mechanics for 8 man football

[Huskerblue]

Having played and officiated the 8-man game, I just have one suggestion. GET IN SHAPE!!! These games are wide open. Lots of scoring. Lots of long runs. Mechanics are the same as 11 man for the most part.

[Forksref]

Originally Posted by Huskerblue

Having played and officiated the 8-man game, I just have one suggestion. GET IN SHAPE!!! These games are wide open. Lots of scoring. Lots of long runs. Mechanics are the same as 11 man for the most part.

We do 9-man in ND on 100 yd regulation fields. I did two games in a row as a wing in a dome on the carpet. The teams now run a lot of spread offense. I think the point total for the 2 games was well over 200 pts. Next time I will volunteer to be the U!

Originally Posted by Huskerblue

Having played and officiated the 8-man game, I just have one suggestion. GET IN SHAPE!!! These games are wide open. Lots of scoring. Lots of long runs. Mechanics are the same as 11 man for the most part.

No kidding! I had a Varsity weekend (Friday night and Saturday afternoon) where the combined scores were almost 300 points! Needless to say, I was so exhausted attending the Huskers game that Saturday night, I was sick after our post-game bar run!

[Huskerblue]

NU must have played Misouri that night huh???

Originally Posted by Huskerblue

NU must have played Misouri that night huh???

No, Virginia Tech. First time the Huskers lost when I attended a home game. Of course, Bo's sideline rant probably turned my face blue. My buddy couldn't tell because he said I was starting to look like sh1t.

[Texas Aggie]

We play 6 man football in Texas. The field is 80 yards, but narrower -- something similar to one sideline of a regular field out to the numbers on the other side. Anyway, first downs are 1st and 15 rather than 10, 3 on the line, all are eligible -- even the Center, but he can't get the back BACK to him between his legs, and the only real difference in flow is that for someone to run (beyond the LOS), there must be an exchange -- usually a hand off or pass of some sort. What teams will do is have a receiver of the snap toss it to the real QB who then runs his play and can pass or run.

Mechanics wise, we go 4 guys with an Ump/Back, who's more of a back judge but he will come in and spot the ball on occasion and he marks off penalties. The U/B stays behind the defense and covers the deep pass. The Referee does plenty of ball spotting, and the wings have their normal duties. When I'm the R in these games, I tell my wings to stay home if they are on the backside of a play, since only they can determine if the QB went beyond the LOS for a pass.