1. Game Planning
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.
If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.
If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.
Sun Tzu – Art of War

2. Determine who/what we are
Why Prepare A Game Plan?
Determine who/what we are
Not who/what we think we are
Determine who/what they are
Calculate and compare strengths and weaknesses
Identify areas that we can attack and exploit
Set game-specific goals, objectives, and specifics
Identify the base plays to take advantage of their expected actions and personnel

3. Game Planning
Determine size of the scouting package
Develop a weekly schedule for game planning
Game Planning Skills (GPS’s)
Develop Concepts to Attack
Create Game Ready Sheet
Plan Practice Schedules
Post-Game Analysis

4. Game Planning Skills (GPS’s)
Scouting the opponent
Build concepts to attack coverages and fronts
Build package of plays around 1 formation
Build 1 play into package of formations
Build play-action passes
Build openers - 1st 25 plays
Build 2nd and short
Build 3rd downs
Build red zone, goal line, 2 pt., overtime
Build “Backed up”
Develop 2-minute philosophy
Build QB checks and packaging concepts
Game Plan Card
Practice Schedules
Post Game Analysis

5. Must Haves Determine size and uses of package - How much is enough?
Schedule and ordered process
Method of film breakdown and scouting
Philosophy/concepts of how to attack fronts and coverages
Ready List of potential plays. Address situations
Practice schedules based on Ready List/concept
Build a Game Plan Card, without pressure
Possible half-time adjustments
Plan post-game analysis

6. Scout the Opponent 3 Goals: Build scouting manual
Determine Personnel Strengths and Weaknesses
Determine Defensive Structures
Determine Defensive Tendencies
Build scouting manual

7. Products of Scouting and Game Plan
4-page player package
Coaches game plan package
Practice
Practice objectives and schedule
Scout offense plays
Scout defense fronts and coverages
Scout kicking team
Game
Ready sheets – offense, defense, kicking teams
What-If adjustments

8. Notes
Always look at how the opponent played us last season. That will be a better indicator of what they will do than what they did against other teams that may/may not be similar to what we do

9. Scout Report Process iMovie O-D-K Game Data Cutups Game Reports Excel
PlaymakerPro
iDVD
Duplicate
DVD(s)
Scout
Report