Coaches, We have all had the struggle of fitting in our minimum play players. It’s a real balancing act between getting in all your minimum players and being competitive on the football field. It is not as big of a deal when you have a smaller roster but when you have a large number of…
More often than not, Special Teams are regarded as an afterthought and very little time is devoted to this very important aspect of the game. Younger age groups typically don’t have to worry about identifying a punter or a field goal/xtra point kicker, however, once the boys reach the age of 10 or so, these…
With the season now upon us, coaches everywhere are trying to figure out how to get all the minimum play players in. In my teams case we have 27 players and the minimum play rule requires 8 plays per game. We have created a spreadsheet to help you make sense of this daunting task. The…
In the Wedge Right (it’s a hybrid, but Wedge Right Hybrid is too long) my entire right side of the line (G,T,X,Z) is MPPs(Minimum Play Players). Key Points are: The right side maintains tight splits while the left side, who are my starters, maintain about 2.5’ splits (11 year olds). The Z is lined up…