ACL injuries happen to the best of us, an unfortunate consequence of pushing your body to its limits. However, you can reduce the risk of an ACL injury by strengthening your VMO…
Jet Series Mesh Drill with Shawn Liotta
Watch as Coach Shawn Liotta explains, diagrams on the whiteboard and shows video of this Jet Series Mesh Drill.
Identifying Personnel Drill – Kickoff Return with Darrell Hazell – Purdue Univ.
Watch as Coach Darrell Hazell explains and shows video of the Grand Central Station Kickoff Return Drill.
Zone Defense on the Goal Line
As the passing game has evolved over the last few decades, defenses have been challenged in a variety of ways. Defensive coaches have had to try to find ways to maintain some competitive balance in both the red zone and the big red zone. In the…
Season Analysis – Bottom Line Results – Bret Bielema – Univ. of AR
Watch as Coach Bret Bielema discusses Season Analysis and the importance of Bottom Line Results.
QB Counter Trey with Derek Pennington – Zeeland East HS (MI)
Watch as Coach Derek Pennington explains and shows diagrams and clips of the QB Counter Trey.
The Ins and Outs of Michigan State’s Outside Zone Play
When you look at our offensive line team picture, you will see I am the biggest guy in the picture with the exception of one walk-on. Our starting right tackle was 6’3 1/2″ Our starting guard was 6’5″, and he got hurt going into the bowl game…
DBs Cushion Drills – Seth Wallace
Watch as Coach Seth Wallace explains and shows clips of these DBs Cushion Drills.
4-4 Defense – Outside Backer Drills – Tim Murphy – Clayton Valley HS (CA)
Watch Coach Tim Murphy explains and a player demonstrates individual outside backer run responsibilities.
Meshing the 3-3 and the 4-2 Defenses
Thank you, it is good to be here today. My topic today is about meshing the 3-3-5 defense with the 4-2-5 defense. When we went to the odd front, 3-3, it gave us more flexibility. It put an extra second level player on the field. It provided an…
90 Pass Max Protection – Brian Hales – Butler HS (NC)
Watch as Coach Brian Hales explains individual responsibilities and diagrams on the board 90 Pass Max Protection.
Loco Punt Fake – Jared Van Acker
Watch as Coach Jared Van Acker explains individual responsibilities and diagrams on the board the Loco Punt Fake.
A Model Strength and Conditioning Program
I am not a coach anymore. I am a nerdy history teacher. I played football my whole life. It was my passion. Now weight training and fitness is my passion. Three years ago. I left my best friends and took an athletic director’s job in Detroit…
Defense – Speed Pursuit Drill – Drew Sanders – Vandegrift HS (TX)
Watch as Coach Drew Sanders diagrams and show a video clip of this speed pursuit drill.
Yearly Training Cycle with Bryan Miller – Oregon St. Univ.
Watch as Coach Bryan Miller discusses Oregon State’s Yearly Training Cycle.
Updating the Pistol-Flex Offense – Five new enhancements make this offense…
In our continuing effort to enhance the Pistol-Flex offense, this season we’re adding new plays, variations, drills and pass protection schemes that will, we think, make this offense even harder to stop. One of the improvements in the Pistol-Flex…
Speed Workouts with Bryan Miller – Oregon St. Univ.
Coach Bryan Miller explains and shows video clips of his speed workouts
Spacing Route – Larry Fedora – Univ. of NC
Coach Larry Fedora discusses this Spacing Route with a diagram and video clips
Coaching Concepts and Points of Emphasis
I want to talk about a couple of different things. I am going to talk about our offense and some other things in general. The things in general I want to talk about are some coaching points of special emphasis. I will explain about that as we go.
QB – Reading Defenses – James Franklin – Penn ST. Univ.
Coach James Franklin discusses keys for a QB when reading defenses
Goals of the No-Huddle Spread Offense
Thank you for that introduction. It brings me back to my days at Glenville State. Has anyone in here been to Glenville? If you have. you know how hard it is to get there. You cannot get there from here. In fact, you cannot get there from most…
Routes on Air – Mike Leach – Washington St. Univ.
Coach Mike Leach discusses his favorite passing drill and shows video of the Routes on Air Drill
Zone Adjustments: Run and Pass
The first thing I am going to do today is show you our inside zone. I am going to take you through how we teach it and some of our drills. I also have some film clips, but I will run through them pretty fast because really in a spread offense…
Defending the Wing-T Boot Pass – Drew Sanders – Vandegrift HS (TX)
Coach Drew Sanders diagrams on the board and discusses Defending the Wing-T Boot Pass
Man Coverage – Studder and Go Drill – Ron Cooper
Coach Ron Cooper discusses and shows video of this Studder and Go Drill
Pursuit and Tackling Circuit Drills
I want to get started by discussing our rules. Our number one rule is to always protect the team. This rule applies when you are out on the practice field, in the classroom, or in a game, we are going to protect our team.
Understanding Red Zone Schemes on Offense
I figured out a long time ago I do not have all the answers. I also figured out a long time ago, good players win. If you do not have good players you can still win, but you end up practicing coaching a lot…
Attacking the Goal Line from the Spread – Rich Hargitt
Coach Rich Hargitt discusses Attacking Goal Line Defense from the No Huddle Spread
2 Exercises to Improve Football Speed – Go Pro Workouts
Get football fast with these two cone drills featuring NFL Pro Bowler’s Earl Thomas and Jamaal Charles.
Defending a Running QB – Steve Specht – St. Xavier HS (Cincinnati, OH)
Watch as Coach Steve Specht discusses predetermined stunts to stop a Running QB.