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  1. There us one thing that has not been mentioned yet. That when you are they one way ahead you are also teaching you kids sportsmanship and class by not running up the score or the oppisite if you do run up the score. It is classless to call time out to try and score when you are leading at the end of the game. You play hard you block and tackle but you don't do the extra things to score. Flips
  2. We play teams almost every week that have kids that weigh 170 to 200lbs (9, 10, and 11 year olds) and the biggest kid on our team weighs 130lbs. We have the smallest, slowest and youngest kids of any team in our league. Most of our kids are intimitaded every time we play these bigger kids and a few have even quit. It is a challenge to play these teams. If you have speed you can run sweeps and beat them to the outside. Unfortunately we do not have speed, which means we have trouble moving the ball every week. Flips
  3. It sounds like your center is having a problem getting the ball up fast enough. You may have to find another center who can do itfaster if after working with him it doesn't get better. As far as the backs I would not change them one bit if they are that good at getting to the hole. I played qb all the way through college and we were always taught it is the qb's job to get the ball to the running back and if you don't you better follow him into the hole. You can make a game out of it in practice with the qb and center against the rb's. losers run a lap or something to that effect. Bottom line is if the qb is slow getting the ball there or the rb has to get to the hole slower the play is much less likely to succede. Flips
  4. The best thing you can do is teach every kid to block and tackle that way if you have to stick them into a position they have never played before on offense they can block somebody or on defense they can make a tackle. One year that is all the kids I had. It was very tough at times when someone would get hurt for a play or two or worse just not show up for the game, but because every kid could block and tackle they did okay when they filled in. This works when you as a coach are allowed on the field to help teach them right there in the game. If you can't be on the field it is going to be very tough. Flips
  5. Coach Steve's practice schedule looks just like mine, and I agree if you can't block you can't run a play. We run basically 3 run plays to each side with a couple of pass plays and 1 or 2 trick plays (fun for the kids). It is still hard to get the teaching done when you are working with mostly new kids who have never played before or played for a coach who did not teach them the techniques. The only thing you can do is as much as you can to prepare them for the game. Flips
  6. putting weak players on the corners is a terrible idea at this age. One of the biggest plays for this age group is the sweep,so you need a good corner. That is the other reason for weak tackles they are inside and can be made up for with good linebackers. A 5-3 or 6-2 is the best defense at this age, since most of the plays will be runs. That being said the best thing you can teach these youngsters is to tackle properly. Flips
  7. I have coached 2nd 3rd and now 4th graders and have always taught to use hands (never had trouble with holding). I feel if you are teaching them, you want to teach them what they are going to use when they get older. If not they are a step behind the other kids that have already learned that, or if the other kids haven't learned they will be a step ahead. You have got to remember that coaching kids this age that teaching the basics, blocking and tackleing properly will help your kids much more than anything else. No matter how many games they win or lose if they know the basics they will be prepared for the next level and beyond. Flips
  8. Sounds like a great idea, but the people who really need to be educated on youth football are the coaches. Having a kid there for a week would be great but when he gets back home and doesn't have a coach to reinforce the things he was taught it doesn't do much good. The coaches need to be educated on techniques and how to coach young kids. Yelling at them dosen't do any good if you haven't taught them how to do what your yelling at them for, and just telling them to hit the other guy hard doesn't help if you haven't taught them how!!! Flips
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    Firing Out

    Thanks coach Steve we do alot of these things already I was just wondering if I missed anything that could help. It sounds like you guys get much more practice time then we can. We can only practice twice a week for 2 hours, just not enough time to get everything done. Most coaches in our leauge don't even bother teaching anything they just line up against each other and go offense then defense. Flip
  10. flips

    Firing Out

    I have almost all new kids this year and some of them just aren't firing out in scrimmages and our 1st game( we practice it daily). They do fine in our one on one drills(not afraid to hit) but not anywhere else. How can I change this? Flips
  11. The thing you should concentrate on instead of winning and losing is that each kid and the team gets better every week. They improve from week to week as individual players and as a team. Because as one of the other coaches pointed out you don't know what kind of team you will get. Believe me parents won't care if you win as much as they care if you spend time teaching their little johnny. Nothing will upset parents more than seeing their son not getting time at practice. I hear all the time parents complaining that all their son does is sit on the sidelines as the coach just works with the starters. coach Flip
  12. the other thing to do is keep a record of how every kid does in all the drills you do such as times, use of proper techniques and the like. That way when they ask you can show them how there son stacks up against they other kids. Then you can explain to them what he needs to practice to get better. Then there are some parents that no matter what you say or show them think there son is the best. There is not much you can do with them except grin and bear it. Flip
  13. You said you did not want to play the favoritism game but you stated you would put him there if he wanted it. How do you know you will not have someone better than your son at that position. Besides if your son is not best suited for this position you are doing your son a diservice. Playing a position that he is not going to play later in football will not help him as much as playing a position he is better suited for. The hardest thing for us coaching our sons is being able to be objective about our sons talent. If you can try treating him like any other kid on the team. If you want to give him a perk make him captain. My son played OG and was probably the smallest one in the league. He routinely had to block someone 30 - 40 lbs heavier than he is,but he did a great job blocking because it was a position he was suited for. He wants to play quaterback but right now he doesn't have the skills for that position and he may never, and I could certainly teach it to him I played quarterback in college, but that would not benefit the team. Just my opinion. Flip
  14. Yes it is time and sometimes it takes to the next season before they come back and finally get the idea of hitting. One of my assistant coaches told me his son last year was scared to hit and couldn't believe that this was the same kid (he was a beast this year). Be patient and hopefully they will get it and start hitting. Flips
  15. That is a great reply I wish more coaches of youth football had your attitude. I teach the same things and every year have a problem with a parent who thinks all we should do is win on the scoreboard at all cost. I personally feel as long as the kids learn the basics and get better every week they had a winning season regardless what there record is. I played from when I was 7 all the way to division I and have never had anyone ask me how many games I won in youth football nor at this point could I remember or care. But what I do remember is the coaches I had and the things they taught me. Coach Flip
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