A post in another thread caused me to wonder about this. What teams are now true two platoon teams - no players playing on both sides of the ball? I was mainly interested in N. Ky. but will leave the question open for teams around the state.

 

Here are teams in N. Ky. I am pretty sure are two platoon:

 

Highlands

Covington Catholic

Simon Kenton

 

What about the rest? Do any of the other 6A schools in N. Ky. platoon? I am pretty sure the 5A schools play some players both ways. Are the above schools the only 3 in N. Ky.?

 

What about the rest of the state (outside the obvious of T and X)? What teams are playing true platoon football?

I hear Boone County is trying to do this but might not have the depth to do it yet.

SK went to the two platoon a few years ago and it hurt them during the 2-9 season in 2011. However, worked out great in 2012. Should work fine this year as well...lots of talent on hand. I view this like basketball, the rotation gets smaller as the playoffs near. You'll find some SK kids going both ways in the playoffs.

Belfry and Central are not truly platoon teams..but both schools have found success by limiting the number of two way players to 2-3 at most and basically having their lines on each side of the ball play one way.

 

As recently as 2000 Belfry was your prototype "Iron Man" football team and there is no surprise that the evolution of the program has directly linked with an improved feeder system and less two way players.

I think if you are a 6A school, you better do it if you want to compete with the best. Below 6A, every school that wants to win titles should do their best to make it happen. Obviously, the smaller the school, the less realistic it is. But even in 1A, where it is just not possible to be a platoon team, you need to find as many one way players as you can and work on deeper rotations to keep the two way players fresh.

From what I've seen in practice and the one scrimmage this has started to trickle down to the Highlands Freshman. I've heard in years past there has been some resistance to this at this level. Granted, it is not a full replacement but I think close to 50-60% only play one side of the ball. (Of course this could change once it gets "real") %-)

You have to have numbers to platoon. Bowling Green seemed to explode after going to the platoon system. There are so many advantages, if your school has the numbers and the coaches to implement it.

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At this point you can add Boone County to the list.

I am pretty sure Campbell Co. pretty much 2 platoons...

You have to have numbers to platoon. Bowling Green seemed to explode after going to the platoon system. There are so many advantages, if your school has the numbers and the coaches to implement it.

Two advantages: you can point out positive and negative plays to the individuals while their other platoon is on the field. Of course, the most obvious is REST.

I see the biggest advantage to platoon football as practice. You basically double your practice time and development time when you platoon. Every day you work on sharpening your craft at one position, versus one day offense and the other day defense. You can really drill down and work on specific skills and techniques. As Adopted Purple pointed out, you have to have the coaches to make it work best. But practice and development is the big upside much more than the game fatigue side of it that most people think about.

Add Greenwood to the list.

 

And, the most important dynamic of Platooning is this: Player Development.

 

There are kids at schools that platoon that contribute at a high level their Junior and Senior years that would have been written off as non players at other schools as freshmen. When you do the same thing, everyday multiple years, you tend to get good at it.

I see the biggest advantage to platoon football as practice. You basically double your practice time and development time when you platoon. Every day you work on sharpening your craft at one position, versus one day offense and the other day defense. You can really drill down and work on specific skills and techniques. As Adopted Purple pointed out, you have to have the coaches to make it work best. But practice and development is the big upside much more than the game fatigue side of it that most people think about.

 

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Walker is an iron man for X this year, and he isn't the first one in recent history.

Programs that not only two platoon exclusively also have two legit Head Coaches on staff. What I mean is two Heads that could coach anywhere they wanted but are willing and sacrificing their egos for the kids and the programs.

 

That right there is the key to two platooning and being successful imo. Full responsibility, trust and delegation is a must in order to get it right.