Category Archives: Strong Football Posts

Brief Pause from Coaching

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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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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3 Dares For Football Coaching Clinics

It’s the season for football coaching clinics. It’s that time of year when coaches open up their minds and explore new possibilities. It’s that time of year where the veteran coaches tell younger coaches that something can or can’t be done. It’s that time of year when younger coaches fill there notebooks and buy DVD’s for 80% off the regular retail prices from the speakers themselves.

I have three dares for every coach out there for them to do during football coaching clinics. I hope you will apply these dares in order to make your time more valuable.

Side Note: I will be at the Indianapolis Glazier clinic this weekend…

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Football Fundamentals: So Important

Coaches, I was out watching a skills football camp for youth players today. I heard some terrible technique being taught on some core principles for line play. These core principles were things like stance and starts. The coach was barking out commands, and not really coaching. And the coaching he was doing was questionable.

With this being a fundamentals camp, I was bewildered. The most important thing for our youth kids to learn is football fundamentals. Three point stances. Two point stances. It doesn’t matter. Simply barking at kids to get out of a stance better won’t fix the problem. You need to correct each kid. Teach them to bend…

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FishDuck.com Guest Post on Split Coverages in Football

I wrote a guest post for FishDuck.com!. Make sure you check it out! It’s on split coverages in football (think quarter-quarter-half, 2 read and traditional cover 4, etc…). Here is a small excerpt….

Split coverages, whether they’re regarded as such, are used by many high school, college, and pro teams. While most teams also have a balanced zone coverage, like cover 3 or cover 2, split coverages are growing more popular. Perhaps TCU is best known for successfully implementing split coverage schemes.

Consistently one of the top defenses in college football, details on the TCU 4-2-5 defense are among the most sought-after topics in the football coaching…

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