Comments on: "Heels," Roles, and Basics (Response to Issue 12, "Endzone Cutting") http://www.ultimatethoughts.com/2008/12/heels-roles-and-basics-response-to-issue-12-endzone-cutting.html Ultimate Ramblings Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:17:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mackey http://www.ultimatethoughts.com/2008/12/heels-roles-and-basics-response-to-issue-12-endzone-cutting.html/comment-page-1#comment-611 Mackey Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:30:08 +0000 http://www.ultimatethoughts.com/2008/12/heels-roles-and-basics-response-to-issue-12-endzone-cutting.html#comment-611 Hm, thanks for the heads-up. I don't have the tech to check that personally, but I suspect the latest update to the plugin that converts the site may have fixed things for you. Let me know if things are still looking poor for you! Hm, thanks for the heads-up. I don’t have the tech to check that personally, but I suspect the latest update to the plugin that converts the site may have fixed things for you. Let me know if things are still looking poor for you!

]]> By: Jack http://www.ultimatethoughts.com/2008/12/heels-roles-and-basics-response-to-issue-12-endzone-cutting.html/comment-page-1#comment-608 Jack Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:33:35 +0000 http://www.ultimatethoughts.com/2008/12/heels-roles-and-basics-response-to-issue-12-endzone-cutting.html#comment-608 What's up, I just found your blog - thank you for the good work. As an FYI that it's not showing up correctly on the BlackBerry Browser (I have a Storm). Anyway, I'm now on your RSS feed on my PC, so thanks again! What’s up, I just found your blog – thank you for the good work. As an FYI that it’s not showing up correctly on the BlackBerry Browser (I have a Storm). Anyway, I’m now on your RSS feed on my PC, so thanks again!

]]> By: Mackey http://www.ultimatethoughts.com/2008/12/heels-roles-and-basics-response-to-issue-12-endzone-cutting.html/comment-page-1#comment-267 Mackey Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:19:00 +0000 http://www.ultimatethoughts.com/2008/12/heels-roles-and-basics-response-to-issue-12-endzone-cutting.html#comment-267 For us, it was generally a few set play calls (on the D line, the iso and the cuts-from-the-back as well as the behind-dump "break" were all calls), but also varied with personnel--one of our defensive handlers almost always cut for the dump and swing, while another almost always aggressively cut up-line. Having these disparate tendencies and recognizing them as a thrower (again, know your teammates) made our endzone offense that much more effective. Fortunately other teams never seemed to key in on such tendencies... For us, it was generally a few set play calls (on the D line, the iso and the cuts-from-the-back as well as the behind-dump “break” were all calls), but also varied with personnel–one of our defensive handlers almost always cut for the dump and swing, while another almost always aggressively cut up-line. Having these disparate tendencies and recognizing them as a thrower (again, know your teammates) made our endzone offense that much more effective. Fortunately other teams never seemed to key in on such tendencies…

]]> By: Gambler http://www.ultimatethoughts.com/2008/12/heels-roles-and-basics-response-to-issue-12-endzone-cutting.html/comment-page-1#comment-265 Gambler Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:37:00 +0000 http://www.ultimatethoughts.com/2008/12/heels-roles-and-basics-response-to-issue-12-endzone-cutting.html#comment-265 I think the problem with most endzone offense structures is that they often limit the way your team tries to score too much, leaving the door open for defenses to poach and key in on those options. Why make the endzone smaller than it is by limiting the spaces or ways you can score in it?<br/><br/>It can be difficult to strike a balance between having a structure that your team has confidence in and can rely on to score in pressure situations and being too regimented such that opponents with a good scouting report can make that structure especially challenging.<br/><br/>I think the ideal endzone offense combines elements from all three of the main structures you identified and should have options that allow for scoring in both the front and the back halves of the endzone. <br/><br/>Maybe it's a sequence thing in terms of what your team looks for. Or maybe it's different play calls. Or maybe it's personnel based. But you can't expect to score the same way every time if you want to score goals consistently. I think the problem with most endzone offense structures is that they often limit the way your team tries to score too much, leaving the door open for defenses to poach and key in on those options. Why make the endzone smaller than it is by limiting the spaces or ways you can score in it?

It can be difficult to strike a balance between having a structure that your team has confidence in and can rely on to score in pressure situations and being too regimented such that opponents with a good scouting report can make that structure especially challenging.

I think the ideal endzone offense combines elements from all three of the main structures you identified and should have options that allow for scoring in both the front and the back halves of the endzone.

Maybe it’s a sequence thing in terms of what your team looks for. Or maybe it’s different play calls. Or maybe it’s personnel based. But you can’t expect to score the same way every time if you want to score goals consistently.

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