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Month: July 2014



3 Quick Drills for LBs – Man Coverage

This month, in keeping with the theme of my last few posts, I’d like to share three quick drills I use to work on man coverage with my linebackers. This is interesting for me to share, because this is one…

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A Variation of “The Pit” in Daily D-line Drills

  In my May article in American Football Monthly, I outlined the everyday drills I use to prepare my d-linemen to read offensive blocks. I sometimes find that they do become robotic in their approach to “The Pit”. So, I…

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Spread Single-Wing Offense: Basic QB Run Plays

Traditionally, I have always been a Spread Wing-T offensive guy incorporating both versions of the two most powerful offenses on the high school level, the Spread and Wing-T offenses. However, over the last couple of years, my offensive philosophy has…

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Oldie But a Goodie

Summer is a great time to go through old materials in preparation for the fall.  July is my month to work on projects and reference manuals from the past while reorganizing where resources are to make them more accessible.  On…

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