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…
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…