philosophy

1. I do not care what they or other think
2. we run the qb draw when the defense starts to drop 7 and 8 into coverage
3. qb sprintout and qb draw
4. not sure
5. on the wr hitch screen we pull the lineman out and block onthe edges. on a middle screen we pass pro then go down field.
6. 3ft between center and guard(might have adjust sometimes) 3 to 5 ft between g and tackle
7. alot we like to put bunch into the boundry
8. we like bunch on the goalline
9. 5yds


there is no real need for running attack from the empty gun. that is what the screen game is for. we run a min. of 20 screens per game. easy money and high percentage.

one game we threw 33 screens completed 30 of the for over 300yds.

qb are made not born. I have had qb that look like there are middleaged already and I have had robocop type qb. I had a qb which had a rocket arm and good leader but was a sissy when it came to getting hit. there is always someone at every h.s. which can throw the ball. my latest qb is 5-6 and 135. he is a straight A student and is a coach on the field.

Coach tog-

Your community sounds exactly like where I coach. Small rural farming community where all the kids do is hunt, fish, and farm/work. We do about 30 minutes of throw/catch after every wt. lifting session (M-W-F) and then on Sundays nights. We have not had great attendance on Sundays but it is getting better. Overall our younger players are more enthused about spending time getting better, our older kids don't seem to care (in general). Which does not help us now but should help us in the future.

well the first thing you have to do is get receiver reaction balls. they are a plastic football on a nylon cord. I believe they are 16 bucks. a rec or db can get lots of reps catching the ball with no one throwing the ball to them. we have gotton the kids to take them home. in our weight room we have 25 of them attached to the wall. in 15 min you can get 150 to 200 catches. every skill player who comes into the weight room during the summer is required to spend 15 min on the balls. you figure 150 catches times 2 to 3 days that is more then most rec touch in a season.

next we have a tennis ball shooting machines setup(got this from texas tech). load 30balls into the hopper and give them a bucket to drop them in on the other end. set the maching to shoot them straight and slow the speed down. they catch a smaller object.

next we have a jugs machine with a football attachment. we set this up during the season in the gym before school. kids come in if they want and we shoot balls to them. they can do this in there street close. we are just trying to develop good hands with this. we have 2 of these.

next we take the top 8 rec and 2 qb and all they do is play on offense. they work everyday on offense.
we practice defense on saturday and tuesday
we practice offense on monday and wednesday.

our goal during the season is to have each of our top 8 wr catch 150 to 200 balls aday in practice and in the off season with the rec reaction balls 200 to 500 catches aday. we make available the rec reaction balls for checkout once summer starts. we even off to pay for half of the cost if they want to purchase one. our best rec 3 years ago caught 300 to 500 ball aday jan to the start of presason practice. the kids we really like to get them in the hands of our 8th and 9th graders. get them catching the ball.


another thing which we feel is a advantage is we only have 8 pass plays 2 screens and a qb draw. the oline has 3 things to do 1. dropback pass pro, 2. sprintout pass pro, screen block. our dropback pass pro is our quick pass pro we are just more firm on the oline.

1. I really do not keep track of 3 and outs. I keep track of 2 things turnovers and chuck plays.(chuck plays are large chunks of yards at one time)
if you win these 2 areas you will win 90% of the games. not my stats but brian billicks. time of possession is a myth.

2. you cannot milk the clock. you win by scoring more points then your opponents

3. what the heck is the super spread? sounds like something which migh interest me.

4. wilson

5. no. we use players get more reps

6. typcially we see a 3-1-7 defense which gives the defense lots of ability to changeup coverages. they can play 2 man ,2zone, 1/4s straight man and blitz.
from a front stand point they might just lineup 4 dline as well. they like to play 2 -1techs with the hopes of shooting the gaps.

protection is the key and one must control the underneath game. we run a shallow cross on a number of plays jus to hold the lbers.

we call that gator as we got if from florida.

airman, where do you get the plastic string balls? I've been looking for them for a year! I've seen the one's I think from Rogers that are more nerf like and green but I'd like to get the plastic ones.

Airman, any luck finding that place?

airman,

What is the name of the ball? Is there anything written on the ball, company name, model, etc.?

Thanks,

kd

Matt, thank you, thats exactly what I was looking for. I tried to Google this thing all morning to no avail.

kd