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- Aug 06, 2013 Here are 10 Quick Tips to get the most out of game film. Watch the film like a fan, one time. Get it out of your system. No remote, either. Just let it run. You don’t even need a pen. Do it first, before you break anything down. Always watch film with the Down & Distance overlays. It is not all you need, but you have to know D&D situations.
- In football and life in general, preparation is everything. Contrary to popular belief, 90% of a professional football player’s preparation occurs in the classroom and film room rather than on the practice field. Watching football films requires attention to detail on both scheme and technique.
If you don’t know what to look for, breaking down film can be difficult.
Ultimately, you want to know what to look for so that it enhances all three phases of your team.
However, some coaches may know exactly what to look for on offense, but have a difficult time seeing the other two phases with the same clarity. Further, whether the video was recorded in-house or submitted by an opponent can have an effect on the way you should watch the film.
Accordingly, it is important to learn how to understand film. Here is my method:
The Offense
When breaking down the offense, the first thing I look for are individual players because I want to know whether or not each player has completed their assignment on the play. In addition to the initial individual breakdown, the are 12 items I look for when evaluating the play of the offense:
- Speed and intensity off the ball.
- The blocking technique of each position.
- How high or low each individual plays. Are they maintaining leverage or giving it up to the opponent? Is everybody staying on their blocks until the whistle?
- Is the offense playing on our side of the line of scrimmage or the opponent's?
- Do the responsible players, linemen or back(s), effectively pick up blitzes?
- Ball handling by the center and skill position players.
- Do the backs hit the hole aggressively or tentatively?
- The route running and catching abilities of skill position players.
- The drop taken by the quarterback during a pass play.
- The timing of the passing game. Is the ball on time or is late to the receivers?
- The footwork by the quarterback during each play.
- Are there any players that take a play(s) off during the game?
The Defense
Exactly like the offensive side, the first thing I want to see is whether individual players complete their assignments during every play.
I also look for the following when evaluating defense:
- Speed and intensity off the ball.
- How high or low each individual plays. Are they maintaining leverage or giving it up to the opponent?
- The ability to get off blocks and swarm to the football.
- What side of the line of scrimmage is the defensive unit playing on? When successful, a defense will get consistent penetration into the opponent's backfield.
- The presnap alignment of all players, confirm they are in the correct stance.
- The ability to tackle in and out of space.
- The speed of defense’s play recognition. Are we quick to diagnose or easily fooled?
- Do we swarm to the ball? Are the majority of tackles solo or double team?
- The ability to cover the pass and rush the passer.
- Are the pursuit angles correct? Do we under-pursue or over-pursue the ball?
Special Teams
When evaluating the coverage teams, I always look for the following:
- The punt snap’s speed and accuracy.
- The speed of the punter to get the punt off.
- The ability to protect the punter.
- The distance and height of each punt.
- Punt coverage. How fast and disciplined is the coverage.
- Tackling ability.
When evaluating the kickoff coverage team, I again look for fast and disciplined coverage, the ability to tackle and the skill level of the kicker.
When evaluating the return team, I look for the following:
- Do they run the called return correctly? Is it effective?
- Does each individual player hold their block until the whistle?
- The skill level of the returner. Does he properly read his teammates blocks?
When evaluating the field goal and PAT team, I initially watch for and evaluate the skill level of the snapper, holder and the kicker. If all the techniques from these positions are solid, then I look at the ability of the other players protecting the kick.
Chris Booth is the Head Coach at Peterstown Middle School in Peterstown, West Virginia. In 2017, Coaches Choice is scheduled to publish 101 Youth Football Drills, a book written specifically for youth football coaches.
We took a poll of our Hudl coaches to find the top ten things to focus on when studying film.
The following is a guest post from Greg Nelson, a Hudl employee and head football coach at Lincoln Lutheran High School in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Between my work at the University of Nebraska as a student assistant and as an assistant coach for a local high school in Lincoln - I’ve spent many hours pouring over film. I have my own style of analyzing video, but I was interested to find out what you look at during your film sessions.
I took a poll of our Hudl coaches to find the top ten things to focus on when studying film.
Survey says:
1. Read Coverages
Your offensive players need to be able to tell the difference between coverages. Knowing the coverages will tell you the ‘hot’ read versus a blitz, what routes your receivers should be running, and where your quarterback should be throwing the ball.
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2. Differentiate Defensive Fronts
Blocking responsibilities will be determined by how the opposing defense lines up. Knowing detailed information and possible variations about each front will help prepare your team to execute your scheme correctly.
3. Recognize the Blitz
Receivers may run ‘hot’ or short routes if a blitz occurs or your running backs may have to stay in the backfield to help your protection. When your players understand where the blitz is coming from, they are better able to adjust protections or routes to exploit weaknesses in the defense.
4. Isolate by Position Group
Defensive linemen, running backs, quarterbacks. Send specific playlists of important plays to each of your position groups. Help them better analyze the players and schemes they will be going against. Ex. Send your wide receivers all of the great plays by your upcoming opponent’s defensive backs.
5. What You Did Incorrectly
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Focus on what you did incorrectly in your last game or practice; whether that be the way a specific play was ran, reading the defense, or our overall strategy. Figure out exactly what series of plays or decisions caused the problem and make sure the players learn the correct way to run the play.
6. Find Their Bread and Butter
If a team has to get a first down or a score in a game what play are they going to run. What are their players most comfortable running/what play do they run against any front or any blitz.
7. Use Scouting Reports to Dictate Film Study
Use percentages to uncover tendencies in the opponent's offense or defense. Allow these percentages to dictate what situations or plays you focus on to be the most successful. Ex. If a team loves play action on 3rd and short, spend extra time analyzing their fakes and see if they change their blocking scheme when they execute the play. If a team runs the ball 80% of the time on first down, focus on making sure your defense is properly aligned to their most used first down formations.
8. Find Star Players Ex.
Sort for big defensive plays and see if a particular corner is always making good plays on the ball or search for long runs to see if a specific running back is great at breaking tackles and always racking up extra yardage.
9. Analyze Their Shifts/Motions
Is there a rhyme or reason to it, or do they do it to make your team uncomfortable? See if they gain a strategic advantage in their motion and prepare your players for their response. If they are just moving pre-snap to confuse the defense, make your team confident in where they are lined up regardless of shifts.
10. Exploit Special Teams Personnel Weaknesses
Do they have a player on kickoff coverage that isn’t a great tackler or a player on the FG team that doesn’t have great blocking technique? Analyzing special teams personnel can give you a huge advantage in an often overlooked area of the game.
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Greg works a dual role at Agile Sports Technologies in both client support making sure you coaches stay happy and quality assurance making sure Hudl stays in tip-top shape. Outside of Agile, Greg coaches football for a local high school.