I went to the 2007 and 2008 clinics. You haven’t lived until you’ve seen Alex Gibbs get rolling in a live presentation.

Virtually everything these guys talk about is applicable to the youth game. It’s the stuff at other places that is supposedly geared toward the youth game that is often not applicable to the youth game that will get you beat.

The NFL guys are all about drill time and footwork and leverage and having a manageable system. Gibbs has basically four running plays, while youth coaches are often trying to cut their playbooks down to their top 50 plays.

They all usually sit in on everyone else’s stuff, too, which is neat. At a lot of clincs, guys come in, speak, and are gone.

They are also not afraid to admit they don’t have an answer to something. Someone will ask how they handle something, and they’ll basically say, “That’s been killing us. We have a few ways to work it, but if anyone has come up with something better, we’d love to hear it.”

Now if I could just get some work done….This work thing keeps getting in the way of my football!

Coach Reeves