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  1. Had our last game before the "Championship Games" this past weekend and it went well. We only had one of our QBs again this week (at least it was a different one than the last 2 times we were down to a single QB). I only had 10 of the 14 kids due to a huge regional soccer tournament that took out 3 kids and one who was held out of sports for the weekend (punished by his parents for bad behavior). Fortunately we were playing a team that had not won a game this season. After the game, I was surprised by the fact that they hadn't won. I guess the rest of the league is that good, but they ran a number of really nice looking plays (a reverse, a fake sweep pass back across field behind the line, and some good looking sweeps). I guess it comes down to key mistakes and a slow defense. They were also pretty small as a group and we manhandled them on the line pretty well (even my smaller blockers were having good success). We only gave up one TD on defense. We also had another pick-6 that we threw. We were already well in control, so I let my QB run a play that we had never run in a game (and had not really set up in this game). I think my son actually made the play to stop the interception from getting into the endzone, but I wasn't about to argue the call because we were still up by a score and we hadn't let them move the ball other than their first drive (their reverse worked for about 30 yards). On offense, we executed really well. All 10 kids carried the ball and I even got a long touchdown run from my biggest (slowest) player. He just kept rumbling! We also had a great run by another player on a simple dive up the middle meant to get a first down. About 4 kids were pawing at his flags and grabbing his pants, but he kept churning his legs and did not stop. He went about 30 yards for the TD. 5 TDs from 4 different players and 4 PATs from 3 others - I think having 7 players cross the goal line with the ball has to be some kind of record (especially in this league where it seems like there are a lot of 4 person offenses). We ended up winning easily and we played guys all over the place. This is the second game we won with a shortened roster. One of the better teams in the league lost to a team we beat by 5 TDs because their one stud was not at their game (he was also at the big soccer tourney). We have been able to win no matter if our best players are there or not. In fact, our biggest win of the year happened when 2 of my best players were out of town. We play in the 3rd-4th place game this weekend on the High School field. Refer back to my first update and the TD that we had called back by the coaches of the opposing team. That cost us that game - and they are playing in the championship game. My kids were really peeved about that last night in practice. They KNOW they should have won that game and been playing to knock off the league's 4-time defending champs (and I think we can beat them). I used it as a teaching moment. Giving your all and playing your best are important. You cannot take your opponent lightly - no matter what their record is. I think the boys are prepared for their "big game" this weekend and I am really proud of how they came together and played some football this year. One more recap next week, and then I hope to retire. I get a lot of satisfaction from the teaching and the teams, but I am ready to be a spectator and fan again.
  2. Coached this format last year. 3 yard neutral zone, 4 man rush. We had success with some basic sweeps, end arounds and bootlegs. I had a couple guys who could throw reasonably well enough, so we even completed a few passes (only one INT). The first file attached has our basic QB sweep that we ran for my less skilled players. Handling a handoff was tough - especially while runnning - so we just snapped them the ball and went where the strength of the blocking was. We did practice blocking technique and assignments. All our snaps were sideways and shotgun. That was allowed in our league. I had everyone practice it and went with my 2 best and another emergency snapper to keep us moving along. from the basic sweep, we would also run an end around to the WR. That was blocking and misdirection. It also gave me a chance to single out the yellow player for the most important block of the play - seal the corner and go get the next defender. The other file has our 2 basic pass plays. A reward pass to the centers for all their hard work. It was only about a 5 yard pass, but it went for pretty big yardage with regularity. We also used it for an extra point play. The TE pass is a longer throw, but if the end around fake is done right, he'll get behind the safeties and its a big lob for the QB. It takes a lot of practice for him to know how far the QB can throw it, but it is worth it when it works. I can't find the other play sheets I used, but if you carry our the end around to the wing in the second play (it would be Left Formation End Around), you'd have our bread and butter play. Then you can fake that and run a bootleg with your QB - there is your misdirection. We would run the end around and the bootleg as our first 2 plays every game. It resulted in TDs more often than not. We would also flip the formation (WR comes in to be the wing, the wing from the other side splits out wide) and run the same plays. Kids at this age have trouble watching formations - the only time we struggled with it was with coaches who caught on and called out to the team what we were about to do - then you run the center pass because they all come at the QB with what they think is the bootleg and he flips a simple pass to the center running down the line just behind the D-line. Practice handoffs a lot early on (the handoff relay drill is on the forums somewhere) and figure out who can snap, catch and remember the plays as the QB. Finally, my kids favorite play (we calle dit Razzle-Dazzle) was a reverse from the normal Wing Left End Around where the wing back would take the end around and hand off again to the WR coming back the other way. As long as you can stop penetration by the D-line and make 2 clean handoffs it looks GREAT. We would also run it on 2 in order to keep the D on their heels. This was usually our first play of the second half. We had some great runs on it and one SPECTACULAR failure when the WR and wing ran into each other on their handoff (fortunately it was the last play of the game and we ran it because we had to go 40 yards for a tying TD against a team we hadn't gained any yards against since the first quarter). Hope this helps Heavy Right QB Sweep and Reverse.doc Left Formation Center and TE pass.doc
  3. I will try to write less this week:) A good game for us this weekend against an overmatched opponent. They had a couple kids that could play, but a lot of marginal athletes and disinterested players. Too bad, because the coaches were really good with the kids. We had to ref the game ourselves (a recurring problem in the league), so that was a challenge. Our ball touches were really low thos week too - we had 3 different drives go one play for a touchdown. We did get some action for 2 players I have been unable to get the ball to earlier in the season, but we just did not have the ball long enough on offense to accomplish what we wanted to. I tried to really mix it up with different guys in new positions, but we kept breaking off long runs. I knoew it was going to be ugly when we intercepted a pitch in the backfield on their second play. There was no rule about the situation (fumbles in the backfield are a dead ball, but interceptions are live until the DBs flags are pulled). We went with a combo of the 2 and gave us the ball at the spot of the "fumble." That was a two play drive. Our other TD came off a nice pass play that capped a whopping 3 play drive. In the end, I had my linemen in as running backs (my son was tackled for a safety - not the fleetest of foot) and we flipped my defense back to front. I had safeties lining up as def. ends, LBs as tackles and my bigger guys lined up as LBs. The kids had fun, and I think a couple players have a newfound respect for how tough some other teammates have it. One player (my fastest QB) begged to play some DT and end. I let him and he got run over a couple times by their linemen. I explained to him how hard the guys that normally line up in that position work so that he can make easy tackles and run the plays when he is in at QB. One more game to go against what seems to be the weakest team in the league - again, not a lot of speed or pure athletes. We then move onto the playoffs where 3 teams should be tied for second place (including us). I think the league uses a total points tie-breaker, but I will not run up the score in our next game. As many of us have comented on these boards, there is no hall of fame for flag football coaches and learning the game takes precedent over what place we come in.
  4. A great victory for the Vikings this weekend. To set the scene, we knew we would be missing one of our best players (starting QB, great flag pulling LB) and my one defensive end (going out of town is a lame excuse for missing a game!). However, once we got to the field I found out that the 2 other players went out of town at the last minute. They happen to be another QB (the best pure athlete on the team) and one of our fastest players. We were also playing the one of the last two undefeted teams in the league. My guys were feeling pretty low about our chances. My assistant coach and I quickly revamped our gameplan - our only remaining QB is not our best passer and we would only be subbing in two players at a time. I shuffled my script for the first 10 plays to play to our strengths. We wnet BIG up the middle and small and quick to the outside. I gave one of my biggest boys the start as one RB and decided to put my 2 smallest players in the backfield together. Our script worked to a T and we scored on our first drive - chewing up most of the first quarter (our league does not use a game clock, we run 15 plays per quarter). We ran up the middle for modest gains, but really sucked their LBs towards the middle. a couple sweeps, a QB keeper for a 1 yard gain on 4th and 1, another Dive and a bootleg put us in the endzone. Our extra point try failed when my son dropped the PAT pass (he was devistated because it hit him right in the hands - but his teammates picked him up). They scored after a modest drive that consisted of a couple nice runs by their QB for a first down then the killer broken play that resulted in their best player running around in circles until he got a crease and was gone for a long TD run. The same thing happened to us later in the game. We played really well besides those 2 long runs. The other team did have one really nice drive that was 5-6 plays long with a variety of runs (I thought they would be throwing it around a lot, but they only threw a couple times and didn't complete anything). We did get some redemption after our 2nd TD (another multiple play drive, including the same pass play that we ran back-to-back from 2 different formations - my guys were feeling it!) when we ran the same PAT play and my son made a great catch in traffic to put us ahead by 1. It figures, miss the easy catch, make the tough one when we really needed it. They scored again on the broken play, run around the entire D for 30 yards kind of touchdown. The QB and RB literally ran into each other in the backfield, but the kid is such a good athlete that he was still able to make everyone miss. We got the ball back with only 4 plays to score (the whole 15 plays per quarter thing). We went sweep right, bootleg left to get the ball down to the 9 yard line (great execution by the entire team on both plays). I figured we would run 1 up the middle to get a few yards and have the entire playbook at our disposal. I had my 2 tiny RBs in so the run up the middle was a bit of a suprise (we had run 1 inside play the entire 2nd half - a sweet counter on our 2nd TD drive). My littlest guy took the hand-off and followed a wall - literally. My 3 middle OLs (center and guards) pushed the D 5 yards off the ball. My RB made a GREAT cut to the outside where the safety had bit on our sweep fake and ran to the endzone with no defender within 5 yards of him. They had one play left and went with some nutty long pass that was perfectly defended - I was shocked the QB didn't do the run around play again. My guys were gassed and thrilled. We had 7 of 10 guys run or catch and 4 different players scored. My next play was to get the 8th player the ball on a pass for the game winning TD (too bad my little RB had a different idea). We're already at work for 2 of the guys who did not get the ball this week to be featured next week. As much fun as we all had during the game, I think the best moment was at halftime. My guys were feeling much better about our chances and were watching another coach do some yelling. As we walked to the endzone for a quick chat, one of my players (the one who got punched the previous week) said to me "Did you see that coach yelling at their players? I'm glad you're our coach." That was better than the final score. We plan on some FUN at practice tonite (plus maybe a treat for all their hard work. Sorry for the length, I am still pumped up with pride at how the boys handled themselves.
  5. The 6 teams in our league all practice at the same field - so I definately sneak peeks at what they are doing. We knew that the team we were playing last week ran A LOT of QB bootlegs and only a few kids touched the ball. We just did not do a good job of executing on defense to stop it. Let's face it, we all want our teams to be successful and part of that is that the kids run plays that work and we score touchdowns. That is when you see the kids really engaged, having fun and developing the lifetime love affaid with the sport that I assume a lot of us have. I think peaking at what others are doing is a way to help us acheive what we want to. Knowing what I do about the other coaches who have already commented on this thread from reading about their efforts, I don't think the 'scouting' is an exercise in breaking down the opponents and developing a sure-fire gameplan to wipe out the opposing team. Rather, it is yet another way we can help plan and develop our teams to have some fun and be successful. BTW, we also know that our opponent this week like to throw the ball a lot - it was all they worked on at one practice a week ago when we were the only 2 teams out on the field! OK maybe I was watching a little too closely during our drills.
  6. Another tough loss for the Vikings this week. The boys played better, but we are still making too many mistakes on offense (running the wrong way is the biggest culprit). Our Defense also broke down for a couple long runs for scores. Too many missed flags and bad technique. We seem to do a lot of reaching for the flags in games versus getting our bodies in front of the runner to slow him down while we go for the flags. We started running a few more inside handoffs to keep the defense honest, but our blockers need to work on getting to the next level of the defense to make these plays more than short yardage plays. In practice, my center and ends did a really good job of chipping the D-line and going out to get a Linebacker. However, at game speed, we were not as consistent. We have a lot of speed to the outside, so keeping the D pulled in towards the middle really works to our favor. We were 0-3 on our pass attempts, but guys got open and the QBs maintained their composure. I was also without my most accurate passer. We'll get some yards passing this week - my guys get the play script better and are startting to see why we run certain plays. We played the team that has won the league championship the past 3 or 4 years and suffers from the disease of "win at all cost" that I think we have all run into. Only 4 players on their team ran the ball while we threw to or ran 10 of our 14 players. One of my guys I held out of offense because he is nursing an injured foot and I did not want him cutting on it, 1 guy can't remember the play from the huddle to his position and 2 were a failing of mine. We did not get them the ball because I messed up my rotations and could not get their package of plays run. We also had some issues with an overly aggressive player on the other team who tackled on of my carriers (might have been a horse collar tackle in the NFL), but his coaches argued that he was going for the flags - even if he grabbed the jersy of my runner DIRECTLY ABOVE his numbers. One of my players also said that the boy was punching him while blocking. I did not see it, but my biggest/toughest kid came to me crying after the last play of the game that the kid was just throwing fists around. He also showed me a bruise on his chest at practice last night that he said was from the game. I let the league commish know about what went on, but I really do not expect a lot of follow up. At least I had a couple parents tell me that they were glad their sons were on my team and not the defending champs. A lot of talk about how tough the coaches were and the too serious manner that they coached. I will keep doing things my way with as many ball touches as I can get for each of my guys and focus on the FUN! We play a team that likes to throw it around this weekend, so we will be working on pass defense a lot in practice. My hope is that we can replicate our first good drive of the season - an 8 or 9 play grind down for the TD. Keep their offense off the field! We are 0-2 so far, but my kids are still having fun and learning the game (I even had one of my QB's in practice ask about his footwork on a particular play!).
  7. Another thought, we had a team line up a RB just a couple yards behind the guard where a lot of our rush was coming from. They were able to slow my best rushers a little with that technique. I am attaching the only plays I could find. The first file was our base setup (wing on the right or left). You could modify with another receiver. The Center Pass was stolen from the Center Drag in other playbooks here. The fake end around usually got the D moving the wrong direction (we ran and I can't find the end around as our first play every game). The Center chips the DT and moves quickly down the line. We scored the first time we ran it (the D had 2 safeties back chasing the fake). The QB and C are only a couple yards apart so it is an easy pass. We also used this for short yardage and extra points. The TE pass requires a faster kid as receiver and goes deeper. It is riskier if the doesn't completely buy the fake as the LBs might be able to get back in coverage. MAKE SURE that the kid running the fake is going as fast as they can to really sel it. Another file to follow - getta get some work done first! Left Formation Center and TE pass.doc
  8. We play 8v8, but only the DT's may rush. I think the league wants to at least give teams the opportunity to run some plays before being overrun by the D. My issue with the all out rush scenario is that a good DE will kill most offense. My son is a terror out there and single handedly disrupted most plays in a league we played in last year (and that was with a 3-yard neutral zone, I would pity the kid trying to block him one on one on the outside). I think there are 2 things to attack on the problem. First, in practice you need to work on a couple of mechanical things like taking handoofs at full speed, getting your QB away from center quickly (good DTs can shoot the C-G gap) and running a few pays very well. For handoffs, we run a drill with the team split into to lines facing each other about 7 yards apart. First players in each line run at each other and execute a handoff at full speed. Second person in the line the runs out and takes a handoff and alternate from line to line. Focus on good form in taking the handoff (correct arm position) and dropped handoffs result in some sort of penalty (we use it to count up the number of sprints at the end of a practice). Gets the kids in the habit of running at full speed to collect a handoff. Secondly, keep in mind that 3 things can happen when you pass the ball and 2 of them are BAD! Establish the running game - getting guys to the outside QUICKLY with 2 LBs and effectively 2 cornerbacks, there is not a lot of help deep and you only have to block half the field + and extra DT. I would use a basic QB rollout as the base for my O. He can get away from the mess in the middle and get outside quickly. We used a WR end-around a lot in a previous league with pretty good success. A pitch to the RB should also help get away from the heat. The bootleg action might also give your QB more time to throw and a chance to get behind the CB covering your receiver. I will try to post my old playbook (it was 7v7, but similar blocking/rush rules) if I can find it. My 8v8 is probably too tough to translate because we play without WR (that position plus a TE is what gets added next year when they move up to the tackle division). I will try and post some stuff a little later today. Good luck - and there are a lot of guys on here that can help. Post some specific topc threads on issues you guys are having.
  9. For those of you in a league that permits blocking, were you presented guidelines or standards for the technique you teach the kids? I have always used a hands on numbers drive with the legs method of blocking, but had that called holding because the hands were open in our game this past weekend (see my season thread for the ugly details). I am waiting to hear from the league commish on what is permissible, but I have safety issues with how the other team was blocking. As a former offensive lineman (albeit never in flag), I like to think that I know a little bit about blocking. They used closed fists in at their chest and then pushed their arms out. The end result was a whole lot of basically punching my kids. After every play they ran, I had at least one kid on my defense rubbing their throat from this blocking. I also had a kid get a bloody nose, but I am not sure if it was from getting blocked in the face or bumping heads, but I would guess that the chances of a bloody nose are higher if you get popped in the face a couple times. I just thought I would try to tap into the expertise and experience here on the boards for some help.
  10. Tough game that we lost on a late touchdown after our pass defense broke down. My fears were realized as the boys were sloppy and overconfident - just like the week of practice. Offensively, we had trouble running our standard plays as the focus was not there. We had one good touchdown run on a QB Bootleg, but the RB who is supposed to carry out the fake ran the wrong way. Fortunately, our blocking was good and our QB made an outstanding run. At least the RB came up to me at the end of the play and said "I completely ran the wrong way on that play!" Defensively we were pretty good. We only gave up the late touchdown and had a safety. Unfortunately we also had an interception returned for a touchdown against us. Overall, it was the worst I saw us execute on offense and the other team connected on a 20 yard pass. My bigger issue was with the game day experience. This is my first year in this league and the organization that seemed well planned was really just a show. The refs were high school football players (good to see them out with the younger kids) that did not know any of the rules. My linemen were called for holding 4 or 5 times because the other coaches told the refs we were holding by blocking with open hands. I taught the boys to block with "hands on the numbers" and drive the legs. This is also how it is explained on the website the league uses and on usafootball.com. I am still not sure what the rules are and am waiting for a reply from the league commish. Worse than that (because at least I could tell my kids to keep their hands in while blocking), we had a long touchdown run called back after the other team complained to the refs that my runner was flag guarding. He ran all over the field and I did not see him do it (I have a couple of serial guarders on the team that we do remind all the time that they cannot slap the defenders hands away - this runner is not one of them). The refs didn't see anything either, but went along with the other coaches (maybe even parents - I don't know who) and took the score off the board. I had a parent ask me last night at practice why it was called back and it reopened that wound for me again. I am composing an email to the commish on the topic, but using measured tones is tough. I was pretty calm on the field (no sense it getting all worked up in front of the kids), my wife commended me for that since she knows I was burning up inside from it. We really drilled hard last night in practice on running the stable of plays that we most often run in the games - 38 sweep, 29 sweep, 18/19 bootleg, passes into the flat that look like the bootleg and our end around pass. We are adding a 35/24 dive on Wednesday to account for teams crashing their DT's into the C-G gap. We ran it once in practice and should be a nice change of pace to keep the defense honest. We watched the team last week keep sliding their LB's and Safeties wider and wider to account for our speed to the outside. I have one counter up the middle in the playbook that needs some work, so Wednesday practice gets an inside running emphasis!
  11. First game is this weekend, I will try to update on Monday. We play a team we scrimmaged and had some issues with. They didn't like being blocked or us running efficient plays that scored the each time we had the ball (except for the one time I tried something wacky on the goal line that ended in an interception). There was also an issue with an upset father after one of my guys really creamed his son on a play (legally, it happened right in front of me and our guy actually let up some on the block). We added 2 new pass plays this week and a counter up the middle for short yardage (I also have 4 pretty brutal blockers that can be a little demoralizing to the other team to face). My QB's (we have 4) really want to chuck it around, but I prefer our well-oiled running game. My concern is that we had an easy time with this team in a scrimmage last weekend, so my guys are really confident anwe had a mediocre week of practice. Some of that was my fault (I like to have fun out there), some of it was the subject matter we worked on (pass defense, 3 new plays and our player rotations). Wish us luck, and thanks again to all the coaches on here for all the advice!
  12. You need the playbook, I am convinced of that. If the kids run just a few plays well you can have some success, the key is execution. We have a 1 minute play clock that makes it tough to draw in the dirt, but we have made slight changes to the plays on the fly (for example, we switched a drag route to more of an arrow route for one play during a game because the defensive end was getting in the way on the drag. A little depth on the route put the receiver running away from the linebacker and kept it an easy toss and catch) Scrimmaging against a team without a playbook saw 3 delay of game penalties, kids out of position (2 offsides/illegal formations penalties) and general mayhem. At practice Wednesday, my kids were shocked to find out that we have 16 plays in our playbook. They thought it was 4 or 5. Just keep after the ones you know will work and give you some insight into the defense, but keep a marker handy for the tweaks you need.
  13. I have the same issue - except that our league this year has a 2 man rush (only the DT's can cross the line of scrimmage). I keep 4-5 blockers in, roll out the QB and he usually has time to throw. The key is that we won't try to hit the long pass until we have established our running game and hit a couple short passes. I also have 3 QB's that can sling it pretty well, so I can be tricky with subs. The one we completed in a scrimmage (40 yard catch and run) was thrown 2 plays after yet another QB bootleg went for a long gain. The safeties were to pre-occupied by the bootleg to watch the TWO receivers running past them (I ran a center down the center in addition to the wing and RB in the pattern) both the center and the wing were wide open about 15-20 yards down the field. I will try it again this weekend at our first game after we run our sweeps, bootlegs and a couple quick passes (a center drag and a tackle arrow) to keep the defense looking at the edges - then we go big! I agree with your point that you need to get the defense moving (unless you've got a QB with 30 yard range).
  14. Agree on the coach issue. We spent yesterday's practice working with 4 potential QB's. They all have limitations, but I think we can shuffle in complete sets of backs (QB and 2 RB's) to run a set bunch of plays. In our preview games, most teams used 2 QB's and I saw one team (did not play them) use 1 QB and ran him most plays. I bet the 5 kids on the line were REALLY bored by the end of the day. I always try to identify each players strength (speed , throwing, catching, blocking etc.) and play to them. For example, my slowest player is a natural blocker. Even in the open field he finds somebody and really gets into 'em (with no remorse either). However, he can also really throw the ball far and is left handed. My deal with him is a great first half of blocking earns him a series as a QB or RB with plays designed especially for him (a RB sweep and a pass going to the left where most coaches will not expect a pass). Don't tell him that we would still run those plays for him in the 2H regardless, but I put him in a position to be successful in multiple positions. I doubt his sweep will gain a yard (unless my pulling center does a number on the end - which he might because my son also digs the blocking!), but we will run it anyway. I think the player has real football talent as a lineman (the tackle league he will play in next year WILL NOT let someone his size advance the ball), but he deserves the chance to run with the ball this year. As an aside, I was always the kid who was too big to run the ball in the leagues I played in as a kid. Flag football will be the last chance some of these kids get to be a ball carrier. Plus, as was alluded to earlier, we have no idea how these kids' bodies will change over the next few years. Get them to love the game now and you will have a player/fan/contributor for life. That is more important than the championship.
  15. I liked the season threads I saw people do a year ago or so and thought I'd put one out here. I coach an 8-on-8 team of 3rd and 4th graders. We have practiced for 3 weeks and just had what our league calls a preview day. Team and individual pictures in the morning followed by 3 preview games (basically 30 play scrimmages) against other teams. I like the idea a lot and the theory behind the day makes sense - better football once the season starts. My team learned a lot, and so did me and my assistant coach. I had low expectations going in as my kids are not the best listeners and I am not the toughest coach in the world. HOWEVER, the kids were great. We ran our basic play sequence: sweep right, sweep left, then a fake of the same play with the QB running a bootleg. 3 plays, positive yards on all and a touchdown. We passed for the conversion easily. The defense was even better as one of my kids with the shortest attention spans made 3 of our 4 flagpulls and we took over on downs. We switched up the offense to try out some new players and the results were the same, sweep right out of a new formation, pass to the right and a bootleg for the touchdown. The extra point failed (coach's fault). Defense gave up a first down on a typical 20-yard run with 3 missed flag pulls, but that was it. We let them keep the ball for the last few plays after we goofed around with some of our odderplays that I am still not sure will work in this league. My D shut 'em down again. Second game was more of the same, except we really put guys in new positions on both sides of the ball. I have a couple of beasts for linemen who kept my QB clean long enough to throw a 20 yard pass that was another TD (even though all 3 receivers ran crappy routes). We gave those linemen the chance to run the offense skill positions for our last series. No TD, but they still did great. 3rd game was a good test - mentally. The team we played, their coaches and their PARENTS were a noisy/complaining bunch (my Asst. Coach talked to one of their parents that told his son to start thowing elbows at people's heads. He said we were grabbing his son's neck while blocking and his son was crying. He was wrong, but his son did get erased on our second play - the bootleg - by my pulling guard. However it was a clean block and my guy actually let up on the play to avoid a bad collision). We had a dad "ref" the game which was also good as he kept us honest with offsides/motion and getting plays off insdie of a minute (no delays for us, 2 for them). Again we scored quickly with our bread and butter, gave up a pick when I tried a new QB, but only gave up one first down and no points. We even got a safety after one tackle occupied 3 blockers (my son - dad was very proud) and our other tackle came from across the field and ran down a bootleg from behind. We gave them the ball again after the safety because they needed the work and I wanted to try a couple different kids at new spots on D. I think the coach of the team was a guy I had an issue with in another league, so we'll have watch ourselve when we see them again. Sorry for the long post, but it is exciting to share how the kids are doing with others who share the passion. Back to practice tonite to work on handoff exchanges, better pass routes and pass coverage on D. Games start for real next week, I will try to Youtube some plays as well.
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