More plays

Here we are , 1 more day until our first game. Here are some videos of last night's practise.


Remember to be there by 2:15 at the very latest.

I and Wishbone plays

We ran some new wishbone plays and practised some I plays last Thursday. I recorded 8 of these plays and have had a look at them to see what we were doing right and what needs some work. These are posted to youtube. The first one is embedded below, and the rest are part of a playlist
Players, especially those on offence should have a look to see if they can see any mistake in these plays. We will be working hard on correcting them on Tuesday and Thursday.

Play # 1

Finally, some offense

Another outstanding practise last night. We ran through a series of Power I plays, and the offence seemed quite knowledgeable about what to do. The defense looked good too with a number of good tackles and a few interceptions.

Wishbone plays have be posted to the wiki at http://bantamclippers.wikispaces.com/, please have a look so you have some idea of what we will run on Thursday night and next week. We will also have a look at special teams positions.

As mentioned last night, each player will be assigned a primary position and a secondary position. One will be on offense and the other on defense. The secondary position means you are the backup for that spot in case of injury or the primary player cannot make a game or practise. Coach Marshall and I sat down to compile this list, and we feel that the position we have placed players in, is the best spot for them to succeed personally, and to contribute to the team overall.

We will be letting players know of these spots Thursday, but most will have been placed in their primary spot Tuesday night.

One small change to the schedule; Glenboro was unable to get refs for the Saturday Sept. 8th game, so it has been moved to Sunday the 9th , still at 3:00 in Glenboro, at the high school. We have been assured that change rooms will be provided that day, please have your player there by 2:00, so we can begin warm-ups and assign positions for that day by 2:30.

Feel free to comment below or send either of us an email
Coach Bennet- cabennet@mvsd.ca
Coach Marshall - jmarshall@mvsd.ca

PlayBook

Had a real good practise Thursday night with Coach Thacker helping us out with punt and punt return teams. Power I series of play have been published to http://bantamclippers.wikispaces.com/. I apologize for not having it set up to be a public viewable page, but it is good to go now. Please have a look at the diagrammed plays and come on Tuesday prepared to run through them. We have 4 more practise until our first game , Saturday Sept 1 when Westman comes to Dauphin. 3:00 kick-off, please be at the field dressed and ready to go by 2:30.

Schedule

The final schedule has been released. Our game that was originally scheduled for the last weekend in August has been changed. Our schedule is as follows: Sat Sept 1 3:00 PM Westman at Dauphin Sat Sept 8 3:00 PM Dauphin at Glenboro Sat Sept 15 3:00 PM Dauphin at Westman (Brandon) Sat Sept 22 3:00 PM Winkler at Dauphin Sun Sept 30 1:00 PM Dauphin at Winkler Sat Oct 6/12 3:00 PM Baldur-Glenb. at Dauphin Sat Oct 13/12 OR 14Th. 3:00 PM #1 vs #4 3:00 PM #2 vs #3 Sat Oct 20/12 3:00 PM Bantam Champ Game 3:00 PM Bantam Consol. Game This schedule will also be posted to our wiki page (http://bantamclippers.wikispaces.com/home) for future reference. If your son has not picked up equipment, please have him at practice by 6:15 to get equipment prior to practice time. Thanks

Welcome

Welcome to the 2012 Bantam Clipper Football Season. This season promises to be a great season, as we have joined the Prairie Youth Football League PYFL The schedule is being worked on, but we have a game tentatively scheduled for August 25th in Glenboro. The coaching staff this year will consist of Cam Bennet and John Marshall. Quinn Thacker will be joining as the Offensive Coordinator. I am recruiting other former Clipper players as well to assist us during the season. This page will be used for news and updates. We will also have a Wikispace set up to house our playbook. Players can refer to this as they learn the plays and terminology. I will post the link for that in the near future. Please feel free to contact John or myself during the season if you have any concerns or comments. This is a learning experience for both of us, but we are keen and look forward to working with the team. Cam Bennet - cabennet@mvsd.ca John Marshall - jmarshall@mvsd.ca