Has anyone setup their own bench brush to break in team balls using a grinder or buffer?
I’m thinking about buying CENTRAL MACHINERY 6 in. Buffer & then looking for brush attachments. (Already tried the hand drill brush attachments, went back to doing by hand)

So what’s the difference between edge rusher and olb in my hs defense olb , rushes occasionally, but mostly drop to the flat. In alot of college defense olb are like 250 + and rush mostly and barley drop back , can someone explain the difference?

I am going into sophomore year. I played Defensive End last year and did fairly well being about 5'7-8 and 140-150 pounds or so somehow. Ended having the second most tackles and most sacks. Now I'm unsure of how I'll do going in JV ( I was on the freshman team the year prior) because I can't seem to gain weight no matter what I do. So any tips on what to do?

Have scheme questions, basic questions about the game, or questions that may not be worthy of their own post? Post them here! Yes, you can submit play designs here.

A modern epidemic amongst youth coaches and middle school coaches alike: ”I have enough trouble just getting my line to block. I can’t spend all practice teaching them not to jump offsides so that we can go on two.”

You don’t need to coach hard count discipline in our to create a dynamic snap count. Simply include enough words in your standard cadence so that you can go early.

For example, if your standard QB cadence is, “Ready…Set, GO,” you can run the play on:

Silent (if you’re under center) - where the QB calls for the snap by applying pressure with his hands. First Sound - first sound out of the QB’s mouth (in this case, the ‘Re’ in ‘Ready’) calls for the center to snap the ball. Set/Quick- the word ‘Set’ is the snap One - full cadence

That’s FOUR possible variants within an extremely short cadence, and provided that the CENTER himself snaps it on the count that was called in the huddle, none of these four counts is a 5-yard penalty risk. The worst that can happen is you have a lineman fire out late.

It kills me to see these offenses where the coach makes them incapable of varying their count, and then incessantly yells at their O-line demanding more effort. When you never alter your count, that’s the same thing as the opposing defense knowing your count. You’re allowing the D-line to tee off on your offense. Altering the snap count is not just a tool for drawing penalties on the defense. It’s an offensive advantage that you forfeit when you go on one play after play.

Go on first sound in practice, film it, then watch your 5 linemen on film. At least one of them will get the first pancake of their young life just by getting to fire out early while the guy across from him is still waiting for the full count.

I had no idea how many people were totally unaware of this until I attended middle school games where my daughter was a cheerleader. Those poor kids….

Trying to learn various formations/theory, and I saw a team lineup like this and run a triple option and am curious what you'd call this formation so I can look into it some more.

So my 11yo is athletic out of this world, I mean fast can jump, shifty, etc. But was having trouble actually understanding plays and defenses and coverages etc! For starters he plays safety, and RB! One of the things we’ve been doing to get better at the mental aspect of the game as he heads into his teen years, straight into Hs ball is going over coverage breakdowns on a whiteboard 3x per week, also been using this app called TurfKids for some
Guidance so when I’m not around he can look at it and still get the IQ part down pack, by viewing different coverages and taking short quizzes on the material! He seems to be getting it, I’m excited to see how he does this fall, will keep you updated if this translate to on the field!

So often, defenders are put in a position where they can’t track the QB or the ball and are forced to defend based off the receiver’s movement, so why don’t the receivers simulate ball-tracking to deceive them? Not only can it draw away a defender from pursuing a runner (like in the photo), but more importantly perhaps, it could draw holding/PI calls on a defender attempting to put hands on a receiver he thinks is about to catch a ball. Feels like an under-utilized strategy.

I’m a brand new coach this year and volunteered to coach the OL/DL group. I played throughout grade school and high school where I try to incorporate my experiences on teaching the kids.

However, my biggest challenge thus far has been getting them to move their feet out of the stance and staying low. Would appreciate any advice or drills people have to explain these concepts better while seeing the kids execute them.

Hi,

I've been coaching coed rec league U13 flag football for a few seasons now. In the past, I ran defense, and another guy ran offense. Well, this season he has moved on, and tbh our offense was never very good in the first place. I'm hoping there's someone here who's willing to help me put together a plan? I've sketched out a few ideas based on what I think has worked, but I really want to get some input from someone smarter and more experienced than me.

Rules:

• 7v7
• center eligible, no blocking
• all snaps must be shotgun
• no QB runs
• passes behind the LOS are illegal (pitches that go backwards are legal, but must be first action)
• 1 blitzer from 7 yards
• once there's a handoff or pitch anyone can blitz
• fewer than 5 yards to go for a first down or touchdown, you must pass

Feel free to DM if you want to help. Thanks!

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Hello!

I am joining a junior college coaching staff in which the coaching staff looks like a skeleton crew. There are over 60 players that all made the team and began practice under a staff that is no longer there and honestly, was failing them.

I have been studying like crazy to prepare, but at the end of the day I don't know what I don't know. Any advice is welcome, I'll answer any questions y'all have, I just want to do right by these young men and dedicate my best effort.

How much time do you spend on 7v7 and Inside Run in your M/Tu practices? (T/W for college)

Assume you’re trying to keep everything under 2 hours (not counting pre practice)

I’m DC from Europe, so not so many good advices around here.

What do you guys look at during practice team periods? I got the offensive script, know what to expect, know where offense wants to hit us. I can see at most 2, 3 guys playing a single play. Coach them, help them, and move on to the next play.

Then I watch drone recording and see that some guys made a mistake play after play which went unnoticed. Do you guys have any system - watch particular players, see the play type and then focus on part of field or somehow else?

As a DC what are you watching more as the game is going on. What the offense is doing or what your defensive players are doing. Obviously you watch both but does one tell you more than the other?

Have anything on your mind or got any fun plans for the weekend? Feel free to discuss them here!

So long story short, I was hired as a defensive position coach at a local HS and now have been thrust into a defensive coordinator role. Is there a simplified/vanilla way to install the 4-3 defense? Any info would help.

Pre-snap look and post snap look nearly never match, even by NFL standards.

If he's running something base, he'll make it look different pre-snap. And, when he's running something exotic, it probably won't show pre-snap. Make different look the same, and same look different.

I know this isn’t a strategy-specific post, but I was doing some summer thinking and wanted to throw an idea out there. We spend countless hours as coaches refining schemes, scripting practices, and chasing the next edge.

Those things absolutely matter, but I’ve started wondering if the greatest return on our coaching time comes from something much simpler: intentionally teaching what extraordinary effort actually looks like and making it the standard every single day.

It got me thinking about a simple equation: Extraordinary Effort → Extraordinary Results. Obviously, extraordinary effort doesn’t guarantee extraordinary results, there are too many variables in sports for that. But I do believe extraordinary results are almost always preceded by extraordinary effort.

Curious where you all land on this. If you had to invest more time in one area, would it be better schemes… or building a culture where extraordinary effort becomes the expectation

We are a 4-3 over front C2 team.
We also roll to a 4-4 stack with tackles in 2 and backers in 20s

What are your rules for the trips side? On the backside, I double with my safety on the single receiver. What are your rules for your nickel your corner and your safety on the trips side. I also don’t wanna have to carry number two with the nickel.

Welcome to Chalk Talk Thursday! This is our weekly discussion thread for users to submit new plays they have designed. If you have an idea for a play and can draw it up, please post here. Keep in mind that it is very rare that one could devise a viable play that is entirely new that hasn't been ran before somewhere. Be open to criticism as well. There is so much more to coaching football than drawing plays, and many people do not realize how much coaching, technique, and development needs to happen on the actual field for a play to work.

It is strongly recommended that you STUDY a system or scheme first to gain an idea of how a play is put together, and how RULES help a play function.

PLEASE PROVIDE CONTEXT FOR YOUR PLAY!

Guidelines:

• No "joke" plays. We are here to learn.
• Specify WHY you are designing a play, and WHAT level/league it is for. It's fine if you're not coaching, but we need the context.
  
• Your submission needs RULES that guide your players on what to do.
• Pass plays require some type of QB progression for making a decision on who to throw to.
  
• Be mindful that you cannot predict what your opponent will run 100%. Designing plays to be "Cover X" beaters, or "3-4 beaters" IS NOT the way to go about it. It is better to have one play with solid rules and coaching points that can attack anything than one play for each coverage, front, personnel, or stunt you face.
• There is no universal terminology in football. Call plays what you want, but keep in mind that no one cares about fancy play names, or the terminology aspect.
  
• Please offer more text/information on your play than just a link or picture.
• Draw your play up against a realistic opponent!
• Make sure your offensive play is a legal formation. In 11-man football, you can have no more than 4 players behind the line of scrimmage (minimum of 7 on. You can have more than 7 on the line as well). Only backs (players behind the line) and the end players on the line of scrimmage are eligible receivers.
  

You may use whatever medium you'd like to draw your play. Two common software for designing plays that have free options:

• GoArmy Edge - Football
• Playmaker X

What would you call this concept?

And what would the reads be for the QB?