Thursday, July 3, 2008

Day 3 Install

Day 3 was a return to the offensive side of the ball and a chance to continue to build on the day 1 install.  We reviewed the signals, routes, and formations before diving into the install of our pocket game passing concepts.  To teach these combinations, we used a scout defense and ran plays at them with two groups of receivers.  
To speed up the reps and allow me to coach on the field, I made scripts and gave them to my WR coach.  He sent in the information and coaches taught them up before snapping the ball.  During this session, we put in 4 new plays.  The players seemed to get the concepts and showed proficiency in using the formations.  
For the last few minutes of practice, we went live.  Throwing a defense out there to give the QB real reads.  Things looked OK, but I realized that with all the emphasis on the WR (forms, routes, and the like) we had not coached up the QB very well.  He will need more reps to be game ready.
All in all.  Another few steps forward.  All plays and formations are beings signaled in and players are verbalizing each one.  We will try to stop reciting the signals next week.

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