Coaches Insider https://coachesinsider.com Helping coaches learn, prepare, and excel Tue, 24 Jun 2025 15:23:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://coachesinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ci-logo-small.png Coaches Insider https://coachesinsider.com 32 32 149920228 Creating Defensive Packages and a Plan to Create Pressure for 3rd/4th Down Success with Brad Thomas – Haslett High School (MI) https://coachesinsider.com/football/creating-defensive-packages-and-a-plan-to-create-pressure-for-3rd-4th-down-success-with-brad-thomas-haslett-high-school-mi/ https://coachesinsider.com/football/creating-defensive-packages-and-a-plan-to-create-pressure-for-3rd-4th-down-success-with-brad-thomas-haslett-high-school-mi/#respond Mon, 01 Jan 2024 09:31:48 +0000 https://coachesinsider.com/?p=106778 Watch as Coach Brad Thomas explains how he creates a defensive package and a plan to create pressure for 3rd/4th down success. When devising a pressure package, Thomas advises to determine what coverages your players will play, who are your most relentless 7 players, what you can take away for high leverage downs, and 2-3 things that you can install to attack each type of pass pro.

]]> https://coachesinsider.com/football/creating-defensive-packages-and-a-plan-to-create-pressure-for-3rd-4th-down-success-with-brad-thomas-haslett-high-school-mi/feed/ 0 106778 A Recipe for Systemic Success – Platoon Your Coaches and Build Your Program 9-12 with Marc Cisco – Byron Center High School (MI) https://coachesinsider.com/football/a-recipe-for-systemic-success-platoon-your-coaches-and-build-your-program-9-12-with-marc-cisco-byron-center-high-school-mi/ https://coachesinsider.com/football/a-recipe-for-systemic-success-platoon-your-coaches-and-build-your-program-9-12-with-marc-cisco-byron-center-high-school-mi/#respond Mon, 01 Jan 2024 09:30:17 +0000 https://coachesinsider.com/?p=106771 Watch as Coach Marc Cisco discusses a recipe for systemic success. Coach talks about how he came up with the idea to start platooning coaches instead of players. He then breaks down what he does seasonally for practice and games.

]]> https://coachesinsider.com/football/a-recipe-for-systemic-success-platoon-your-coaches-and-build-your-program-9-12-with-marc-cisco-byron-center-high-school-mi/feed/ 0 106771 Preparing for the JV Season & Organization of JV Football Practice with Mark Foster – East Lansing High School (MI) https://coachesinsider.com/football/preparing-for-the-jv-season-organization-of-jv-football-practice-with-mark-foster-east-lansing-high-school-mi/ https://coachesinsider.com/football/preparing-for-the-jv-season-organization-of-jv-football-practice-with-mark-foster-east-lansing-high-school-mi/#respond Mon, 01 Jan 2024 09:29:15 +0000 https://coachesinsider.com/?p=106768 Watch as Coach Mark Foster explains preparing for the JV season and organization of JV football practice. As a head JV Coach, he has a priority to prepare his JV players for varsity football. Foster does this by teaching his players safe position fundamentals, situational football knowledge, practice tempo, EL specific x’s and o’s, and more.

]]> https://coachesinsider.com/football/preparing-for-the-jv-season-organization-of-jv-football-practice-with-mark-foster-east-lansing-high-school-mi/feed/ 0 106768 Defensive Backs with Corey Parker – Univ. of Illinois https://coachesinsider.com/football/defensive-backs-with-corey-parker-univ-of-toledo/ https://coachesinsider.com/football/defensive-backs-with-corey-parker-univ-of-toledo/#respond Mon, 01 Jan 2024 09:28:08 +0000 https://coachesinsider.com/?p=106764 Watch as Coach Corey Parker talks about defensive backs. Pre-practice is supposed to improve players agility, offense/defense contact, and ball work. Coach gives an assessment of what he establishes in his players and what he teaches defense to identify on the field for a better performance.

Corey Parker was formerly at Univ. of Toledo.

]]> https://coachesinsider.com/football/defensive-backs-with-corey-parker-univ-of-toledo/feed/ 0 106764 Defending the Option from the Shotgun with Josh Schumacher – Concordia Univ. Ann Arbor https://coachesinsider.com/football/defending-the-option-from-the-shotgun-with-josh-schumacher-concordia-univ/ https://coachesinsider.com/football/defending-the-option-from-the-shotgun-with-josh-schumacher-concordia-univ/#respond Mon, 01 Jan 2024 09:27:03 +0000 https://coachesinsider.com/?p=106761 Watch as Coach Josh Schumacher explains defending the option from the shotgun. Coach covers his base structure, tactics to use against triple options, and his fundamentals for defense.

]]> https://coachesinsider.com/football/defending-the-option-from-the-shotgun-with-josh-schumacher-concordia-univ/feed/ 0 106761 10 Hot Topics in Recruiting and College Football with Tony Annese and Peter Stuursma – Ferris State Univ. and Hope College https://coachesinsider.com/football/10-hot-topics-in-recruiting-and-college-football-with-tony-annese-and-peter-stuursma-ferris-state-univ-and-hope-college/ https://coachesinsider.com/football/10-hot-topics-in-recruiting-and-college-football-with-tony-annese-and-peter-stuursma-ferris-state-univ-and-hope-college/#respond Mon, 01 Jan 2024 09:26:02 +0000 https://coachesinsider.com/?p=106758 Watch as Coaches Tony Annese and Peter Stuursma discuss 10 hot topics when recruiting for college football.

]]> https://coachesinsider.com/football/10-hot-topics-in-recruiting-and-college-football-with-tony-annese-and-peter-stuursma-ferris-state-univ-and-hope-college/feed/ 0 106758 Defensive Line Technique with Mike Elston – Los Angeles Chargers https://coachesinsider.com/football/defensive-line-technique-with-mike-elston-los-angeles-chargers/ https://coachesinsider.com/football/defensive-line-technique-with-mike-elston-los-angeles-chargers/#respond Mon, 01 Jan 2024 09:25:01 +0000 https://coachesinsider.com/?p=106755 Watch as Coach Mike Elston describes his defensive line technique. Coach improves hand, hip, and feet placement with a stab-n-grab drill and a lockout peek disengage primary gap drill.

]]> https://coachesinsider.com/football/defensive-line-technique-with-mike-elston-los-angeles-chargers/feed/ 0 106755 The 4 Pillars of Michigan Football with Jesse Minter – Los Angeles Chargers https://coachesinsider.com/football/the-4-pillars-of-michigan-football-with-jesse-minter-los-angeles-chargers/ https://coachesinsider.com/football/the-4-pillars-of-michigan-football-with-jesse-minter-los-angeles-chargers/#respond Mon, 01 Jan 2024 09:24:51 +0000 https://coachesinsider.com/?p=106752 Watch as Coach Jesse Minter talks about the four pillars of Michigan football. The four pillars are: 1) Effort and Angles 2) Block destruction 3) Ball Disruption 4) Obnoxious Communication. Minter talks about how he's been with coaches that deem scheme the most important aspect of the sport. Although he agrees it’s important, he believes how you play and what you play are of equal importance.

]]> https://coachesinsider.com/football/the-4-pillars-of-michigan-football-with-jesse-minter-los-angeles-chargers/feed/ 0 106752 3×1 Adjustments with Antwon Robinson – Wayne State Univ. https://coachesinsider.com/football/3x1-adjustments-with-antwon-robinson-wayne-state-univ/ https://coachesinsider.com/football/3x1-adjustments-with-antwon-robinson-wayne-state-univ/#respond Mon, 01 Jan 2024 09:23:51 +0000 https://coachesinsider.com/?p=106748 Watch as Coach Antwon Robinson discusses 3x1 adjustments. Everybody has a different defense that they run and everything starts with the call system. Coach talks about how to make adjustments according to your defense.

]]> https://coachesinsider.com/football/3x1-adjustments-with-antwon-robinson-wayne-state-univ/feed/ 0 106748 Special Teams Synergy with Scott Wooster and Jacob Studdard – Grand Valley State Univ. https://coachesinsider.com/football/connecting-sport-science-to-your-practice-planning-with-scott-wooster-and-jacob-studdard-grand-valley-state-univ/ https://coachesinsider.com/football/connecting-sport-science-to-your-practice-planning-with-scott-wooster-and-jacob-studdard-grand-valley-state-univ/#respond Mon, 01 Jan 2024 09:22:44 +0000 https://coachesinsider.com/?p=106745 Watch as Coaches Scott Wooster and Jacob Studdard talk about synergy and how to establish it into your team. Synergy means, to the coaches, that the sum is greater than its parts. The power of the unit: the offense, the defense, and the special team all working together and as well as the subculture in those units.

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