Coach Shawn

Again from Treasure Bowl VI. I do an off tackle run to the right. I have my WR wide to draw his safety wide. My TE gets a great block on his OLB taking him out of the play. And the RB turns the corner perfectly. 55AFC70A-3418-445D-A599-FC8A2279E753.MOV

This play is from Treasure Bowl VI. My opponent attempts a run to the weak side thru the four hole behind a lead blocker. My DG gets pushed to the inside by his OG but my DE holds his ground which delays the RB getting thru the hole and this gives my looper time to swing in and make the tackle. D55495B8-9DBA-4754-8739-3CA3E4BAA3BD.MOV

Sorry to here of your medical issues. Best wishes for a full recovery. I will try to get some videos but not much time st present.

I use felt pads.

IMG_2863.MOV And here is how they run!

I have several Gotham bases that are no longer usable due to damaged or missing prongs. Some of you may have the old Tudor men where the base is part of the figure mold and if your base is bad you lose both the player and the base. Using Tudor’s speed invisi-bases you can salvage those bases. Just cut off the front and rear clip part of the invisibase cleat - the part that holds the base onto the player platform - to leave a flat top to the invisi-base. Then use double sided tape to attach two invisibase cleats to the shell.

Thanks coach for the clarification. Here is a video similar to what I was trying to do. https://youtu.be/34lrk-DJn1E I see that to be a true trap I should have left the Def lineman unblocked and let the pulling Guard hit him alone. Still I like the extra blocking strength I get from the way the play ran. I just need to be more accurate on my play naming.

Use a timer. We use 1 minute but usually it doesn’t go that long. The minute sounds long but it mainly stops the “I can’t decide” incidents. You could also make a rule that you must pick your receiver before any measuring is done. Or just allow measuring QB to Receivers, then you must select your receiver before laying down the target ball placement stick.

No dice for me, I love stick passing. To me it offers a chance to “read” the defense in order to find a gap in coverage, it forces me to get better at tweaking bases, it lets me actively defend against the pass, and I have to constantly up my strategy on both offense and defense to succeed. Adding the pressure rule on the QB adds more strategy as a good looper shortens the run time for receivers to get down field and then makes the catch harder by increasing the target ball distance from the receiver.

I think these are reasonable percentages. I think that with interceptions the defender distances you list; 2,4, and 6 bases, align well with the distances you listed above.

First I will say what I currently do, and then I will give some of the thoughts I have. I do not set up my receivers with the intention of running a traditional pass route. Basically I set the receivers up to try to get open. Once the receiver is open we allow the target ball to be placed anywhere 360 degrees around the passer. You then pivot the receiver to move to the target ball. We consider this is the receiver making his pass pattern move…a cut, pivot, turn, etc. so if the target ball is placed behind his base so he pivots to turn back to get the ball then it is a button hook or comeback pass. We do not allow the receiver or the defenders to pivot after the catch. So we don’t call a specific pass pattern before the play. But I have considered the following Pass Pattern Simulation: Unless you are using multi-stop I think running actual patterns is impractical. But perhaps you could simulate them by pre-selecting a reception area on the field. This would be a small circle that indicates where the receiver hopes to catch, ie. Run into, the ball target. If you stop the board and lay down the appropriate ball placement stick and if this places target ball within the reception area, then you are good to finish the play as is. If your target ball is outside the reception circle then you must add a length to the ball placement thus making it a harder catch (as the ball was not where the receiver anticipated it would be). I’ve never really tested this yet. You would have to determine how far the target ball is adjusted when the “pass is off”. hopefully i’ve made clear what my intent is. For those of you that stick pass it probably makes sense.

LOL. Love these teams. You did a great job painting them!

Hers another trap I did earlier. This is a trap run to the right (the 4 hole). IMG_2842.MOV

Here is my attempt at using a TTC base on my Lineman to create a trap run. Rutgers is in a T Formation from the shotgun. Yale is defending. The Right Guard is pivoted to pull off the line and curl over to help block on the left side of the O-Line. The RHB is setup to block up the gap created by the pulling RG. The LHB is pivoted to run thru the 3 hole (he is the ball carrier). The FB is setup to run wide to the right as a decoy. This play goes pretty good with the LHB gaining 3 yards for any touch tackle. He got 7 yards using stop momentum tackling. The weak spot was Rutger’s left tackle, he failed to push the defensive linemen enough which caused the O Line to have gaps. Still not bad. IMG_2844.MOV

I have found with my competition team that I have to practice them before each week’s game as the performance of the bases changes. This seems especially true for my Strength bases. I test my strongmen and adjust My lines weekly based on who is currently stronger. Often the figures will be strong, then weak, then back to strong in the 3rd week. And as stated in previous posts above, I have noted the figures which are more consistently at the top. I have long planned to test how temperatures effect the bases.

I also use the “Maui” Moonsharks and the “British Columbia” Union Jacks in my solitaire league.

Really enjoying your season. I love your photos of those beloved hand painted Tudor teams. As a kid I spent all my money earned as a paperboy to purchase all 28 of the then NFL teams. Sadly they were somehow all lost in a move years ago. I have now rebuilt my new collection up to 50 teams (College, NFL, and Fantasy) but I still miss those old hand painted Tudor ones.

In case anyone is interested: Smallville Crows Known Players Brett Anderson Brent Trevor Chapell Danny Cormay (Unknown - 2005) — starting quarterback (later removed) Danny Crozier (Unknown - 2005) Doug Thomas "Fitz" Fitzpatrick[1] — quarterback Whitney Fordman (Unknown - 2002) — starting quarterback Sean Kelvin (Unknown - 2001) Clark Kent (2004 - 2005) — starting quarterback Nate Pratt (Unknown - 2005) Pete Ross (2001 - 2004) Mark Verheiden (Unknown - 2005)

You got it!! The Smallville Crows! And yes the player pictured is none other than Clark Kent.

Cool to see that. They run good enough to play. You have a very cool novelty there.

11 views but no guesses. Hint #2: The player pictured previously almost never got to join the team as his father feared that other players would be seriously injured.

Oh nice. Thats another good idea to add to the list. We’ve built up a nice number of options to choose from.

Yes the box and the team look great. I have one metal base, on my metal QB/kicker. It doesn’t run well but being on the clunky QB you can’t expect a good run (see video). IMG_2823.MOV How do yours run?

Maybe too obscure so heres a hint. This is a pic of the teams more famous player.

I did a rough paint job on this figure to see if it looked decent before deciding whether or not to make a the whole team. Can anyone guess what team it is?