Everyone knows the benefits of platooning. A more interesting question IMO would be under what circumstances, conditions, players, positions, etc. would you play a kid both ways.

I love when teams platoon. But you should always play a couple of your best players on both sides of the ball. Example if SK used Swanson on the offense some they would have been alot better last year.

With the exception of Demetruis "Dee" Cain, who never leaves the field, you can add Caldwell County to the list. We have a few of the defensive players that are in the 5,6 and 7 spots as receivers, but not much else.

With the exception of Demetruis "Dee" Cain, who never leaves the field, you can add Caldwell County to the list. We have a few of the defensive players that are in the 5,6 and 7 spots as receivers, but not much else.

 

That is impressive for a 2A school.

With the exception of Demetruis "Dee" Cain, who never leaves the field, you can add Caldwell County to the list. We have a few of the defensive players that are in the 5,6 and 7 spots as receivers, but not much else.

Did you or someone else say that CC now has a roster of around 80 players? That too is pretty strong for a 2A school.

Did you or someone else say that CC now has a roster of around 80 players? That too is pretty strong for a 2A school.

 

Caldwell County's roster has 82 to be exact. The Football Special Section comes out in Wednesday's Caldwell County Times-Leader, and I am sure Ptown_Dude will have done a great job on all 24 pages of Tiger material!

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.

 

Easily the best post in the thread. You win most games before Friday night, and the practice time is the huge upside. You also win most championships by the use of practice time, and provided a school can pull it off, a platoon system basically doubles your practice time over the course of a season.

 

IMO not many schools can pull this off though. You have to have great coaching depth as much as player depth to get this done effectively.

 

The other thing is, I'm not sure how king I'd be on not having my best players on the field when the game is being decided. I'm pretty sure my 2 or 3 best players would play both ways at least at times. And even at a school like Trinity, if I have the best athlete in the state, he's going to be on the field more than most other guys.

Best 11! Are there going to be feelings hurt? Yep! Sorry! This is Big Boy football...

Caldwell County's roster has 82 to be exact. The Football Special Section comes out in Wednesday's Caldwell County Times-Leader, and I am sure Ptown_Dude will have done a great job on all 24 pages of Tiger material!

 

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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.

 

I stated very similar thoughts last year when this topic came up.

 

The biggest asset to platooning is in practice due to the mere fact that the #1 offense will be going against the #1 defense all the time. When you don't platoon it really hurts practices when you have more than just a few players playing both ways.

 

It also hurts if you don't platoon at the beginning of the season if it is very hot due to fatigue early on. But as said, the biggest asset is during practice. When you have 5,6-7 or more players playing both ways it can really hurt you when it comes to real games, mostly due to fatigue and then due to you not having the same level of competition in practice as you will during real games.

When we went from 0-11 to 12-1 at Lawrence Co we were able to two platoon almost playing only 2 kids both ways.

Lost in state championship in WV last year w same system. Had about 4 ACL tears on def. best dlineman in state broke his leg in state championship+MLB tore his ACL. We were forced to play best athletes both ways. It hurt us. We weren't as good on D that game and our tailback who went to Costal Carolina didn't have that extra burst in title game from playing both ways.

Back at Lawrence Co this year. Only a couple of kids playing both ways. Anxious to see how it goes.

Can anyone that watched the Highlands/University Christian game still doubt the benefits of two platooning, or how a smart coach who two platoons can call a game to use his two platoon system to his team's great advantage?

I am in 100 % agreement with a platoon system. BUT if you watched the Ensworth/Trinity game. I think they said Ensworth had 7 or 8 players that went both ways. That does not change my opinion, but found it interesting to say the least

I am in 100 % agreement with a platoon system. BUT if you watched the Ensworth/Trinity game. I think they said Ensworth had 7 or 8 players that went both ways. That does not change my opinion, but found it interesting to say the least

 

I didn't get to watch that game. Really surprised that E had 7 or 8 that went both ways. The entire game?

Can anyone that watched the Highlands/University Christian game still doubt the benefits of two platooning, or how a smart coach who two platoons can call a game to use his two platoon system to his team's great advantage?

 

I saw exactly what i have been saying all along. It was displayed in exponential form Saturday. While HHS made great adjustments, I think they key difference to the 2nd quarter turnaround was Fresh Legs. Not only does Highlands Platoon, but I estimate they used at least 20 players on the offensive side of the ball. I love how the receivers and backs jump up from the play and head towards the sidelines immediately. It looked like a hockey game with a new squad potentially going in every play. Not only did they make the constant subsitutions, they did it in a way they was impressive. Players sprinting on and off the field whent he defense is gasping for air just blew me away.

 

I have seen very few Highlands games live, but I now know that this confirms what I have been saying. If you can't platoon you have to take advantage of whatever skill you have and reduce the amount of time your top players are on the field goint both ways. That way they remain fresh for when you absolutely need them.

 

While I was never a Highlands basher and understood how good Mueeler is, I truly never saw the great coaching difference that other described. Well, call me a believer now. In preperation, game-time adjustments and demeanor, Coach Mueller is clearly far above any coach in NKY and I'm sure across our State and others. Unfortunately, he reminded me of the Yeagle years at BW and it makes me even more Sad for what might have been. I can only hope that Rash eventualluy see the light before my boys are old enough to play