Archive for September, 2007
Know your players
Sunday, September 30th, 2007One of the hardest things to do, I think, is to get to know your players well enough to know what motivates them. The old saying “If you have 11 players on the field, you’ll have to have 11 ways of handling them” is true. Players have different personalities and different motivations and looks can [...]
Trends in the offense vs. defense battle fun to watch
Friday, September 21st, 2007Looking back over the trends in football and how the offense and defense affect each other is a fun study. My dad told me once that when he was in high school nobody really blitzed much. Most of the teams he played against ran either a 50 defense (linemen head up on the center and [...]
Kickoff rule changes the game
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007While there is no question that we will have to play “wait and see” with how the new kickoff rule in college affects injury rates, there is also no question that, strategically speaking, it is huge. I agree with what I heard on TV last Saturday. This changes the game like no rule has since [...]
Time Management
Friday, September 14th, 2007Time management in practice is something we all struggle with no matter what level of football we coach. There never seems to be enough time to get everything done. At the youth level, this is particularly difficult. In the few years I coached at the youth level we practiced Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays for two [...]