http://kudda-files.com/blog/coaching-101/how-to-coach-in-a-blowout/ Coaching Youth Sports Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:22:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://kudda-files.com/blog/coaching-101/how-to-coach-in-a-blowout/comment-page-1/#comment-3384 Booker Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:41:48 +0000 http://kudda-files.com/blog/?p=293#comment-3384 I have had success as a coach during blowouts by preparing my team well in advance for the situation. We have run specific plays to get shots for the players on our team who have not yet scored. This is vital as we help build team chemistry. We have designed plays that allow our offense to creatively turn the ball back over to the lesser team (the play is called "extra"-- and it appears that we are trying to make the extra pass, while we are really throwing the ball either out of bounds or towards our own defensive end of the field). I have instructed faceoff men to intentially jump the whistle, thus giving the opponent free possessions. The most important thing we do as a team is use the experience to preserve the respect of the game, our sport, our second (and third) stringers, as well as the opponent. I have had success as a coach during blowouts by preparing my team well in advance for the situation. We have run specific plays to get shots for the players on our team who have not yet scored. This is vital as we help build team chemistry. We have designed plays that allow our offense to creatively turn the ball back over to the lesser team (the play is called “extra”– and it appears that we are trying to make the extra pass, while we are really throwing the ball either out of bounds or towards our own defensive end of the field). I have instructed faceoff men to intentially jump the whistle, thus giving the opponent free possessions. The most important thing we do as a team is use the experience to preserve the respect of the game, our sport, our second (and third) stringers, as well as the opponent.

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