scouting and game planning an opponent

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Scouting and Game Planning an Opponent

Jim Winkler University of Redlands

Opponent Film breakdown

Get Film 10 days before net game

Break down by FIELD Position not so much by formation of opponentFilm Breakdown 3 complete games

Any other games breakdown sections only i.e. Goal Line,

Breakdown 2 games of opponent playing a defense similar to oursLast Game breakdown

Each coach breaks down a game video and gathers data

All coaches watch game film on Wednesday

All coaches watch own game film together on Saturday at 5:00 a.m.No Sunday film study as a group Individual may do so if they desire

FILM BREAKDOWN SHEET

Includes this information for each play.Use information that will be useful to you.

1. Film counter # off of VCR

2. Quarter

3. Series will enable you to see if they get into series of plays

4. Play Number 5. Hash Location L, M, R

6. Field Position Yard line ball is on

7. Down & distance8. Formation Use your own terminology

9. Strength to TE side?10. Personnel groupings Number of RBs & TEs (21 - 2 RBs, 1 TE)Will be able to tell you what # of receivers you are facing

11. Motion used in play

12. Play Type Run, pass, Play Action,13. Play Scripted What category all run plays will fall into

Inside Zone, Trap, Iso, Play Action, Draw, Option, Outside Zone,

Toss Sweep, Counter, Reverse, Outside Screen, Middle Screen

14. Play Call However your system numbers running backs holes15. Play Notes Anything you note during breakdown

a. BSG Pulls

b. Blocking Scheme Fold, Cross Block,16. Pass Play Receiver Routes Use your terminology

17. Pass Zone Will indicate where they are catching the ball

a. 3 yards inside hashb. 7 yards outside hash

c. 5 yards inbounds

d. Middle

e. Just outside the hash


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f. The field #s

g. Depth of routes

18. Pass complete / incomplete19. Sack?

20. Scramble? Which way does QB like to scramble when pressured

a. Right handed QBs tend to scramble to his right, def left21. Direction throwing Left / Right

a. Useful for 2nd & 3rd Down

b. Do they go away or towards their benchc. Critical for 3rd & short

22. Result of play

23. Ball Carriers #

24. Penalty yards25. Opponent

26. Drawing of play Do as DC to get the heartbeat of the opponent

27. Zone the Ball is in

a. Score zone Your Goal-line to 20b. Alumni Zone Your 21 to opponents 30

c. Win Zone Opponents 29 to goal line28. Broken Plays Chart as you may have thought the play was going to be

Make note that it is a broken play.

29. Enter all data into computer database of some sort

30. Create reports from database

Film Breakdown Reports

1. Formation report2. Down & Distance

3. Field position by hash

4. Breakdown by plays5. Scores in the win Zone

a. 1st & 10 yards

b. 3rd & 1-2 yardsc. 3rd & 3-5 yards

d. 3rd & 6 + yards

6. Alumni Zone Report

a. 2nd & 1-7 yardsb. 2nd & 8 + yards

Delegate responsibilities to other coaches. You are not the only expert to determine whatopponent is trying to do to you.

Purpose is to gather as much information on your opponent Not yet making game plans

1. DB coach breakdown passing game, routes receivers, play action passes,

screens. Become an expert on their passing game.

a. Anything & everything that has to deal with the passing game.


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b. Do they use different personnel on certain plays, for certain routes or

combos

c. What are their blocking schemes?d. When do they like to run certain combos of routes?

i. Out & Curl? Etc.

e. What passes do they use to High / Low a cornerback, or Front / Back aLinebacker?

2. LB coach

a. Formation Hit Chartb. Blocking schemes do with DL coach

c. Short yardage offense

d. Goal line offense do with DC

3. DL Coacha. Pass protection?

i. Which direction do they like to pass protect?

b. Run block schemes do with LB coach

c. Draw Schemes

Areas to be analyzed by coaching staff in 30 minutes meetings for each area1. Inside and Perimeter Run Plays DC, DL, LB coaches meet to analyze

a. What are they?

b. List favorite to least favorite

2. Pass and protection DB & DL coachesa. What are they trying to do to us with the passing game?

b. Which direction are they going to set their protection?

3. Personnel DC & others who may have noticed any tendencies theopponent might have in this area

4. Play Action DC, DB, DL Coaches

5. No Huddle Offense?6. Unbalanced alignments

a. What are the defenses auto checks installed vs. unbalanced?

b. When do they use the unbalanced set?I. Base Offense

ii. Goal Line Offense?

7. Double Tight Ends?

a. What are the defenses auto checks for this formation?8. Wing Formations

a. What are the def. auto checks vs. this formation?

9. Goal Line Offense All Defense Coaches10. 4th Down situations

11. 2 point plays

12. Sudden change playsa. What do they do after a sudden change situation?

VIDEO RESPONSIBILITIES

Create videos regarding each of the following situations for film study by players.


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1. SCORE ZONE PLAYS

a. 1st & 10 plays

b. 3rd & 3-5 yardsc. 3rd & 6 + yards

2. ALUMNI ZONE PLAYS

a. 2nd

down plays3. WIN ZONE PLAYS

a. 1st & 3rd Down plays

4. SHORT YARDAGE AND GOAL LINE PLAYS5. 5 FAVORITES

a. 5 Favorite runs

b. 5 Favorite pass plays

6. ADDITIONAL VIDEO based on opponenta. Formation tendencies

b. Personnel video

SCOUTING REPORTSimple format for players

Post Scouting Report on bulletin board each week for team to studyTest team regarding SR on Thursday

Scouting Report includes . . .

1. 5 Favorite runs Diagramed

2. 5 Favorite pass plays Diagrammed3. 5 Favorite formations Diagramed

4. Depth Chart

5. Coaches notes6. Formation Hit chart

a. How much they run, pass out of formation

b. Which holes they like to hit out of each formation7. Automatic checks defense will use for adjustments to offense formations

8. Personnel or situation checks defense will use

9. Thursday before game produce TIP SHEETa. Reminders for defense of tip offs from offense

GAME PLANNING

Schedule meetings for each situation 2 2.5 hours spent before practice for theweek.

1. SCORE ZONE

a. 1st situation to be practice in on Mondayb. Everything of that days practice is for score zone for both Offense

and Defense

c. Use all Reports and everything that we know and develop a callsheet for each situation in he Score Zone

2. Win Zone

a. Practiced on Tuesday

3. 2nd down situations


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4. ALUMNI ZONE

5. VICTORY DEFENSE

a. The Last 4 minutes of the gameb. What are we going to do to protect the lead?

c. What does opponents offense like to when 2 scores down or more?

d. 2 Minute offenses?e. 2-Minute Defense?

PRACTICE & IMPLEMENTING GAME PLANDo in player meetings and classes

1. PRE PRACTICE

a. 15 minutes before practice starts

b. Go over ALIGNMENES & ASSIGNMENTSi. Show scouting report and walk thru alignments and

assignments

2. STRETCH

a. 10 Minutesb. Talk thru situations and checks

c. 1st & 10 what do they like to do? Etc?3. FUNDAMENTALS - Period is used to work on Technique by individual

a. 5-10 Minute period

b. Cover Tackling, Take Aways, Pass Rush, Block Destruction vs. Iso,

Zone, Trapsc. If 10 minutes do Circuit with everyone

4. AGILITIES

a. By positionsb. 5 Minutes

c. Work on Feet, Eyes, Hands

5. INDIVIDUALa. 20 Minutes

b. Work on fundamentals of each position DL, LB, DB

6. GROUP TIMEa. 15 Minutes

b. DBs work on most dangerous patterns Work the different

combos and pass patterns they will use against us

c. ONE ON ONEi. DL vs. OL

ii. DBs vs. RECEIVERS

d. Run schemes offense will usei. 5 favorite run plays repetition

ii. Include play action passes too

e. Play action pass playsf. Run drills by the pieces -

i. 4 Offense players vs. 3 Defensive players

ii. Draw up play cards for each side of formation situation

iii. Each defensive player rotate thru each station


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iv. Do on LEFT side of practice field

1. Run scheme or blocking scheme vs. C gap to TE side

RB

TE T G

E T

SLB

v. Do in MIDDLE of Practice field1. Run scheme up the middle of the formation

RB

G C G

DT NG

MLB

vi. RIGHT side of practice field

1. Run scheme away from TE

RB

G T

NG DE

WLB7. COMBO PERIOD Vs offense

a. 15 20 minutes

i. Pass Rush vs. Offenseii. 7 on 7 with DBs & Rec.

1. Change each day depending on what the emphasis of

the day is>

2. Score Zone? Alumni Zone? Win Zone?


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3. Work on passes the offense will use in each of the

Zones vs. Defense, and vs. Zone area

4. Half side of offense Get defense used to hearingvarious calls used for various situations

b. Plays scriptedc. Schemes reviewed

8. TEAM DEFENSE

a. Situationsi. 1st & 3rd down situations

ii. Score Zone

iii. Win Zone

b. Script out what the offense likes to do in each situation in eachzone

Script:

PLAY YARD LINE SITUATION HASH PLAY OFF. RUNS

1. 1 YD LINE 1ST & 10 LF LF TITE, 42 ISO

c. Match up defense calls vs. various offensive situations

i. Will be able to see if defense call has weaknesses and be able

to make auto checks9. GOAL LINE DEFENSE

a. 10 plays live vs. offense

10. WIN ZONE SCRIPT

GAME PLAN SHEET BACK SIDE

1. Goal Line Defense2. 2 Point conversion calls

3. Punt pressure calls

4. Safe calls5. Sudden change calls

6. No huddle defense calls

a. Memorize calls for no huddle defense

7. Auto defense vs. No running backsa. Pressure checks

b. Unbalanced vs. Wide Receiver over

c. Unbalanced vs. Offensive lineman overd. Wing Back

e. Double Tight Ends

8. Victory Defensea. Run plays in situations that offense may be

b. Offense down by 16 points with 4 minutes left

9. Possession Pass What does the offense try to do to

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a. What defense and coverage are best for each

situation?

10. Notes:a. Fronts, movement calls for Defense Line

In your practices try to create a game like situation as much as possible.

GRADING FILMWatch 30 plays with players of past game, making sure you show good plays. Be

positive. Each defense coach chooses good plays by their position. During film point the

drills we use to teach techniques to be used during the game.

GAME DAY RESPONSIBLITIES

I. DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR & ASST IN BOX

a. Watch for Personnel in offense (21, 12, 10)b. Substitutions

c. Scout tendencies from previous games and adjust, make calls duringgame to these sets (21, 12)

d. Down & distance and Defense calls

e. Play Charts

f. Watch for Point of Attack by offenseII. DB Coach

a. Signals Called coverage 1st to Free Safety

b. Subs for DBsc. Watching coverages

d. During run plays watching backside rotation by DBs

III. LB coacha. Signals front 7 alignment call

b. Also in charge for Subbing LBs

c. Needs to know before game what situations we are playing whichLBs

d. Watches inside defense to see whats happening

IV. DL Coach

a. Subs for DLi. Use 15 players per game

ii. Have role players

1. Find what each player is good at and get him in thegame during that situation.

b. Watches blocking schemes

V. After an offensive seriesa. Staff meets together sharing ideas with DC on headset

b. Players get water

c. Defense sits on bench together grouped by positions

i. DL, LBs, DBs


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d. Subs are standing behind starters

e. Try to coach aggressive defense

f. When talking with defense be positive firstg. Coach relays any information on from DC about adjustments

h. Position coaches talk with position players after whole group

addressedi. Adjustment

j. Get players feed back regarding what are they seeing on the field

k. Players input of ideas about things needed to be donel. Team regroups for final thoughts on adjustments and a word of

encouragement from coaches

m. Regroup as staff

VI. Taking the field after a sudden change of possessiona. Quick huddle and remind defense what offense likes to do in this

situation and give defense call

VII. As Defensive Coordinator want to know this info during the game

a. Whats happening to MILB/b. From DBs Coach

i. Are there any matchups we need to take advantage of?c. From DL Coach

i. How is offense pass protecting us?

ii. Are they doing what we thought they would do?

iii. Vs Run scheme Are they blocking it the way we expectedthem to?

iv.

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