By Luke Wood
Looking up at the film screen, seniors Baruch Hasabu, Hayes Miller, Hayden Jay and junior Garrett Cronin review a video of a punt return.
Saturday
November 21, 2022
The week is not over on Friday, even after success on the field. The continuance of taking part in film watching is an integral part of success for the team during their post game routine laying down a solid foundation for the upcoming week. Jay and Miller view
Saturday morning film as a way to grow from past errors.
“For the other teams, we can dissect what they’re doing and just see their tendencies and on all the things that we can, just see what they’re doing and [what] we can take advantage of.” Miller said, “And then when we watch our practice film, we’re just critiquing ourselves and trying to do better than what we have previously.”
Film watching is how the team starts Saturday morning from 8:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. Applebee also uses this as a way to highlight what went well during the games.
“We get to start out all together, get the special teams and then we’ll break up in position groups and go watch the night befores game and break [the game] down.” Applebee said, “What we did good but also we did bad”
Not only is Saturday the time to learn from the previous game but for offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, Michael Strack, preparation for next week’s game also starts Saturday morning.
“Usually by Saturday morning, we’ve gotten our opponents [film] and so I start by watching that. I spend several hours on Saturday, just watching their games. Same thing on Sunday.” Strack said, “Then I usually get up here to the school around noon and work on my own and then we meet as a staff from three to six or seven in the evening.”
After the coaches meeting they will have a plan in place of what they want that Friday’s game to look like as well as a game plan of plays and routes they need to prepare for throughout the week.