Thank you for your time and imparting your wisdom into us. This is my first year as a coach (youth football), ever. I was asked what I wanted to coach, I choose linemen and defense. I appreciate how you are able to deliver the knowledge you posses in an understandable way.
Great coaching! Awesome knowledge. Also credit to that defense! Them boys are moving there feet relentlessly! Somebody coached them up to be high motor players! Great Job!!!
It seems like the best way to attack a 4-4 is to have a literal adult as a quarterback If you don’t have someone composed, consistent, and patient enough to make those 5 yard dinks 12 or so times in a row You’re not going to be able to drive the football
The only bad thing, IF he wasn't surrounded and had a great cutback reverses field and that is wide open green grass. But I do like the aggressiveness.
+Joey Combs Nevermind I saw some backside contain who were just pursuing enough to really deck the kid if he reverses field. I like it. I'm just trying to figure the best way to implement the 4-4 vs a very good single wing team. I had shutdown their 16 power play our last game but the 18 sweep was really hurting me. Wedge and a jumbled mess and a good back with a great cutback got a few yards on me with a different team. I won that game but they seemed to move the ball with a lot of delayed stuff. My line needed better penetration, consistently.
I have to disagree with the point of spilling runs to the outside. Most kids want to run around a defense. I want my defense to spill all runners into the middle of the defense where more tacklers are waiting.
I get what you're saying. I have always taught our players to spill to the sidelines. Use the sidelines as another defender. It's all about what you can teach, and the kids can pick up.
+OKPRODS I would suggest to have the lineman 2 gap it and have the LBs read off of the lineman. For instance, the DTs will read the play and take care of either the A or B gap based on what they see. The ILBs will fill which ever gap the DT doesn't. Same with the DEs, they will read the play and take care of either the C or D gap and the OLBs will fill the one the DE doesn't take.
+CrookitLetta what if they all read the play incorrectly? I would wager a guess that the worse case would be that either everyone assumes contain responsibility or no one does. I coach 9 yr olds and it is never a good idea to leave kids that young to their own devices. I need to assign them jobs that they do all the time. if this, then that. I try not to make them figure too many things out on their own.
So are you stunting into those gaps on every play, or the tackles play head up and the ILB picks a gap, or scrapes into the D gap on and outside run, or just runs in pursuit?
Hey guys, so I'm coaching a team of seven and eight year olds. In our league you cannot shoot the a app nor can the offense run up the a gap. Any recommendations on defenses?
DA BUTCHER I would have the CBs play man on the wide outs instead of sticking to their zone. Have the safety drop back into zone and read the QB. And give help over the top either side. Ensure the safety has good mechanics for open field tackles. If not it's gonna be a long day. Just my opinion.
