Bob Starkey joins once again this week to discuss opponent scouting. Spurred on by a recent twitter storm from Coach Starkey, we discuss how to approach scouts, use film, and communicate clearly to ensure your scouts are giving your team an advantage next season.

Show Notes:
• Watch the whole game
• Concepts over patterns
• Cutting the head off the snake
• How to use video
• Scouting to impress
• Personnel
   - Prioritize
   - Slow feet don't eat
   - Getting your message across
• Start scouting defense work in preseason
• Timeline of prep example
• Make them a bad passing team
• Making adjustments
• Emphasizing Terminology
• Book Mentioned: Football Scouting Methods by Steve Belichick
• Up 3 - Foul or Don't Foul?
• Identifying Substitution Patterns and Opportunities
• Reviewing how team's scouted your team
• Knowing your own team
• Getting another coach's scout on your team
• It takes what it takes

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