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Post by utchuckd on Aug 11, 2013 16:22:01 GMT -6
Looks very ambitious to me, coach. That's a lot of blocking schemes for that age group, plus running option? I'd look and see if you could use the same blocking for different backfield actions. Get down your sweep, dive, and trap first. Doing them well will take you farther than trying to do 10 different things.
And remember, sweep til they weep!
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Post by utchuckd on Aug 11, 2013 10:06:01 GMT -6
Great offense for that age group. I ran it for a couple of years from pistol.
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Post by utchuckd on Aug 9, 2013 21:31:31 GMT -6
Oops, wrong place.
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Post by utchuckd on Aug 9, 2013 7:12:21 GMT -6
Finally started seeing signs of life out of my trap yesterday. It's been a battle this year and I'm not sure why. Slow guard, center getting stuffed, qb not getting depth, fb not taking good steps. It's probably a combination of everything, but it finally started coming together thank goodness.
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Post by utchuckd on Aug 7, 2013 8:05:37 GMT -6
I use most of the Parisi warm up with a few extra things. Kind of shuffled the order around to make it more time friendly.
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Post by utchuckd on Jul 27, 2013 7:19:15 GMT -6
Schro I think you have twice as many returning starters as I do! The best thing about youth football is all the new kids you get to teach the game to every year and the worst thing about youth football is all the new kids you get to teach the game to every year.
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Post by utchuckd on Jul 27, 2013 7:15:06 GMT -6
Soccer coach's kid who is in the development program for the junior national team wanted to come try kicking for us this year. First time he's ever tried to kick yesterday and he was putting kickoffs on the 10 consistently and some into the end zone. When he finds his routine and gets consistent should be a lot of touchbacks. Didn't miss PAT/FG til we got to 40 yds, and was about 50% on those, with a 2 step approach, still needs to find his routine on that. Punts he kind of just muscled about 30 yds, definitely needs the most work and from my limited knowledge it's probably in the drop.
I've been fortunate enough to have one other strong kicker in my time coaching and it's such a weapon. I'm pumped.
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Post by utchuckd on Jul 25, 2013 12:02:31 GMT -6
It's the middle school team for the county. Historically numbers start around here and fall to 35-40 by season. Mostly 8th graders, some 7th. The last year of youth league overlaps with 7th grade so most players stay there for their last year.
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Post by utchuckd on Jul 25, 2013 6:40:40 GMT -6
We provide them. They have come way down in price... I just now looked some up and didn't realize how much they had come down. Definitely gonna look at this going forward. Thanks.
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Post by utchuckd on Jul 25, 2013 6:38:23 GMT -6
Doug if you happen to have another QB like the one in that last video you posted you are living right lol! We have a ton of potential but not much experience. I've got as much speed this year as I've ever had, my top 8-10 guys are within a step of each other in the 20yd. But I don't know how many of 'em will hit. But hey, that's the fun part of coaching, eh? Not too bad on size but we are green up front. I have good enough numbers (had 53 show up Tuesday) that I am about 80% sure I'm committing to platooning my O and D lines. No real studs that just have to play both ways, so gonna let 'em learn and rep one side all day every day. Could have a real good season, could flame out.
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Post by utchuckd on Jul 23, 2013 21:09:02 GMT -6
Do you provide them or do the players buy them?
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Post by utchuckd on Jul 22, 2013 21:57:44 GMT -6
Yeah that's what kinda got me. In shells this week as a heat acclimation measure and it's gray clouds, light breeze, and upper 70's temps and they still tried to take reps off.
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Post by utchuckd on Jul 22, 2013 21:55:30 GMT -6
I wish all my guys had girdles with pads. Prolly wouldn't use practice pants neither.
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Post by utchuckd on Jul 22, 2013 19:28:17 GMT -6
Get all excited from the look of our players in drills and workouts before pads, then first day of pads comes and we look like {censored} on a stick. Quick, somebody remind me it gets better.
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Post by utchuckd on Jul 20, 2013 9:18:14 GMT -6
What else do you not have that you want/need instead of pop up dummies?
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Post by utchuckd on Jul 15, 2013 8:02:43 GMT -6
Some pads, at least. Got new rules from the powers that be that say all players must spend their first three days in shoulder pads and helmets before putting on full pads as a heat acclimation measure. First day we can go in full pads is still the 29th (2 weeks away) but they backed up the dates we can go out in shells to next Monday, but regardless of when a player starts he has to go the first 3 days in shells. We've been having great turnout for summer workouts and most of my guys should get it out of the way next week. Gonna switch the routine up a little bit and hit the workout first, then put gear on and do our form/speed/agility stuff, then finish up with real football things in real football gear.
Here we go.
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Post by utchuckd on Jun 26, 2013 7:37:57 GMT -6
I can believe it. Bunch of skinny kids running all around the field and taking dives vs. a group of men in training running into each other in the same spot for a couple hours. Like CC said it's prolly cause mosr coaches stay in one spot all day.
I've had to do the find an open field practice before and that's where having a couple fire hoses come in real handy. Local fire department has had plenty of old used hose they've been happy to donate when I've asked. I've also used a 20-30 foot rope as a line of scrimmage. Whatever works.
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Post by utchuckd on Jun 22, 2013 21:40:51 GMT -6
eh, sorta ... it's $12 for 1st month (11.90-something) and then $24.99 after that. Think you sign up on a month-by-month basis. Pretty sure they don't have any long-term commitments, at least that I know of. It would be nice to lock in say, $25 month or $275 per year ... something like that where you get a month free if you go long term. Hoping that if enough coaches "commit" to this thing that coaches choice will add more and more videos and give subscription packages. It looks to me like it's $11.99 a month for one person, but $25 a month for everybody on staff to access it.
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Post by utchuckd on May 21, 2013 8:32:15 GMT -6
Hopefully this isn't a hijack but I got a script on here a few years ago that made Thursdays go a lot better. We would do a shortened pregame routine, then go into it. It can take 45 min or better to run the script, but once the players get it it goes fairly smoothly and keeps everybody involved.
KOR for TD PAT PAT Fire Kickoff Team Defense vs. Formations Punt Block Team Offense Field Goal Punt Team Fake Punt Goal Line Defense PAT Block Goal Line Offense Backed Up Punt Prevent Defense Punt Return- Fair Catch & Free Kick Onside Kickoff 2 Minute Offense Go for Two Squib Kickoff 3rd & long Defense Go for on 4th Defense Defense vs. Fake Punt Punt Team- Give a Safety After Safety Kickoff Defense- 1 play get a Safety After Safety KOR Backed up Offense 4 Minute Offense- talk through Hands Team Party Time Offense- walk through coaches discretion Defense- walk through coaches discretion Special Teams walk through
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Post by utchuckd on May 18, 2013 8:04:15 GMT -6
A well known business leader that I read says, paraphrasing, that if you have an employee problem, you have a hiring problem. In his business he has a fairly lengthy and involved hiring process, and while I know HC's can't spend 2-3 months in a hiring process for AC's, what do you do for new hires? How many times do you talk to them? Do you meet with their spouses? How many references do you check? And if it comes down to "there's not enough coaches around here to find good ones" would you rather have slappy out there that you're not really sure about or not have anybody and spread more responsibility and duties around to fewer guys that you trust?
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Post by utchuckd on May 17, 2013 7:47:43 GMT -6
JMO, but it sounds like if this guy ever did give you a script and you planned your scout D around it he'd end up breaking script and start running stuff that you didn't know was coming. Something we did was have a Scout O and Scout D player of the week, and they would get different colored practice jerseys for the following week. The qualifications can be a moving target, because if you have a stud DT that doesn't play offense he could win it every week. So we'd pick out the lesser kids that may get run over every play, but they filled the hole every rep.
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Post by utchuckd on May 1, 2013 7:15:05 GMT -6
Excellent list, Mike. That just about covers it!
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Post by utchuckd on Apr 26, 2013 7:45:07 GMT -6
it's good to have a bob the builder guy someone that can improvise and then actually build useful things with their carpentry skills and toolkit stuff from helmet racks to water cooler holders to sled "fixings" We had an OL coach who was a diesel mechanic. He decided our 5 man sled wasn't big enough so he broke out his welder and some steel and fabricated 2 more stations for it. A 7 man Mod Sled is a big mf.
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Post by utchuckd on Mar 22, 2013 16:46:07 GMT -6
Took the head job today at the local middle school where I started coaching 15 years ago. Now I gotta find a staff, OL is priority one if I can find someone I trust with 'em. If not I guess I get to be OL coach.
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Post by utchuckd on Oct 26, 2012 19:50:45 GMT -6
The first two principles in 'Good to Great' are having a great (his term is Level 5) leader, and getting the right people on the bus. Sounds like you've got about a level 2 leader and the wrong people on the bus, can't do much about that except get off the bus when the ride is over.
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Post by utchuckd on Oct 25, 2012 19:52:53 GMT -6
Dude you can't do it all. If your header is gonna walk around with his head up his ass and refuse to see what's happening the best you can do is tough the year out and get as far away from them as possible. From the few things I've read it seems like you've been as stand up about it as you can, but now that it cost the team a loss I'd prolly turn into an ass around the other coaches (but I can be petty like that around stupid people, especially ones that cost me an embarrassing loss). Doesn't matter what motivation/discipline tricks you have if the other coaches don't use them too.
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Post by utchuckd on Oct 15, 2012 7:30:52 GMT -6
So, explain to me what you would do if you tasked the ACs with running a ball security drill for EDDs and you look over and they have the kids running 1-1 passing drills? Well, why'n'cha say so? That's out-&-out insubordination, and I guess you've been too polite to have just brought that out upthread. Here I was thinking there was some subtle human relations problem at fault, when it's actually just you don't get no respect. He did say so, that's why we've been covering it. Did you miss this post? Yesterday, I took over the DBs and LBs as we have an automatic check this week against a team that runs a lot of Fly sweep. We also need to clean up our coverage calls and rotation. I talked to the half of the staff about working with the DL through this period before hand and gave them two very specific drills to run for 15 minutes (they've done it before): 1. 5 minutes: DL EDDs (the kids have been doing it since day 1): proper stance, feet-hat-hands progression, striking the V, play half the man, etc..I had the drill set up so that they worked against a reach block and a double team. 2. 10 minutes: Block-down/step-down drill: block down with one lineman, take on a trapper. The team we're playing this week is one of the few that runs any kick-out blocks so we needed extra turns against it. I told them we HAD to make sure we were gap sound because this team would kick us out if we screwed around. I let them know that we absolutely couldn't run around blocks and HAD to use our hands. I look over after five minutes and they're running a 3-3 pass rush drill....The kids's stances are screwed, they were just rushing the edge and not getting a hand on anyone, cutting back inside and losing gap security... I told the kids to go get water and asked the staff what they were doing. "Well, we did all of that stuff you wanted really fast and figured we'd do something fun. The Vikings (this week's team) throws the ball alot so we need to be ready for that." So, needless to say, we moved on to a scout team period.
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Post by utchuckd on Oct 11, 2012 7:57:19 GMT -6
I think it goes back to something in the other thread. These guys get bored with the fundamental detail stuff and don't understand how important it is. The vibe I get isn't that they don't know what to do but they're not doing what they know. At some point they have to take responsibility for their jobs and do it right. It's not that they don't know what to do, they don't care about that and wanna do whats 'fun'. A coach that won't its no better than a coach that can't.
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Post by utchuckd on Oct 10, 2012 17:42:09 GMT -6
I'm just wondering if marietta is running an awesome new Shotgun Bunch formation offense this year.
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Post by utchuckd on Oct 1, 2012 15:34:01 GMT -6
Go get 'em Coach!
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