Coach ,"Football is two things. It's blocking and tackling. I don't care about formations or new offenses or tricks on defense. You block and tackle better than the team you're playing, you win." - Vince LombardiI figured after yesterday, we all need...
Coach ,A year after Sean Payton stepped away from coaching, he steps back in as the head coach of the Denver Broncos and is tasked with building a championship culture to resurrect the organization.Sean Payton has coached at every level, in recent ye...
Coach ,XFL Houston Offensive Coordinator Austin James Smith was the guest for OC Office Hour on Coach and Coordinator. He discussed some trends he was seeing as he “worked forward” in preparation for the beginning of XFL season.One of the trend...
Coach ,With snow on the turf and fall camp way off in the distance, now is as great time to add increasing player football IQ to the off season development plan.This can be done in short segments of time, in the class room, virtually on zoom or Googl...
Coach ,Sunday evening I saw plenty of Tweets about the discipline or lack thereof during the championship games.When we slow down the play and take seconds to analyze, it was obviously a poor decision which the player made in a split second. &nb...
Coach ,When looking back on the NFL season all the way through the championship round, the evidence for the value of preparing a back-up quarterback(s) couldn’t be clearer.Whether it was seeing what happened to the Doplhins when losing Tua, the value...
Coach ,As tight ends, fullbacks, and H-backs make their way back into more and more offenses, the insert inside zone play is becoming a tremendous tool in separating the defense and opening huge running lanes.It’s something you will probably see this...
Coach I remember in my early days as a coach, we would do some initial work for the coordinator, and then sit and wait for the plan. We didn’t have much in terms of technology. Watching plays meant using the cowboy remote to fast-forward o...
Coach ,One of my favorite player to watch is Kyle Juszczyk, the four-time Pro Bowler of the San Francisco 49ers. He embodies what we want from a fullback in today’s game: a real fullback, not a tight end aligned in the backfield. He will block, run t...
Coach ,Offensive coordinators often speak of stressing defense and utilize a multitude of components in their arsenal to do that.The way to make it easy for an offensive coordinator is to remain static on defense. Line up in the same front ever...