Building Players Beyond the Game
“The Trojan Creed” In my last blog I talked about building relationships beyond the players. This month I want to share our program’s thoughts about building players beyond the game. We try to teach our football players to live by…
Arnsparger a Master at Deflecting Attention and Praise
How would you feel if the person at the very top of your profession watched you do the job that he was the number-one expert of in the world? That happened to me one day. Bill Arnsparger was the defensive…
The 2×2 Shallow Concept
The 2×2 Shallow concept (or drive route) complements the 3 x 1 route I discussed on the last posting. In fact, from an installation perspective, the only difference between the two is that the split end (X) and our flanker…
Building Relationships Beyond the Players
By James Housdan, Head Football Coach Parkers Chapel High School (AR) With the start of high school football practice about to begin, coaching staffs are putting the final preparations in place. For almost a year coaches and players have…
Goals – How to Utilize Goal Setting to Maximize Performance
With two-a-day practices and fall camps gearing up around the nation, most coaches will be looking for ways to motivate their athletes and for ways to improve their commitment and performance. With that in mind, it’s important that coaches…
“Recruiting 2013 – The Summer Season”
Today, July 31, for all intents and purposes, is the last day of the summer recruiting season. August brings with it the start of actual practices for most of the high schools in the country and folks are getting geared…
It Doesn’t Matter What You Know Until Your Players Know It As Well
By Jeff Hancock Offensive Coordinator Siena Heights University -Can he Recruit? -Does he know his X’s and O’s? -Can he teach? In my experience of hiring coaches over the years, these are the three most critical criteria to decide…
More “Bang” for Your Buck With the Power Scheme
The “Power O” is a play that has been around for a long time. Running it with a fullback and a tight end used to be the standard. It was a play that was a staple in many run-based offenses…
STACK READS
I believe that it is very important coaches teach their option QBs to “read the stack” instead of teaching them to avoid it altogether. Many coaches believe that it is just too tough for their QB to read a stack…
Bracketology: Breaking down the Final Four
It is that time of year for sports – March Madness with its brackets and the road to the “Final Four”. Just think of all the games, the teams, the excitement and bracket busters! With that in mind it brings…