Coach Youth Football

2008-08-12T06:53:00.000-07:00

My league mandates a 6-3-2 defense. Can you recommend some material on this
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I have never run a defense like thatI am not sure about any material either I do know this
you have to line up your best linemen and stunt them into gaps
i call it slant, angle, for right or left
and pinch and blood for outside and inside i flip flop my end and, I guess safety for you.....i put my strongest end with my weakest db and make calls strong right or strong left
and guess during the game which side the other team will run to. Many times i put the strong side to the wide side of the field and make them run to the short side if they want to avoid my mash face end
have the safety read the tight end and QB's eyes. See the end out of the corner of your eye and if he blocks come on up and make a play
if the play goes away hold for 2 seconds and watch for bootlegs and reverses.
the end would follow deep as the deepest back in the back field on plays away. He never folds back on goes down the line. Very bad technique there.

Questions about youth football coaching

2008-07-29T05:47:00.000-07:00

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Do you have anymore plays for a running quarterback and for a goodtailback? I have a running quarterback 5th and 6th grade and love your website. A single wing YEA BABY
It's in my youth football guide
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I purchased this guide but did not see many quarterback running plays. Please advise. I would love to run the option.
I would NOT recommend option unless you are 14 and over
my guide is for 13 and under for the most part option to run the option you must complete the snap, make all your blocks, then possibly pitch the ball to the tailback....there are too many ways to screww this up
I have never seen a TRUE option team play small guy football....what they will do is call the play to option or pitch and the QB makes no option
...he has the play called for him
where have you seen this?
what age do you coach?and why do you think this will work?
use the single wing stuff
if you do use an optionI would mid line option and the only option is to hand the ball off to the fullback right up the centers butt or the wb keeps it and trys to turn inside the tackle...in small ball you BETTER have a great line to run this
or oooooPs you look awful
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I had the same concerns. They are 5th and 6th grade. On your wristband and spreadsheet for the game plays you list a lot of formations and plays. Do you have any of that information?
What I do is call all plays by hand signal..
BUT YES IT IS IN THE BOOK NOW
....the numbers just go around my body like 1 on my head. 2 neck, 3 top of shoulder, 4 armpit, 5 hip, 6 outside knee, 7 inside knee, 8 hand movement between legs......then I makeup crazy thing for formations. wing right is a chicken flopping right arm with hand near chest...motion left is a left hand wiggling in a downward motion.....single wing right is one finger then then wiggle arm motion......of course the first number is the player the second is the hole.....but remember or surely you read...about the no huddle which isl ike the ten play tempo......ten play tempo is set mostly for the running backs and to make sure they understand game SPEED.....the must hit the holes and make the hand offs in the quickest of motions......less than 2 seconds
and the back must be past the line then run 20 yards further...but you must
instill a no huddle play set each week.....4-5 plays they run without asking.....and when you run plays you have your plays sequenced before the game in sets of ten.....before each game each player should know before youeven call it what the next play will be based on the way you called thes ets during that week.....remember in small ball it is highly unlikely any coach can get his players to understand and anticipate plays even if you do it the same way each time........but change up the 4-5 play no huddle and the ten play sequence each week......
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Good afternoon once again coach Majors. Here's my e-mail address, my youth e-mail addresses is under construction. If you like you can still try to e-mail me at . Thanks, for your support. Frank T. Johnson Jr. Athletic Director Centra Texas Youth Sports Knights
It's like I said on the phone......I think to map out an entire clinic is a tough job especially if you don't use pads....I always thought anything without out pads was just that anything or nothing...I would have a great warm up with team chants that takes about 15-20 minutes.....run team drills 10yrds form running, carrioca, slide step cross over, back peddle, high knees, then 3 man barrel rolls finishing in the same manner except use 20 yard sprints then back in line.....that takes 30-50 minutes easy.. break.......form drills for db and lbs line work stance and 3 rushing swim rip bull, techniques. offense pass pro and run blocking techniques using my pass pro drill, then teach qb's a receivers stuff......split this section into two fazes offense then defense so each player can work on both sides of the ball.....then finish with team flag
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Bo Hello, I emailed you a few times before. I purchased your guide to coaching, great stuff.
We just completed our 1st week of conditioning, we worked them hard, we have 35 good kids, I am coaching the o and d lines. We have really good size, good speed, and smart kids, I could use some help. We go full contact on Thursday, please give me your thoughts on how to pick the best kids for the lines, what drills to do in pads, also, what type of split do you use, and technique, I need all kind of help! I need to develop a stud line so wecan run the ball, and play d on the other side. Congrats on your 03 season.
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I always used one foot...MINE...as a guide.....Some coaches like to get the player to hold arms out and hold touch or whatever with the hands arms or however it looks good. Guards always line up toe to center heal to keep folks from lining up offside....I like the total line techniques where you line them all up and have a bunch off rowdys try to make it through the line going to the right or left all at once......I stand on the defensive side and call the huddle and call rip right or left or swim right or left....or bull rush....it's easy to find slack offensive linemen here and on the one on one pass pro....this is a great teaching tool especially for holding....it is easy to teach how to block and not hold in this drill.....most off the time I try to block down and kick out block at the point of attack....so I teach double team blocking and kick out blocking to end tackles and backs....4 seconds and the play is overif you can block for 4 seconds you win
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This is my 3rd year coaching pop warner, my first as head defensvise coach.We have a very talented group of boys that are eager to play. I don't wantto be the reason we don't make it to the play-offs because of picking the wrong defense. I like the 4-3 defense, but I am not really sure how towork it, what do you suggest. Do you have a diagram that you can send me. I only want to run 3 to 4 defenses this year 5-2, 4-3, a blitz defense and a zone defense. Please help Thanks,
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I WOULD NOT use anything 4 front
I would use50-60-70 fronts
rotate to your strong callsmake your strongest end a weak or quick end
make your strongest CB your strong Side cb
change your fronts regular likemix in some outside x stuntsbut FOR GET FORTY
that was designed for passing offenses in the pros
it has dribbled down over the years
but not far enough to match your team
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I like to keep pressure on the QB and blitzing is the only way to do that.What about shooting the DE's? I teach them to contain and react, however 3downs are good downs to put added pressure on the QB, would you agree?
Amost of the time i tell the ends to run deep as the deepest back and hit someone....i dont care who and cause a train wreck.....they also must read
the end thoughif the end blocks down then stay at home
if the end trys to block him throw him away and run for the deepest back
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Last night I put together the 5-2 we looked okay, still alot of work to do!
I blitzed the LB'ers through the outside of the DT's. I like the way theywhere in the back field however, the offense was running pitchouts so I thought to blitz the LB's to the outside of the DE's for show to see what happens, maybe tonight! What do you think
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I don't like shooting gaps with linebackers unless it's a play side automatic read and run.....what if they run a counter or reverse or even worse throw a pop pass back side of play action......your leaving a lot on the table
IF you feel like you need to make them soot gaps....make sure the backside linebacker or play away backer make his first forward step to play side then holds for 2 seconds reading the backside tight end and look for counters, boots, tight end pop passes and the like....the middle backer should never shoot a gap....in fact he should read and react to plays watch the qb's eyes shoot only playside backers.....who's gonna tackle the guy if he slips through one of the gapping gaps you surely will have shooting linebackers
the free safety he's supposed to be bored to tears
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Last night I put together the 5-2 we looked okay, still alot of work to do!I blitzed the LB'ers through the outside of the DT's. I like the way theywhere in the back field however, the offense was running pitchouts so Ithought to blitz the LB's to the outside of the DE's for show to see whathappens, maybe tonight! What do you think
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Yea, I was on your site, I looked at your 5-3 diagram, for some reason Icould not view your 60-70's. Oh yea, what about goalline defense? What do you run in a goal line situation?
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depends 60-70 usually I pull the corners on if the offense in tight
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I am a youth football coach in my second year in Northern PA. We have taken over a program that was a total disaster. No knowledge, no understanding and alot of mistakes, leading of course to alot of losses. We are trying to fix the problem, and have made good ground. However I am coaching a bunch of 9-10 year old kids and I am having trouble with defense. We run a 7 man front, 2 middle linebackers, and 2 corners. We cant stop the sweeps one bit. Nothing gets through the middle, but sweeps kills us. No matter how many times I tell my ends to stay at home , and tell my corners to read the ball, they get around. Please help me with some suggestions I could go with. I want some wins for this team, and they are so close.
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not a book buyer Valley Bulldogs
i would say buy my online book
im a defense guy ends cannot be made rsponsible for sweeps
its the corners job to turn them in and when they do expect your free safety to make the play
sounds to me like you dont have one so ooooooop
sno defense
your best player and tackler should be your free safety who plays 8-12 yards deep, middle of formation.your second and third are your corners
make corners play at least 6-12 yards outside the last man on the line of scrimmage and 4 yards deep taking their first two steps backor inside eye of a wide out and at least 5-7 yards deep. first tow steps are back
forget the pass for the most part unless these 10 year olds can pass, most cant and you ll know it the they can and thats another question entirely. and oooops........you much teach the pursuit drill............... buy the book
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Online Book Buyer 2 quick questions for you
Hi -Questions for you, if you don't mind.In a 52 defense, would trips change the zone coverage in any way?In general, does blitzing against trips while in a 52 make any sense? Thanks in advance!your in another category than I'm fine tuned fortrips is generally an advanced 14 year old range football set.I hate it happened but this is why the 4-3 was inventedso a defense could get another back in the gamethese three wide and 4 wide no back sets.in college coach boles played the zone in a 5-2 but,would man up a linebacker ME, on the fullback andmanned up the strong safety on the third receiver, whoever we decided he wasthen we would run a 2 deep zone over the top with the free safety and weak corner back.with the "outside-linebacker or end" playing the flat and the strong corner playing the other flat.the weak "weak side inside linebacker" played middle curl zone which would be the weak point in this set up.if u blitz give up the third receiver. and hope for a sack by the strong safety.out of my category question...8-13 year oldshope this helpsQuoting BookBuyer@comcast.net:I am coaching a ten year old football team and just purchased your onlinebook, which is fantastic by the way. I have been doing many of the activities you recommend and will use some that I have not been doing.My question is really two parts, but related to the same item. I have scoutedthe teams that we will be playing and many of them are using the double wingoffense. It's actually working well for these teams because of the playersthey have and the team is able to control the ball for most of the game (which is a great defense since the opposing team cannot score without theball). My team uses a 5-4-2 and 6-3-2 defense that I am concerned will NOTcontain this offense. I am thinking of replacing my strong DEs with "weaker"players since the double wing O does not seem to work as well when they haveto go outside the TEs. It's the off-tackle play that is most effective andthe better my DEs are, the bigger the hole for them. I noticed the teams that run the double wing use a 4-6-1 defense against other teams that run the doublewing, but frankly am not that familiar with that type of D at the youthlevel. I would be interested in your thoughts and suggestions on containing thedouble wing offense at the 10 year old level,Thanks,Online Book Buyeris that the offense where one guys in motion on each play?any wayoff tacklei use a single wing playand youve seen it....my playbookthat just kills em off tackleyou double team inside and outsideoh what a killer if it's run right.anywayi suppose from your inflectionyou run your d ends outside the last man on the line and have him rush tailback-deep into the backfieldcommon defensive scheme in football. i use it.i would x stunt my end and tacklethen stack a linebacker in the end tackle gapand play him 4 yards deep.always have a linebacker take a first step to their side. ball-away step away.ball-to step to. Linabackers must stay put on play-action-away looking for cutback.x stunts usually mean the tackle will rake the ends face comming from outsideeye of the tackle. then the end shoots the tackle end gap scrapping off the dtackles tail.the confusion usuuaally causes a blocking meltdown and the linebacker is juststanding their ready to clobber who ever make through the mess
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----- Original Message ----- From: " A Success Guide Buyer To: <majors@oskie.com> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 8:40 AM Subject: hi Coach Coach,I'm really having a good time reading through your plays andphilosophies.YOur site is worth much more than I spent- thanks for the bargain. Ihave a question that maybe you can help me with.I'm the D coordinator for a 7-9 youth football team in MD. Our organizationis committed to the 6-2 up the line through 11-13 so that is the D weare to run consistently. My thought is for full end containment turning allplays inside, and running man bump and run coverage with the corners on thewide-outs and wingback. I plan to have both NGs shoot the A gaps and go asdeep in the backfield as possible, tackles shooting the b-gaps and going ayard and a half through the line and reading the play prior to pursuit.On 1st down or 5+ yard to 1st down situation my thought is to have the MLBsline up on the B gaps, and line up on A gaps in short yardage situations.The free safety will read for pass 1st then fly to the ball. I've alsogot a few BC/ CD gaps stunts for tackles and LBs. With a 6-2 base D I can easily slip into a 5-3/ 5-4 for longer yardage situations.
I guess my question is, is this a sound fundamental defense for kids7-9? I'm new to coaching tackle football- though I played through highschool. Everything I read and hear about kids this age is to try and contain thesweeps, stack the box and you'll be ok. I also want to ensure that wecan properly cover passes from this formation- especially in bump and runman coverage.I've got an aggressive but young and light group of kids, and it is our1st year in the league. From what I've seen we have a lot of talent on theO-side of the ball and should score often. I want to do the best I canto limit our mistakes on D and keep us in games. Never having anypractical experience coaching this age has me wondering if I'm doing things right.Could you give me your thoughts on my plans and feel free to make anyreccoskeeping in mind that our base D will be the 6-2.Thanks Coach.
Regards,A Success Guide Buyer
----- Original Message -----From: "Bobo Majors."To: <>Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 10:54 AMSubject: Re: hi Coachends are supposed to contain sweepbut your real only hope is the CORNER BACKends are always out manned and hard to count on forget the bump and run have your corners play 5-10 yards off the receivers inside eye. far enough to do an up down and still run with them at least 5 yards deep w no receiver and at least 10 yards outside the last man on the line if you bump and run he'll forget contain corners main job is to always turn sweeps and plays inside. no one gets outside a corner you must switch your fronts frequently to confuse blockers and to be ableto move around your top players have play side linebackers shoot gaps and backside linebackers hold for 1-2 seconds looking for cutbacks walk through all gap responsibilities in each defensive front teach corners and your free safety to read the tight ends and qb's eye if a receiver comes out back up 5- yards more read the qb's eye's and watch the reciever through the corner of your eye. never let the receiver cross your face. if he does knock him down use your outside hand to feel the receiver and if he tries to block you.....cross his face and play football. remember corners play safe first and never let someone get behind or outside you.
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----- Original Message -----From: "Guide Buyer"To: <bobo_majors@oskie.com>Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 2:03 PM Today I may be running practice for the Junior midget team I am coaching. We do not have a set schedule yet and we will be running defense today.Can you send me a suggested schedule and drills to run for my practice today.I could use the help. Also where are players lineman and linebackers to be lined up on a 4-4 defense. Thank you PS I have also purchased your guide

do you practice all day on defense?if so i'd spend the first 45 minutes on tackling drills period.I'd break for a few minutes.then I'd race the whole group in a couple of forties and whittle the winnersdown to 5-6and out of those pick the best tackling fastest kids and put them at cornerand free safety no stong safety in small ballthen i would assemble a line of scrimmage and some linebackersI would show them how to huddle up, call the play and break.i would then go straight to the pursuit drill and burn their butts forsloppy anythingtake time to explain all elements of huddle, break, stance, position,run pursuit for 30-40 minutesafter they get good at one frontmix in another front and change the call each playso at the end of the dayyou will have learned how to tackle and hit HARDand how to huddle break get into position and do it all over again QUICKthe next practice consolidate your timeand add another sectionwhere the line learns rip, swim, bull, blood and guts.the d backs learn how to read tight ends and split outslinebackers learn play to and away responsibilitiesi use spray paint and spry paint offensive positions on the field for theguys to line up on.i also spay paint drills into the grass.

Special teams coaching help

2008-07-28T17:27:00.000-07:00

Hi. I am a rookie high school running backs football coach. I was just granted the opportunity to coach special teams; kick off and kick off return. I'm not too savy in this area. Can you send some ideas, x's and o's would be great. Thank you so much.
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http://www.oskie.com/kickingholdpuntsnap.htm
basically you have left and right returns. sometimes a middle. and you should be able to adjust will a signal if a kicker puts the ball to the wrong side of your pre kick call left or right.
the page above is all from my college days.
I was on all the special teams and knew them by heart after 3 years of tedious.

i guess the other things might betiming on punt by linemen and upbacks
1000 1 1000 2 1000 and gone.
punter should be 12 yards deep and use two steps only to kick.
try to kick away.
if you run the shotgun you might talk your coach into a sideways kick out of shotgun to make them play defense. We got a lot of good roles this way.
and of course how do you snap.
practice the center with left hand on top of head and right hand on top of ball
he shoots it over and over to practice. they do this at every level

I need more arm stregth drills

2007-02-13T10:17:00.000-08:00

I need more arm strength drills thanks

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YOUTH FOOTBALL TEAM
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Of course burpees help alot as the player must go to pushups postition each burpee then pull legs up stomach and leep as high as possible with outstreched handds. Push ups, bear crawls, hold a football or helmet in each outstreached are and do small circles for 1-3 minutes. Jumping rope, dumbell curls, dumbell curls, dumbell curls. staright arm sa sa curls. Close grip push ups, bench. Rolls ups for form arms. Get a sticke with a rope pulling a 15 pound wieght on the end. Alterante roll ups with and top forearm rols, then bottom forehand rolls. Fugure need weight but look for 3 sets of 10. up and down equals one.
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What is the best way to attack a 50 defense

2006-09-13T13:41:00.000-07:00

Quoting Youth Football Coach
Love the site. Learned a lot on practice schedule. Here's my question. The top team in our league (8-9 yr olds) has two great DE, one great tackle and one great LB. Our league mandates a 5-2-2-2. Line must be heads up with DE on outside shoulder of the last man on the line. LB 3 yards deep, Corners 5, safeties 7. Offense can split out max 5 yards. What is the best way to attack that D?
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off tackle with x blocks and kick out blocks
then throw over the top pop passes
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I am on the right track. I figured you had to attack those big ends and go after them. I put in the Power I and the cross block with my coaches today. Man this is fun!
What pass plays do you like? I like the spread formation and maybe even take a FB over to the slot with my split and a WB (he is very fast and shifty) maybe a trip formation and just pop a hitch like the Panthers run with Steve Smith. The corners have to be 5-7 yards deep and the end is the only one that can play outside. This should work like crazy against the big teams inside. Do you agree?
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Usually what you do is attack the spot behind your run.
ie run off tackle off tackle off tackle then thro over the top of the
linebackers. Like a pop pass or maybe a back side end over the top down field.

What is a Cherry Picker

2006-08-24T13:01:00.000-07:00

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.

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

2006-08-23T13:32:00.000-07:00

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.....

Mom of an 11 year old, never played one minute of any organized sport, Reciever drills

2006-07-31T08:12:00.000-07:00

Hi - I'm a mom of an 11 year old (almost 12) who will be playing his 2nd season of football this year. He came to our home last year the week before school started (his is a foster child) having never played one minute of any organized sport in his entire life. He was on the 9-10 year old team and he played "2nd defense". I think he only actually got put in about a dozen plays or so the whole season (when the team was well ahead in the game).
ANYWAY, over the past year he has grown and matured quite a bit. He is pretty tall compared to the other kids on his team, and he is about average as far as speed and strength go. He does seem to excel a little bit in catching the ball and I am hoping to possibly help him be able to catch the ball better - and to possibly be a receiver on the team. Yes, we do have a QB who can throw the ball fairly well! I saw your site online and I was wondering if you could tell me any drills or things that we could do at home that could help him to catch the ball better. I can throw a decent spiral and we play catch a lot, but is there more I can be doing to help him? What does he need to learn most that will give him a chance of doing more than just standing on the sidelines this season?
Thanks for any advice you can give.
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He is young and just needs to be a youngster first.
He also would like to play and I know and that hurts some children. I would be
very worried about putting too much pressure on him, and worried about him not
having fun on the sidelines.
It is football season now and probably too late to do any catch up. If
anything I would have catch balls over his shoulder running down field full
speed. Catching balls thrown to him beofre he turns to one side or the other.
cathing ball with one hand. Teach him to tuck each ball after the catch. Teach
him to catch and tuck first, run second. Teach him to catch with his thumbs
and index fingers touching and to not use his body to catch the ball while
practicing. That should be enough for now. More than anything he needs to
learn he can hit without getting hurt. I have had experience with children
from broken homes and many shy away from conflict and hitting as protection.
It is ok for children to do this, but many times a coach can not risk a child
that is affraid as it may hurt them more than help them to make them hit. So
reciever sounds like a good position if your child is having this problem.
Rememeber success is 80% just showing up and thats ok. He will have to work
out his own battles and someday he may come around.

some drills for quickness agillity and speed

2006-07-06T09:41:00.000-07:00

Quoting REAL PERSON
Can you email me and my son some drills for quickness agillity and speed. He is 7th grade, he is a wide receiver ,but he runs like a tight end . I need some drills and some advice so I can help him get better at the sport. He really needs to work on his quickness.
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I would jump rope 15 minute per day....
Do the 5 dot square drill...4 dots for corners and one in the middle..space
the outside corners about 3.5 feet apart...see how many he can do in a 60
second time frame......front outside corners to middle to back outside corners
and back...
Do some hop drills font and back and side to side...jumping over something
about 1.5 feet high and wide....

Offensive Line

2006-05-30T05:03:00.000-07:00

hi bo, i just ordered your book. i coach 11 and 12 yr old pop warner kids. my toughest task is o-line and the types of blocking that should be used. They just don't seem to be able to grasp much, is this normal? we had a talented qb and rb this past year, and just didn't have the time to do much as the line was so confused on who to block and how! i basically ran some easy dives, blasts and sweeps. for passing i used some slants, and out patterns, sound o.k. to you? on defense, i ran a 53 which seems to be what most teams around here run. how about you? thanks REAL PERSON
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Yea that all sounds good to me....
I found it easier to teach cross blocking off tackle
down blocking inside....with the lead back kicking out....
then some hook blocking on the outside......
these simple techniques seem to work for me....

teaching a player to actually do it is harder sometimes
i used the pash rush drill to tech blocking and holding the block.
i would line up my o line and call defensive stunts to see how the oline was
blocking.....

those are the best ways to teach blocking i know

on defense...make sure you mix up the line of scrimmage....
if you have a hard time teaching who to block....

so does everyone else....so make it hard by mixing up the fronts...

coach special teams on a adult city league

2006-01-24T06:42:00.000-08:00

Hey coach I have a question for you. On punt as far as the line goes they will block the inside gap but I for got how that looks exactly is it the same as field goal blocking
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the up back takes first man through inside gap one assumes an outide guy cant make it
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I have a question . what is the best step for me as far as coaching I have received a chance to coach special teams on a adult city league here in vegas . do you think that would be a good start for me seeing that I am only 22 . would it benefit me to start young?
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of course it would benifit to start young
and special teams will make you cry
the thing about special teams is so many players and coachs don't want to get
very deep in it. but when the punt is blocked or the guy runs back a td
oh you are gonna take a ribbing
I was on all the special teams in college
it is very demanding
dont go downfield to early on punts
dont let any one through unless he is outside
teach punters a 2 step punt
wholey moley batman
punter mus have a signal for dropped punts so the up back can turn around and
help find the ball
must have signals for fakes if there is trouble on field goals along with a
play

whole lot of stuff
you know it?
some of it?

what about subs for hurt people
what type of personel would you want on kick offs and punts?
returns?

man

Adolescent Training Program

2005-12-03T10:53:00.000-08:00

Subject: Re: Weight Program
Box jumps are done by placing about a 20 square box and jumping side to side
and fron to back for time periods
explosivness
db have to have that so does evryone
looking at your program
i would try to do more free weight stuff and throw in some machine stuff to
complement the free stuff
dead lifts
cleans
squats
squat lunges

let me give you a range for reps
i can bench about 340 if i work out
at that max
i can hit 225 15 times about twice
then 10 twice

so max and rop percentages to the 15 reps

or 225/340= .66
so max 200 x .66 = 132
thats an idea

work on speed in oyur rep work
do not listen to these trainers at weight rooms
i try to hold my breath on becnhes for a set of 10-15
then i let loose
do breath on leg lifts
your are wanting rythem to help get his max up
everything is in technique
wear a belt for any standing lifts

Thank you for the info. Coach

What is a Box jump?

all those figures would have to be decided after maxing out on each. do like herschel walker do 2000 push ups per day 4000 sit ups
do less than that but that is a great program.
then run sprints
do box jumps
jump rope
run 2 miles each morning

Hello Coach Next year my son enters High school and I would like to prepare him for High School football. He has been in and out of football over the past four years( starting with tackle then flag football). I am looking for safe effective weight lifting program that we can use to best prepare him for next season. We presently using the following program (see below-Adolescent Training Program) over the next month to get him started. We are searching for a program to take him to next season. He wants to try for DB. He has played on the O-line,and WR.
Any assitance would be of great assistance.
Adolescent Training Program
> >>
> >> DATE _______________ TIME _______________
> >>
> >> Instructions: In the white spaces below, fill in the weight you used and
> >> the
> >> number of reps you performed. If you did 100 pounds for 10 reps, you
> >> would
> >> write "100 X 10". The gray boxes below are not used.
> >>
> >> EXERCISE
> >> Set #1
> >>
> >> 20 Minutes Of Cardio
> >>
> >>
> >> Leg Extension (12 - 15 Reps)
> >>
> >>
> >> Leg Curl (12 - 15 Reps)
> >>
> >>
> >> Standing Calf Raise (12 - 15 Reps)
> >>
> >>
> >> Machine Bench Press (12 - 15 Reps)
> >>
> >>
> >> Machine Row (12 - 15 Reps)
> >>
> >>
> >> Machine Bicep Curl (12 - 15 Reps)
> >>
> >>
> >> Tricep Pressdown (12 - 15 Reps)
> >>
> >>
> >> Crunches (12 - 15 Reps)
> >>
> >>
> >> 10 Minutes Of Stretching (12 - 15 Reps)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Weight: ____________
> >>
> >> Mood When Starting: __________________________
> >>
> >> Cardio Today? Circle One: YES NO Length: ________________
> >>
> >> Length Of Workout ______________________
> >>
> >> Comments:

2005-10-26T09:36:00.000-07:00

Quoting "REAL PERSON
Dear Sir,
I am new in the UK. I came into the country few weeks ago. I am a student and I am studying at Wesminster College of Computing. I have 3 years Visa to study a 3 years course in the UK. All I want to ask for is: I need a place to be playing football. I played football in my former school. So, I want to continue playing because I love football. I want to be training even if I don play for a club. I will like to train and keep fit. I need somewhere near my home. If I cannot train in your place, please do give me another place I can be training. I am lacking training. Please, help me out.
Thanks for your understanding.
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that is a very wierd question?
I do not have a training place other than my local gym.
I would suggest
2 mile runs in the morning 5 days per week.
jump rope 15 minutes 5 days per week
run 10 100 meter sprints 3 day per week.
do 200-300 push ups 6 days per week
do 10 dips 4 days per week
then throw in a 4 day per week weight prgrams if you have a place to work out.

If not increase you push ups and dips and find some other cave man stuff.
you might buy this book

Weight Training for Football
it has all kinds of cave man stuff
thanks

www.oskie.com/ Football

We are having our first scrimmage today

2005-08-16T09:19:00.000-07:00

Quoting Football Coach>:
Thanks for all of the information you have provided. I have another
question. We are having our first scrimmage today, and I was wondering what I need to be doing offensively. Do I create a script and run those 10 scripted plays like I would a game plan, or do I just run through the playbook and see how each play does and then run through it again? We are using the 01 playbook you have on your site. We have modified Power I Rt fake 22 43 to be a trap play where we are pulling the offside guard. I think this will be an awesome play. Do we run that in a scrimmage, or wait? I don't think anyone in our league has run a trap play since I have been associated with this youth league. I am excited.
But I digress, back to the scrimmage question. I was just going to run plays and document how well they were executed. Or is there a better.
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I think scrimmages should be used to develop hard nose tactics and not show all my guns. Script? Yes I would run a 4 - 5 play script on both sides and monitor crucial areas like x blocks. How the back handles the ball and the qb the hand off and line of scrimmage for infractions. any dropped balls and off the field for up downs. then back on. They have to know there are consequences for major infraction like lost balls in tall grass. We scrimmage next monday. Get everyone in and try to have fun. Don't you coach 8-9's. I think you will find it difficult at best to pull anyone unless you are pulling to kick out and end. Trying to trap inside with little guys is almost always a losing afair as the center guard gaps are the hardest to defend. So pulling some one from inside lets a guy run free to my qb and mess up the whole she bang.
931-455-0660 w

Practice schedule and how to rank players

2005-08-06T04:26:00.000-07:00

I hope it is OK to send you a question. This is my first year to coach Youth 10-12 yr old Football. I was a football player as a youth, and played in Jr. High and High School. I also love to watch football but I need some help or advice on coaching. By the way, before volunteering I thought I was a great coach in the stands.
But anyway, I was wondering if you had any advice on some drills to run for player evaluations. The players will be in full pads, and have about 15 - 20 minutes at my station. Myself and other coaches on my team will be evaluating players for out draft on Sunday. Some if not most of these kids will be first year players. Also, do you have any advice on what to use for evaluation sheets that we fill out on each player. One last question, do you have any advice on a practice schedule to use for the first couple of weeks of practice and then a practice schedule to use to the rest of the season. We are allowed 2 two hour practices a week, and 1 one hour pre game practice. Please let me know if I am asking too much or more than your service provides.

2 Links to my online guide here
ask them if they have ashma
ask them their phone number and address
ask them if they wanted to sign up or if they got signed by a parent against
their will.
ask them all these things after runnings the forty while they are winded and
unready for your quiz. you will notice right off who has brains.
ask them if they play other sports.
make them do 2 roll overs then throw a ball out in front of them to jump on and
scream ball. See who looks like they don;t want to hit the ground

always race the kids and narrow it down to about 5-8 and hopefully everyone
will notice why these kids get to run the ball.

race the biggest kids and the fastest big kids get to play end or maybe even
linebacker depending on rules about weights.

yes your right
i played 6 years college and THOUGHT I knew what i was getting into. Nope got
killed and ripped and romped and plowed.

It takes alot of talent and help to properly coach 11 people to do what you
tell them
My youth coaching guide

It's Football Time in Tennessee

2005-07-09T06:49:00.000-07:00

Anyone want to play? Ask and I shall answer. Use the comments field. or my email is majors@oskie.com.

Online Football Coaching Guide

2005-05-26T08:11:00.000-07:00

Quoting A Coach :

I would like the Youth Football Instruction Training Playbook. Does the book contain numbers 1 through 10 on your web site page? When I order the book online, will it be mailed to me or sent over the internet?
Thanks
Coach

My book is over 300 total pages.
Everything mentioned is included
It is a must have for any new coach and even some
veterens who have lost the newness
It is all on the net
You will recieve a username and passord
You can access all of it anywhere in the world online, or download everything in adobe and save it to your computer.
It also has a question and answer page, and way more than i tell
See all the FREE stuff? It is larger than that
but doesnt duplicate most of those BASICS.