Passing

To all who were posting on the subject of passing.

I have been a youth coach for several years. I have always been a fan of the pass. Now as with any team at any level you need a QB who can react quickly, can think and impavise to make something out of nothing. Up until the past 4 seasons I was in an assistant coach role. I always wanted us to pass a little more when we found youth QB's that were capable of throwing and at least one receiver who was capable of catching. This has not happened too often. The stats on youth passing posted by Coach Wade are the norm. But at some point as a youth coach you will be blessed with a QB/Rec combo that your gut says PASS. I've read books, lessoned to other coaches, but I'm just plain me....I LOVE the PASS at any level, (used to help the run), is exicting for fans and coaches.

This season was the season I was blessed with such a combo. My QB and slot back were great together. Even at the tender age of 7 these two boys are FB minded and play to win. Our pass plays were simple and all were done on timing. We pacticed them as hard as the run plays. Now the other two backs made the passing game effective due to the great blocking in the backfeild. The stats of these two boys were way above the norm. And not only could we effectivly run the pass, any team we played RESPECTED us for the pass and by the 3rd game of the season we had coaches in the whole league talking about our passing game. As with any team we had good days and bad days passing. But the season ended with my QB throwing for 119yds, 16 of 35, 4 INT's and 1 TD. With his primary Rec being 12 catches for 102 yds and 1 TD.

With these boys being only 7 and many years ahead of them their skills at QB and Rec'er will only improve. So the point I'm tring to make is do not scrub the pass in youth football just because the avg's are not with you. If you truly believe you have players who can exacute the plays ---- RUN'EM.

~~S