MANSFIELD DROPS SEASON OPENER TO CORNELL
The Mansfield University Sprint football team started the 2011 season on a sour note dropping a very closely contested game to Cornell 37-23. The Mounties got off to a great start as Freshman QB Mike Maniscalco took the ball off…
NEW QB SWEEP PLAY
Given that I will always have one of my best athletes at the QB position, I really enjoy running this quick hitting QB sweep play. Why not have the ball in the hands of your best athlete on the perimeter?
A Coach You’ve Probably Never Heard of: Steve Specht
When Steve Specht was a senior at St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati in 1985, one of the assistant coaches on the staff was Urban Meyer. More than 25 years later, Meyer has won two National Championships while at Florida…
READING STACKS IN THE TRIPLE
There are many option coaches out there who will not teach their QBs to read “the stack” during the triple. Suffice to say that their is indeed two sides to this story. Many high school coaches simply do not want…
FINDING THE RIGHT PISTOL-FLEX QB
Every offensive concept requires certain attributes that a coach is looking for in their QB. The Pistol-Flex is no exception. The first thing I want my QB to possess is great leadership ability. Of course, this attribute is needed in…
A Coach You’ve Probably Never Heard of: Mike Drass
The motto of Wesley College, a small Division III school with an enrollment of 1,500 undergraduates, is ‘Great Things Await.’ That is certainly true when it comes to the Wesley football program. Head Coach Mike Drass has built the Wolverines…
TEACH YOUR B-BACK TO READ THE ACTION KEY
It is very important for triple option coaches who are working with the B-Backs in the triple option scheme to teach them how to read the “action” key defender. The action key is defined as the “first defensive lineman inside of the dive…
A STATEMENT
I truly believe that football comes down to two things: blocking and tackling! Whichever team does better at both of these fundamentals, wins the game! Is is that simple folks. Picture in your mind any type of offensive or defensive…
JET DOUBLE OPTION PLAY
QB Assignment: QB puts the proper A-Back in jet motion. QB and A-Back then go into a quick mesh. The QB’s one-way thought process at this point is as follows: I will GIVE the ball to the jet back every…