Post by Coach Mulhall on Sept 19, 2002 13:59:17 GMT
Coaches,
here in the UK, we get very little time with our players (typically one to three 3 hour sessions a week). One of the major problems I encounter is LBs who simply have difficulty diagnosing running plays due to a lack of experience and repetition. I run a split 40, and have simplified the D so that most players have a single gap reponsibility.
My question is this: If a LB is slow to read and fill, or spectates at the snap, how do you train him to be better? I have one guy that is such a spectator, despite good skills and technique, that I have to Dog him on running downs to ensure he is attacking the his gap and the LOS. Obviously this creates playcalling problems for me, and becomes a bit of a lottery!
Are there any drills or system tweaks you guys use to combat this?
thanks in advance,
Coach Mulhall
www.eteamz.com/wolverineden/
here in the UK, we get very little time with our players (typically one to three 3 hour sessions a week). One of the major problems I encounter is LBs who simply have difficulty diagnosing running plays due to a lack of experience and repetition. I run a split 40, and have simplified the D so that most players have a single gap reponsibility.
My question is this: If a LB is slow to read and fill, or spectates at the snap, how do you train him to be better? I have one guy that is such a spectator, despite good skills and technique, that I have to Dog him on running downs to ensure he is attacking the his gap and the LOS. Obviously this creates playcalling problems for me, and becomes a bit of a lottery!
Are there any drills or system tweaks you guys use to combat this?
thanks in advance,
Coach Mulhall
www.eteamz.com/wolverineden/