What a difference a week makes! We got our first win on Saturday… the kids were verrrrrrrrrrry excited. So was their coach!!!!
For those of you who are struggling, let me confirm what I’ve been “spouting off” about for years now: when things aren’t going well on Friday night, consolidateand stick to your guns! We were simply trying to do too much on offense. We have very smart kids; but, even they were overloaded when it came to learning all of the stuff we were trying to execute. I jettisoned a bunch of stuff after our second loss and focused on the “magnificent 7” base plays of the Del. Wing T that next week in practice. The next game we rushed for 222 yards. The next game, we ran for 411! and this past week-end, we rushed for 296! We consolidated and focused on improving our execution of the Little Things and it’s made all the difference in the world. Our kids believe in the offense now and we are pretty much hitting on all cylinders.
So whether you’re Wing T or Spread or I… find a system and stick with it! Don’t start changing cuz it doesn’t work. It’s never going to “work” until you work out the kinks. If you keep changing, your players will stay confused and will lack the confidence to perform at their best. Make sure that your coaches are teaching it the way it should be taught (it starts with coaching!) Don’t blame the players for poor exectution when it may be poor teaching on the part of the coaches! All the more reason to consolidate— it”s less to teach.
I saw a HS game one Friday night (it was a play-off game… so it was 2 very good teams) where the Wing T team actually only ran 3 different plays the entire game! And rolled out and threw 1 pass the whole night. And won 35- 14! They were like a machine on offense. And this was not a huge, hulking football team. They had a couple of good backs and a nice TE but the rest of the team was just good, STRONG (great wt. program at that school!), tough— mentally and physically— high school football players.
Hang in there Coaches. The Bible says: “those who HOPE in the LORD shall renew their strength.” Put your hope in God!!!
