Installing Today’s Hybrid Pistol Offense Run & Pass from Top to Bottom
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Post by Coach Nicholson on Jul 21, 2005 9:41:05 GMT
Coaches,
I am wondering how many of you guys have a coach on staff that was hired for the purpose of being your special teams co. Im not meaning a position coach who also has the responsibility of running the special teams. Im talking about a coach who was hired for his knowledge of special teams. The school I coach at has had many problems throughout the years with certain aspects of special teams most notably allowing kickoff returns and punting problems. I feel the main cause of these problems is that we have never really had a true special teams coach. We have never really had anyone who has taught our kickers and punters all the techniques involved with the positions. I really feel that if the budget allows every team should hire a coach with the intent of making him the special teams coordinator. This guy should know the kicking game inside and out. Have any of you coaches experienced these problems??
I know this is an old post, but maybe there is still some interest. I am the special teams coordinator for our team. I handle scouting, scheme, personell and calls for everything to do with the kicking game. Due to a shortage of coaches, I have had to act as our JV head coach which really played hell with our special teams. I am one of the few football coaches I know who love special teams and actually KNOW special teams. In fact, when I become a head coach I want to handle special teams myself. I became ST coach due to the fact that our kicking game was horrible. I took it over, took pride in it, dedicated myself to learning as much as I could. I could safely say that I am the coach of one of the best special teams units in our county. Having a guy who knows and loves special teams is very important but having a head coach who knows how important special teams is, is equally important.
Frank Beamer at Virginia Tech does all right in that dual role of both HC and ST coach that you speak of.
In my programs, special teams get 20 minutes every day!!! All five of them are covered five days a week!
I know the value of great special teams play!
Coach Easton
J.C. EASTON<BR>HEAD COACH<BR>GA TIGERS FOOTBALL<BR>PROFESSIONAL MINOR LEAGUE
1 in every 5 plays in a football game is a special teams play. Therefore you should dedicate no less than 20% of your ON FIELD practice time to the kicking game. If you practice for 2 and a half hours then you should spend around 30 minutes on special teams and so on.
Special teams creates good field position. Good field position results in victory.
charger,
I'll be the special teams coordinator at my next job. I love special teams and need to learn as much as I can about each phase. I have punt block pretty well covered, but need the rest. any help would be appreciated. post here or e-mail me at amikell@widomaker.com
Our youth team is restricted to practicing 3 days a week by rule, we spend most of one day on ST. last season we enjoyed at least one turn-over per game from ST alone. ST impacts field position as much as anything else you do.
Devoted 25 minutes to special forces every day for as long as I can remember, 5 minutes each for each unit. Four plays occur each game that if you can control at least three, you greatly enhance your teams chances of winning! Almost 80% of the time, these plays occur on special teams ( bad snaps, muffed punts, etc.) doesn't it make sense to work extra hard on these five units each day? It always did to me.
Coach Easton
J.C. EASTON<BR>HEAD COACH<BR>GA TIGERS FOOTBALL<BR>PROFESSIONAL MINOR LEAGUE
I have been a devoted special teams coach for the last few years due to us getting beat like a drum against some teams that were outstanding on ST. (everyone is a copycat).
We spend about 15-20 minutes per practice per day on a special team. This can be work with individuals and team. I work the kickers, punters, snappers, coverage teams, return men all the time. Anyone that thinks ST is not worth the practice time, go to YouTube and put a search on Devin Hester. Maybe everyone doesn't have a Devin Hester to worry about. But there are great examples of how teams can fear that threat and gameplan to kick away from teams giving the offense improved field position.
If I had to pick based on experience the two most important groups to work with would be the punt and punt return teams. And I would suggest:
#1 Spend time to find the right punter. Too often guys are put there because they a better athlete that can handle the pressure. This sometimes is done because teams don't spend alot of time in practice punting. Find the right guy who can kick. Work with him and work with the punt team on blocking then covering.
#2 Work sideline drills in practice to get the punt team on the field. My gosh how many timeouts are wasting because a player forgot to go in when the Head Coach calls for a punt. A good ST coach always has 3-4 subs in mind incase a player in his punt team goes out with an injury or is too gassed from a previous play to run down the field and cover.
#3 Teach your punt returners how to measure up the field. You know, the old GET AWAY, GET AWAY when a punt is muffed.
#4 Have some schemes on punt return. Watch film and figure out the best way to attack an opposing punt team. The film tells you everything. Where the offensive players release from. Which way to attack (right, left, middle), will a wall work, how to set up a block attempt etc.
I could talk special teams all day, so I guess if anyone ever comes across this and wants to talk ST, give me a shout oneals_home@yahoo.com
Post by Coach Campbell on Oct 22, 2018 3:40:07 GMT
John Glasper
My approach to the kicking is for the defense staff to handle kick-off, punt, and punt return. The offense staff will handle KOR and Pat. We break our special teams apart in this
manner because I want my defense staff handling the aspects that require tackling, squeezing, tracking, and containing the ball carrier. On the offense side, I want those coaches implementing their blocking techniques on KOR and for the O-line coach to handle the pat line. The reason the defensive staff will handle punt return is due to the defensive players needing to remain out on the field in case of a fake. Also, the other reason is the type of kids we place on punt return understand how to squeeze their target to the sideline.
KOR will be tasked to the reivers coach and running backs coach. I want those types of bodies on my KOR and those coaches work drills that focus on fitting guys up with high-speed contact.
PAT is given to the O-line coach and the TE coach. Once again this group is based on a body type for me and those coaches know who are the best players to fit the role that I want from this group. The kicker and holder will work with the head coach. I would rather handle this aspect as it is very essential to the success of the program.
Punt, punt return, and KO will be the defensive staff. The LB & DB coaches will handle this group. Once again these are two positions that work on avoiding contact and getting to the ball carrier. Having the right players that can avoid, track, squeeze, and tackle is very important and these two coaches work with those type of players more than the rest of the staff.
We do our special team segments on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. We do punt return, punt, and kick off all four days every week. We put a heavy focus on pat and KOR on Thursday and Friday. We do this because special teams is a major aspect of being a successful football program. Special teams can turn a game and we put the same focus into it as we do with offense and defense. I believe having the right guys on punt return matters as we focus on getting more defensive-back body types on the field that can run and get in the way and squeeze their man.
Post by Coach Campbell on Oct 22, 2018 3:43:00 GMT
Scott Slotten
Being that I am a head coach right now, I have had to do all of this in my first year. One of my assistant coaches is my special teams coordinator. I give him the duties of scouting all the teams special teams and coming with our plan for the week. He has spent lots of time creating different sets for different weeks and changes our special teams each year to fit the athletes that we have.We have done rugby punt because of having our best athlete being our punter, we have done multiple different returns and had a few different formations for kickoff. All the other assistant coaches and I help him with every aspect of special teams, but he is the coordinator of every unit.
Punt- We always have our long snappers practicing before practice with the punters and an assistant is always there helping them. Generally I work with the line making sure they have the blocking technique down. We like to have linebacker types on the line and our fastest best tacklers as gunners. We have had many different types as long snappers, but I have really liked teaching our DB's to do it because they can fly down the field unblocked usually to make a play.
Kickoff- We had problems with kickoff coverage over the years, so I like to put our best athletes on the field for this. We generally have our starters do kickoff because it is so important in the field position game. Our defensive coordinator helps with this.
Kick Return- We like to use linebacker types on the front line so they are athletic enough to get to blocks, but big enough to be effective. Our second row is usually guys with hands in case we see squibs or pooch kicks. Our 3rd row is usually lineman that will set the wedge and blow some guys up. Our returners are the RB's. This is my coordinators baby, so he handles all these duties.
Punt Return- We usually try to keep as many of our starting defense on this as we can. I have learned over the years that the less subbing you do on this the less likely you are to screw up and get beat by a fake. We will usually only sub out our lineman that play both ways. Our LB's coach helps with this to make sure we know if we are in return, block or safe.
PAT/FG- We like to use lineman and tight ends across the board on this. Our backup QB is the holder and is in charge of taking the box out for the kick. My assistant Oline coach is in charge of making sure we have the right lineman on the team and he does the subbing if we have injuries.
We do 2- 10 minute periods each day for special teams. Thursdays we run through all special teams with 10 minute periods for each.
Post by Coach Campbell on Oct 22, 2018 5:00:14 GMT
Jeffrey Bennett
As the head coach and Special Teams coordinator, I want to emphasize to my staff how important special teams really are. Even though there may only be 10 to 15 special teams plays per game, it is a part of the game that may not win you a football game, but it will cost you one. The two things I want to stress during special teams is to protect the football and win field position. On our offensive side of special teams, we want to posses the football, and give our offense a chance to do something with it. If we are fumbling returns, then we give the opposition a new chance. On our defensive special teams, we want to control the field position. Once the opposition receives the ball, we want to tackle them as soon as possible to not lose field position.
As the special teams coordinator, I will implement what needs to be done. I will divide the different parts of the kicking game among the side of the ball it falls to. Our defensive staff, under my direction will be responsible for Kick off, onside kick, punt return, field goal and extra point block. Our offensive staff, under my direction will be responsible for our kickoff return, hands team, punt, and our extra point/field goal. On our extra point team, I like to employ a swinging gate, so I will take the lead in that area. During our individual specialty periods every day, I will have a coach responsible for our snappers, kickers, holders, punters, and returners. I will assign those roles during the spring, or during our pre-season meetings. I don’t want to assign the roles without talking to each coach to see what his knowledge is, and what he will feel comfortable coaching.
Each day during practice we will have 15 minutes of individual specialty. We will break up into our different groups and work on punting, kicking, receiving, and snapping. After we have completed those periods, we will spend 20 minutes on our team kicking. Monday will consist of extra point and field goal (offense and defense), along with kick off and kickoff return. Tuesday will be punt and punt return, hands team and onside kick. Wednesday we will cover specials. This is where we will go over any fakes we may be installing this week, and we will go over our swinging gate. Thursday we will go over all special teams as part of our normal Thursday workout.