Post by rnelson0 on Oct 24, 2008 7:58:43 GMT
Hi all,
I have been reading this board off and on for about a year now. I got into football late in life (28) and am playing some 8-on-8 flag football but eventually would love to transition into coaching. So, I read this board both as a leader on my team and with an eye toward eventual coaching. My problem is that late start - while I am fairly athletic and IMO can pick up a lot of the nuances of the game in my own head, I have a hard time with the terminology. Things like Sam and Mike are easy to pick up, but the various techniques, gaps, names of moves, etc. take me a long time to pick up, especially when I am trying to read a post on a message board as opposed to someone in person saying "And this is a ____" and showing me.
Where can I get a good primer on the various terminology used at the coaching level? My local bookstores have a poor selection of coaching materials and trying to google for terms can be difficult. If someone wants to explain it all, great, but I would settle for a few pointers to web sites with terms on them.
Thanks!
I have been reading this board off and on for about a year now. I got into football late in life (28) and am playing some 8-on-8 flag football but eventually would love to transition into coaching. So, I read this board both as a leader on my team and with an eye toward eventual coaching. My problem is that late start - while I am fairly athletic and IMO can pick up a lot of the nuances of the game in my own head, I have a hard time with the terminology. Things like Sam and Mike are easy to pick up, but the various techniques, gaps, names of moves, etc. take me a long time to pick up, especially when I am trying to read a post on a message board as opposed to someone in person saying "And this is a ____" and showing me.
Where can I get a good primer on the various terminology used at the coaching level? My local bookstores have a poor selection of coaching materials and trying to google for terms can be difficult. If someone wants to explain it all, great, but I would settle for a few pointers to web sites with terms on them.
Thanks!
The more coaches specific terminology is stuff you can make up on your own. Such as Formation Names, I can't tell you how many different names I have heard for a Split-back formation or a FB-Pro RIght formation. The terminology that is universal to football is easy to pick up. For example if you have no idea what Trips Right Empty X-Zoom 45325 Sprint Rollout means. (It is a play BTW) Yet you have the diagram in front of you. Make up your own system for calling in that play. I have taken bits and pieces of terminology that I've learned over the years. All the playbooks I've drawn up over the years are like stages of evolution.