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Free course on building an offense:
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The best OC’s understand how the defense thinks.
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An organized call sheet is a must. Luckily, we've built one for you.
Retweet and comment "send" and we'll DM you the link to an editable call sheet!
(Must be following so we can DM)
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Would anyone be interested in a template to help them breakdown their opponent?
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If the OC had to coach a position -
What position should they coach?
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Along with not practicing plays you won't run, look at your drills and eliminate every single one that doesn't show up in the game.
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Breakdown ideas
The best OC’s understand how the defense thinks.
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As young OCs, we always measure our success by points. But you can lose 55 to 50. Points are good and the more you score the more likely you are to win. But sometimes a slow drive where you aren't in a rush to score can save a game.
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Which run is easier to install?
Zone/duo
Power/counter
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Rank these on importance in your system:
Tempo
Multiple Formations
Multiple Concepts
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Your job as the OC is not to outsmart people. It's to help your players out execute the defensive players.
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What's the first thing you do when breaking down an opponent?
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The offense you love running and the offense that works for your players are not always the same. Be flexible and never forget your job is to help your players succeed no matter what.
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Continuing the run game conversation...
What run do you install FIRST?
Why that one?
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Book giveaway - Wednesday night
To win:
Follow this account
Retweet
Tag a current/future OC
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What's the first you thing you do as an OC in the offseason?
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OL Workbook Giveaway!
Tag one OL coach and retweet to enter your name!
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On to the passing game…
Which 3x1 concept was your most productive this year?
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When you run "odd" formations you take 15-20 minutes away from the defense's time just to figure out how to line up. Same with sugar huddles or swinging gate for PAT.
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When you find a play that works in a formation that works...keep running the play. Don't change just because you think they're going to figure it out. Make the defense stop you.
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You've probably heard it before but it's worth repeating:
Run what you practice and practice what you run.
Never forget this.
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When a play is working well don't let the defense off the hook. Don't do something just because you prepared it and it's on your call sheet. Keep running what's working until they stop it. THEN make adjustments.
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Even though nobody wants to do it, you have to have good coaches running the scout defense. Don't get mad at the scout team if you aren't spending time coaching them up too.
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Your practice script should have at a minimum left and right hashes scripted.
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Super important to be detailed on player evaluations during your opponent breakdown process.
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What is the number one tool every OC needs?
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Here's your Sunday reminder not to run plays in practice that you won't run in the game.
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Looks like we’re locked from sending any more DMs…
Here’s the call sheet:
Just hit “make a copy” and then make it yours
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When it's all said and done you've got to be able to win vs. man...
What's your go-to man beater?
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Reminder that football is not played on 1st down in the middle of the field very often. Practice situational football.
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Never let your lineman play slower than they have to. Use a lot of "same as" teaching with them. You can call a lot of plays with tags that don't even affect them but let the skill players move around and do their thing.
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3rd and 1 might not be the time for your quarterback to pull the RPO and throw the glance. Don't expect him to know this, you have to teach him or call the play in a way where he knows exactly what to do. Don't assume.
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A great call sheet has these 3 elements:
- Situational football (3rd down, drive starters, 2 pt, etc)
- Plays to get your best players the ball
- Plan for second half
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Formationing into the boundary can be like stealing if the defense doesn't adjust (run a quck screen or toss to start). If they do adjust, you might have just set up your best receiver with a one on one to the field.
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Reality is that a lot of current players don't watch a ton of football so they might not know situations instinctively. Build your team period around a situation as often as you can (ideally every play).
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Who are the best Triple Option Coaches on Twitter?
Tag below!
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New plays should always be installed against bags or on air. Not only does it make it easier to learn but going live is an easy way to hurt your team's confidence in the play when it's messy at first.
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Every scheme/system is good. Run what works with your players and run what you can teach.
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As the OC you need to be comfortable with your game plan during the game. If one piece of it doesn't work like you thought, you can't think to abandon ship. Trust your game plan or else why game plan at all?
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The beginning of game planning is simple and you shouldn't over complicate it. Are they...
Odd or Even?
Middle of the Field Open or Closed?
Chart how they align to your base formations and this will be clear.
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Studying the opponent's scheme is important. But not as important as studying their players.
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The reason you have a section on your call sheet for your best players is sometimes the script isn't working like you planned...
Get your best players the ball to spark up the offense.
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If you want to be simple, you need to think about football a little differently. Everybody (including me) wants to or has wanted to have a complex offense and call plays like Spider 2 Y Banana. Don't do it. Focus on execution first.
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Your game plan and call sheet need a section for your backup QB.
This can save a game.
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On first downs the defense probably isn't going to have a lot of variation or risk. On third down (especially long) the DCs usually do something different and harder to prepare for. Lesson: pick up first downs on 1st and 2nd down.
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Big advocate for having a "funk" formation. This doesn't have to be intricate because it's not your base and you don't run everything out of it. Just enough to make sure the defense spends time practicing against it (but you can add variations every week).
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Don't overcomplicate the game. But also don't think that simplicity makes the game any less difficult or hard to manage. The difference is where your focus is. Do you want to work on looking smart or helping your players score points?
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Who here lays out "If-Then" scenarios for every play they have?
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Start your drill book today if you haven't already. Template below this tweet.
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Here's your Wednesday reminder that you can't teach what you don't know. Learn something new or review something you've already learned. You'll be a better teacher for it.
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How often do you run empty? Can you run your whole offense out of it?
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Never underestimate how valuable a short yardage package is.
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Your position coaches always deserve the WHY behind what you're asking them to teach.
They must buy in to the way you want to teach your offense.
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Practice situational football. Start planning that aspect of your practice today.
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Sometimes a play works because of scheme. Sometimes a play works because your RB broke 3 tackles.
When you call plays in the game, make sure you know WHY it worked the first. time.
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Shifts (like TE/Wing shifts) are wonderful because the defense always gives something up. Do they try to move their entire defense to match the change of strength or do they stay the same. Neither is ideal for the defense.
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Your drills should change throughout the season. Don't keep doing drills your good at in games. What are you not doing well? Drill that.
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Remember that as many good ideas are out there on the internet, you can only choose a few. Why? Because practice doesn't last all day. Only run what you can practice.
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A lot of in game adjustments happen before the game. We all might think we can come up with a solution in the heat of the game, but the reality is we'll go to what we know. Prepare something to know in the cool of your office on Sunday.
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If you don't run your base concept a lot during the game you probably don't have a base concept. And that doesn't mean running the same play out of the same formation all the time. Q power is power read is tackle over power. Think concepts, not plays.
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Remember that it's easy to defend offenses that stay in one tempo all game.
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Winning games can look different every week. Sometimes you need tempo because you know your offense can score and you'd like to have the ball as many times as possible. Other times you might not want to give the other O more opportunities to score. Adjusting your tempo goes far
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Other than points scored, what is your number 1 priority on offense?
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What might be contrary to popular belief, having a lot of formations in an offense isn't hard for the players to learn. At most one player probably only needs to know 3 tags. Lots of formations are hard on the coach. You have to know it all.
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Learn how to sequence plays well and you'll have the ability to game plan against any defense.
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Book giveaway - Monday night
To win:
Follow this account
Retweet
Tag a current/future OC
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Something we do is give our QB the hardest looks on Tuesdays. Our job as coaches is to make the QB look as good as possible. We put him through a tough time early in the week so when it's a little easier on Wed & Thurs he's confident going into the game.
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Here's one of the greatest things you can do for your players and position coaches:
Define the exact skills that each position needs. Here's an example:
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What's your philosophy: lots of...
A. Formations
B. Plays
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For Indy drills, a coach should never be "done" with these.
There's not enough time in Team to stop and work on these skills. Make sure the coaches know that Indy is when this coaching happens.
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Drills: quality or quantity?
You can only pick one.
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The RPO is just one way to build IF-THEN into your system. Formations & motions are a SIMPLE way to get the looks you need if the defense has a numbers advantage.
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The Wing T might have started it, but If-Then play calling is a tool/framework every offense can incorporate.
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Early on, your script and call sheet are super important, but...
The defense works all week too. The successful OCs adapt and use their base plays in different ways (one play many ways) and make it work!
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Good, simple rule of thumb for scripting plays is the rule of 3:
Script first 3 plays of your first 3 drives
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Working the depth chart in practice:
Indy: everyone
Group: 1s and 2s
Team: 1s and 1As
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Interesting conversation with
@coachhargitt
in the OC Academy... his teams that spent equal to or less than 19% of their offensive snaps on 3rd down had a winning record AND made it to the postseason. What does this mean?
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Learn how to sequence plays well and you'll have the ability to game plan against any defense.
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The call sheet is a tool -- don't be married to it.
You've got to see what you see on the field. If they come out in something different, you'll have to adapt on the fly.
That's why having a base play is KEY. Run a system.
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How do you get good at sequencing play calls? Study "series" based offenses. Illusion of complexity...
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All plays are good and all systems are good.
What are YOU able to teach and what can YOUR players execute?
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Everyone knows these situations: 3rd downs, red zone, backed up, goal line, 2 minute, 4 minute. You should practice all of those, but don't forget that 1st down and drive starters are situations too.
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Motioning to bunch is great because a lot of teams have set rules for bunch so you can game plan right. But also if they don't line up with great leverage, WR screens can become a little easier.
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Be honest with your players about the opposing team. Let them know the strengths and weaknesses of the roster and share your notes with them.
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What's the number 1 thing you're working on as an OC this off season?
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Free lesson from the OC Academy: Opponent Breakdown from a Real Game
Get it here:
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The great thing about being multiple with formations is that you're constantly making the defense adjust even if they're "better" than you. Keep forcing those players to line up correctly and have your answers to wherever they align.
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Work backwards with your practice plans.
What's your objective for the month? the wee? the day?
How are you going to get everything in? Be simple and prioritize.
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