I know Trinity takes their scrimmages very seriously under Coach Beatty. A full compliment of officials are there. The first three quarters are as close to game conditions as you can get. No coaches on the field of play. It is time to show your preparation for the upcoming season. The scrimmage will reveal weaknesses and strengths. It is equivalent to a dress rehearsal for game 1. I never enjoy watching those 10 play take-turn deals or the three team rotation many schools use. The approach Coach Beatty takes appears to work well for Trinity.

 

To answer the question-you play to win. They keep score for a reason.:popcorn:

Edited July 30, 201511 yr by thsrocks

This is interesting 4Luv. When you apply this to a Trinity or other 6A school I think this is right on the money, but when you think about Beechwood, Russellville and other smaller schools that simply don't have the depth do your tactics change because of lack of depth? Just a thought. I would think not but wanted to throw it out there.

I should have preficed my comment with as long as the two teams are of equal size and similar skills. Obviously this would not be true if Trinity were to line up against a 1A school. Whether it be 1A or 6A, schools playing against a like school, I think this would apply. Again I don't think you can pick a 1 game winner from it but I do think far more often than not the better performer in the scrimmage will have the better year.

Scrimmages are a good test to see how well the team fundamentals are. Most teams go with their basic plays and packages. And may stick with the ones but as a better "performer" I would say if your team can perform the fundamentals and little things correctly you will win the scrimmage. Which is all the coaches are hoping for. At this point in the season all of these things should be ingrained in the players heads. On a rare occasion there may still be position battles that now with live competition can help push one player over another.

Bottom line: I feel the scrimmages probably are taken more serious on the Ohio side of the river. Regular season games "count" in Week 1, where in Kentucky - probably nothing counts until the District games. I think there is a sense of urgency in Ohio to identify what you have sooner than Kentucky because in Ohio.... week 1 counts. Just an opinion.