BASE TWEAKING

[NATIONAL]

I dance with who got me there! I may re-tweak the base, but I rarley change a base.


most of my bases have been on my teams for a few years now. I still have some untweaked bases that play on my NEFL 49ers. They play CB & WR, and 1 at RB. Untweaked, and still performing!

Nat'l

[Shabby J]

I have had the honor to spend time with Master Coach Vince Peatros and he taught me to "NEVER BE SATISIFIED WITH YOUR TEAM, ALWAYS BE LOOKING FOR THE NEXT PLAYER TO CUT", since then every time I scrimmage or practice I am looking for the next guy to take out.

Last time I scrimmaged, I took three WRs right off the team that night when I got home. Created three new ones that out perform the old ones. It's ever evolving out here in LA or you get left behind.

[BAXTER]

I think it is important to not focus too much on changing bases or re-tweaking, but do what you believe to be necessary when needed.

The more important thing is to know your team/each player almost like the back of your hand and spend more time studying your opponent's team and tendancies than anything else.

As for which side I tend to change most, I am not sure. I think it's the offfensive sid of the ball.

-Adrian-

[Coach K-LO]

Originally Posted by BAXTER

I think it is important to not focus too much on changing bases or re-tweaking, but do what you believe to be necessary when needed.

The more important thing is to know your team/each player almost like the back of your hand and spend more time studying your opponent's team and tendancies than anything else.

As for which side I tend to change most, I am not sure. I think it's the offfensive sid of the ball.

-Adrian-

Great point coach. I beleive that if you know your players in that manner, you can always put them in positions to be successful.
And this allows you the time to study your opponent.....

[Coach K-LO]

Originally Posted by Shabby J

I have had the honor to spend time with Master Coach Vince Peatros and he taught me to "NEVER BE SATISIFIED WITH YOUR TEAM, ALWAYS BE LOOKING FOR THE NEXT PLAYER TO CUT", since then every time I scrimmage or practice I am looking for the next guy to take out.

Last time I scrimmaged, I took three WRs right off the team that night when I got home. Created three new ones that out perform the old ones. It's ever evolving out here in LA or you get left behind.

must be nice to have a seat with him.

How can your team build chemistry if you are always cutting players?? I like to think I can win with some less than great talent used in better ways to max what they can do....within the schemes being used.

I have tried, but I stink at it and I don't think I tweak right. I take the figure, pinch it with pliers, move it back and forth over a lit candle and then try it out but I don't see a big change.

[Shabby J]

Originally Posted by Coach K-LO

must be nice to have a seat with him.

How can your team build chemistry if you are always cutting players?? I like to think I can win with some less than great talent used in better ways to max what they can do....within the schemes being used.

I rate my players 1-10, I build a squad or a single player and then I scrimmage and play solitaire, then find my guys who turn out to perform consistly in the 5-7 range, I will then work on replacements.

That is the only way you can achieve a faster player, stronger player, better looper, etc...

The same principal a lot of guys use when tweaking for strength. Tweak a hand full of players, test them all against each other, find the strongest one, then tweak the rest to beat that one, then replace him and you have a new strong man, tweak the rest to beat him, etc... It's about finding a standard, a baseline if you will, then trying to exceed that for ultimate performance. You will know your team inside and out by the time you get them all in the 8-10 range.


Obviously a lot of coaches have different methods, but in my opinion to become complacent means you will never move forward.

In coming from primarily a solitaire MF back ground, then mixing up with league champs in Shootout based rules, there is always a need to move forward.