Scouting Check List

Coaches this can be used as a guide for scouting and topic of further discussion on this thread. Coach CAmpbell

When scouting a quick way to recognize defenses and coverages is to look for the invert area. Coach CAmpbell

Coach Campbell-

Thanks for the reminder.

Michael Farzley

We are a small school with a small staff. We only have 5 coaches on our staff. We also have one parent volunteer that goes to opponent's games to film and scout. Ironically, this volunteer has been one of the most helpful people in our planning process. Friday night after our game I begin to break down our game film. HUDL Assist has been extremely helpful in that as well. I can compare to their breakdown (needless to say, my Fridays are late nights).



Saturday:



8am: Coaches meet as a team in the film room and look at our game film from the night before. All coaches share what they see at the time of the film breakdown. This process has been extremely helpful to do together as we are able to see things from different perspectives on the spot. I started doing this two years ago. Before that, I would the OC, DC, and Special Teams coaches watch on their own time and then bring their breakdowns and game plans with them. It proved to be more time consuming and created a divide sometimes in the planning process. It's the way I was brought up as a player and coach, but I've found our current method to be more efficient and effective. We hit our Monday running and on the same page.





10am: Players arrive for in-season recovery workout, ice baths, etc. We also practice Yoga and mindfulness activities to help the boys recover from the physicality of the night before. They have Sunday off, obviously. Our DC is also a certified CSCS and runs these sessions along with our yoga teacher at the school (we are fortunate to have one!).



Noon: Players dismissed for the rest of the weekend. Coaches go to lunch together or have it brought in to the offices.



1pm: OC, DC work on game plan and installs based on HUDL Assist film of next week's opponent. If they are league opponents we look at the last three years of games, check to see roster changes and begin to create a theme for the week. This is where our volunteer lends great information as he has seen our opponent ON THE FIELD and can add to the tendencies that we see on film. Other important pieces like tenor and approach on the sideline along with how kids handle some of the emotional rigors of the game when they are confused with a front etc are all things that help us when we are deciding on an approach to attack the team in front of us. We are big on the mental aspects of the game.



2:30pm: OC, DC, Specials present to the staff and plan for the week including theme of the week.

4pm: Coaches dismissed for the rest of the weekend.



I've presented our school week schedule in our previous assignment and that is pretty consistent. Our weekend (Saturday) schedule is simple. I like to keep it that way so that we are free to make changes on the fly if need be. I'm fortunate to have a staff that really respects and likes to spend time together (that has not always been the case). It makes the preparation proc