Watch as Coach Mike Siravo discusses this block destruction drill to help your athletes get comfortable with contact and making tackles when they are exhausted.
O-Line Pass Blocking: Perfect Position Drill with Andy Prevost – Univ. of South Dakota
Watch as Coach Andy Prevost discusses the importance of staying square during pass blocking and shares one drill you can use to develop form, hand placement, and footwork.
Quarterback Warmups: L Drill with Tim Oehrlein, Retired – Westlake High School (TX)
Watch as Coach Tim Oehrlein discusses this “L” warmup drill to improve your quarterbacks’ drop pattern footwork and create muscle memory.
DB’s Block Destruction Drill with Kirby Smart – Univ. of Georgia
Watch as Coach explains and shows practice clips of this block destruction drill. This is a daily perimeter drill with DBs going up against big linemen in which they must stab inside, control the blocker, […]
Offensive Line Footwork Drills with Brian Callahan – Univ. of Minnesota
Watch as Coach explains, and O-Linemen demonstrate these footwork drills utilizing foot targets (cones & rings). He wants the O-Line to be a gain ground unit and push to move downfield, so in each drill […]
End-of-Season Evaluation Forms
By: Wade Gilbert Originally Published in: Coaching Better Every Season Provided by: Human Kinetics Departing senior athletes are an extremely valuable source of evaluation information. Because of the amount of time spent in the program […]
Receiver’s Release with Mike Gundy – Oklahoma State Univ.
Coach Gundy offers a great coaching point on the best release for a wide receiver, don’t let them touch you. He will show a video clip highlighting each receiver’s route and efforts to avoid contact. […]
Tempo, Tempo, Tempo with Drew Cronic – Mercer Univ.
Everything is scripted. Watch as Coach explains that tempo applies to not only games but practice as well. Every aspect including individual time is scripted. Coach stresses you must “play football” and some contact is […]
Define Responsibility to Your Athletes with P.J. Fleck – Univ. of Minnesota
Watch as Coach P.J. Fleck discusses the importance of defining responsibility to your athletes and making it a daily standard within your program.
Pass Protection: Hands Must Be Ready to Strike with Sam Pittman – Univ. of Arkansas
Watch as Coach discusses hand placement and technique for offensive lineman in pass protection. The hands must strike with the elbows in tight to the rib cage. Coach demonstrates the proper thumb positioning that will […]
Crash Pad Tackle Drills with Branden Jakubcin – Heidelberg Univ.
Watch as Coach explains and shows video of these crash pad tackling drills. The crash pads allow for the defender to execute the tackle contact to finish without pads and little risk of injury. He […]
Creating and Sustaining a Winning Culture
By: John Klessinger, Head Wrestling Coach – South River HS (MD) Recently, I made a talk to some fellow educators on culture in sport. I aimed to provide the audience with the methods to build […]
Video of the Month! Press Man Coverage with Mel Tucker – Michigan State University
Welcome to this month’s FREE full-length video session! Access to this 41-minute session from the 2021 NIKE Coach of the Year Virtual Summit will expire on Thursday, December 16, 2021 – Enjoy! In this session, […]
D-Line Pass Rush Finish Drills with Dennis Dottin-Carter – UConn
Watch as Coach explains, and players demonstrate these pass rush hoop drills. In the first drill, the players are working the Stab Lift and Club Move. Execute the techniques and stay tight to the hoop […]
Recognize, Respond, Refer with Dr. Lee Dorpfeld – Univ. of South Florida
Watch as Dr. Dorpfeld explains the necessity that all coaches on a staff understand the ‘recognize, respond, and refer’ guidelines. It is important to recognize at-risk athletes and the symptoms of mental health problems that […]
Jail Screen with Ty Lang – Decatur HS (TX)
Jail Screen vs. Man or Zone. Coach breaks down the responsibilities of the players in a jail screen. The outside receiver takes two big steps upfield and two little steps back toward the QB getting […]
QB Test: Draw Up Cover 2 in Detail with James Franklin – Penn State Univ.
Watch as Coach discusses giving your QBs a cover 2 test that requires them to draw up the coverage in detail. Have them start with the safeties and explain their alignment and coverage responsibilities. The […]
Running Back Cone Drills with David White – Blue Springs HS (MO)
Watch as Coach explains, and backs demonstrate these RB cone drills. These are footwork and movement drills that utilize cones, chutes, and bags in different combinations. The backs must stay low and focus on holding […]
Legal Ramifications of Abusive Language Used by Coaches with Lee Green, J.D. – Baker Univ.
By: Lee Green, J.D. Provided by: NFHS: High School Today Chisholm v. St. Mary’s City School District In a highly unusual ruling based on an atypical analysis of the legal boundaries governing the motivational language […]
Down and Distance Drill with Todd Dodge – Retired – Westlake HS (TX)
This is a competitive down and distance drill for both offense and defense. This a full contact drill run in two play increments with the 2nd play determined by the yardage gained on the 1st […]
Teaching Leadership: This Is What Most Coaches Do with Joseph Hoedel – Character Development & Leadership
Watch as Joseph Hoedel explains the different methods and approaches that coaches use to teach leadership to their athletes. He will discuss in detail eight approaches but realizes there are many more. The objective is […]
Create Big Plays/Eliminate Negative Plays/Win 71% of Games with Jeff Monken – Army West Point
Watch as Coach explains that big plays can occur on offense, defense, and special teams. The 1st offensive priority is the elimination of negative yardage plays. According to NCAA stats, 71% of the games were […]
Deep Play Action Passing Game with Lincoln Riley – Univ. of Oklahoma
Watch as Coach explains and shows game clips of Oklahoma’s deep play action passing game. When they are taking their shots downfield, the QB/TB fakes are longer and the QB will drop to gain depth […]
Build a Culture of Character with Stephen Mackey – 2Words Character Development
Stephen Mackey explains that great coaches use sports to develop young men and women to be successful in life. When you develop the person and not the player, you build champions and that can lead […]
Athlete Skill Evaluation Tool
By: Wade Gilbert Originally Published in: Coaching Better Every Season Provided by: Human Kinetics A coach’s skill evaluation tool should include all the technical, tactical, physical and psychological aspects of performance they consider to be […]
Video of the Month! Our Plan to Win with Ryan Day – Ohio State University
Welcome to this month’s FREE full-length video session! Access to this 58-minute session from the 2021 NIKE Coach of the Year Virtual Summit will expire on Thursday, November 18, 2021 – Enjoy! Watch as Coach […]
Leadership: Chain of Command with Jack Clark – Univ. of CA, Berkeley
Coach believes in chain of command with the ability to make decisions, set strategy, and go forward. He encourages collaboration and participation in the process, but the coach must be responsible for decisions. He believes […]
Internal vs. External Coaching Cues with Nick Winkelman – The Language of Coaching
Watch as Nick explains that internal cues are biomechanics in the movement process and external cues are outside of the body dealing with a movement outcome and achieving a goal. Examples of both internal and […]
QB Selection with Jeff Steinberg – Beaumont HS (CA)
Identify and start working with your QB as soon as possible. Coach is looking for super competitors who don’t like to lose. As the head coach, he will make decisions on every level who will […]
Players’ Mental Development with Neal Brown – WVU
Watch as Coach explains that there are two types of mental development: academics and football. He will focus on the individual player’s football IQ and share his plan for football development. In season, the players […]