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Month: January 2014



Make Your X-PT/FG Team Another Offensive Personnel Group

As a practice planner you are always looking for ways to optimize the time you have out on the field.  For most, it seems that the Extra Point/Field Goal Team is a unit that is overlooked and/or not enough time…

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Use “The Ball Carnival” to Emphasize Creating & Recovering Turnovers

As the myriad of bowl games across the television screen begin to wind down, it amazes me just how many errant passes are dropped by defenders and how many lost fumbles end up going just past or through a defender’s…

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The Vacation Season Provides Energy for the Real Work

As we are wrapping up the major college recruiting dead period and the rest and relaxation period that most people (especially football coaches) get to enjoy this time of the year, we are set to embark on the heavy lifting…

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3 Ways to Defend Trips Formations in Your 4-3 Defense

The 4-3 defense has proven to be very versatile. We have dealt with a lot of changes in offensive attacks recently and have been able to deal with the explosion of spread offenses. At the same time, the 4-3 defense…

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