When I visited Cary Grove High School this summer, I met a coach that runs one of, if not THE, most successful football program in the Northwest Suburbs. I have often wondered how some coaches are able to put together such great football teams year after year. It is no doubt that there is a long list of factors that contribute to this success. Including the careful planning and efficient use of practice time, which is one of the things Coach Kay shared with us that day. If you run a large football program, I highly recommend taking a look at Coach Kay's video on http://www.chiefpigskin.com/. It goes back to one of the things a mentor of mine once taught me: "Why make up your own way when there is already a way out there that has proven to be succesful?" The attention to detail at C-G is apparent and I'm sure is a huge key to their success.
The thing that I have learned from Cary Grove that has most helped my program this year, was picked up as I watched game highlights of their team on http://www.mchenrycountysports.com/. The clip was just 2 minutes long, but as I watched, I immediately noticed their offensive line. Never had I seen an offensive line fire out so low, and stay so low throughout the duration of the entire play. The backs of the O line were flatter than my kitchen table and their talented running backs followed suit when it was their time to block.
I wasted no time trying to apply this same principle to my offensive line. "Fire out low! and Stay Low!!" Obviously, in the 2 months we used this coaching principle, we could come nothing close to the execution Cary-Grove achieves. But it helped my program win football games. With my own season ending just this past Saturday, I have already begun my list of 'To improve ons' and this item is at the top.
Watch the practice plan video by Coach Kay. You'll see the importance that Coach Kay puts on good coaching. And watch a clip or two of Cary-Grove playing some football, and see if you can see the results of such coaching as quickly as I could.
Monday, October 26, 2009
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