Post by Oneback on Jan 9, 2015 17:41:53 GMT
An important consideration is to recognize that a coach cannot do everything! For example, it is important to understand that a team cannot become proficient as a dropback passing team and also be an excellent option-type team. A coach must establish his primary approach to offensive football and then augment other phases of his offensive thinking to implement this basic approach. The reason is fairly obvious — practice time! To build a competent offense, practice time and repetition are necessary. Practice, practice, and more practice should be the standard rule. It is difficult, perhaps even impossible to devote sufficient practice time to becoming skilled at all of the offensive philosophies available.
Our philosophy is to have a sophisticated dropback passing game, augmented by a simple and hard-nosed running game. We devote 50% of our practice time to the passing game, and 50% of our practice time to the running game. Most people think this refers to a team that runs half the time and passes half the time. This is nonsense. An attack like that wouldn't be balanced so much as it would be predictable. We are committed to a balanced attack. To us, a balanced attack is one that CAN DO ANYTHING IT NEEDS to do (when it needs to do it).
Remember, football is a game of execution. The teams that executes the best are the teams that usually win. Teams that execute well rarely beat themselves, so they are defeated only when another team is superior in manpower and physical skills. In order to execute properly, a team must practice and become proficient at their individual skills. Individuals then must blend those skills into a team effort with everyone working as hard as possible for the team, and not for personal recognition.
A high level of performance is expected from the Quarterback position, and he must be schooled in how to play his position. There must be a systematic approach taken in teaching the Quarterback. Every day in practice, whether it is a scrimmage, a team situation, or a pass skeleton situation (where everyone but the offensive and defensive lines is involved), the coach calls a play for the Quarterback to run. The Quarterback will then make his call in the huddle, go to the line of scrimmage, and, as he is taking his position behind the Center, make his Pre-Snap look for an "estimate" of the defensive alignment. In that brief period of time, the Quarterback decides whether or not a change must be made (in the protection, or pass called), and will make that change according to our game plan. Once the ball has been snapped and the Quarterback is in the process of retreating in the pocket, he makes his Post-Snap Key of a linebacker or a safety. Based upon what this key does, the Quarterback decides WHERE he is going with the ball (which half if attacking horizontally, or third if attacking vertically), and to WHOM (a progression of 2-3 receivers in those areas).
NOTE: Quite often - we go thru entire games without QB needing to make ANY changes at the LOS, & also being able to eliminate "Post-Snap Keys" if the "STAGE IS SET" through the "Pre-Snap Look".
After each pass, when the Quarterback returns to the huddle for the next play, the coach will ask him WHY he made the decision to either run the play that had been called or audible a change; also, why he threw to a particular receiver. The Quarterback must answer, not merely by saying the receiver was open. He should be able to explain to the coach why, given a particular kind of defensive coverage, a receiver was clear to receive the pass. If the Quarterback does not know this. The coach will take the Quarterback to the line of scrimmage, have the defensive personnel get into the same defensive alignment, and instruct the Quarterback as to what he should look for in order to determine the type of coverage that the defense has called on that particular down. This procedure happens on every pass play on every snap from the Center that the Quarterback takes, whether it be in out-of-season or during the regular season. In this way, after a Quarterback spends sufficient time in our program, he becomes very competent in reading coverages and throwing the football to the right receiver. If the Quarterback cannot do this, he will have difficulty playing Quarterback for us, regardless of his size, speed, strength, or other characteristics.
Our passing game is based on the ability of our Quarterback to understand the responsibility of his position and to work within the team system that has been developed for him. This understanding requires a great deal of time, a great deal of work, and a great deal of patience. There is no way a Quarterback can accomplish all that is expected of him within a pass offense and also spend the time needed to run an option offense. It cannot be stressed enough that execution is of utmost importance, and that the players must become competent and knowledgeable in the type of offense the coach is trying to teach.
billmountjoy@yahoo.com
Our philosophy is to have a sophisticated dropback passing game, augmented by a simple and hard-nosed running game. We devote 50% of our practice time to the passing game, and 50% of our practice time to the running game. Most people think this refers to a team that runs half the time and passes half the time. This is nonsense. An attack like that wouldn't be balanced so much as it would be predictable. We are committed to a balanced attack. To us, a balanced attack is one that CAN DO ANYTHING IT NEEDS to do (when it needs to do it).
Remember, football is a game of execution. The teams that executes the best are the teams that usually win. Teams that execute well rarely beat themselves, so they are defeated only when another team is superior in manpower and physical skills. In order to execute properly, a team must practice and become proficient at their individual skills. Individuals then must blend those skills into a team effort with everyone working as hard as possible for the team, and not for personal recognition.
A high level of performance is expected from the Quarterback position, and he must be schooled in how to play his position. There must be a systematic approach taken in teaching the Quarterback. Every day in practice, whether it is a scrimmage, a team situation, or a pass skeleton situation (where everyone but the offensive and defensive lines is involved), the coach calls a play for the Quarterback to run. The Quarterback will then make his call in the huddle, go to the line of scrimmage, and, as he is taking his position behind the Center, make his Pre-Snap look for an "estimate" of the defensive alignment. In that brief period of time, the Quarterback decides whether or not a change must be made (in the protection, or pass called), and will make that change according to our game plan. Once the ball has been snapped and the Quarterback is in the process of retreating in the pocket, he makes his Post-Snap Key of a linebacker or a safety. Based upon what this key does, the Quarterback decides WHERE he is going with the ball (which half if attacking horizontally, or third if attacking vertically), and to WHOM (a progression of 2-3 receivers in those areas).
NOTE: Quite often - we go thru entire games without QB needing to make ANY changes at the LOS, & also being able to eliminate "Post-Snap Keys" if the "STAGE IS SET" through the "Pre-Snap Look".
After each pass, when the Quarterback returns to the huddle for the next play, the coach will ask him WHY he made the decision to either run the play that had been called or audible a change; also, why he threw to a particular receiver. The Quarterback must answer, not merely by saying the receiver was open. He should be able to explain to the coach why, given a particular kind of defensive coverage, a receiver was clear to receive the pass. If the Quarterback does not know this. The coach will take the Quarterback to the line of scrimmage, have the defensive personnel get into the same defensive alignment, and instruct the Quarterback as to what he should look for in order to determine the type of coverage that the defense has called on that particular down. This procedure happens on every pass play on every snap from the Center that the Quarterback takes, whether it be in out-of-season or during the regular season. In this way, after a Quarterback spends sufficient time in our program, he becomes very competent in reading coverages and throwing the football to the right receiver. If the Quarterback cannot do this, he will have difficulty playing Quarterback for us, regardless of his size, speed, strength, or other characteristics.
Our passing game is based on the ability of our Quarterback to understand the responsibility of his position and to work within the team system that has been developed for him. This understanding requires a great deal of time, a great deal of work, and a great deal of patience. There is no way a Quarterback can accomplish all that is expected of him within a pass offense and also spend the time needed to run an option offense. It cannot be stressed enough that execution is of utmost importance, and that the players must become competent and knowledgeable in the type of offense the coach is trying to teach.
billmountjoy@yahoo.com