The five most impactful and iconic offensive plays/sequences Indiana ran to secure the national title include:
1. Mendoza’s 12-Yard Fourth-Down Touchdown Run (The Signature Moment) Early in the fourth quarter, after Miami cut Indiana’s lead to 17-14, the Hoosiers faced a crucial decision on a grueling 12-play, 75-yard drive. Facing a high-stakes down in the red…
Spring/Summer 7-on-7 Football: How Coaches Can Build Quarterbacks, Receivers, DBs and Team Chemistry
Spring/Summer 7-on-7 Football: A Coach’s Guide to Making It Count Spring and summer 7-on-7 football has become one of the most useful off-season tools available to high school football coaches. It is not real football in the full sense. There…
Gain The Numbers Advantage.
Using the over formations with all 5 eligible receivers to gain the numbers advantage. Part 2: The Passing Game. By: Andrew C. Brown In this article I want to discuss how to use five receivers to the same side to…
The Art of Play Calling
What goes into an Offensive Coordinator’s game plan?by: W. Keith Roerdink 3A good play is easy to spot on game day. It’s the decision to go for it on fourth-and-one that yields a fresh set of downs, a blitz-beating touchdown toss,…
Money Play
By Coach Sobolewski Here’s a sample play we run that is tough to defend but super easy to teach. I signal this in with a money sign or I’ll simply call money and the team knows exactly what to do. …
The Nuts and Bolts of Power Football
The Nuts and Bolts of Power Football by Joe Hensel – Carthage College Let’s get right into the topic of power football. I’m going to discuss the 2 back power play and what techniques I teach the offensive…
Building Championship-Level Football Players
Building Championship-Level Football Players By CJ Richardson, M.Ed., M.A., CSCS, USAW-1 Director of Sports Performance & Assistant Football Coach Sul Ross State University Every football strength and conditioning coach has similar goals during the off-season program. No matter whom you…
From Worst to First (Part II)
From Worst to First (Part II) My first day on the job was March 7, 2016. The Rams had missed a lot of the recruiting season, but the incoming class wasn’t nearly as important as the culture of the…
From Worst to First (Part I)
From Worst to First (Part I) Imagine that you are hanging onto a rope over the edge of a cliff. Imagine that you look down and see a great chasm with certain death should you fall. Now look up and…