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Five Mistakes For Youth Football Coaches To Avoid
Our friends at My Sports Dreams have written a guest article for us on 5 common mistakes that youth football coaches should avoid: Every football coach dreams of being Bill Belichick or Don Shula, getting the Gatorade bath and celebrating on a podium with the Lombardi Trophy. But when it comes to coaching youth football, […]
3 Mistakes Offensive Coordinators Make
Calling plays on offense is one of the hardest skills for a coach to develop. You have to put your players in a position to be successful while still accounting for the fact that the opposition might line up incorrectly and ruin all of your planning.
Run Blocking Progression Drills
Run Blocking Progression Drills My coaches and I put our offensive linemen through run blocking progression drills. The first drill will be our fire-out drill.
Tap the Hip Linebacker Drill for Youth Football
Linebackers are the heart of the defense and must be able to make consistent tackles in a variety of different situations. Sometimes linebackers have to make tackles in a confined space.
How to Utilize the Stack Formation in the Passing Game
One of the best things you can do to a defensive back is to make them think and make decisions after the snap of the ball. While making players think about their alignment before the snap of the ball is great, when you force defenders to make choices after the ball has been snapped it […]
Defending the Spread Inside Veer Triple Option
By Ross Maddalon (Assistant Coach, Cinnaminson High School – formerly the OC at Old Bridge HS and Nottingham HS, NJ) Having coached the triple option for over 11 years, I have seen many different ways teams have tried to stop it. Here are three things teams have done in the past that have given us […]
Pursuit Drill- Downtown Rip Blitz
Here is a quick look into our pursuit drill. We are executing our “Downtown Rip” blitz out of our 3-5-3 Stack Defense.
Using the Mesh Concept to Beat Man Coverage
One of the universal rules for planning your offensive attack is that you must have an answer to man coverage. At one stage in the game the defense is going to put their defenders in man coverage and send a blitz.
Smash Passing Concept out of 3 X 1
The Smash Passing Concept is one of the best passing concepts in football. I love Smash out of 3×1 Spread Formation because it spreads the defense horizontally.
Maximizing Practice and Install Time
Article Written by: Chad Harter One of the biggest mistakes made by struggling coaches is spending valuable practice time “conditioning”. While conditioning is important there are better ways to utilize your time.
Using the Mesh Concept to Beat Man Coverage
One of the universal rules for planning your offensive attack is that you must have an answer to man coverage. At one stage in the game the defense is going to put their defenders in man coverage and send a blitz.
Double Arch Counter Play out of the Pistol Spread
The Double Arch Counter is one of the toughest plays to defend. It combines misdirection with a gap blocking scheme that can easily move defenders and punish over pursuing defender.
How to Utilize the Stack Formation in the Passing Game
One of the best things you can do to a defensive back is to make them think and make decisions after the snap of the ball. While making players think about their alignment before the snap of the ball is great, when you force defenders to make choices after the ball has been snapped it […]
The Fastest Ways to Run the Football
There’s an old saying in sports and that is “speed kills”! Obviously having fast athletes will greatly improve the likelihood of success, but even if you do not have an abundance of team speed, you still can play fast.
Wall Tag off of Inside Zone with a Tight-end
We have talked multiple time before about the problems a Tight End causes with the Inside Zone Scheme. By adding an extra gap, the defense must bring another defender down to deal with the run threat.
