We started spring practice yesterday so I had my first opportunity to start teaching some of the new stuff I have been working on over the winter/spring. Our HC allows the players to choose which position group they want to be in for the first 2 days....naturally my group was the smallest in numbers.
In warm-ups I found the 6 dudes that looked the part and introduced myself as the OL coach. I let those 6 know the HC was going to give players the option to choose position groups after warm-ups....with the exception of those 6...they were coming with me.

All but 1 of them (the kid can't hinge yet) picked up the new stance pretty quickly. I also found a kid who really wants to play center. There are a couple of kids pretending to be RB's and WR's until they get their dream's crushed on Wednesday. I should end up with 8-10 guys to work with when it's all said and done. If I can turn 5-6 of those guys into players, we will be in business.
It's been a while since I wasn't in charge of the practice plan....that's going to take some getting used to. It's also weird to be playing games after only 7 practices but that's the deal so that's what has to be done.