Post by govertical on Apr 24, 2005 6:18:46 GMT
Well, I am back from the Run the Gun clinic that was hosted by Springfield (Sacred Heart-Griffin) High School. First, I would like to extend gratitude to Head Coach Ken Leonard of Sacred Heart-Griffin and Neil Taylor, a SHG asistant. Coach Leonard is a great guy and made everyone, especially us po-dunk high school football coaches feel very welcome at the clinic and Coach Taylor did a great job of organizing the event.
I also got to meet BlackFly73 at the clinic, which was pretty cool.
Our presentation went okay. It was our first time presenting at a clinic, so it was a good experience builder. The other presenters were really good. These guys just flat-out knew football!
- Coach Nesbitt from Mo. I learned alot from his session. The two most important things that I learned from him was to learn SOMETHING from every clinic you attend and to avoid "flavors of the week". He told a story about, how as a young coach, he would go to clinics and not really be impressed by the speakers because he felt that he was more knowledgeable. This changed when, at one session, he observed a fellow Missouri high school coach furiously taking note after note during a clinic session. The coach turned out to be the winningest coach in Missouri high school (and possibly national) history. From that time on, Coach Nesbitt always took lots of notes at clinics. He also talked about avoiding the "flavor of the week". He recommended having your offense in by the start of practice and then not deviating from that. He said that this avoids the tendency of some coaches to spend practice time on something "new", run it a few times in a game, and then never come back to it. Great advice for young coaches.
- Coach Hood from Van Wert High School in Ohio. Coach had a very informative session on running the bootleg out of a shotgun set. We have a kid next year who would be able to do something like this very well.
- Coach McCormick from St. Viator High School in Illinois. Coach gave a great session on 6-man protection out of the spread. I was very impressed with his knowledge of the game. We have always been a 5-man protection team, but Coach McCormick has convinced me (and, more importantly, our O/C) that 6-man protection has a place in spread football.
-Coach Ken Leonard from Sacred Heart-Griffin. Coach talked about the Lonesome Polecat and how they have had success running it at SHG. Again, Coach Leonard is a really warm guy and made everyone feel very welcome at the clinic.
-Otto Zeman, Riverside-Brookfield High School in Illinois. Coach Zeman talked about the spread offense and spent a lot of time talking about how to beat the 3-5-3 (which they are seeing quite a bit) with the pass.
This was one of the best clinics I have ever been to. I realized, from listening to these other coaches who have forgotten more football that I know, that I have a lot of learning to do.
I also got to meet BlackFly73 at the clinic, which was pretty cool.
Our presentation went okay. It was our first time presenting at a clinic, so it was a good experience builder. The other presenters were really good. These guys just flat-out knew football!
- Coach Nesbitt from Mo. I learned alot from his session. The two most important things that I learned from him was to learn SOMETHING from every clinic you attend and to avoid "flavors of the week". He told a story about, how as a young coach, he would go to clinics and not really be impressed by the speakers because he felt that he was more knowledgeable. This changed when, at one session, he observed a fellow Missouri high school coach furiously taking note after note during a clinic session. The coach turned out to be the winningest coach in Missouri high school (and possibly national) history. From that time on, Coach Nesbitt always took lots of notes at clinics. He also talked about avoiding the "flavor of the week". He recommended having your offense in by the start of practice and then not deviating from that. He said that this avoids the tendency of some coaches to spend practice time on something "new", run it a few times in a game, and then never come back to it. Great advice for young coaches.
- Coach Hood from Van Wert High School in Ohio. Coach had a very informative session on running the bootleg out of a shotgun set. We have a kid next year who would be able to do something like this very well.
- Coach McCormick from St. Viator High School in Illinois. Coach gave a great session on 6-man protection out of the spread. I was very impressed with his knowledge of the game. We have always been a 5-man protection team, but Coach McCormick has convinced me (and, more importantly, our O/C) that 6-man protection has a place in spread football.
-Coach Ken Leonard from Sacred Heart-Griffin. Coach talked about the Lonesome Polecat and how they have had success running it at SHG. Again, Coach Leonard is a really warm guy and made everyone feel very welcome at the clinic.
-Otto Zeman, Riverside-Brookfield High School in Illinois. Coach Zeman talked about the spread offense and spent a lot of time talking about how to beat the 3-5-3 (which they are seeing quite a bit) with the pass.
This was one of the best clinics I have ever been to. I realized, from listening to these other coaches who have forgotten more football that I know, that I have a lot of learning to do.