3 Ways to Defend Trips Formations in Your 4-3 Defense
The 4-3 defense has proven to be very versatile. We have dealt with a lot of changes in offensive attacks recently and have been able to deal with the explosion of spread…
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Simple Success with the Punt Return/Punt Block Unit
I am of the belief that nothing can create momentum (or lose momentum) quicker than a big play with your punt return unit. Whether it's a blocked punt or a big return, a …
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Using the Punt Block/Return Team as a Weapon
Of all the ways to seize momentum in a football game, there are few things more devastating than a blocked punt. The field position swing that comes with a blocked punt d…
The Godfather of the Royals Offense
1989 Paris staff: John Norman, Cary Barr, Roger Gruneisen, me, Dennis Bellinger. Roger Gruneisen seemed different from any football coach that I had grown up with. He had…
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Better Running Form for Fewer Football Injuries
I’ve written about the role of technique (form) and the prevention of injury many times. Most the time technique was related to a disruption in the neuromuscular pathway …
Running Veer Option From the Gun, With Special Blocking for Read
I began running the Veer later in my coaching career. I had a QB who was a good fit for the Veer and we were able to get some big plays for our offense. As I became more …
Single Wide Receiver, Boundary "Read" Concept (With RB)
An often overlooked version of the vertical pass game is the 3 x 1 or 2 x 1 boundary "Read" involving the running back working into the boundary with a single wide receiv…
Get More Out of Your Zone Scheme with the Fullback Zone Dive
One of my favorite plays from the two-back offense that we ran at the high school level was a fullback zone dive. This was a play that we used to complement our stretch p…
My Best All-Purpose Run Play
My #1 all-everything Run play is QB Power Read with Fly Sweep Mesh. This is a version of the play that Jordan Lynch (NIU) has used to get him to New York as a Heisman Tro…
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Cold Weather Tackling
It’s mid-December and for a lot of the country, it’s COLD! If you are still playing football (like the NFL) you know that the cold weather affects the game in any number …
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Evolution in Strength and Conditioning
This is going to be my 17th season as a strength and conditioning coach working with athletes and preparing them for the upcoming football season when we begin in January…
Dive Triple Option
This is a triple option play with a passing option. It is very important that the QB makes his decision on who is getting the football very quickly so that you are not pe…