Working hard to find topics to spread the wisdom of my hears of head coaching experience over the years to all the great coaches who work so hard to help so many kids to be successful.
Ive thought of such topics as the importance of carrying a 9 iron at practice, which you probably can't do anymore, to the importance of developing new concepts, to coming up with great talks for pre games against schools that even have boys and girls golf teams, to working at a school that only allows you one assistant coach for your program.
In the early 80's when I was Head Football Coach and instructor of typing, we were playing a Walnut Heights school. This school had a swim team, a tennis team, heck they had separate golf teams for the girls and boys, they were the team to beat. we were sitting at 3-2, the Booster club president told me to my face I was doing great, although I heard rumors he wasn't happy. We had to win it. HAD TO.
I had only one assistant so I was pretty much game planning for it all. I looked at their offense, BIG offensive Line, BIG Running Back. I really liked our chances if we could make them one dimensional and have to throw it. So I thought, Im going in swinging and developed the 6-2 stack monster. Or as a lot of people including my assistant said- run a goal line defense the whole game, and contain it with the corners who would also defend the pass.
This defense turned a lot of heads in 1983, who would run a goaline defense the whole game. BUT after a week of practice, it worked. We shut their running game down and defense gave the offense a chance to win the game. If my quarterback would have read the defense on the one, and ran out of the end zone as is common sense, taking the safety, we would have won the game.
So, don't be afraid to look at the 6-2 stack monster. Just make sure your corners know how to play man and have the sense to go for the ball, not the man.
Hoping every COACH has players that use ALL THE RIGHT MOVES tonight. Good Luck everyone.
Ive thought of such topics as the importance of carrying a 9 iron at practice, which you probably can't do anymore, to the importance of developing new concepts, to coming up with great talks for pre games against schools that even have boys and girls golf teams, to working at a school that only allows you one assistant coach for your program.
In the early 80's when I was Head Football Coach and instructor of typing, we were playing a Walnut Heights school. This school had a swim team, a tennis team, heck they had separate golf teams for the girls and boys, they were the team to beat. we were sitting at 3-2, the Booster club president told me to my face I was doing great, although I heard rumors he wasn't happy. We had to win it. HAD TO.
I had only one assistant so I was pretty much game planning for it all. I looked at their offense, BIG offensive Line, BIG Running Back. I really liked our chances if we could make them one dimensional and have to throw it. So I thought, Im going in swinging and developed the 6-2 stack monster. Or as a lot of people including my assistant said- run a goal line defense the whole game, and contain it with the corners who would also defend the pass.
This defense turned a lot of heads in 1983, who would run a goaline defense the whole game. BUT after a week of practice, it worked. We shut their running game down and defense gave the offense a chance to win the game. If my quarterback would have read the defense on the one, and ran out of the end zone as is common sense, taking the safety, we would have won the game.
So, don't be afraid to look at the 6-2 stack monster. Just make sure your corners know how to play man and have the sense to go for the ball, not the man.
Hoping every COACH has players that use ALL THE RIGHT MOVES tonight. Good Luck everyone.
