AboutVic Winnek Expertise Will Answer all queries RE: Rules of Football - NCAA & Federation; Officiating; Instruction on Football; Mechanics & application of rules; Setting up Instructional programs and clinics for: Officials, coaches and media; Liability Issues (Legal & Insurance questions)arising from coaching, playing, refereeing, product liability. History of the College football game -its evolution. I will not answer what position one should play or what will make you better. These questions require personal knowledge of your abilities and skills and should be answered by your coach. I will no longer answer questions about eligibility due to some inconsiderate individuals.
Experience 22 years officiating High School & College football, NCAA Referee, Back Judge & Line Judge 2 years Arena Football-substitution official Instructor of NCAA & Federation Officials, Played prep and college football; coached High School football; Athletic trainer; 22 years of instruction in Officiating Football
Organizations Past President of Calif. Football Officials Assoc; Western Collegiate Football Officials Assoc.; CFOA-Long Beach Unit Board of Directors CFOA-South Bay Unit & Long Beach Unit, Pres. Executive Council of Calif. Football Officials Assoc.; CIF Presidents' Council on Officiating; Chairman Ethics Committee
Publications Referee Magazine; California Football Officials Assoc. Instructor's Guide; NACC Div. 1-AA football officials' clinic; CFOA instrutional materials; Articles written: Line of Scrimmage mechanics, Forward Progress, Side Line Warnings, 2006 NCAA New Timing Rules; various instructional materials, UWLA Law Review
Education/Credentials BA USC 1987
JD UWLA School of Law 1996
3 Years Reno Football Officials Clinic
4 Years UCLA Football Officials Camp
Big 12 Mini Clinic
NFL Grass Roots Clinic
Awards and Honors 6 Bowl games, NCAA Div. 1-AA & Div. III play-offs, CIF Div. 1,2,5,8,9,12 Final, 5 years CIF Semi-finals, 15 years of CIF play-offs
Question QUESTION: I am a senior high school football player I played I've played varsity football for 2 years my sophomore year I played I played and start on the OL at Guard. I sat out my Jr year. I returned my Sr. season and I played fullback for the first time. Im 5'9.5" 225lb, run a 5.0 forty. Im thinking about trying to walking on at Newberry College i wanted to know if Fullback would still be a good position for me play at the next level or should try for another position? My second question what kind of workout/running should I be doing in order to prepare for a walk on tryout?
ANSWER: First good for you for having the desire and courage to walk on. Do it!
As for positions, let the coach know the positions that you can play and before you start camp talk to him and let him know you want to play and want to help the team and if there is a position he would like to play or where you canhelp the team, that is the position you need to play. You know FB and the keys so that gives you a slight advantage for making the team. But you need to be flexible. We are starting the summer so you should be in contact with the coach and ask himfor the team's summer workout/strength & conditioning program that he wants you to follow.
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QUESTION: What tests do college coaches put potential walk ons through for example timed-40 etc b/c i want to prepare my self by practing these drills before the tryout.
Answer Christian
Each coaching staff is different as to how they select walk -on and how the conduct their try-outs. Call the football office and ask what they want you doing over the summer before try-outs. If you can talk to the coach or strength & conditioning coach over the phone ask him what to do, what they expect and ask if there are any drills they want you to work on - take that opportunity to introduce yourself and establish a relationship.
Make sure you are in the weight room lifting getting strong and bigger, also you nee to work on speed and quickness.
Here are some links to view to help you train for your try-out. They are instructional links with videos, drills, and tips:
Otis St. Clair is a former collegiate wide receiver at Ohio University has an excellent set of running back instructional videos posted on e how dot com, I highly recommend them. He has videos for how to get stronger for football, weightroom routine, running back footwork, etc. This video series and the NIKE Running Back one are must see! The link is below: http://www.ehow.com/video_4977206_running-back-drills.html
The following is just one conditioning plan. Make sure you are cleared by a doctor and are medically sound to undertake the strength and condition necessary to try to walk-on and play.
A) Squat Jumps
B) Mountain Climbers
C) Karaoke Drill
D)High Knees
E) Bear Crawl
F) Burpees 10 sets of 10 burpees. A minute rest between each set.
G) The Gut Buster
1. Go to an open field and set up two cones or other markers, about 40 yards apart.
2. Stand by one of the cones and start off by performing 10 squat jumps.
3. Immediately following the squat jumps, sprint as fast as you can to the other cone.
4. Upon reaching the cone, perform 10 sit-ups.
5. After the sit-ups, sprint back to the original cone and do 10 up-downs or burpees.
Continue to sprint back and forth between the cones, performing the following exercises:
6. Sprint followed by 10 push-ups.
7. Sprint followed by 10 mountain climbers.
8. Sprint followed by 10 butt kickers.
9. Sprint followed by 10 jumping jacks
10. Sprint followed by 10 push-ups
11. Sprint one forty-yard dash to finish the drill.
H) 50 40s
Mark off 40 yards and sprint it 50 times. Rest 1 to 2 minutes in-between each sprint.
I) Four Corners Drill
1. Grab four cones and form a 10 yd by 10 yd square.
2. Start at one cone, and backpedal to a parallel cone (you're going to be making your way around the perimeter of the square).
3. When you reach that cone, move directly into a shuffle to the next cone. Your feet shouldn't cross or touch during the shuffle.
4. Upon reaching the third cone, move into the Karaoke drill.
5. When you reach the fourth cone, sprint has fast as you can to the last one (you are now back where you started). Recap: Line 4 cones up 10 X 10 to make a 40 yard square foot area. Start at the first drill with the back-pedal then when reaching the second cone you go into the Karioke drill. At the third cone you shuffle your feet never crossing over one another and pushing your hands outward in a full shoving motion, and at the last cone your players go into a full sprint. This drill can be repeated at least 3 times to get the full benefits of its purpose (for conditioning do 5 times). Always check for good form on back pedal, and full hustle on sprint.
Do 5 sets. Rest 1 minute in-between sets.
J) 40, 60, 80, 100s
1. Start on one goal line and mark off 40 yards and sprint the distance 6 times.
2. Mark off 60 yards and sprint the distance 4 times.
3. Mark off 80 yards and sprint the distance 2 times.
4. On the last set, run 100 yards from goal line to goal line, 1 time.
Rest 1 minute between sprints.
Remember muscles are a lot like elastic in that the warmer they get, the easier it is to work them—in other words, exercise and practice football drills daily as well as warming up and stretching before hand. Drills and exercise are not for just outward physical benefits. They also deal with the subtlety of the body tissue, bones and muscle.
Drills worth consideration are agility drills. It is no rumor that practicing ballet helps football players hone in on their skills, so put that idea into practice! We’ve all seen the big tires laid out on the ground diagonally, but don’t let them just lay there! Make your players jump from one to the other, one to the other, one foot in a tire at a time. And repeat. It focuses agility and strengthens muscles in the legs, all rolled into one.
Another good endurance drill is running to a forward line, running back to the original line, then running further to another line out front, and repeat. However, before being allowed to return to the starting line, make sure each football player touches the line with his hand. Not only does this enhance endurance, but it also allows the player to focus on a specific point on the field, which helps a player be able to narrow into the eye of the ball when on the field in the middle of a game.
So as the coach of a football team, one of the most important factors of football practice is the type of practice technique you would like your players to perfect. Before practice, however, it’s important that you have your players warm up so that during practice, the risk of straining or otherwise injuring muscles is greatly reduced. Do this at a gradual pace, too quick and you run the risk of pulled muscles and early strains.
A great tip to warm up practice is to do stretches and jumping jacks. Pushups and crunches are also good methods of warming muscles as well as relaxing them.
After warmup, start with a few tried and tested techniques, such as teaching your players how to throw the football correctly in a spiral arch into the air. While the quarterback may be the only one in the game that throws the ball, it still is important that all players know how to play the different positions to get a feel of the game as a whole. It makes the team a team.
When throwing the ball, make sure to let your players know that the stitch line along the ball can be used as a guide for finger and hand placement. Have your players place their fingers between the stitches, and imagine a line reaching from the ball through the air to another player, then throw.
It is important that your players visualize the play (or the throw in this instance) becoming reality—only then will it actually become real
