Last year I was the main coach and Mark Jr.’s flag football team, the Rams, and we went 0-8. We didn’t lose all the games by much, but we did lose every single one of them. Turns out midway through the season, the guy that ran the league figured out that my team was misclassified and we should have been in a lower bracket. Damage was done by that point so it was more about the kids learning and we continued what we were doing. By the end of that season, a few of the kids did learn a few things about football. Mark Jr. was getting better a little at a time.
We had a flag football scrimage today against the Eagles. Mark’s new team is the Vikings. Due to my bad season last year I decided to be an assistant coach instead this time. Just in case I was the reason they did so bad. I didn’t think that was the case but I felt guilty none-the-less. I asked Tim, the head coach for this team if I could call some plays during the scrimage so he could see what I think would work. I had a lot of delayed plays. So a fake double reverse handoff would be one guy running across to take the fake and the other guy that would get the handoff wouldn’t actually move until he counted to 2 or 3. 1st time we did this we ran almost all the way up the field. Everything we did was delayed. The guy that was to get the ball would almost always be delayed. This way he could wait for all the defensive players to start moving, he could see where they were then when he would start moving, he had an idea where he was going to go before he even started. We did great this time. I am hoping it transfers to this Saturday’s game.
Mark Jr. got 3 flags, 1 run for no yards and a dropped pass. He has progressed as a defensive player. His offense still needs some work.