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…
Priorities for Practice
As we all kick into full swing with our fall camps, and two-a-day practices, it’s important to keep our priorities in line. With the grind that comes with the start of a season, it’s easy to get stuck in the…
Online Supplemental: Making an Impact with Flipped Coaching
In the August/September of American Football Monthly, I describe a method known as “flipped coaching.” This coaching method is something borrowed from classroom teachers. “Flipped learning” is a teaching method developed by Jon Bergmann and Aaron Sams. These two chemistry…
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…
Maintaining Pre-Season Strength and Conditioning Levels During The Football Season
Maintaining strength and speed is every coach’s goal throughout the football season. It is imperative that coaches maintain their team’s strength and conditioning level throughout the season in order to be ready for that stretch championship run that all teams…
Breakaway – A Unique Approach to Camp
By Chad Miller, Running Backs Coach Northwestern College (MN) Why is that player putting peanut butter all over his chest? Why is the team playing paper, rock, scissors, and then cheering for the person that just beat them? Are those…
Passion and a Patch of Grass
Bill Russell Inside Linebackers Coach and Special Teams Coordinator Norwich University I have been fortunate and blessed to be involved in college football for the last twelve years of my life. Four of those years spent as a player, and…
The Illusion of Complexity: Using Simplicity and Aggressiveness to Manipulate Offenses
Modern football is not about lining up and relying purely on athleticism and technique to defeat opponents (not that it ever was just about that). Today’s offenses have numerous ways of capitalizing on just about any advantage given by a…