W Read Redux by Coach Banks

A couple years ago, I and Coach Maurek talked about a play from Chuck Martin; I believe 4 to be exact. The name of the play is W-Read. The play is a Boundary Vertical Switch concept that I love to run off of play-action and in 3rd and long situations. If you are looking for a play research this off-season this is it. You can add tags including shallow and an out route and very multiple in formations. Go back here to read, research and watch Grand Valley State clips. 
Here I give you a few of ours from the pass season.

Coach Martin's Favorite Concept by Coach Maurek 

http://www.hudl.com/presview/366798

W-Read (1701907) from Terrance Banks on Vimeo.

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Clinic notes finally

Okay, so this how behind I am...Here are some notes from LAST YEAR!

CLINIC NUGGETS

Chuck Martin Head Coach at Miami (OH)

-Best Goal is "Be a Great Teammate"

Mick McCall Northwestern OC and QB coach

-"QBs must be able to "toe the line" of Arrogance and Confidence"

Jim Bridge Purdue OLine coach

-"Pass Protection is a PHYSICAL act"

John Shoop Purdue OC and QB coach

-"MORALE is the most important thing and the most underrated."

Casey Gillin University of Indianapolis OC

-"Be perfect! Strive for 100% completions."

Matt Theobold Franklin College (IN) OC

-"Stay with what got us down there!" (in the Red Zone)

Purdue and State notes

More Chuck Martin goodness!

I was lucky enough to see Coach Chuck Martin speak at our State Clinic. The now Head Coach of Miami University was, as always, in rare form! His presentation was Program Development.
Here are my notes (with help... THANKS Coach Randy H.)

Good Players, Good Staff, Good Program

I want players that...

Must love to compete 

and 

Out prepare their opponent

The problem with today’s kids?

“We gave them everything, but taught them nothing”

Best Weekly Team Goal is

“Make ONE more play than your opponent”

1. Be a great teammate

• Care more about the guy next to you than your own success.
• Stress thus every day!
• Give them examples.
• There were years where this was the only rule…an all-encompassing concept.

2. No Stars

• You should be afraid to challenge your best players.
• He can watch you practice for 30 seconds and know who your start players are because you coach them differently. His goal is to coach his best players the hardest.
• Understand that you are nothing without your teammates and staff.
• We and our, NOT I and My.
• Selfish Behavior- ask: Is that being a great teammate?

3. Accountability in Academics, Football, and Personal Lives

• We must learn from bad choices.

4. Leaders are made, NOT born

• Challenge them everyday!
• Coaches should lead their position group, then teach them to lead.
• **Create suffering (opportunities to rally around each other).
• Push up position hold, wall squat…not a prolonged conditioning session!
• Go Best on Best, Competition!

5. Develop Relationships

• Developing someone as a student athlete starts with knowing everything about them.
• You gotta have a great relationship to be demanding!
• Put high demands on players in practice; try to get them to "wilt".
• Relationships start with knowing everything about the player- all aspects of life- cannot push them without a relationship. Promise kids that they will be able to compete for a starting position

6. Sacrifice

• Doing so in the off season, creates a bigger sense of investment in the program.
• Players want to be better and willing to sacrifice more.

7. Be Realistic

• It is important that each player understands where he fits into the program.
• Don’t make a weekly goal that could back fire at the start of the game. (No turnovers, Negative yards, Shutout).

8. Process over Product

• The players must be focused on the details and work necessary to reach the goal, Don’t point fingers at kids, even in difficult times…stick to your plan and if you are doing the right things right, things will break for you!

9. The Best Prepared Players Play

• More games are lost than are won, We value preparation over ability…Believe in what your doing!

10. Immune to Momentum

• This is the most overused “theory” used in sports, mostly by writers! If momentum is so important then why aren’t we all looking for it when we lose it! Absurd…
• Players need to focus on the next play…not the last one…we gotta make one more play…momentum as good as tomorrow’s starting pitcher.

11. Practice 11 on 11

• The best approach to getting better at football is playing football!
• Put your players in as many different situations as possible. You can work situations every day.
• Coach Martin’s favorite is going out/coming in drill.
• Start with the ball on the 1 yard line ball coming out, we are up 3 points, they goal is to get ONE first down. If the offense is forced to Punt? Then turn it around at the 40 and put the onus on the defense.

 At the end of season they have a 1 hour 15 min practice, 1 hour could be 11 on 11.

Other articles from the archives

Coach Martin's Favorite Concept

ND Clinic 2012 nuggets

ND Clinic 2013 nuggets

More Clinic Notes 2013

I will refrain from putting Notre Dame Clinic notes in the title. Last year's notes ended up on a MICHIGAN FORUM site!!! (It was titled KNOW YOUR ENEMY)

IRISH 2013 NOTES

Coach Martin's Favorite Concept

The last few years going to clinics, I always make it a point to ask questions. My two favorites are

Q: What is your favorite concept?

Q: What do you call on 3^rd and 10?

During the Notre Dame Coach’s chalk talk, when the opportunity came for me to ask a question. I asked Coach Martin “What is your favorite concept?” He got a sly grin, paused then started drawing a boundary throw…As he drew the concept, it looked familiar to me. The concept is known as Grand Valley State “W Read”. 

The beauty of this concept is that combines many of Coach Martin’s philosophies.

• Can be run from multiple formations
   
• TE to the boundary
   
• Empty
   
• Empty with a TE

The base of this concept is the crossing wheel action. The main difference is it is not your classic POST by #1 and OUT and UP #2. 

 

BASIC "INGREDIENTS"

1 part WHEEL CONCEPT

1 part Run and Shoot SWITCH CONCEPT

      A dash of Coach Martin                                                                                                                                           

Basic QB tip

“Don’t throw TO the WR…Throw ball AWAY from defenders”

VS 1 HIGH SAFETY

The #1 (outside) WR runs directly to the hash to a depth of 18 yards. This route allows the WR to get to open grass sooner and it is not a typical route that a CB may have to defend.

The #2 (inside) WR runs to a depth of 5 yards to the outside edge of the numbers…

EDITOR’S NOTE: I prefer telling WRs Outside and Inside of NUMBERS, NOT TOP or BOTTOM of the NUMBERS. In the past, when I told a rookie WR “get on the top of the numbers”, he would be DIRECTLY on the numbers…in the middle of them!

The inside WR breaks up and stays on the edge of the numbers.

VS 2 HIGH SAFETIES

The #1 (outside) WR get to 10 yards (or over LB) then run the route between a DIG and a POST.

The #2 (inside) WR begins the same wheel type route; the only difference is if he can’t beat the CB then SIT IT DOWN.

VS 2 HIGH SAFETIES plus a LB walling and dropping deep

Now the concept becomes similar to the run and Shoot SWITCH concept

The #1 (outside) WR settles at 8 yards without getting too wide

The #2 (inside) WR settles at 12 yards

I look forward to seeing Notre Dame running this concept against the big boys this year. I also plan to run this concept in some form this season. Cross your fingers that I will get some quality clips this year!


Special Thanks to

O-ZONE SPREAD OFFENSE CONSULTING ON HUDL

for access to game film.







Coach Kohler Clinic Notes

The wait is over...

2012 ND clinic notes

Thanks to Kyle Mc from Ohio for filling in some blanks!

Coming Soon...

I asked Coach Chuck Martin "What is your favorite concept?"
He was excited to answer this question (that was not about fundamentals).

Chuck Martin preview

As I finish the chuck Martin section of my notes, here are some clips...

Notre Dame Clinic nuggets

When punishing a player...
"Take away what the player loves the most...PLAYING TIME"
Brian Kelly HC

"Drills need to look like a game or they are just warmups"
Bob Diaco DC

"Use a more balanced stance and base for lateral routes to help eliminate false steps"
Scott Booker TE Coach

"You make them (OL) right, pick up theirs" in reference to RB pass protection
Tony Alford RB/Inside WR Coach

"Little Things are big in the grand scheme"
Mike Denbrock Outside WR Coach

"Only use Walk Through or Full Speed...1/2 speed or 3/4 speed to hard to define"
Harry Hiestand OL Coach

"There is no greater feeling for an Offensive Lineman than moving a defender from
Point A to Point B, against his will"
Joe Moore former ND OL coach (from Coach Hiestand)

"A Punt is way better than a turnover"
Chuck Martin OC

"The Stretch Run is a good answer for the inside blitz that run to stop Inside Zone"
Jerrod Ackley, Head Coach, Immokalee High School (FL)


General Notes

• I'm a offensive coach but, it was fun watching the ND defense play and Coach Bob Diaco coach. 
• I definitely saw Chuck Martin's influence on the offense. 
• The offensive staff is doing a fine job moving players around and getting running backs into space. 
• All four QBs took reps and all had positives and negatives. 
• Tommy Rees looks much quicker.
• Mike Golic was at practice on Saturday and he still looks great.