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Vol III - 2017

3. Letter From the Managing Editor

4. RPO Packaged Plays - Kristian Johnson, Assistant Coach, Tyler Junior College

8. The Nuts and Bolts of Power Football - Joe Hensel, Offensive Line Coach, Carthage College

17. Tampa Coverage - Zack Wilkerson, Defensive Coordinator, Hardin-Simmons University

22. The Art of the Pass Rush - Payam Saadat, Defensive Line Coach, Cal Poly

25. Returning to Play Following Injury: Basic Assessments to Determine Functional Status - Bryan Dorrel, Assistant Professor, Tarleton State University

28. From the GS Archives: The Quad Option - Rick Martin, Offensive Line Coach, Marlboro County High School (SC)
- from the August-September issue of GS - Vol. 9, Number 2 - 2009

X's & O's FROM THE VAULT

34 Veer

Alex Richters Royal High School, Brookshire, Texas

This is a very effective multi-option play. Your QB and FB should work on the ball-handling fundamentals that are needed for this play every day in practice to properly execute the handoffs and fakes.Offensive Line: Must remember not to block the last man on the LOS. They must use a zone scheme to handle the rest of the defensive front and must get movement to create a seam between t

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Supplementing Your Running Game with Screen Concepts

by Ray La Forte Offensive Coordinator • United States Coast Guard Academy

The USCG comes into every game with six different screen plays with each one having multiple variations.

As America’s smallest National Service Academy, our cadets are faced with many daily challenges. We have continued to adapt and adjust our football practices to meet the demanding cadet schedules and rigors. Along with academic schedules routinely set at 20 credits and shorter practices come many obstacles. One obstacle that we have normalized over our 16 seasons is our height and we ...more...

Adjusting The ‘G’ Defense To Combat The Spread Offense

Productivity through Multiple Drills Circuits FOR YOUR WIDE RECEIVERS

“Outlaw” Series Tough For Defenses To Capture

Handling Sudden Change Key To Championship Defense

Tips For Building A Dynamite Defense (Continued)

It Takes a “V” to Get a“W” Closing Out a Game Defensively

Disguising Your Coverages Keeps The Quarterback Guessing

OFFENSE

POWER PLAY (GAP SCHEME)

Chennis Berry Offensive Coordinator and Offensive Line Coach Southern University

POWER PLAY (GAP SCHEME)

By Chennis Berry, Offensive Coordinator and Offensive Line Coach

Southern University

When we ...more.

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Using Various Companion Plays To Keep Opposing Defenses Guessing

Split-Flow and ISO Two-Back Run Scheme

Remain Calm

Screen Game in the Spread Offense

THE 3 x 1 FORMATION MAXIMIZING IT’S POTENTIAL

OFFENSE VIDEOS

Maintain a Power Run Game From Spread Formations

The Quick Passing Game - A 'Check With Me' System Made Easy

The Pistol-Flex Triple Option – Introduction and Philosophy

DEFENSE

DEFENSIVE LINE FUNDAMENTALS

Danny White Defensive Coordinator Madison Ridge Academy (MS)

Fundamentals can be taught in three steps.

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Installing an Aggressive Response from your Linebackers in the 30 Stack Defense

Simple Ways To Teach Underneath Coverage In The Hopkins 4-4

Teaching Tackling Technique

Defensive Line Pass-Rush Moves To Bring The Heat

60 Monster Defense Scares Offenses

DEFENSE VIDEOS

Specific Defensive Strategies - The Okie 3-4

Specific Defensive Strategies – The ‘Cheat’ Package – The Cover 2 Zone Blitz

Specific Defensive Strategies – The Gator 3-3 Defense

SPECIAL TEAMS

PUNT PRESSURE

Michael Cieri Special Teams Coordinator and D-Line Coach Montblair State College

A Two-Tiered Circuit Drill Program That Fine Tunes the Development of Critical Punt Pressure Skills

Once the introductory circuit has taught the players the essential techniques and the coaching staff has evaluated the skill level, tier two is utilized. These drills are more advanced and will concentrate on combining the k ...more.

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THE TRIPLE OPTION KICKOFF RETURN

Kick off Strategies

The Double Wall Punt Return

Critical Keys For Building Rock-Solid Kickoff-Coverage Schemes

Special Teams Organization

SPECIAL TEAMS VIDEOS

The Full Throttle Kick Off – Installing the Kickoff Recovery System

The Full Throttle Kick Off – Kickoff Recovery Drills

Installing Kickoff Coverage

STRENGTH & CONDITIONING

Using the Clean and Jerk as Your In-Season Workout

Tim Tobin Assistant Coach and Strength and Conditioning Coach, Tusculum College

The clean and jerk is the ideal in-season workout and designed to increase explosiveness.

In our weight room, the clean and jerk is our lift during the season. It builds explosiveness and has shown to keep athletes healthy. The clean primarily works the hamstrings, lattisumus dorsi, biceps, and trapezius muscles. Players learn with this li ...more.

Performance Triangle: Fueling Athletes for Peak Performance

Explode To Better 40-Yard Dash Times

Using the Clean and Jerk as Your In-Season Workout

Triple Extension Movements for Football Using Strongman Training

There's Strength In Numbers

Guidelines for Increasing Muscle Mass

DEVELOPING A SUCCESSFUL SUMMER STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING PROGRAM

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