Brief Pause from Coaching

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I feel it’s time to finally say this. I will be taking this year off of coaching. Given my relocation to Indianapolis, a new job that isn’t friendly to coaching hours, I’m going to take a break.

I’ve had opportunities and offers from some really good programs down here in Indy, but time constraints won’t let it work out. I’ve considered youth coaching, which I might do next year, but given the fact that my wife’s favorite season is the fall, we’re going to take advantage of it.

I’m looking forward to checking out some programs, seeing what they do differently. I will try to get to college practice…

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Cover 2 Trap: A Fire Zone Blitz

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I’ve recently discovered Vine, a twitter app for iOS (and soon android) that takes short snippets of video and shares them easily. I’m going to start sharing a few of these football videos that I do on Strong Football’s twitter account. I wrote my first vine… Tweet on cover 2 trap you can see the video later in this post.

The big advantage of vine is how quickly it works. I will be starting chalk talk sessions using the #fbcoach hashtag. If you have questions or thoughts, please share them by messaging my twitter account or retweeting it. There is a lot of great football coaching material…

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Football Passing Play Series: The Smash Route or Smash Concept

The smash route in football, better known as the smash concept or smash pattern in football, is pass pattern designed to attack the defense vertically. When used as a full field concept, rather than a two man half field concept, it becomes both a horizontal and vertical pass pattern. The smash route or smash pattern is one of the most utilized football passing plays.

Defining The Smash Route or Smash Concept

We say the smash route pattern is a vertical pass pattern because it stretches the defense between the corner and safety mainly. When a single route (like a drag, in or dig) stretches from the backside or the backfield,…

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How to Improve Football Practice Intensity

Do you ever wonder why some of the most simple drills are the most effective and elevating the level of football practice intensity? This may seem simple, but there are really two specific ways in drills that football practice intensity can be increased.

Increasing Football Practice Intensity: Simplicity

The first way to increase football practice intensity in drills is simplicity. It’s simple for both the coaches and the players. Coaching points are simple, short, and two the point. “Keep your feet moving when you tackle!” Short. Powerful. Addresses the problem, and provides a solution. The best kind of coaching statement.

At the same point in time, this makes it ideal…

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Defensive End Drills and Technique

I’m a big believer that defensive ends should be taught separately, if the resources are there, from interior defensive linemen. When I say defensive end, I mean anyone who is primarily a rusher from the end of the line of scrimmage. Specialized defensive end drills and defensive end techniques will help these edge defenders, whose play in space is different from those inside.

For the most part, I think a 7 technique skills, aka inside alignment inside of a tight end for this post, can be taught like an interior linemen. However, a lot of times a 7 technique will be playing a 5 technique. For these players, it…

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