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A Tribute to a Young Coach
Frank DiCocco was a frequent contributor to both American Football Monthly and Gridiron Strategies. He primarily wrote about defense, and, more specifically, the 4-2-5 de…
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Remembering 16 mm Film and Those Gold Helmets
Robert Allen Yankey & my Dad (John Buchanan), 1969. Boyle Co. 8, Danville 6. Danville Advocate. Of all the coaches who have influenced me in my lifetime, without a do…
Double Screen for the Red Zone
One of our best red zone plays over the past four years has been our double screen. This past season, whenever we got inside the ten-yard line, our players not only wante…
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Your First Head Coaching Interview
Interviewing for the first time can be an exciting yet nerve racking experience. I know I found my mind racing with what questions could they ask, what should I ask the p…
Zone Read with Lead Blockers
For the last decade, the zone read has established itself at every level, even into the NFL. In fact, ESPN the Magazine reported the overall read option runs were called …
Great Boundary Pressure Beater To Your TE
What started as a boundary beater play became a great high percentage, quick pass play to my TE with simple reads for the QB on a three-step drop out of the Shotgun. The …
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Systematic Method and Progression For Teaching The Clean
The clean and its variations are what many strength and conditioning coaches use to develop explosiveness in their athletes. One of the common errors I see when I visit w…
When to Use Triple Pass
Triple Pass is a play-action passing play that should be used when the safety (ies) start to cheat up in order to provide run support to the perceived point of attack. Wh…
Switch Block Vs. Two-High Safeties
In order to prevent a disaster when running your triple option play vs. two-high safeties with the corners rolled up, I suggest that the playside WR and playside A-back m…
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Make Your X-PT/FG Team Another Offensive Personnel Group
As a practice planner you are always looking for ways to optimize the time you have out on the field. For most, it seems that the Extra Point/Field Goal Team is a unit th…
Use "The Ball Carnival" to Emphasize Creating & Recovering Turnovers
As the myriad of bowl games across the television screen begin to wind down, it amazes me just how many errant passes are dropped by defenders and how many lost fumbles e…
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The Vacation Season Provides Energy for the Real Work
As we are wrapping up the major college recruiting dead period and the rest and relaxation period that most people (especially football coaches) get to enjoy this time of…