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7 on 7
Mar 21, 2006 14:02:36 GMT -6
Post by tothehouse on Mar 21, 2006 14:02:36 GMT -6
Is it a good thing?
Really, you might get some timing with your pass routes and your defense gets work........but what if your stud blows his knee in something like this?
Should you worry? I mean, the stud could blow the knee in his first game.
Positives and negatives about 7 on 7. Anyone?
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7 on 7
Mar 21, 2006 14:06:53 GMT -6
Post by brophy on Mar 21, 2006 14:06:53 GMT -6
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7 on 7
Mar 21, 2006 14:36:04 GMT -6
Post by cqmiller on Mar 21, 2006 14:36:04 GMT -6
Just make sure that you wear helmets during EVERY 7-on-7 game. My little brother was an All-State QB/FS as a sophomore, and in the summer before his Junior year, they were playing a team that wanted to go without helmets. The coach agreed (I don't coach there). My brother jumped up and intercepted a pass, got his legs pushed out from underneath him, and landed on his head. Couldn't even remember playing a game that day. Then in the 3rd game of the season, he got tackled, and when he got up....he was looking around like he didn't know where he was. Can't ever play football ever again now.
I have never worried about going to 7-on-7 clinics, as long as they are keeping an eye out for cheap shots. AND WEARING HELMETS!!!
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7 on 7
Mar 21, 2006 14:40:19 GMT -6
Post by wildcat on Mar 21, 2006 14:40:19 GMT -6
I can't stand 7 on 7. I think that it is a waste of time, at least the way most tourneys in Illinois are run. Basically, to win, you have to throw down the field. If you are trying to train your QB to look underneath and find hot receivers, 7 on 7 is counterproductive.
Our OC LOVES 7 on 7 because he doesn't have to deal with those darn linemen and that pesky running game. I give him a hard time because, if it was up to him, 7 on 7 would be "real" football!
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7 on 7
Mar 21, 2006 14:42:53 GMT -6
Post by cqmiller on Mar 21, 2006 14:42:53 GMT -6
that's called arena football (60 pass plays a game)
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7 on 7
Mar 21, 2006 16:13:28 GMT -6
Post by coachdawhip on Mar 21, 2006 16:13:28 GMT -6
In GA we don't play to win, we don't keep score (Are at least we don't tell the players) I don't let me QB go deep, we move the ball around to different sides of the field and see how routes look from there.
I think it works best if you do 7 on 7 with your team only and then go to a 7 on 7 tourney late vs. other teams. Us the time to teach ur plays slow and then throw thm under the fire.
We do 7 on 7 all June and early July and then go to Ga. Tech and Clemson 7 on 7 tourneys that are 2 days vs. 5 teams a day
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7 on 7
Mar 25, 2006 8:34:22 GMT -6
Post by sls on Mar 25, 2006 8:34:22 GMT -6
I love 7 on 7. As a throwing team I think that it is a neccessity. We only play in events where they gurantee games and do not make a bif deal about winning. I hardly ever keep score. It is all about teaching QB reads and playing D. We primarily play cov 3 and hardly ever come out of it, even getting the ball slung all over us at 7 on 7. Another good thing is that the kids love it.
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7 on 7
Mar 25, 2006 8:53:56 GMT -6
Post by aztec on Mar 25, 2006 8:53:56 GMT -6
7 on 7 is a great tool. We don't do the tourney thing. We do our own 7 on 7 each week and 3 other teams come to our place. We start from the same spot every time and don't keep score. We get about 25 plays from our starters and 20 from our 2nd team against each team.
We can't wear helmets but I rarely see injuries.
As for us we do exactly what we will do during the season. I work my blitzes in which my guys run up and take a knee at the LOS and we work man to man, bump man (a ton), and our zone stuff. I would rather make mistakes during the summer than in the fall. What blows me away is how many offensive coaches will use swing passes against us with the back. Not one team did that against us this last season, but saw it all the time in the summer. It is not realistic, but it does allow for your kids to compete and work skills they need to improve on. I tape all of our stuff so I can watch it and will bring guys in to watch as well so they can see their mistakes and work to get better by fall.
Look to use 7 on7 as a learning tool and you will get better. Using it to beat teams when it doesn't count is not productive and you are working on things that will not make you better when it really counts.
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7 on 7
Mar 25, 2006 10:18:20 GMT -6
Post by coachd5085 on Mar 25, 2006 10:18:20 GMT -6
Aztec...you summed up my thoughts very well 7-on-7...very valuable 7-on-7 competitive tournaments... counter productive. The sole positive IS that it is Football's only answer to summer league basketball, and Legion baseball. However, if you get your kids to buy into the idea that competition doesn't mean score board...., then you don't need those silly tournaments.
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7 on 7
Mar 25, 2006 10:45:57 GMT -6
Post by utchuckd on Mar 25, 2006 10:45:57 GMT -6
We love 7-on-7. Our kids have fun, plus it gives us the ability to put in our passing game over the summer and concentrate on running game in the couple of weeks we have for spring practice. We schedule a few teams to do a home and home game with each summer, plus do a couple of Saturday tournaments. We use it to implement and run what we are going to do on Friday nights. We've seen all kinds of stuff from other teams just to win, though. One team would send their FB right over the goal line from the 2 and the QB would sidearm it to his knees & he would fall down and catch it, not very realistic. Another coach would stand behind the play and tell the QB who to throw it to, so you see everything. So just make sure, as was stated above, that you use it as a learning tool, and just teach what is gonna help you in season.
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7 on 7
Mar 25, 2006 14:12:19 GMT -6
Post by bigdaddyd on Mar 25, 2006 14:12:19 GMT -6
Aztec...you summed up my thoughts very well 7-on-7...very valuable 7-on-7 competitive tournaments... counter productive. The sole positive IS that it is Football's only answer to summer league basketball, and Legion baseball. However, if you get your kids to buy into the idea that competition doesn't mean score board...., then you don't need those silly tournaments. 5085, why is competitive tournaments counter productive? IMO anytime you get the opportunity for your TEAM to compete, is a good thing...yes...
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7 on 7
Mar 26, 2006 11:42:43 GMT -6
Post by coachd5085 on Mar 26, 2006 11:42:43 GMT -6
Big D.
I find it counter productive because techniques and strategies and situations used to win at those tournaments are often very different than those used to win football games in the fall.
So, as I said, if you can get the kids to realize they can compete without a score board or brackets..then you can invite other teams to your facility...and have pass skell practices against them. Complete coaching environment, you can even script... and match your run situation passes versus the run situation coverages you will see. You can even run a draw or two, you can run screen packages etc.
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7 on 7
Mar 26, 2006 14:24:29 GMT -6
Post by ocinaz on Mar 26, 2006 14:24:29 GMT -6
I see where your coming from, sometimes teams are at the goal line at the QB will toss it underhand to his WR, TD!! Or they are always 5 wide, and never do that in the regular season, always sit in cover 2 zone, and never do it in the regular season. Both formats are good, I love for our kids to compete, especially against bigger schools, so I love that aspect of that format. I love for our kids to learn and for us as coaches to be out there teaching while we are on offense for awhile, so that format of 7 on 7 is good. No matter what, we run our offense and our defense, we work on what we actually use during the season.
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