couldn’t see who had the ball!”. LOL!- not, “They’re too little. We had to take it too easy on them!” The Sr. DL’s didn’t go all out on my Jr.’s. But, they weren’t being pushovers, either. The LB’s and DB’s were moving at top speed. But, with that one exception, they didn’t hit my backs. They wrapped them or two-hand touched them. They did give my lead blocks some decent chucks to the shoulderpads to keep my blockers from being lazy with their assignments. One of the Sr. defenders had his head in the clouds during an 18S. My RG was coming around with a bit of enthusiasm and planted a shoulderpad into him pretty solidly, considering the size differences of the kids- but, no hard feelings. In fact, the Sr. congratulated the Jr. for ‘popping him a good one’.
Saw lots of things to work on; the snap being the first thing. After all the work put in, a bad snap is not what an HC/OC wants to see on the first play. I’ve been slacking a bit on the pre- practice snaps. So, it was my fault.
I also need to have my asst. coach fine tune the RB’s paths when they break free. I didn’t criticize my BB. But, on his 32 Wedge TD run, he popped out the side of the wedge instead of staying in it the way he was supposed. I don’t think he would’ve understood how running a touchdown untouched was ‘doing it wrong’. But, it is something that we will have to work on.
I coach a junior (9>10yr old) team. Yesterday, we ran plays against our senior (11>12yr old) team in an impromptu session near the end of practice. Of course, the senior team is a lot bigger and faster than our juniors. They’re big and fast for 11 & 12yr olds, period. The Sr’s did not wear helmets or shoulderpads. Our Jr’s removed their helmets. We went full speed with the Sr’s wrapping or two-hand touching the Jr.’s. I did what I could to simulate a no-huddle offense. Due to playing against such large, powerful boys and having no full tackling, I can only offer probabilities as far as the results of the plays had we scrimmaged a 9>10yr old team.
We run Coach Cisar’s UBSW. We have six of seven plays installed. 16 Power, 18 Sweep, 18 Sweep Pass, 22 Wedge, 32 Wedge, 43 Reverse. We won’t have 31 Trap installed until today’s practice.
Here’s the play sequence, results and probabilities as best as I can approximate.
1. 16 Power- Result: -5yrds. The Center shot a rocket over the TB’s right shoulder. All I could do was sigh, thinking of the amount of time spent in pre-practice snaps with the Center.
2. 16P- Result: +20yrds. Probable touchdown against 9>10yr olds. It took the Sr’s fastest player to catch my TB 20+ yrds downfield.
3. 18S- Result: +10yrds. TB needed to turn it up sooner.
4. 18S Pass- Result: 0yrds. TB overthrew the WB. Also, want to note that I use Coach Ted Seay’s pass pattern for my 16P Pass. I think it’s the “stick” pattern he outlined earlier in the year at the SW Conclave. RE runs up 10yrds, 5yrds right, plants and faces TB. WB shoots off at a 45 Degree angle and doesn’t stop. BB runs a 5yrd out and keeps moving toward sideline. If Coach Seay reads this, hopefully, he’ll correct where needed.
5. 43 Reverse- Result: Touchdown! No one came near my WB. In fact, my lead blockers had no one to block.
6. Swapped in the ‘great hands’ WB. Ran 18S Pass- Result: Touchdown….. I think. At 30+yrds, even the fastest Sr’s had not yet caught up to my WB although they were gaining. I blew the whistle.
7. 32 Wedge- Result: Touchdown. No one touched him. No one even knew he had the ball. Some of the Sr’s didn’t even know why I blew the whistle.
8. 22 Wedge- Stuffed at line due to my O-lineman blurting out the play at the LOS. I shouldn’t have ran two wedges in a row, anyway. My first year with the SW. I’m going to make mistakes.
9. 32 Wedge modifified to look like 18S Pass. Result: +20yrds. Probability to have gotten more had the BB angled towards the sideline once he cleared the LB’s.
10. 16P Result: +5yrds. BB missed block on the DE. Sr DE is very fast. He turned and caught my TB right before he would’ve sprung for big yards.
11. For kicks I let my kids try 31 Trap, bearing in mind that the kids have never even heard of 31 Trap; let alone tried to execute it. I just huddled ‘em up and did some fast talking. Also, 31 Trap was modified to look like 18S Pass. Result: -1yrd. LE and LG made the correct blocks. RG made the trap block on the DT. Big hole. BB tried to bounce it outside. Big Sr. DT swallowed him up. It was like watching someone refuse to drive down a 6-lane highway and instead opting to drive into a brick wall. LOL! Can’t wait to actually practice that play today.
12. 18S- Result: +10. A Sr. LB was a bit frustrated at the success my Jr’s were having running that ‘stupid looking offense’. He pretty much, leveled my WB on the play. It was the end of practice. The LB got into a lot of trouble with the Sr. HC. My WB is tough and was alright. We didn’t want it to end on a sour note between anyone. So, we had the teams do the end of the practice cheer together. Also, the Jr.’s clapped and cheered the Sr’s for coming over and giving them something to look at. Sr’s chests puffed out. They had pride in helping their ‘Little Tigers’. It all ended in a positive manner.
One common complaint from the Sr.’s., “They’re too little. We couldn’t see who had the ball!”. LOL!- not, “They’re too little. We had to take it too easy on them!” The Sr. DL’s didn’t go all out on my Jr.’s. But, they weren’t being pushovers, either. The LB’s and DB’s were moving at top speed. But, with that one exception, they didn’t hit my backs. They wrapped them or two-hand touched them. They did give my lead blocks some decent chucks to the shoulderpads to keep my blockers from being lazy with their assignments. One of the Sr. defenders had his head in the clouds during an 18S. My RG was coming around with a bit of enthusiasm and planted a shoulderpad into him pretty solidly, considering the size differences of the kids- but, no hard feelings. In fact, the Sr. congratulated the Jr. for ‘popping him a good one’.
Saw lots of things to work on; the snap being the first thing. After all the work put in, a bad snap is not what an HC/OC wants to see on the first play. I’ve been slacking a bit on the pre- practice snaps. So, it was my fault.
I also need to have my asst. coach fine tune the RB’s paths when they break free. I didn’t criticize my BB. But, on his 32 Wedge TD run, he popped out the side of the wedge instead of staying in it the way he was supposed. I don’t think he would’ve understood how running a touchdown untouched was ‘doing it wrong’. But, it is something that we will have to work on.