7-on-7: Lookin' for Great Times!

What is the point of 7-on-7? Simply put - It's a teaching tool. It can be considered an evaluation and chemistry building. It gives a chance for the teams to work on skill building, conditioning, helps determine areas of improvement, as well as see where strong points are. It gives the players a feel for how a real game will be, which is especially great for the players who may be new to the sport.

Below, you can read about what the Southwest Saints President, Coach Branch, and the CEO and Head Coach, Coach Franks, is expecting out of this seasons 7-on-7 games.

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Coach Branch

“I’m expecting for these young men and young ladies to perform, one…to give it their all. But have fun. It’s a great indication of how the season is going to go. I say it’s an indication, but that could go either way. It gives us a chance to access those young men and young ladies, it helps out with the boredom of just having Spring practice. It gives them something to look forward to, and it kind of teaches them what’s expected when Fall comes around. So I’m expecting us to have some victories. I would love to go undefeated, however, it’s more so of just having fun. Just introducing those young men and young ladies to the game that haven’t been around it, and getting reacquainted and reintroduced to football because some of them have been in baseball and/or basketball…So, I’m looking for great

times.”

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Coach Franks

“We’re going to use 7-on-7 as a teaching tool. We’re going to use it to get our conditioning, to getting our kids working together, to teach team cohesiveness, to teach them to chase the ball, and you know... how to take pursuit lanes. That’s what we’re really going to concentrate on – how we can get better using the 7-on-7. And naturally, our receivers and our quarterbacks will get some needed work.”