I am going to play tight end for my school but I am afraid I won't start because the coaches think the other two tight ends are better than I am. I am stronger and I know more about football but I am not as fast. How can I impress the coach so I will be starter?
2007-06-25 19:13:52 · 12 answers · asked by Johncho70 2 in Sports ➔ Other - Sports
put all of your heart in it - i know it sounds lame but if you really are giving it your all theyll notice
2007-06-25 19:17:10 · answer #1 · answered by m m 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Honestly, the advice these people are giving is great and all, but there is more to it. I was in the same situation as you in high school, the third highest tight-end on a two tight-end team. I've been out of highschool for two years now and have had time to reflect upon what I could've/should've done differently.
As any highschool football player does, I'm sure you have a strong work ethic and show it during practice, but if you want to stand out, proving to the coaches that you deserve to be there more than the others, a strong work ethic isn't enough because everyone else has one too. You have to physically show them that you want it more. You can't hold back, especially not during practice. Go all out, all of the time, even during conditioning and agility drills. There will be times when you might feel like you have nothing left, but you have to keep it up, eventually, that style of play will become natural and less tiresome. You're stonger so show the coaches you are. Throw the scout team around and if you catch the ball run somebody over and keep going. If speed is the only thing they have over you, practice those first steps. That is all of the quickness, blocking-wise, a tight end will ever need. know where you are going to place your first step when reaching that 9 technique. you know your quarterback, time your steps to where you are moving just as he hikes the ball. Most coaches would always rather have a better bocking than receiving tightend. prove to them that you can be better and want it more. I wish you the best of luck
Note: an additional thing I have noticed since I have started playing in college was that in highschool football, I never thought for myself. I didn't realize what I was capable of doing because I would follow the coaches strict rules to blocking and receiving. I had always accepted that the two tight ends in front of me were better because I believed that the coaches knew best. Now, much of my highschool team still gets together to play pickup games, everyone, including myself has finally seen what I am capable of, and the team captains always pick me over the other two. Realize that your potential is beyond what you think it is, and that the coaches don't always know best
email me if you want help with anything else, trust me, I know exactly what you are going through and have a lot of hindsight and recent experiences that could help you.
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2007-06-26 04:41:13 · answer #2 · answered by to the beat in my head 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont worry about the coaches, just do what you gotta do and kcik some butt. if you do this then they will be impress. a coach can not be impress, (cause they've seen it all and done it all, {he is your coach for a reason}).
leave what ever you got in the field. at the end of the day the only person impressed will be you.
Good Luck
2007-06-25 19:31:18 · answer #3 · answered by 12pocketwatch24 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Carve yourself a niche and become a really good blocker, if you are stronger than the others. Speed doesn't always equate to success on the football field. So often, TE's forget that they serve as the 6th OL, and that can separate you from the pack by becoming a very good blocker. And blocking isn't always about strength, but technique, so work on that (like keeping your elbows in, backside down low).
As for the receiving game, you should practice running SHARP routes. Like I said, it's not about speed. Fans and media like to glamorize speed, but coaches will be the first to tell you that they would rather have a good route runner. As a former CB, I can tell you that I'd much rather face a fast, unskilled route runner than a guy who can run crisp, clean routes and turn me on my back. Don't worry about your speed, study your patterns and assignments, and focus on your blocking, and you'll impress. Good luck.
2007-06-25 19:20:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its easy to impress them i played football for four years and i started every game... in practice dont be scared to do anything coach ask for like wen he ask for a scout team just go and play like ur starting and if u do good coach will put u in and i know conditionings a b***h but hey give it a 110% and always keep ur head up it will impress coach and always try to out do the other people trying to take ur spot prove to coach why ur better!
2007-06-25 19:19:18 · answer #5 · answered by azn207866 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
~I was in the same boat. By the end of the season, I was a wide receiver and let me tell you, the coaches were impressed. Now excuse me, gotta go. I see a bar of soap over there on the floor.
2007-06-25 19:18:50 · answer #6 · answered by Oscar Himpflewitz 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Catch passes and run like a bull for the goal line.
2007-06-25 19:16:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
tight ends are not positions for speed
they are the ones that are hard to get down
so i would personally cause i had a similar situation
just give it your all and dont give up
2007-06-25 19:18:39 · answer #8 · answered by badtothebone2341 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Where tight pants, and rub your thighes infront of them and ask them to join you in the showers
2007-06-25 19:16:43 · answer #9 · answered by Michael 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Set up "accidents" for the other guys....lol
2007-06-25 19:17:24 · answer #10 · answered by Jakefeatherston2002 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋