Canadian Football

Don't forget the unlimited motion by recievers and backs, forward motion of the slots who can be full speed at the snap, the ROUGE, and the 1 yd neutral zone.

Oh ya... as an old CFL slogan used to say "Our Balls are Bigger" It's true - :+)


Thanks for the forum Coach Campbell !!!!!

Hey Jerry;

We haven't yet entered Spring Ball - we will in the next 2 weeks. I have many players who are multi-sport athletes - and GOOD ones. I share them with soccer and track (where they've been piling up medals - due to our weight program). The back sports field has also been redone, which is GREAT but we've got to stay off it until August - so that limits what we can do. Our facility might be closed AGAIN this summer - we are redoing the flooring one of our gyms - and it will depend on the contractor. However, we did get a grant for some new Squat?power racks and a couple sets of new dumbells from the gov't. So that is good.

I'll be planning to have the Weight Room open 2-3 days per week, and we may do some mat drills in the 'old' gym - and some tire flips as well as some tug-of-war type drills with some tires. We're going to follow the BFS conditioning program.

The weightroom attendance has been a little down and that has been MY fault. With the OC opening the room after school - a few kids decided it was easier to sleep in - except over the year they haven't shown up as much. SO... lesson learned. Next year it will be manditory in the morning - no options. However, we have had a bunch working out at a local fitness club. But.. live and learn.

QB is basically set - same guy as last year. He'll have 2 more years before graduating, and impressed some local college guys at a combine here. We will be running the same stuff as last year mostly - we don't have a speedy tailback so we'll likely be mostly running Power, Iso, Dive, and a counter off the ISO (the old I formaton Crossbuck). We may be in more of a 1 back set with 4 WR and a TE. I will be injecting more motion packages into my OC's plan this fall. We need to take more advantage of that facet of the game, IMO.

We will be adding a little more sprint-out and shotgun stuff. We'll have a "Triple Threat" play where we line up in a 3x2 with 1RB in the backfield (remember 12 men!). We're basically gap blocking the play to the 3 WR side, leaving the EMLOS there unblocked. QB's reading him for the handoff, on almost a dive track for the RB. If we pull it he'll boot playside and the 3WRs will be running flood routes (GO, Out, Flat or Post, Wheel, Flat).

It should be a good play for us - our kid is mobile and the field is 65yds wide. Alot of the CFL teams are running it, it is VERY simple and I really think we can make it work!

Coaching staff is coming together. I have 4 former players coming back to coach and they'll mostly be with the JV guys during practice. This will allow us to have a better structured practice schedule - we'll be switching the periods of practice a little; stretching in INDY to maximize fundamental work times. I always believe that former plays coming back to help is a GOOD sign for the program and the right way to get the volunteer coaches.

The OC is back, and he and I get along okay - we'll be talking more about philosophy in the coming weeks as track season here ends. He wants to be a HC some day, and I think next year we may 'flip' the O&D sides of the ball so he gets exposure there - and he'll be taking on a larger role with the JV team.

That DC is GONE and I'll be taking over those duties. We will be playing 'packaged' defenses (1st & 10; 2nd & Med; 2nd & Long; Goaline) to increase our 'speed' and the players will know what fronts we're likely to be in by D&D. We'll bring some pressure (at least 4-5 guys), and play Cov 3 (1st down, 2nd & Med), Cov 2 Man(2nd & Long), and Cov 0 (goaline, various downs).

I'm excited we will be a little younger, but we'll have 4 starters coming back on the OL, and a total of 9 returning on offense. On Defense we'll be much younger - but more athletic. We could be a team to watch for if things develop.

In the early fall we'll be really planning to 'run' the kids - and see who doesn't want to take part. I expect our numbers in Varsity will be higher - and we'll see who is really intrested in the COMMITMENT, not just wanting to be there part-time.

SCOTTIE,

Have a question for you. Do your high school teams use the same basic rules (I'm sure there are some differences) that the CFL does? I mean field dimensions, all the men in motion, the one point rule, only 3 downs, 12 players instead of our 11? I really enjoy watching the CFL games on television and got to wondering about your high school rules.

Coach Easton-TIGER ONE

HEY SCOTT,

Thanks for the reply! Sounds like you have your hands full with the baby and all. Thanks for the break down of the rules you play by on the high school level. Have never been able to pick up one of your college games, only the CFL games.

You say your line can move laterally if not in a 3 point? So, if you just stood everybody up and motioned them one way or the other, you could very effectively run some type of sweep that would bring to mind the old Green Bay power sweep of Lombardi days? Motion has always been my thing, I would think I died and went to heaven for sure if I could motion the whole backfield!!! Hehehe

Best of luck in the soon coming season? When do y'all start?

Coach Easton-TIGER ONE