Offensively Uncoordinated

Yesterday was the first day of a new adventure as I agreed to be the offensive coordinator for Josh's football team. As the name implies, the offensive coordinator is responsible for implementing and teaching the offense. It can really get pretty complicated when you are trying to get eleven 5th and 6th graders to execute a football play. What is even more interesting is that we are trying to run a spread offense with lots of motion and short passes. The reason for the spread is (1) To make the defense defend the whole field and not just the box; (2) To be more unpredictable than your average youth football team; (3) To have a lot of fun. I've been doing a lot of studying to master the spread myself so that I can teach it in the next few weeks. As far as practice goes, no pads this week, helmet and shoulder pads next week, and then let the real fun begins! I love football.