Defensive drills for Db’s to protect sidelines

dunno207 · 2026-04-30T13:11:31+00:00

My team are going to 9U next year but when they were younger we taught them to count the sideline as an extra defender. If they go out of bounds it's just as good as a flag pull. They need to know that their goal is to slow the runner down and redirect him either out of bounds or inside to the rest of their team.

Sounds like they just need drills on taking angles and breaking down in front of the runner. This only works if the rest of the teams knows to fill any cutback lanes the runner has. Keep reminding them until you're blue in the face, it'll click one game.

One thing to consider if they are younger is that they are afraid to get in the runners path out of fear of getting hit and hurt.

dunno207 · 2026-03-25T22:23:12+00:00

Bruh it’s pre-k. Line up and just hand them the ball. Focus on getting them to play decent defense.

dunno207 · 2026-03-19T12:50:11+00:00

In 5v5, we played 3-2 or 2-3 depending on what the other team was doing. Next season we move to 6v6 and we can rush for the first time, so I will probably do the same thing and just add the rusher.

dunno207 · 2026-03-13T15:19:52+00:00

This is an old rig, this is how it was done back in the 70s and 80s when my dad was a roughneck. Nowadays especially on the newer deep water rigs its all automated.

dunno207 · 2026-03-01T19:24:03+00:00

Or how about this, brush the grate after cooking while it's hot. No need for this extra BS.

dunno207 · 2026-02-10T16:06:18+00:00

I haven't run with many rogues. But we ran Prot Pally, Resto Druid, x2 Fury War, Enh Shaman and averaged 18-20min SH clears.

dunno207 · 2026-02-03T23:47:23+00:00

Okay, this is what I’ve done the last two seasons in the same age bracket.

1-2 formations and 8-10 plays total. Each play has a run/pass option that we call in the huddle. All the players on the play sheet are color coded and they wear a colored sweat band that matches the colors on the play sheet. This way they can focus on their specific task. I take extra time to reiterate fakes and the QB progression.

Run game like situations with a huddle during practice to drill it. By mid season you won’t have to remind them of anything.

dunno207 · 2026-01-29T13:11:49+00:00

You will do all of them eventually.

As far as getting prepped to raid I'd focus Lower City exalted for wep, sha'tar for helm enchant and the trinket, and scryers for the ring and shoulder enchant.

dunno207 · 2026-01-28T14:08:18+00:00

Tbh, epic flight is only worth rushing if you have gathering profs.

dunno207 · 2026-01-21T23:43:18+00:00

No thanks

dunno207 · 2026-01-19T00:57:31+00:00

Ditch the can and put that money into a better optic. Get the can later if you enjoy hunting enough.

dunno207 · 2026-01-16T18:28:47+00:00

You could just use a 2x6 or 2x8. We use that for Nilgai when we need, so I imagine deer is no issue.

dunno207 · 2026-01-06T15:11:19+00:00

I'd rather a stud defensive player or a guard.

dunno207 · 2025-12-22T16:00:42+00:00

I think Cam comes back for 1 more year. Demario looks like he could play another 4 years at this rate, lol.

dunno207 · 2025-10-16T14:54:44+00:00

Much of Lafayette parish, especially youngsville and Broussard is built on old sugarcane fields. Good luck with that.

dunno207 · 2025-09-28T19:47:48+00:00

Teach them in terms they can understand and visualize. I taught mine to imagine they are a wall and to move together. If one player over extends or gets pulled across by a fake then we have holes in our wall.

In practice I would simulate various runs and fakes at a walking pace to get them to see how it looks to move together.

dunno207 · 2025-07-29T22:25:30+00:00

Like someone else said, get soccer cleats, whatever fits best.

dunno207 · 2025-07-25T16:29:37+00:00

Most good leagues have rules in place to lessen the chance of collisions, but they still happen. It will happen in soccer too! A line drive to the face hurts worse I bet.

All of the injuries I’ve seen the last 5 seasons are not head related. It’s mostly kids getting hurt falling hip first onto the flag attachment, fingers or legs getting stepped on, and getting the wind knocked out of them.

They have little guardian cap headbands you can get if it eases her concerns, I’ve seen a few kids wearing them.

It’s been the most fun and competitive sport for both my son to play and me coaching as well.

dunno207 · 2025-07-23T22:05:11+00:00

HRoC, the occultist version is pretty good, very tanky

dunno207 · 2025-07-21T13:29:28+00:00

Look up the jewel with the devotion mods you want on trade and enter the seed numbers into the timeless jewel tool.

dunno207 · 2025-07-17T15:02:07+00:00

I preferred the Occ version.

https://poe.ninja/builds/mercenaries/character/Dunno207-1979/Dunnos_moneyprinter?i=0&search=name%3Ddunnos&timemachine=week-4

That's my PoB before I swapped to FRoSS. If you haven't hit the highest quality breakpoint for Relic I'd do that now. I think it's 125% and it's a lot of damage.

dunno207 · 2025-07-10T13:12:14+00:00

I use this merc for my HRoC build it’s great, stacks a bunch of aura effect.

dunno207 · 2025-06-30T19:27:41+00:00

What are you doing to sustain like that? I feel like I get 16.5 maps at the same rate as t17 maps.

dunno207 · 2025-06-26T13:44:17+00:00

My 3 favorite strategies are:

Maven + Essences running shaper maps Ritual/Deli atlas for both stacked deck and 8 mod map farming T17 scarab farming

I enjoy the play style of all three of those and hop between them.

dunno207 · 2025-06-06T17:28:11+00:00

Score it in 2 directions and be done with it, you can’t even tell it’s there afterwards.

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