Archive for April, 2010

Ohne sie geht es nicht. Sie bleiben meist im Hintergrund, aber sie sorgen dafür das alles überhaupt erstmal funktioniert. Die Equipment-Manager.

Für unsere Nationalmannschaft konnte Christiane Langkamm zwei Orginale aus Berlin für uns gewinnen. Thorsten Kunert und Sonja Schmidt.

Ich persönlich beschleicht ja immer das Gefühl, dass alle Equipment-Manager miteinander verwandt sind. Ich habe mittlerweile viele Vereine und Auswahlmannschaften kennen gelernt und fast genauso viele Equipment-Manager. Man erkennt sie sofort. Ein wenig an der Optik, aber auf jeden Fall am Verhalten.

Es ist eine seltsame Mischung aus Service und Griesgrämigkeit. Wenn man etwas braucht, dann kommt ein altes Ritual in Gang: Ein abwiegendes Gesicht, ein prüfender Blick. Ein bisschen mürrisch wird dem Wunsch nachgekommen. Egal ob ich nur eine Schraube für den Helm, einen anderen Gatorade-Geschmack oder 10 Step-Over Backs haben wollte: Erstmal habe ich immer das Gefühl, dass mein Equipment-Manager das aus eigener Tasche zahlen muss. Aber dann, egal wie exotisch der Wunsch war, kommt ein: “Na klar” , “Haben wir da” oder “Da finden wir eine Lösung”. Und auf einmal können sie sogar freundlich lächeln.

So ein Exemplar ist auch Thorsten Kunert. Mit der Berliner Schnautze ausgestattet, aber auch mit dem großen Herzen. Wenn im Camp einem Trainer mal irgendein für das Training benötigter Gegenstand nicht direkt bereit stand, dann lag das höchstens daran, dass der Trainer nicht in dem Teil des Platzes war, wo er sein sollte.

Coach Trabi: “Thorsten, hast Du mal einen Ball?”
Thorsten: “Nö”
Coach Trabi: “Nicht mal einen?”
Thorsten: “Nö. Ich habe nur einen Ballsack und der liegt schon an Deinem Platz”.

Beim Frühstück nahm Thorsten die Bestellungen auf und lange vor dem Training war er bereits ständig überall unterwegs, damit später jeder richtig ausgestattet ist.

Das allzeit freundliche Gesicht unserers Duos war Sonja, die immer gute Laune versprühte und Thorsten tatkräftig unterstützte. Bei Wind und Regen waren beide draussen. Wir konnten vom Frühstückstisch aus sehen, wie beide den Platz inspizierten und vorbereiteten.

Ein ganzen Kastenwagen voller Equipment hatten die zwei dabei. Jerseys, Bälle, Stepover Backs, Shields, Cones, Gatorade, Obst, Becher, Handtücher, und so weiter. Die Liste ist endlos lang. Sogar ein Blockschlitten war mit dabei. Den brauchte am Ende aber niemand, weil der Trainingsplan ja mehrfach umgestellt wurde. Klar, dass Thorsten das am Ende noch mal erwähnen musste.

Nach dem Training wurde wieder alles eingesammtelt, sortiert, gereinigt und dann wurde sogar noch die Wäsche gewaschen. Alles war perfekt bis in letzte Detail organisiert.

Eine weitere Eigenschaft haben alle Equipment-Manager auch noch gemeinsam: Egal wie perfekt alles war, egal wie zufrieden wir mit ihnen waren: Es kann immer noch besser werden…. und sie wissen jetzt schon wie.

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WIDE RECEIVER STANCE & STARTS

Wide receivers are the cornerstone of every offense in today's passing game, be it in the pro- or Semi Pro area.
Good basic knowledge (Fundamentals) This position not only makes the quarterback's job easier, rather, they can be decisive for success or defeat in a game.

The stance: The first question, which foot is in front?

• Inside foot in front?
• Outside foot in front?
• Both types?
• The WR decides itself?

The choice is up to every coach. He has to choose the variant, die z.B. fits his system for timing reasons. The coaches say this: “It should be sound”. And the chosen variant should be carried out consistently.

All WRs then always look the same when they are on the line of scrimmage. Thus, you do not give the defense the opportunity before the snap on possibly. set upcoming routes.

“Inside foot in front” is probably the most frequently used variant for wide receivers for various reasons.

• When using steps (Timing Routes) instead of counting yards, to reach a certain breakpoint, is it important, always start with the same foot. On a hitch route has proven itself: 3 Long Steps; 2 kurze Steps; 2 Steps to the QB. If the WR started with the other foot, he would have to take four steps. This would make the pass route deeper and take longer.

To be able to start quickly and explosively, the feet of the receiver should be offset (Staggered Stance). The distance between the two feet should be about shoulder width and the feet should be hip width open.

• Stand across the LOS with your feet shoulder-width apart (QB in the back).
• Now turn with the upper body and the balls of the feet parallel to the LOS, your toes should now be facing the LOS.
• Place your back foot slightly outward (hip wide).

Since the receiver now has the correct exposure of the feet, now we come to the elements to be able to start explosively.

• Bend your shoulders, which are already aligned parallel to the LOS, slightly forward over your forefoot to have the "body lean" forward.
• Slightly bend both knees, you will notice, that there is more weight on the front foot approx. 70-80% front -20-30% back

Everyone will know: Sometimes it is very loud or excited during a game. It often happens in these situations, that you forget the "Snap Count": Either you start too early (False Start = penalty) or you start too late (no more timing = no caught ball).

So that doesn't happen, turn your head towards the ball. If the ball is now caught you can see everything and start in time.

Before starting, raise your hands to chest height and build body tension.

Set …… Hut.

Nein, No, only next time I will explain the start of the wide receiver to you. Until then, practice nicely, preferably in front of a mirror and always for both sides. You won't always be on the left, right??

Your coach Trabi

„Be Prepared“ „Be on Time” „Be Perfect“ but „Be Flexible“

Coach Trabi’s Tips & Tricks are a number of general contributions to techniques in American football. These techniques do not always agree with the coached the national team techniques. All internationals address any questions, please contact your coordinator or position coach.

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All players of the extended 75er squad, Coaches and Staff in portrait

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Netzathleten.de will soon publish several interviews about the women's national team. Offense coordinator Jörn Maier will start

to the Interview

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Netzathleten.de is operated by the two athletes Stefan Kretzschmar and Stefan Pfannmoeller and is the largest social sports network in Germany.

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We have Easter Sunday and I'm still not sure, what to make of last year. seen football technically.

The away game against Bochum opened my Mainz coach, that he wants me in the national team, and I reply with the utter conviction: “Nein! So what I will definitely not make!”. Today I sit at the computer and read to me repeatedly in disbelief Christiane email by, In which stands, that I can take to Stockholm. (O.o)

In late summer, the information comes, I'm invited to tryout to Cologne. All right then, I do not have so alone in the lion's den and must 5 take my teammates. The relaxed uncommonly. less relaxed – and linked to some debates with my GP – are the broken outer bands, accompany me to tryout. Since I had to listen to some sayings me already “but, you are one of the crazies, playing a scrimmage in front of one week tryout yet!” … “Ja, just one of which I am.” My fighting spirit is aroused! So what I still will not let me sit on! ATTACK!

The phase of waiting begins. Time turned, then hopeless, euphoric times, times on the verge of madness. My immediate surroundings must withstand a lot. comes closer the January, the higher the probability, I about Sweden, World Cup and football talk. Wie gut, I by snow, Skier, Snowboards and children'm distracted. Am 7.1.2010 one 9:14H shaken a cheer Austria. I get a text message from good old Germany by Jörg: “Congratulations you're in, like all of us!” The first one has to digest and watch, that you can not choking on his Nuttellabrötchen! \(*.*)/

The March coming and with it the jitters. In the office I am frequently asked, When the camp is and whether you must then get out to get his pompom, to be my cheerleader. In the week before the camp, I have a hard time, to focus on the work and do not only with the packing list, the departure time, to deal with the Defense Playbook and recent motivational words from coach. Thank God I'm drowning close to working and can thus maintain my nerves and must not be afraid, completely to spin the wheel.

And then he's there. The day, where it's on to new pastures. The next step on the way to “Glory”.

After a sleepless night I collect Sharon and Sonja in Mainz. Together we nozzles 30 Kilometers to Becky, to meet there Michelle and very environmentally friendly to heat with natural gas to Silberborn. Time we have enough in the luggage…Oh I, Luggage we have enough. If we had originally planned to sixth driven to Camp, we would have had a real space problem. In this case the car was a Van! (O.O)

Actually we had planned, again together to go through the Play Books, ultimately, however, we have dealt with Becky Sociology Summary. Simmel and Co. accompanied us all the way from Frankfurt to Holzminden.

Silberborn, Welcome to the Nowhere! Although I am a country girl, but so rural I do not need it actually. Felt 50 Km no Aldi, no Lidl and no gas station. Moment. A gas station we found! Abstoppen, cyberspace and tight cuddle with the gas column. who knows, if have on the land also open on Sundays here! Nein, it was not so bad. We just came from the wrong side. From others we experienced at the weekend, that it 10 Minutes even a McDonald's! Our navigation system is simple diet friendly!

The weekend is quickly told. Regen, theory, Regen, Training, essen, Regen, theory, mud fight, sleep. Aufstehn, essen, theory, Mud pack for good of Lower Saxony Moor Mud, essen, theory, even more mud, sleep. My new washing machine will rejoice!

Essen. Important! Important! Unfortunately, the kitchen is not over 70 starved women designed…at least not Friday evenings. I guess, they did not expect this hungry crowd, the like Piranhias crashes on the fried potatoes. Who comes last, is content with bread and salad. True to the motto of the weekend “Be flexible” Comment from the kitchen: “The fried potatoes were only a side dish!” *LoL*
The Küchenfeen have learned. On Saturdays and Sundays enough because there are delicious taster vegetable soup. A decent steak would have been personally prefer me. (^.^)

And then it was over, with this stage. Monday morning moves the laundry in the full-automatic washing machine and must be washed twice, unfortunately,, because Silberborner mud settles deep in pores. I'm back in the office and enjoy the rest, that the holidays bring with them. Am i exhausted? Ja. Mental. The inner tension drops and I'm back in the here and now. Back in reality. My inner maneuver criticism tells me, that I could have done a lot better. Andy's pictures speak a similar language. The training units at home are again detached from all stress, and I find it real relaxation, to be able to fool around with my girls again and to know, that this is the realm of football, that I can just have fun with, without feeling the pressure of scouting on your neck. Ultimately, it's two worlds. The world of the national team, in which I want to perform, because I am a national player and therefore do a competitive sport, and the world in the club, where we all play, because we enjoy it and wherever we go “unpacks the biscuits”, silly when warming up, childish little songs and still wants to win.

My family, Friends and colleagues respond with cheers to Christiane's e-mail and I am sitting in front of my computer again, wondering, where the past weekend has gone. It's really surreal. We are with 5 Girls from Mainz drove to Silberborn and continue to Sweden as well. The rookie team from the south, that was launched last year, provides the most players in the national team after two first division clubs. And me? I, always one 4, when volleyball was played one 3, had in sports, is in the squad at a World Cup and wears the colors of their nation. Can someone wake me up, please?? That must be a dream! \(*.*)/

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Just two weeks after the German national team now is also our opponents Sweden to camp.

from 9. to 11. April the team manager Kristoffer Hard and Katarina Kwarnmark convened the team to Norrköping.

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Be open for something new – this blog is new territory for the AVFD. So we can also try new things here. Coach Trabi (Robert Melzer) I noticed during the camp for his inexhaustible work frenzy, his great knowledge and willingness, to share this knowledge and to pass it on. What could be more obvious than to create a corner here in the blog for exactly this purpose. I was able to win over Coach Trabi, to regularly post articles on American football techniques. A series about the little things in football is planned. Short posts, each showing only a small aspect of football. They are general and do not always correspond to the techniques coached in the national team. This series is intended to be helpful for all players and fans interested in football. The same applies to national players: Your coordinator or position coach is responsible for any questions.

At the start there is a personal impression of Robert from the training camp, before we go to medias res next time.

Yours

Andreas Gebek

Welcome to
Coach Trabi’s Tips & Tricks.

It is the idea of ​​press spokesman Andreas Gebek, To open an area here where I can speak about old and new in American football.

Before the first camp in Cologne, I had little to do with women's football, I was all the more pleased about the nomination as coach of the women's national team. Accordingly, I began my work with an absolutely open mind and full of curiosity.

I noticed it the first time I met, that there is a lot of potential and a thirst for knowledge among women. Of course we want to breastfeed it here.

What do we want to start with??

I would say, that we start with the most important foundation: Be open for something new.

Football has, how we all know, continuously developed over many years. That always led to new techniques and game systems. Only those who remain open to new things, listening and adapting to innovations can be successful in the long run.

I will try to explain one thing or the other to you here, so that we can get even better at our favorite sport.

Before we get started with the techniques, I would like to say a word to all of them, who unfortunately didn't make it into the national team's 45 squad, judge.

You made it to the camp in Silberborn, Nobody can take that away from you. You are one of the 75 best female football players in Germany. If you take a closer look, you will find out, that you on your position to the e.g. best 10 Wide Receiver, the best 12 Defense Backs etc. heard. The decision, who is allowed to go to Sweden, can therefore only be read from the little things that we coaches see in the players. Believe me, it was not an easy decision for us.

Please keep everyone so ambitious and enthusiastic about football, so that the decision about the next World Cup or European Championship will be even more difficult.

Sincerely

Your coach Trabi (Robert Melzer)

„Be Prepared” „Be on Time“ „Be Perfect“ but „ Be Flexible“

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