YOGA FOR ATHLETES: FOOTBALL PLAYERS
By Ryanne Cunningham, Manager, You Flow Studios (Green Bay) Shoulder Rotation with Strap Players in all positions greatly benefit from the shoulder rotation with strap. This exercise helps stretch the muscles used when reaching for a block or…
We Don’t Need No…Football Coaches
Beyond the Scoreboard: What Football Means to Me—Win or Lose We Don’t Need No…Football Coaches By Eddie Fields, Teacher and Coach, Space Coast High School, Cocoa, FL Each day after practice I hop into my 2007 Ford Focus and start…
Defending RPOs: Run Your Defense
By Mark Theophel, Defensive Coordinator Hartwick College With RPOs being talked about at almost every level of football across the country, it’s becoming increasingly important for defenses to come up with ways to deal with multiple options on every…
Q and A with New Buena Vista University Head Coach Grant Mollring
Grant Mollring was hired to take over the BVU football program in December of 2016. Mollring arrived in Storm Lake after having served as the offensive coordinator at Hastings College in Hastings, Nebraska for three seasons, and before that was…
Open Door Policy for WR Fundamentals (Part II)
By Steve Heck, Wide Receivers Coach, Kutztown University and Matt Pirolli, Wide Receivers Coach, Central Bucks West High School (PA) It is important to force the receiver to adjust to throws that are both high and behind him. These two-plane…
Open Door Policy for WR Fundamentals (Part I)
By Steve Heck, Wide Receivers Coach, Kutztown University and Matt Pirolli, Wide Receivers Coach, Central Bucks West High School (PA) Position coaches have sought various methods and teaching tools to help refine the specific fundamentals they emphasize during individual periods….
Building a Coaching Staff & Program: Technique Practice
Over the past few days I have talked to a couple of young head coaches who are looking to build a staff. It reminded me of the conversations I had with Chuck Smith, 25 years ago, when we were young…
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…