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patandsu

Member Since 16 Apr 2010
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In Topic: How Many Plays Do You Have For 9-11 Y/o?

13 March 2012 - 05:44 AM

Let us know the age and how many kids on the field at once and you will get some great answers. Overall, keep it simple, only 1 or 2 formations, 3-5 plays per formation for younger players under 8.  Also practice each play many times as you can't "see" the play until you run it, which allows you teaching moments. If you are lucky enough to have 2 full teams, practice each play against your defense, letting both sides of the ball learn.

In Topic: Flag Pulling

30 January 2012 - 08:38 AM

The main thing I stress is using 2 hands and wrapping up, almost like tackling, plus we get the kids focused on the belt, not just the flags, as our belt comes off, so we rake down the waist grabbing the belt.

In Topic: Do You Give Tips To Other Coaches?

10 November 2011 - 06:25 AM

I know most of the coaches in our league, and thus a majority of the players each season.  I talk more to the players 10-12 year olds, than the coaches, and tell them what to watch for against certain teams.  We have a good number of coaches I just don't like and I smile whenever a kid on their team sees me and runs over for a handshake, or goofs around with me at the coin toss.  LIke you John, I spread the ball so much, other coaches tell me they can't really plan for us, even though some of them beat us soundly.

I say it's fine, and expected in our league also.

In Topic: Scaling It Down....

08 November 2011 - 10:55 AM

We had a moment like this last season where we were up by 28 at half against a winless team, so I asked the other coach if he had a kid that "needed" to score.  We agreed to have my defense all go right on a reverse and give that kid a TD.  The play worked great except the kid, who was all alone, stepped out of bounds on his own , LOL.  The other coach just smiled and agreed it was enough to have that run.

John, I agree with how you handled it, but we usually run our weakest kids up the middle 3 times instead of the knee.  It's a tough spot to be in.

In Topic: Playing A 4/1 D

08 November 2011 - 07:09 AM

If running, run right at them.  With no second level help, run all plays straight ahead, where one missed flag means open sprint to the endzone.  Don't run sideways, hit the gaps full speed.    Not knowing the ages here, but any pass play past 5 yards should work well to the sidelines, as one safety can't cover both sides.  Also with no blitz, you can run deep crossing routes forcing the safety to pick which one to cover.


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