8/30/2007 2:46:00 PM
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I've been coaching my son in football every year since he was in 1st grade. Our first two years of flag football were nothing to write home about (3-6 and 1-8). I had actually thought that I might not be cut out for coaching (not all players make good coaches, as you all probably well know). I had decided to make his third grade year my make or break year since it was a) tackle instead of flag, and b) 11 man vs. 7 man.
Obviously things have gone well since I am heading into my fifth year of coaching. The first two seasons have been pretty good (7-1 and 6-3 --- should have been 7-2 but we got JOBBED by the refs in one game). I have found that I absolutely love coaching football, but it absolutely turns me into a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs. I have trouble sleeping since I lay awake thinking about what still needs to be done. I count the hours during the day until practice. I miss exits because I am mulling over player assignments as I drive some where. But I still love it.
We have a very ambitious offensive scheme this year and I thought we had bit off more than we could chew a couple weeks ago when we had a make shift scrimmage for 30 minutes against a team that shares our practice field. But we did ok in our official pre-season jamboree and the kids are making huge strides with each practice so I am somewhat cautiously optimistic (coaches are never really comfortable with where they are at I have come to learn). Defensively, we totally scrapped the direction we were going after our first mini-scrimmage (a 4-3 scheme with some mods for young players and league rules) and have now gone to a 3-5-3 scheme, a la West Virginia. We installed that scheme an hour before our Jamboree and the kids played orders of magnitude better in that scheme than in the earlier scrimmage. We are a bit small (probably smallest team in the league), but we are fairly quick, so the 3-5-3 helps a lot in that regard. I'm glad I am not above throwing out my plan and willing to adapt to my players.
We have our first game on Sept 8th against a team that I think we are fairly evenly matched. We might have a slight edge but hard to say. We then follow that up with two tough opponents. So what's left to be done before our first game? Offensively, it is mostly repetition at this point. We are running a variant of the Wing T and while some say you can't teach kids this young to pull guards, I think we have managed to pull it off. We will still be adding a few plays over the course of the season, but we are ready to go for our opener. Special teams still needs some work but we will get there. The D is looking good but tackling is still a concern - way to much arm tackling right now.
We have three practices left to get the kinks ironed out and then the fun starts. |
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