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3 Key Aspects in Self-Scouting

A lot of football coaches like to analyze data, identify trends, and research their opponent statistically. In my opinion though, the most important football analysis you should do is on yourself! So here are 3 key aspects to self scouting that can really help your players and your play calls excel on the football field.

1 — Your Football Players or Personnel

How you use your football players within your scheme is probably the most dreaded self-scout aspect, but the most important. The most important factor about winning football games is the Jimmie’s and Joe’s, not coaching the X’s and O’s. It sucks because you move kids around and you…

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10 Questions Football Coaches Should Ask At The End Of the Season

After the season is over and before your off-season really kicks off, each football coach needs to reflect on what happened last year, and what he would like to have happen next year. This isn’t just a list for head coaches, a lot of assistant coaches at different levels of football could ask some of the questions themselves.

What was the play we practiced the most but used the least in games?

Perhaps one of the most important questions any coach should ask. Time is our number one resource in coaching. Whether that is the time remaining in a game or…

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Why You Should Understand Football Offense and Defense

Understanding Offensive and Defensive Football

Would you try to cut the wire on a ticking time bomb if you didn’t have a general understanding on how it worked?

Let me start by saying I just received my copy of Developing a Defensive Gameplan by Kenny Ratledge.  This is a very detailed book, and the very first thing I noticed about this was that over half of this book was dedicated to understanding offense.

That inspired this post.  I’ve run into a problem with some coaches recently, and I hope its not a trend.  Offensive coaches don’t want to really learn defense, and defensive coaches don’t want to learn…

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Analyzing Game Film from a Defensive Perspective

Overall, I feel looking at film from a defensive perspective takes considerable time and effort. Remember, this is probably for young coaches who have not learned how to watch film or analyze it. You head coaches or DC’s out there probably know far more than this and have a style that works for you (that’s why your in charge and I’m not!). So this is for those coaches who want some help in this field, and for whatever reason can’t find it somewhere.

You need to first ask yourself when you pop in that film, where do I stop? There needs to be an end point somewhere. Or you’ll…

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Analyzing your opponent

I consider this a post for young coaches who are watching film for the first time in their young careers (I say that while I just completed my 5th season coaching at 22 years old, so I should say “younger” careers than myself).

I’ve been watching film for a while now. I’ve watched for both sides of the ball at the varsity level. One thing that would have helped considerably would be someone “teaching” me what to look for early. So, head coaches, it may be a good exercise to spend a day in the off-season reviewing the basics for your program. Coach your coaches, trust me, most of…

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