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Post by coachhez on Mar 23, 2009 21:18:49 GMT -5
How many offensive coaches out there (or defensive coaches really) spend a great deal of time looking at where the flaws are in their schemes. For example, Spread Guys do you ever go check out a clinic on how to defend the spread. I guess what I am getting at is do coaches spend enough time understanding the flaws or weaknesses of a scheme. It is a thought I plan to explore more but curious if others do it...I feel like it is a valuable tool that is probably overlooked by OC's/HC's OFTEN
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Post by CoachJoe on Mar 24, 2009 11:14:02 GMT -5
I guess this falls under self-scouting, and that isn't done nearly enough. Its tough to do with defense because playcalling can completely change from Wing-T to Spread teams, but it is worthwhile. As far as finding out your weaknesses, I spent most of my time in offensive clinics, partly to find out how they attack my style of defense. And partly because I have dreams of being an OC and running plays I drew up on a napkin
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Post by card25 on Aug 20, 2009 14:48:56 GMT -5
I get the philosophies for offenses at the clinics, I also pay attention to how they like to attack my defense (key concepts, plays, etc.) then watch film to pick up on the opposing OC's tendencies.
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Post by CoachJoe on Aug 22, 2009 23:08:04 GMT -5
Somewhat on the same note, it seems like when we script practice we tend make calls defensively that put us in the best position to stop the play, and rarely in the "worst" call to stop the play. Play callers all want to think they're a genius, but sometimes we need to put ourselves in position to make a play with a bad call.
As an example, in a defensive blitz period, the offense starts running lots of screens. Offense trying to "win" practice? Sure. But we need to see it. If they did it all the time, we might scrap... but you get the point!
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