Third was not being afraid to repeat the most elementary fundamentals and to constantly go back over those things and emphasize those things. If they’re thinking too much, they’re not able to play as fast as you would like them to.
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They can show you what they have as you try to integrate them in without burdening them mentally. If you can keep it relatively simple for them as they transition to the league, training camp and getting going against the veterans, I found out that sometimes it’s better. If they get too many things going on, you don’t see their best. But, here’s the qualifier: Don’t burden younger players with multiple roles when they first start, because that sometimes slows down the learning process. My second objective was to integrate new players into the system. I wanted to make sure that I got my eyes on everybody. The next day, I might be looking at the offensive linemen. One day, I might be looking at the defensive backs and I would look long and hard until I was satisfied that I had an understanding of what was there. As practices got underway and the general structure was going smoothly, I would focus on one group of players daily because I felt it was better to deal with smaller groups than the whole team. Now, when I was a head coach, my main objective was to get the right 53 players on the team-those that create depth and allow flexibility.
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That installation schedule is followed up at training camp, so that by the time camp’s completed, hopefully the players have been through it at least a couple of times and they have a pretty good understanding of (at least) the basics of the offensive, defensive and special-teams systems. Most teams going into NFL training camp have an offensive and defensive installation schedule that was implemented, in part, in the OTA section of their practices in the spring or in the minicamps.