CBSMF TRAINING CAMPS

[mantaraydre]

ALL,

What coaches around the country have begun training camp for the upcoming sophmore season of the CBSMF.

1)If your a coach playing his first season in the cbsmf, what do you expect from the season and yourself ?


2)If your a coach, returning To the CBSMF for it's second season.

a) What did you learn last year and what do you expect this year. ?

3)What are you working on right now ?

***This seems to be a speed dominated league, ARE YOUR BASES RODNEY KING READY ?


THANX
MANTARAYDRE

[detroitchild]

...on my first year in the CBSMF, the one thing you will have to be able to do is pass. Though possible, any touch tackling makes it very difficult to run consistently in my opinion.

[Shabby J]

Passing successfully is a must, I agree. I lost at least 4 games, maybe more last season because I was only passing about 54%, not good enough. With the run being difficult and passing at 54%, there does not leave much chance for victory.

I got the run game dialed for this season though and my passing has improved, look out PAC 10!

[the french guy]

Though possible, any touch tackling makes it very difficult to run consistently in my opinion.

Here in France we first tried to play with that rule : it made the game very difficult to referee ("real tackle or not tackle?" question) and so pushed us to play mainly passing.

Now we play front base tackling rule, it allows us more strategic options (especially the classic "secure" run for little yards gain), and the games are easier to referee. I like that rule

[Reginald Rutledge]

There were some great runners in the CBSMF. Priest Holmes of Texas had more than 1400 yards rushing and averaged more than 10 yards per carry. I think Larry Johnson of Penn State was at 1,000 yards. Rob Lytle led the nation most of the season and finished with over 1,000 yards. There were several other backs that did well.

The problem with most players in this game is they do not stick with the run. They want instant touchdowns. That don't happen in the NFL, NCAA, or even high school.

You control the game with the run and use play action to suck teams in. Any touch prevents SO many arguments plus in the style of play that is known as the Shootout, you get so many running opportunities if you figure out the strategy of ball control.

Trust me, it works well in its present state. The key is you have to have real ability to throw with the QB to be able to run the ball. If you can't throw, there are no excuses because like in reality, they should be able to stack up and stop the run. Once you are able to throw, it will open up the run game because the defense has to start spreading out their zone coverages.

Reg

[Joeram57]

I am practicing my passing as well, as I, like Shabby are in the just over 50% completion range. Also, I need to revamp my team as last year it was 3.5 max so I would like to add more FF.net figs to my team now.

I am hoping I could still purchase some bags and do some customizing on them.

Then, I need to read the rules, try my best to simulate in practice and hopefully get some scrimmages in this style w/the other coaches down here in Ga.

I am really looking forward to increasing the speed at which I play and my reaction times...In this style I won't have time to "over think" which is a good thing I believe for me...I'm guessing I'll make a lot mistakes and get penalty's at first .

So, yes, I'm starting to ramp up...

Joe Ram

[mantaraydre]

Reg,

You know what it is, when coaches see a team is much stronger than there's, they know they are going to get pushed back. So they abandon the run. If you cant pass that well and miss at least 2, they know they will have to punt. 1,2,3 kick. I guess coaches will have to create some open packages and look for the hole to run through. But i agree passing is a must in this style. A good way to practice passing is to put a mirror on the field at different angles.

1) on the side of the receiver

2)right in front of the receiver.

***This way you can see the angle/tilt of the ttqb/tdq from another perspective. It's like looking at your clothes looking down at yourself. Then going to see how they fit in a mirror. Maybe this way you can see where you need to adjust the tilt.


Thanx
MANTARAYDRE

[Reginald Rutledge]

look at the game from the "bully-ball" perspective - who's stronger than the next person.

The great thing about this style is that all teams that play do not have to have the same team personality.

I see guys always are thinking strength is what will win but that is not necessarily true. I think a combination of strength and creativity is what wins in this style. I've watched the DFW and I have watched the Shootout and now the CBSMF for more than 17 years and the misconception is USUALLY the same. Guys don't want to be pushed around or they don't want to develop plays. They just want to get out there and be competitive instead of developing gameplans that work.

In the DFW, between Mike Robertson, Bobby Woodard, and myself, we won 9 out 12 championships not because we were stronger than other teams but because of the development of plays.

I saw Mike Robertson win the CBSMF last year because he ran sophisticated plays in critical junctures of games. I saw Greg get to the championship because he took the time to ask many questions and develop plays from guys who had won in this style of play.

I always tell coaches, "study who's winning, not who think they can win". With the aid of turnovers, you don't have to be the strongest team. With up to 100 plays, you will get opportunities to be blown out or snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. But if you think a team wins because he passes on every play or is able to run on every play, it's simply not true.

That never has happened in the DFW or the CBSMF. Balance is the key. And understanding how to create basic holes and sometimes gap holes is the key because the audible is what will allow those gap-type holes to work.

Reg

[mantaraydre]

COACHES,

Reg is right, it's probably better to enter each game with the mind set
" can this coach stop my plays and im going run this defence). But there is a mindset where coaches will say to themselves, " I hope his line don't push mine back ". Everycoach should develop there own identifiable gameplan that works for them.


MANTARAYDRE

[detroitchild]

Make sure you have backups that are capable at EVERY position. I've seen guys lose key players at the worst times. I played a game where my opponent shook the box and lost 2 players at the same position. Most importantly, make sure you have a backup qb (figure & passing QB) as I've seen this happen to one of the top coaches in the Great Lakes league.