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Old Mon Sep 26, 2005, 09:24am
BulldogMcC BulldogMcC is offline
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At the Varsity level we have been instructed, I believe it came from the State, to answer yes or no questions on the wing regarding the position of the widest player. Players are instructed to come up to the line, get set then ask "Am I on the line?" or "Am I off the line?" We tell the players about the arm position, but some still need to ask. The smarter kids pick up on the arm position and stop asking after a while. Below Varsity I am more helpful and lienent. If a player below varsity level is having a problem and I cannot seem to get through to the player how to verify his position I will not tell them to move up or back, I will ask his coach to come down to the line, yes even outside the team box, to see what I am seeing so he can take the necessary coaching steps to get the players to learn how to line up where he wants them. If it is the team on the opposite sideline, I will get the message to him through the R and other Wing (if we are not playing 3 man mechanics).
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