Thursday, August 24, 2006

What is a Cherry Picker

Quoting "Youth Football Coach

Coach Majors,
What is the "cherry picker" you cite so often on your webpage?
Thanks,
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Squat down and touch hands to ground...
Leap up and thrust hands into air above head as high as one can at apex of jump.
back down to hands touching ground.

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Coaching a flag football team for 3-5 year olds, positions, drills, etc at this age

Hi! Not sure if you can help me, but I thought I'd give it a try.

I'm going to be coaching a flag football team for 3-5 year olds in a few
weeks, and I was wondering if you had any advice/tips for me? I don't want to
bog them down with positions, drills, etc at this age. I just want to help
them get comfortable with the ball, and more importantly - to HAVE FUN. Are
there any game type exercises you can recommend I play with them?

Thank you so much for your time!
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Find someone who can deep snap first.....
Line up a back on each side of the qb...
Run qick underneath handoff sweeps with a blocker of course...
Run the same motion and have the qb keep and run the other way...
Drag a back side reciever on all the plays. Run quick hitch's with a blocker.
Try to get outside on these plays.
Work on quick automatic pass routes where the ball is thrown before the reciever turns....see who can make reliable catches.
Teach the recievers to catch with their hands not bodies. Teach look the ball in first. run second.
Teach the back proper handoff hand position. Inside hand up Outside down
Teach runners to smack at defenders hands when the defender reaches for flag
Teach blockers how to move constantly with the defenders and to keep their hands on the defender until to ball get by them....

How about that.....