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Do What You Are Good At
By Coach Kip | October 4, 2007
It is frustrating as a coach when you have a good play but your team just can’t run it right. You know it will work, but for some reason it just does not. We have a play right now that we can only run to the left. It does not matter who the lineman or the back is, the only way we can run it is to the left. So what do we do? We do what we are good at and only run that play to the left.
Do what you are good at and do that often. It is the same for defense. Are you good at cover 3 or Zero coverage? Do what ever you are good at most. If you are best at Zero, run that coverage often. If you are best at Cover 3 then do that.
As a coach you must be able to put your team and your players in the best position as possible. You can’t run a play just because it is your favorite if your team does not do it well. You can’t call a blitz that theoretically works every time but gets you in trouble every time you call it. On the other hand if you run a stunt that does not seem like it will work and it does, keep calling that stunt.
It all comes back to knowing your personnel. Put them in the best position possible to make the best play that they can. Don’t be selfish and try to do things you are not good at.
Find out what you are good at and do that often.
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