Coaching Better Every Season: A Year-Round System for Athletic Development and Program Success (Part II)
(Part (II), Continued from yesterday The second and more common reason that many coaches neglect teaching component skills is because they are in a much different and more advanced stage of learning. Coaches can easily overlook component skills because…
Coaching Better Every Season: A Year-Round System for Athletic Development and Program Success (Part I)
Understanding Motivation and the Learning Process Effective coaches devote considerable time to identifying and creating training activities for their athletes. But even the most creative and engaging learning activities will miss the mark if coaches do not also consider the…
Double Gun System
The “Double Gun System” is now available at AFMVideos.com. Written and compiled by youth coach Jay Stolfi, it is a complete and thorough offense that gives a coach everything he needs to be successful. The system is easily adaptable to…
Punt Philosophy (Part II)
By Jared Hottle, Special Teams and Wide Receivers Coach Dakota State University Fakes and Offensive Punt In addition to our punt formations I like to carry one unique formation with shifts and motions to have in our back pocket…
Punt Philosophy (Part I)
By Jared Hottle, Special Teams and Wide Receivers Coach Dakota State University There are many punt formations used in football and most of them work. It is important to stay committed to whatever formations or philosophies you use and…
Financing A Football Program: From Dysfunctional to Normal to Good
This article is excerpted from ‘Black Shoes and White Shoestrings’ by David Buchanan, a frequent contributor to AFM and AmericanFootballMonthly.com. When we got started at Mercer County in the spring of 2015, our financial situation was not very good. There…
Tony Dungy, Chuck Noll, and Bill Belichick
This article is excerpted from ‘Black Shoes and White Shoestrings’ by David Buchanan, a frequent contributor to AFM and AmericanFootballMonthly.com. As a football coach, Coach Tony Dungy stresses the concept that the key to post season success is to continue…
Quarterback Sprint Drill from Coach Charlie Stubbs
QUARTERBACK DRILLS FOR ALL LEVELS By Charlie Stubbs, Retired College and High School Coach X. Sprint Drill – QB will work full speed rollout throw on the run. Set Up; REC C QB Procedure: 1. QB will come out at…
Advanced Running Back Drills – Part II
Advanced Running Back Drills – Part II By Mike DiMatteo, Running Backs Coach Aurora University The final read we practice is the tackle’s hips turning in but the 3 technique crosses the face of the playside guard into the A…
Advanced Running Back Drills – Part I
By Mike DiMatteo, Running Backs Coach Aurora University At Aurora University, running the ball is a priority for our offense. As such, we want our RBs to have pride in who they are and develop a “stable of backs”…