Uptempo

We tried it for about 3 minutes in our playoff game with Seguin lol. They had two of their studs out due to targeting calls the week before, so we assumed we would run uptempo and jump on them right out of the gate. Three fumbled onside kicks later, we were down 22-0 four minutes into the game. That was my one dance with uptempo offense lol.
 
I could see how that might deter you Coach. LOL!!! I wonder why most teams don't do it though; is it the mindset of scoring is already fast enough as is? Is it roster size? Would be curious to hear from coaches.
 
I'm not all sure what you consider the difference is between a standard no huddle and an uptempo game. Seems to me both have the aim to run more plays in a shorter amount of time to confuse the defense and not give them time regroup or rest. In the long run it comes down to which team has better depth and is in better shape. Blum, if I remember right, had their plays on their forearm. They would get a signal from the sideline, look at their forearm and run a play.
 
Tempo has many forms in my mind. Some people run a standard no-huddle but aren't in a real hurry but give defenses trouble because you never know when or if they will speed it up. True uptempo teams are going faster and want to snap the ball within 7 seconds of the playclock starting, etc. Thats how I define uptempo. Just curious to know how six-man teams run their tempo stuff.
 
We have messed with it, since we were uptempo in our 11man days. As in 11man, if you can't get some yardage on 1st-3rd downs, then it's not very effective. That was our problem with it. We didn't use it this year.
 
I ran it for two years previous to this one. Was one of the highest scoring teams in the state. Didnt do it as much this year, brought our scores down. I think it utilizes conditioning and speed. Still had both this year but finally had some size to utilize as well.
 
Borden county used it this year. We rotated more players than we have in 20+ years I have been here. Only huddled a handful of times all season. Most explosive team we have had in years and the kids seemed to enjoy it a lot. We had 2 centers and 3 guards and 3 ends that allowed us to stay fresh but when we got in tougher games we didn't rotate as much. Was a learning process as the year went on. Had to adjust signal calls later on as one team picked up our signs but we made an adjustment. Fun stuff, but ar the end of the day it comes down to defense and our lack of size caught up to us.

We had a base formation and we always lined up in it unless we changed formations before they got lined up. Again, it was real fun for the kids. Fun to practice too. Got more play reps in a short time. I have been a defensive coach for most of my coaching career so this was out of my comfort zone all together but had a blast. We just have to improve on the championship side of the ball.
 
That's good stuff Coach. I'm firm believer in uptempo offense and believe you can dictate the game. It's good to hear coaches in the six-man community are doing it as well with solid success.
 
Trey reminded me of something when he mentioned practice. Although we used a huddle all year in games, during practice we ran no huddle. Got in tons of reps and conditioning. Scout team has to be disciplined, though.
 
Practice didn't change much, for us. Team session was just run really fast. Up and down the field, hash to hash. We had a coach/mgr spotting the ball, and another coach blowing the whistle to signal the beginning of the play clock (he blew the whistle 15 seconds after the previous play was blown dead). Coach on the run, and film practice if you can.
 

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