Utah Football

Archive for April, 2010

Dave J. Burns asked:




There are many different football defence and offence formations and plays that are available today for a coach to choose. With a click of the mouse one can find an endless amount of information and ideas on team systems and philosophies on the internet.

But what is the best one suited for you or better yet, suited for your football team? We all have our favourite defence or offence that we would love to play and implement. However, the point we would like to make is that it’s quite probable that your favourite defence you like and want to play is outside the reach of your player’s abilities. It’s important as a coach that you evaluate your teams abilities and static factors. Static factors would be the unchangeable such as size, strength, athletic ability,speed, desire, and determination. Basically, things that are presented to you that you have no control over. Once you determine these factors its up to you as the coach to select the right systems that your players will thrive in based on their abilities. The worst thing you can do is select a system that will be too much for your team to handle. In the end, it will come back to haunt you!

In most programs testing these factors is done in the early days of your training camp. The coaches will chart, record, and monitor the different strengths and weakness of each player. From that point, they will discuss the type of offence and defence that they will implement in order to get the very best from their players abilities. Perhaps you have a large group of solid offensive linemen and a few good athletes. Probably your evaluation based on these factors is that you will build your offence around your O-line and be a running football team. Or defensively you might evaluate that you don’t have a lot of D-lineman or good size so you compensate by playing a scheme like a 3-4 in order to take advantage of your speed at the linebacker and safety positions. Either or, you’ve selected a scheme that is within your player’s abilities.

By doing this you will get the best possible system that your players will thrive in as it will be designed around their strengths. they will gain confidence in it, and no doubt, be tough to play against.

A lot of coaches make the mistake of implementing systems just because they like them and ignore the static factors. For the most part, we are coaching programs when we are dealt our players. There’s no recruiting process to get players in that will thrive under the system we like. Therefore we can only play the hand we are dealt and that means it’s important to get a handle on the static factors so that we can implement the best possible defence, offence, or special teams.

Joseph Pressley asked:




Sports are different recreational activities created to test an individual’s skills and talents. It is created not only for the mere purpose of fun but they are also created to bring out the best of an individual. When you talk about benefits, there are lists of health benefits one can get out of playing a certain type of sport. Remember that the body and the mind are working altogether as you play a sport and that alone makes an individual physically and mentally fit.

You can choose from the categories of sports depending upon your choice and your skills as well. There are water sports, indoor and outdoor and even extreme sports. The most important thing of all is that you have full time dedication to your chosen sport. If you want to become successful and be famous, you have to at least exert effort in practicing and in learning routines, the rules and new techniques. It may be very difficult at first but once you get a hang of it, you will already find it easy and worth it. This can also be applied when you are still learning how to use the tazer gun and as soon as you have mastered how to use it well, you will then learn to value it and see its worth.

Football is one famous sport played by the toughest men in the world. Why tough? Because they have to be strong in order for them not to easily fall down and be defeated. It is a tough team sport that rivals baseball as the most popular athletic event for spectators in any country. Millions of people are watching football games due to the fact that they are often accompanied by halftime shows with marching bands and alumni and fun club gatherings.

This type of sport is basically an autumn sport with teams playing from 8 to 16 games usually occurring on successive weekends. Each team must have 11 players on the field at a time. Teams are allowed to substitute their players between play without restrictions. This is a time sport. The team who gets to have most points at the end of the time period wins the game. Just like basketball, it is divided into 4 periods or quarter having a long half time between the second and the third quarter. Just imagine how players are deeply pressured as they play the game.

Like any other game, football has its own set of rules as well. If these rules are not followed, penalties will be served just the same as how an individual will be charged with several penalties if he illegally uses the dog tazer. Players should have knowledge on these so they will know what to prevent as they play the game.

The most common types of penalties are false start which means the player moves prior to the snap. Offside penalty is given to the player either defense or offense when he is on the wrong side of the line of scrimmage of the snap. Holding is given to a player when he tackles another player. Facemask is used to protect the face that is why it is illegal if another player tries to pull it off.

Players are also not allowed to run after kickers and quarterbacks especially when they have already thrown the ball. And intentional grounding is given to the player when he intentionally pass the ball nowhere near the receiver just to avoid being sacked. All of these are important penalties that can be given if you will not follow the right way to play the game.