We did an intra-squad scrimmage last night. Some observations, maybe it will help your crew.
(I know there is a state specific board, but since few go there, and there are some other Ohio officials here, please bear with me. Thank you.)
1. We wanted the forward point of the ball touching the bean bag and the center put the ball on or beyond the bean bag. We let it go, which may have been a disservice. We talked a bit about it afterwards. In normal mechanics we spot the ball and every center at every level slides the ball forward as they tilt the ball. Sometimes a little, sometimes a lot. So what we saw was really not much different from what we normally see. We decided that we need to do a better job communicating our expectations to the center. If the center takes advantage the U or R will stop the clock and fix it, reset to 25 and we'll wind it.
2. Our U thought it was easier to retrieve the bean bag and set it for the next play while working from the CJ position instead of the regular U IP behind the defense.
3. The R should help the U by retrieving the BB on punts.
4. The HL frequently had trouble seeing the blue bag and did not know where to set the box. We have ordered a couple of orange bean bags and hopefully that solves the problem. (I know a lot of crews spot the ball on a line every play but in Ohio that is not the correct mechanic.)
5. The state is encouraging the U to work from CJ so our U experimented. We have to more scrimmage this coming week. Our U plans to work from the regular IP during 2-minute and goalline and CJ the rest of the time. We will see how that works.
