Learn the game...

I was talking to our JV football coach today. He was telling me his RB has an IQ of about 76 and cant remember any of the plays. He asks questions in practice like "Do I run forward on this play?"
I asked "Why dont you just have the QB tell him where to run in the huddle?" He said "The QB isnt much smarter."
I dont think the intricacies of the names bubble screen and tunnel screen would matter much. And I doubt things they learned in youth football are remembered.

Yeah, I can't remember the last time I saw 5th graders running bubble screens, jailbreak screens or tunnel screens. That's why the "some of you coach youth football!" reference was so laffy for me.
 


This is wicked awesome how mad the OP is about the use of a screen term. This just can't be tolerated
 


This thread is full of people who need to LEARN THE GAME!

Seriously, how can we expect to ever compete with the OSU's of the world when we can't even be bothered to learn the game?
 


"rolling ball of steak knives" when clearly that be extremely dangerous....like worse that spearing.

Heads up Football....lopped off.

It was "Rolling Ball of Butcher Blades" LEARN THE GAME!


I can't remember who it was about. Not Owen Gill - he was the "Baby Bull"
 


Really? You think they would be "Pretty confused" because someone called a play a bubble screen instead of a tunnel screen? Only if you're a complete moron.

No, but if you call a tunnel screen, they wouldn't have the first clue about what you're talking about.

Mixing these up is like mixing up a post and a flag route.
 


No, but if you call a tunnel screen, they wouldn't have the first clue about what you're talking about.

Mixing these up is like mixing up a post and a flag route.

<<(L)ike mixing up a post and a flag route>>

Which, of course, is something a youth football player will never get past the rest of his or her life.
 




Before thinking you know anything. I have read multiple people talking about the bubble screen and how well it looked with Powell. Let's start there it was a tunnel otherwise known as a jailbreak screen. A bubble goes toward the sideline and a tunnel goes in toward the linemen. Stick to what you know. Football is a very intricate game and the lack of knowledge by people is what has led to bad habits from poor youth coaching.

this is a symptom of a bigger problem. People that think they know football or any sport but really don't are coaching their kids youth teams and teaching kids bad habits like poor tackling. Sports are more intricate than most realize. Really try to learn the game if you want to talk or critique it.

end soap box.


You sound like the guy that sits in our section.

Why you no coaching Big Time football program?
 


<<(L)ike mixing up a post and a flag route>>

Which, of course, is something a youth football player will never get past the rest of his or her life.

Sure they will. But any coach (which many here and on other similar sites seem to consider themselves to be) who doesn't know the difference won't get very far. Which is the primary point of the OP.
 


No, but if you call a tunnel screen, they wouldn't have the first clue about what you're talking about.

Mixing these up is like mixing up a post and a flag route.

Flag vs post has always been easy for me to keep track of, but I also understand where the names come from, so that makes it easy!
 




Who cares if you call it a flag pattern or a post pattern, so long as you end up at the post.
 


It's no wonder why Iowa has traditionally been a middle of the road Big Ten team. We don't know the correct terms for football plays, and we are perpetuating our ignorance on to our children.

We need a massive educational program to right this travesty, before we turn into Missouri.

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Whenever I watch a football game, I keep a squirt bottle handy - if I hear any incorrect lingo, it's 3 quick squirts in the face. Works just as well with cats as it does for idiot football fans who haven't learned the game.
 




I heard an Iowa fan in a TV interview once say that "We're gonna win those Washington Huskies in the Rose Bowl". (pass the squirt bottle) LEARN THE GAME
 








No, but if you call a tunnel screen, they wouldn't have the first clue about what you're talking about.

Mixing these up is like mixing up a post and a flag route.

It's called a playbook. Most teams give them out and then teach the players what the plays are and they do this WAAAAY before they start running plays.
 




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