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Huge help thanks brother! I’m comfortable coaching a lot of positions but o line is not one of them and at the youth level you have to wear multiple hats 😂 I know there’s the “let the kids play” crowd but 10-11 year olds can pick up alot more than people give them credit for and also I’ve found the game is more enjoyable to them when you teach them new things

No doubt! Especially if you are coaching younger kids I’d say make run game as simple as possible for them. “Set your hips on an angle and accelerate” I think a lot of OL coaches try to teach steps and ingraining “this first step needs to be 6 inches here, and then this one goes here” like nah let’s just set our angle and accelerate. Now there is obviously stuff to teach within that like how to achieve leverage with your hands in run game and how to properly accelerate and keep somewhat of a base. But overall I think we just make it that simple for them

Low man doesn’t always win. Pad level itself isn’t as important as you think. Don’t need to keep a post foot or post into the LOS. Dropping your ass lower isn’t gaining leverage. Rolling hips & getting extension in the run game isn’t optimal. Hopping immediately against a bullrush isn’t always a good response.

@BigDuke50 That’s perfect I appreciate you!

@Lightss0utt Hope this helps youtube.com/shorts/eSjglJq…

@CoachShiffman TERRIBLE TAKEEE

Sport specialization is hindering your kid, not helping.

@LandonTengwall @BigDuke50 I agree with you! I wouldn’t say I’ve ever operated in black and white. I was just trying to steal a gem of knowledge so I could maybe help somebody out one day. I see people teach the extend and shed almost always, so just was curious

This is why I think some coaches struggle because they want black and white answers, and they tell their athletes that things are black and white. You start to become a much better coach when you realize we live in grey, not black and white. Give your athlete a structure but allow them to self discover and problem solve. There’s never one cookie cutter answer to one problem

I agree. Mine sit down with me and watch NFL/College/HS, Rivals highlights and play CFB/Madden just like we used to. They workout in the garage with me but they also see me and their mom workout every week. Some kids are still like that but depends on how they’re raised, what you instill in them as a kid and what they see you do. A lot of lazy parents out there

This is the adults fault…amount of fanboys with 247, Rivals, recruiting media & SM…kids are kids, when we got letters at school back in the day we showed them off to friends…but the weird adults on SM wanting to hype kids up made a lot of kids just like attention, not football

@aceoffmeta FIU

Dropping a new offense tonight on Ace Madden First person to guess the playbook gets a free month of membership!

@CoachLync Six

@WideZoneWarrior What’s your go to plays?

I call this my favorite formation in football if I have a mobile QB!

@AllenBogarty @SeahawkNerd The team with the better play caller

@Lightss0utt @SeahawkNerd Lets say 2 teams play. Everything about each team is the same aside from QB and TE. Team 1: HOF TE + Mediocre QB Team 2: Mediocre TE + HOF QB Which team do you think would win more often?

Tight end always has been and always will be a more important position than quarterback.

@RyanMDowning @CoachShiffman What does that have to do with teaching them how to block??? 😂 “Hey kids just do whatever, good luck.”

@Lightss0utt @CoachShiffman Just let them play man

Scoring when you NEED a touchdown is far more important than scoring when you WANT a touchdown

@AllenBogarty @SeahawkNerd They did…Nick Foles and Zach Ertz won……

@SeahawkNerd Lets put your HOF TE + mediocre QB against my mediocre TE + HOF QB team and see who wins lol

He didn’t say only QB. He said “and at QB?”, as in he was curious about the QB experience as well. Or it would’ve said “QB’s tell me about your first start as a freshman”. Also your inability to comprehend English/ hating on people sharing THEIR experiences tells me a lot about you and why you probably have so much free time to hate on a work day.

@Lightss0utt @BrennanMarion4 He said tell me your p4 experience at QB and u went to the other side of the ball. U niggas crazy

Tell me about your 1st college start as a 17-18 freshman in college. Like go into depth explain how you saw the game? I remember mine, coaching points went out the window I was just running fast & game speed was so fast oh & it was JC 🏈 lol. Tell me your P4 experiences & at QB?

@bruweez @BrennanMarion4 You can’t read lol Try reading it again. Plus I’m getting literacy checked from this guy?

@Lightss0utt @BrennanMarion4 So not a qb got it! Yall can't read

@BrennanMarion4 My guyyy! If you were running a 10U team and you have a stacked team from top to bottom. Whats your go to formation looking like and bread and butter concept?

Love y’all excited for football season! Go Buffs!!!

@AdamArchuleta Also curious, since I nerd out on this stuff… Do you think explosiveness could be trained in that trigger step or power step in the weight room. Other than single leg plyos being good, I was curious about staggered stance DB jumps and things of this nature.

@Lightss0utt I don't think there are "top" tackling drills. Tackling is situational and no one size fits all. Its best to stop wasting time in practice on drills that at best, dont work. At worst, reinforce bad habits.

If only runners would graciously run by dragging one leg behind so that you could easily grab onto it..

@AdamArchuleta Gotcha, thanks brother!