This is a genuine enquiry, as I have not been coached for over 40 years, and I realise some things change ... so I am going to say how one thing used to be .. and ask anybody who has played at a reasonable level more recently ... if this is still the case.
THE RE-BOOT PLAN
We would have several main attacking patterns, all of which allowed a fair amount of latitude to the halves to adjust and play what was in front of them .. Generally 2/3 forward runs, then heads up football ..
But, Back in the day we would also have had one basic pattern that we ran ad nauseum every training session ... it usually involved something like 2 hit ups to the open, then a switch to 2 wide down the blind, followed by a deep backline play back to the open, maybe a wrap around, then a kick into touch ... this pattern was well rehearsed and was our "Re-set" or steadier plan.
It was usually called a name like Rosie ... and when things started to go south or shiite was happening ... dropped balls, missed tackles, dude decisions .. the captain would call Rosie and for the next 2/3 sets the whole team would just fall back on a well known pattern to simply re-boot and regather .. this comfortable routine worked both physically and mentally to steady the team.
I ask this because this year when we started blowing big leads or things weren't going to plan ... there didn't seem like there was a plan or mechanism to deal with it on field ... instead of going to a Rosie ... we seemed to go even more helter skelter into devastation and ruin ..
THE RE-BOOT PLAN
We would have several main attacking patterns, all of which allowed a fair amount of latitude to the halves to adjust and play what was in front of them .. Generally 2/3 forward runs, then heads up football ..
But, Back in the day we would also have had one basic pattern that we ran ad nauseum every training session ... it usually involved something like 2 hit ups to the open, then a switch to 2 wide down the blind, followed by a deep backline play back to the open, maybe a wrap around, then a kick into touch ... this pattern was well rehearsed and was our "Re-set" or steadier plan.
It was usually called a name like Rosie ... and when things started to go south or shiite was happening ... dropped balls, missed tackles, dude decisions .. the captain would call Rosie and for the next 2/3 sets the whole team would just fall back on a well known pattern to simply re-boot and regather .. this comfortable routine worked both physically and mentally to steady the team.
I ask this because this year when we started blowing big leads or things weren't going to plan ... there didn't seem like there was a plan or mechanism to deal with it on field ... instead of going to a Rosie ... we seemed to go even more helter skelter into devastation and ruin ..
