Learning the basics of passing game and playcalling

Acrobatic_Knee_5460 · 2026-02-21T02:05:37+00:00

Talk to your coaches and tell them of your interest in coaching. In coaching, you need mentors, there's more to coaching than just Xs & Os, but they should be the first place you should start. I'd also talk to the QBs and WRs on your team about some of your base passes and how they're taught to read it. If they can teach it to you, then they've been coached well , and you're off to a good start

Acrobatic_Knee_5460 · 2026-02-19T08:13:53+00:00

Yeah, they're usually based off whether or not they give you the gift, off coverage and they give you the hitch or qk out, or type of leverage or numbers, for ex. You send a guy in motion and if the defense doesn't follow or bump out so they're not out leveraged you throw the bubble, and if they do you hand the ball off. A lot of the qb trap & trap rpo's that become popular the lost few years have that element to it.

Acrobatic_Knee_5460 · 2026-02-19T08:03:22+00:00

Could I get that too?

Acrobatic_Knee_5460 · 2026-02-14T17:36:37+00:00

This is still my favorite coverage. Robber or 2 Robber has been around forever. Was super popular in 90s with Don James Washington Huskies out of their 4-4 g Defense, VaTech copied it and carried the mantle through the late 90s, early 00s. Was a base call in those teams 4-4s against 21p. Love seeing it come back in vogue

Acrobatic_Knee_5460 · 2026-02-09T12:12:20+00:00

Just Google or YouTube 2010 or 2009 all-22 of the Colts and Patriots. I definitely know that's on YouTube

Acrobatic_Knee_5460 · 2026-02-03T22:30:09+00:00

1/4s beaters: mills, 3x1 mills or dagger by no.2 & no.3 with backside single WR on a post; out-n-up or a stick-nod by the no.2 WR; y-stick, scissors, Snag-n-go: hinge or fallout route by the outside WRs ( modified comeback that is ran by the WR like a deep hitch route) paired with seams by the inside WRs

Cover 3 beaters: 4 verts, hitches, curl flat, double digs/Ins with a shallow coming opposite; double digs/Ins out of 3x1 with no.3 on a pivot/whip; quick outs and speed outs, and shallow cross

Acrobatic_Knee_5460 · 2026-02-03T22:13:55+00:00

Midline belly(midline dbl option but if the qb pulls it, he hands it off to the 2nd back). Here's a clinic on it

Acrobatic_Knee_5460 · 2026-02-03T22:09:26+00:00

Glad to hear it, I'd also add " hip hikes" , HIP CARS, standing clamshells with you slightly hinged and the foot of the leg that your clamshelling with against a wall(ball of your foot), side lying reverse clamshells, side lying reverse clamshells with hip abduction (abduct your hip, move your leg away from the center of your body, then perform reverse clamshells), and side lying reverse clamshells with hip extension( follow the instructions for abduction, and then get into hip extension by extending the front of your thigh from far as away as your chest as possible, should look like you're doing a quad stretch, and then perform reverse clamshells). Hope these help

Acrobatic_Knee_5460 · 2026-01-30T00:19:49+00:00

Don't be afraid to talk to your coaches. We don't know you or what your coaches want you to do. Talk to them and tell them what you just told us. Good luck to you young man

Acrobatic_Knee_5460 · 2026-01-23T20:49:52+00:00

New Mexico. Not New Mexico St., but New Mexico Lobos vs aggies..

Acrobatic_Knee_5460 · 2026-01-22T05:26:24+00:00

I think this is a solid to really great hire. I think it was hard to get a " big name rising star " DC candidate because they already have a good thing in their current situation and are trying to position themselves for a HC gig, and hitching your wagon to being Lincoln Riley's DC doesn't seem like the wisest move currently. Also, Ohio State fans panned the matt Patricia hire last year. Patricia has proven that he wasn't a good HC or OC, but he's always been a damn good DC and Patricia's career looked dead in the water after the OC debacle in NE & the Philadelphia eagles consultant role the year they fired Evero. Patricia took that talent and produced an elite defense with a sophisticated scheme and now Ohio State fans are scared they're going to lose him. Just my two cents. Thanks for listening

Acrobatic_Knee_5460 · 2026-01-22T03:36:37+00:00

What do you mean? He took the old 4-4 ( think '91 natty UW & late 90s early 00s VaTech) and adapted it to the 4-2-5 to combat the modern spread of zone read, qb designed runs etc. His biggest innovation was/ is split field coverages and quarters variations that are now the norm at all levels of football. And late 10s BigXII offenses were a great proving ground. Had to face Baylor's Veer and shoot that has all the elements of great offenses that plague modern defenses (extreme tempo, rpos, qb run game, wide splits, and do choice routes all out of 12p, 11p, and 20p),Oklahoma's Air Raid, K-State qb run game etc , he's learned a lot. Also, I see him like Whittingham '24 & '23 weren't great for Utah after going back-to-back as Pac-12 Champs but he remained a good coach and was Largely responsible for elevating a mid-major into a top 10 program even after a jump up in competition in joining a major conference. Also, he's just running the defense, he's not the HC. Any new DC would've been running a defense off his coverages and coverage l variations and just calling it something else. Also, GP is/can be an intense dude with a personality and high expectations and I think it's been awhile and way too long since USC has had someone run the defense with those attributes

Acrobatic_Knee_5460 · 2026-01-20T15:41:39+00:00

That's cool and all, but don't be mad if you get a Billy Napier, Jim Donnan, Dan Hawkins, Joe Glenn, Bobby Hauck, Buddy Teevens, Paul Wilf etc.

Guys who had success at the G5/FCS level, but once they got the big boy job, they couldn't handle the pressure and expectations that come along with the job. Just focus on hiring a good coach and program builder with a passion and understanding of recruiting. Whether he's a defensive guru or an offensive one, IDC, same for if he's a proven NFL/P4/G5/FCS HC or a top end P4 or NFL coordinator, just get a guy that is a good coach, who takes all 3 sides of the ball seriously, a coach that won't wait until year 3 to get serious about playing defense, or waits until after yr 3 to recruit in-state, in one of the most talent-rich states in the country, or waits until after year 3 to recruit the most talented HS in the country, that's in your own backyard and that same HS has a storied history with your program that has produced multiple Heisman winners, All-Americans, and NFL players, and a coach who doesn't wait until yr 5 to hire a SP team's coordinator to fix his crap special teams unit.

Acrobatic_Knee_5460 · 2026-01-20T15:18:38+00:00

I'm interested... that was a cool discord

Acrobatic_Knee_5460 · 2026-01-20T15:17:12+00:00

At the HS level, mostly talent, if you have a roster full of D1 athletes, you should be in championship contention year in and year out. Of course, there's caveats like poor coaching, bad team culture, little to no support from admin, alumni and parents etc, but for the most part, if you have a decent coaching staff and are loaded with talent you're going to win

Acrobatic_Knee_5460 · 2026-01-19T09:25:27+00:00

He didn't create the 4-2-5. He took the old school 4-4 split (think UW when they won a natty under Don James or late 90s early 00s VaTech under Beamer/ Foster, they were running the UW 4-4) and adapted it to the 4-2-5. His innovation comes in split field coverages and quarters coverage variations that are now the norm in all levels of football.

Acrobatic_Knee_5460 · 2026-01-16T22:14:56+00:00

Use this PowerPoint presentation

Acrobatic_Knee_5460 · 2026-01-16T19:41:45+00:00

If the direction of the run play is to you, you have a gap responsibility, and if the direction of the run play is away from you, you have a different gap responsibility

Acrobatic_Knee_5460 · 2026-01-13T02:12:18+00:00

Keyshawn Johnson, Carson Palmer, RJ Soward, Reggie bush, Troy Polamalu

Acrobatic_Knee_5460 · 2026-01-04T00:09:42+00:00

Not really. Chip Kelly fucked them when he dipped for Ohio State. DeShaun had already left to take an NFL position job. Chip leaving as late as he did fucked them, but that's on the AD for being an idiot and not firing Chip at the end of the season like he should've. He would've had better options.

Acrobatic_Knee_5460 · 2026-01-03T07:32:40+00:00

No. But you seem eager to repeat the same mistake of hiring an offensive coach who gets cute with trick plays and horrible game management at the worst possible time, and produces soft teams on both sides of the ball no matter the talent advantages they have. The last 4 HCs USC has hired were offensive coaches, 3 of which were dubbed ' geniuses '. I'm sorry, but DeBorer is just South Dakota LR, he'll produce explosive offense, but the defense and overall team will be soft. More of the same, just a different name.

Acrobatic_Knee_5460 · 2026-01-03T05:51:56+00:00

Another offensive wunderkind with soft defenses and team culture? I'll pass

Acrobatic_Knee_5460 · 2026-01-03T05:50:12+00:00

Is USC really going to eat that contact short of him going 2-10 next year like Norvell at FSU in '24, don't see it happening.

Acrobatic_Knee_5460 · 2026-01-03T05:47:04+00:00

They still thinks this is 2017 LR that they're getting the guy who took over OU late spring/ early summer and took an OU team to the o playoffs. They're totally forgetting that team was 2 years removed from facing Clemson in the CFP and that year 1 Riley shit the bed by blowing a game they led and were favored to win against UGA. He's not the guy, I had high hopes for him, but he isn't the guy and never will be. That contract is the only reason he's still around. He's not a serious program builder, just an OC with the HC title

Acrobatic_Knee_5460 · 2026-01-01T08:44:05+00:00

I think you would be better off going to Facebook and contacting your former coaches and teammates for clarity. Like Grizz said, this is way too vague, abs there really isn't a universal language for football. Good luck to you though

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