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Month: June 2017



Concordia College’s Triple Option (Part I)

    Concordia College’s Triple Option (Part I) By Aaron Willits, Offensive Coordinator Concordia College (MN) Using Numbers to Understand At Concordia College we have ran a variation of the triple option for almost twenty years. I joined the staff…

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Auburn Football: A Complete Turnaround

Auburn Football: A Complete Turnaround Going from 0-39 to 3 straight winning seasons including 3 straight playoff appearance and 2 playoff victories By Jack Tuner, Head Coach Auburn High School (VA) In 2012 I had the privilege of meeting Carl…

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FALCON OFFENSIVE GAME PLANNING – Part II

FALCON OFFENSIVE GAME PLANNING – Part II By Matt Walker, Head Coach University of Wisconsin – River Falls SITUATIONAL GAME PLANNING After the Base / Mixed Down Game plan is complete, we begin work on what we call the ‘Situational…

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FALCON OFFENSIVE GAME PLANNING – Part I

 FALCON OFFENSIVE GAME PLANNING – Part I By Matt Walker, Head Coach University of Wisconsin – River Falls One of the things I love most about football is that there are a lot of different ways to do things and…

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Defining, Evaluating, and Developing the Non-Physical Elements of QB Play – Part II

Defining, Evaluating, and Developing the Non-Physical Elements of QB Play – Part II By Eric Marty, Head Football Coach Reedley College Continued from Monday, June 5th… 2. The ability to see accurately, completely, and without distraction from the pocket. First,…

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Defining, Evaluating, and Developing the Non-Physical Elements of QB Play – Part I

Defining, Evaluating, and Developing the Non-Physical Elements of QB Play – Part I By Eric Marty, Head Football Coach Reedley College Often what we say we want in a quarterback (size, arm strength, speed, athleticism) quickly is replaced in the…

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Challenging and Eliminating An Isolated Wide Receiver Part II

Challenging and Eliminating An Isolated Wide Receiver Part II By Ryan Jirgl, Defensive Coordinator Whittier College   The second example of what we can do to disrupt an isolated receiver and give a separate look is what we call a…

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Challenging and Eliminating An Isolated Wide Receiver Part I

  Challenging and Eliminating An Isolated Wide Receiver Part I By Ryan Jirgl, Defensive Coordinator Whittier College In today’s game we are exposed to many variations of air-raid and up tempo offenses. Scoreboards are being lit up at an incrible…

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