2013 MN Football Coaches Association Clinic

7/30/2019 2013 MN Football Coaches Association Clinic

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You wear opponent outo Physicallyo Philosophically/Mentalo Football is a battle of wills

On a 4-6 play selection of plays someone is going to give in In times of adversity never tell someone what you do not want them to do

Tell them what you do want them to do Sudden Change

o Embrace it in everything Put into practice period Be flexible and keep people on their feet

Terminologyo Keep it the same for O, D, and STo One word for ball security: Chin

Chin to ball and cover the tip All 5 points are there

o Ball disruptions Mirror off hand of QB then get hands up

Culture of your team shows in practiceo Do not walk on the field

If you do not know where you are going run in place then follow somebodyo Take the field at a sprint

Build an attacking mentality Ball holds dreams, goals, and aspirations

Fight for blades of grass

o It is a game of incheso Fight for those small advantages that add up into big advantageso You must get better every day as a coach or you are not gaining any experience

Do you have three years of experience or do you have one year of twenty yearsexperience with twenty years of repeat

Consistency in messageo Teacher vs presenter

Can you teach fundamentals Teachers teach

o Language all use sameo Meetings Clear, clean, concise, direct

Coach with pictures, stills and give coaching pointso Peer Intervention

Program leadership teach them how to lead Leadership is the ability to influence

Skelly is bad


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o Skelly is the driving range for the QB Work routes in team pass

o 1 on 1s O vs DL DE does not always know it is pass DL or LB must put foot in ground, turn, then sprint 10 yds to dummy with a ball

Just like in a game Vary up where that dummy would be screen section

Swarmo Smart Swarm to ball

Leverage to ball Proper hip/landmark

63o Play lasts four to six secondso Need six seconds of effort with three great effortso Show effort in practice to team the night before the game

63 sticker on back of helmet for effort Toughness

o Bear Bryant on toughness Talent does not matter, if boys do not think tough, practicetough, and live tough, then how can they play tough on gameday.

o Practice toughness once per week You do not know when that one play will win or lost the game

Softo The worst thing that you can be called in the program is soft

Really soft players get soft c

Straino Work hard and give great effort

No job is too smallo Be the best holder in the country, best guard on punt in country

LOFo Lack of finish

Toughnesso Physical condition precedes anything else

Turn and sprint at end of quarter Football rewards the team that is in good physical condition

o Body positiono Hand punch, hand violence, hand placemento Restarting feet

Running the number, body on a bodyo Teaching of Strain

Count out six seconds in drillso Winning at the Junction point


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When defender that initiates contact meets player running away from contacto Efforto Blades of Grasso Standard Periods

Morning workout that show expectationso Build confidence and belief in physicality of their gameo No kids wearing long sleeves in cold games

Shows you the mentality Circle of Life Drill

o 1 on 1 that goes until one man plants the other on the groundo Name drills after opponents

Bama drill inside run drill Gator drill 1 on 1 with RB Vols live blocking DB vs WR with RB

WR and DBs are soft by nature, you have to make them tough Keep score in the drills Tackling Drills

Can get team around to raise intensity 3x3 drill

8 yd box, 10yds deep O has 4 plays to scoreo Add RB and LB

First Upo Anyone that carries ball is the first up off the ground before that defender

That is mentally intimidating If someone on the ground you have to get them up

Body on a bodyo If ball is thrown then go and get a body on a bodyo Everyone else should turn and sprint to the ballo Never leave ball on ground give to ref

Ball holds dreams, goals, and aspirations Score standard

o When you score all look the same Chin to ball, give ball to the ref

What are your core values at your position?o What are the standards for the position?

Tracy Claeys U of MN DC

Get to frontside shoulder rip out the ball do not secure then strip as RB has time to secure pull ball

low and away

If behind and cannot get to shoulder then punch the ball out


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Then progress to second man strip second man cannot go until the first man makes contact with the

ball-carrier

They do not match routes easier to play man then, when play zone want all eyes on ball

Defenders work to first QB look then jump the second look when hand off ball the defender jumps it

Sack and fumble strip hands down and get the ball out

Scoop and score over bags like to do into boundary (if you cannot recover the ball then knock it back in

bounds)

Defend what you see on film and enjoy life

Candy is an amazing motivator for kids LB levels a FB iso block get him a crunch bar in front of the

whole team, TFL get candy, effort get a tootsie pop

Matt Limegrover Minnesota Gopher OffensePower Read Series

Why the Power Reado Like because it horizontally stretches the defense and attacks the perimetero Option play without QB taking big hits, Power scheme, great complementary plays

(counter, QB power, PAP, shovel), QB does not have to be a difference maker to make

the play go, can read frontside DE or frontside LB to keep D honest

If play does not look good on Tuesday, take it out for that week, it will not be effective in thegame

Principleso Same as power O for olineo Block main threats (MLB and safety)

Block defenders most likely to tackle for a losso Adjust and counter puncho Not expensive play to addo Always have three blockers playside

Read the endo Block LB and push crack next most dangerous

Read the MLBo Block end and SSo Widest offensive player push seal

Push corner If he bails seal safety If he sits block him

Next two offensive players block the next to most dangerous players #2 blocks SS or OLB #3 blocks MLB work outside in to assignment


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o Rest Combo #1 DL on LOS to BSLB BST slam B gap BSG pull and work to FSLB (#3)

If he runs out get eyes inside for next backside defender QB step shuffle, shuffle, read

o 3 LB look BSG is pulling for MLB

o Like to run with the slot/WR coming in jet motion as the ball carriero Nice to bunch

Inside man on bunch arcs out and push/seal the perimetero Fun out of emptyo Power Read Swing

Run with the back to the three receiver side QB still read end

End squeezes throw swing End widens keep up inside

TB is playside and runs a swing Same concept as speed option Perimeter is the same Like this from Bunch

Reading the MLBo Block the endo Safe for QBo Perimeter is 3 for 3

3 widest Offensive players block the three widest defensive playerso Basically trapping the end with the guard

Complementso QB Counter

Exploit over aggressive Defense Guard pulls and kickouts, WB or back then pulls and seals

o QB Power Can be run to, or away, from motion QB great fake then go

With two backs in backfield: Motion flanker in Block power, have backside RB as extra logger

o Play Action Off of the MLB read #1 - vertical #2 - bubble


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#3 quick seam/pop route #1 backside post QB reads backside safety

He runs to pop throw the glance He sits go to pop If you do not feel comfortable run the play as before as blocking allows

you to do this

o OL blocks power anyway because throw comes out so fasto Play action

Three verticals playside #2 WR fakes quick hook outside then comes under and comes inside

o That LB will get tired of you trying to get outside with steadydoes of Power read anyway

Backside runs vertical or corner (if backside #1 is TE)o Shovel

Off of reading the end action If dropped it is an incomplete pass QB does not ride and read

Gets width and depth while reading the DE Back gets vertical then gets flat for shovel pass OL has same blocking as regular Power Read

Power Read series can be as big or as small as you want it to beo As many ways as you can pressure a DE to help your offensive line make him think, the

better it is

DE has running back coming at him and QB reading him

Vs 3-4 put TE to read the next man outsideo Answer to most problems with 3-4 is to put a TE in the game

Glen Caruso University of St. Thomas (MN) D3 national runner up

UST Pride and Passion Building Your Program Your Way

Iron sharpens irono Respect your opponent by giving your best effort when you step on the field

Only as good as your staffo Whatever you do, do it for the greater good of uso How does what you learn apply to your team

Cultural Tenets / cultural pillarso Pride in personnel play hard, play fast, play for each othero Passion for your performanceo Persistence in your plan takes no smarts or athleticism, just determination

The leader: Know you, be you


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o Know who you are and who you are noto List it outo What are your non-negotiables

Think about the end What are you willing/not willing to win or lose with

Personnelo Be totally transparent in your recruitingo 1. Enjoy the journey, embrace the struggle

All enjoy when it goes well, what do you do when it goes bado 2. Critical, confident, optimistico 3. Forward thinking next

Lose game, move forwardo 4. Take it personallyo 5. Stubborn not a negative if you can harness ito 6. Competitiveo 7. Highly demanding easy vs worthy

Not the critic / Man in the arena quoteo 8.Highly selective slow to go

Who do you have that should not be there Better to have one less than one more If you dont know it means they must go

Performanceo Consistent structure defined parameters

Threat of not having limitations is debilitating for people Clear minds make fast legs

o Ability to recalculate Be flexible not linear Know where you want to go

Tom tom: recalculatingo Absurdly High expectations

If you do not set them high you will not get thereo Good leader, good followero Tempo and urgency

There is a rhythm to how the program produceso

Patience Water the bamboo Just because you work, and just because you wait, does not entitle you to a darn

thing

o Understanding Failure Accept it, learn from it, There is no sin in failure, but there is failure in doing same thing twice


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Risk take it, be ok to fail Own up to failures and do not make same mistake twice

o Relentless efforto Accountability and Judgment

Starts at the top All we do is judging others it is not bad

Judgment is how to stay sane, safe, and learn The Plan

o Big Picture: Focal points by years for each aspect of your program Attitude, staffing, scheme, recruiting, etc

Then whato FAMILY

Forget about me, I love you Find a way to focus on your family

Give yourselves up to your teammates What you get is a by-product of the family

Personnel, Performance, Plan, FAMILYo Concentric growtho Perpetuating virtuous cycle

Culture of peopleo Coach the kid, not the scheme

Life Lessons and football lessonso Enhancement sessions Leadership training, PAUSCH last lectureo Vision, summation, selflessness, thoughtfulness, mental toughness, positive mental

outlook Books:

o Energy bus, good to great, talent code, talent is overrated, as a man thinketh, blessingsof a skinned knee, big russ and me, Ive got things to do with my life, huddle: fathers

sons and football, no: why kids of all ages need to hear it, they call me coach, psycho

cybernetics,

Find your absoluteso Not willing to have / not have in the programo Who are we?o Defense hustle, balanced talent, ambidextrous, leverage/liabilities, baseline check

system(default), thoughtful aggression, tempo variation, personnel aberrations,singleness of purpose defense (work hard to not let team beat you the way that they

want to

o Offense hustle, trade-shift-motion, cadence (most underused weapon), balance, +1football, split variation, tempo variation, ample check system, personnel aberrations

Building a Villageo Team traditions take the field, after a victory


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o Team travelo Bondingo Personal contacto Team / community outreacho Civic engagement relay for life, reading recesso Leadership growtho Involving the family: House rules

We never quit We never whine. Pouting is non-verbal whining We never get embarrassed

Be wrong, but be proud Bring family to practice

Let your kids see you at worko Show kids what it means to be a man

Blessed to work let kids do someo Working is a privilege

Take pictures of the highs and the lowso Embrace the thorns

Do not enjoy it, but embrace it, you are better for it down the road Lessons in life that are most valuable are based on our failures

Prepare the child for the path and not the path for the childo Fail at 18, not when you are 42o Do not make it easy, make it worthy

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2013 MN Football Coaches Association Clinic