5 Ways to Improve Your Film Watching
WATCHING FILM IS a common practice at the high school, college and professional levels of football. The idea is that players improve their performanc…
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Applying “The Art Of War” To Your Team
EACH YEAR AS the football season draws closer, coaches look for an edge or some new piece of material that can motivate, inspire or improve the play…
Warn Your Players About The Dangers Of Dietary Supplements
SPORTS MEDICINE EXPERTS contend that dietary supplement use among football players may be a factor in the recent surge of heat-stroke deaths among fo…
Planning Your Practice Keeps Work Detailed, Efficient
WHEN PREPARING YOUR football team for an upcoming game, time is of the essence. There’s an old saying that “time lost on the practice field is never…
Keys To Achieving Coaching Longevity
HAVING JUST COMPLETED my 26th season of coaching high school football, I feel fortunate to have survived so long in a great profession that plays an…
14 Ways To Let Your Team Know Where You’re Coming From
WHILE NO ONE expects coaches and players to be on the same page all the time, there are certain ways to let your players know what’s expected. Lay th…
Lobster-Pad Scrum Gets Entire Team Involved
THE LOBSTER PAD scrum is a great team drill that isolates blocking assignments at a live tempo without giving your players the bumps and bruises of f…
12 Key Principles For Scouting An Opponent Live
THE FOLLOWING are 12 principles for scouting a future opponent, which will prove to be very effective for game preparation. Come Prepared. Before you…
Let’s Make “Talkin’ X’s And O’s” A More Valuable Resource
THE STAFF OF Gridiron Strategies has launched an exciting new coaching tool on its Web site, but now we need your participation to help make it work!…
Don’t “Chill Out” When It Gets Cold
THE NEXT TIME you’re facing a late fall game and are wondering how your players will handle the cold weather, take a lesson from the Green Bay Packer…
The ABC’s Of Game Week For Defensive Backs, Coaches
During game week, coaches sometimes concentrate so much on the schemes of the opponents that the true fundamentals of playing defensive back are push…
Organizing Effective Practice Sessions
EFFECTIVE PRACTICE sessions are the key to winning football games. Our coaching mission statement is to improve every player, in every skill, at ever…
Bags And Shields Gauntlet Helps Skill Players
ONE OF THE drills that we’ve had success using is the Bags and Shields Gauntlet drill. We’ve found that by incorporating this drill into our practice…
It’s OK To Rest Your Players
FOOTBALL PLAYERS at all levels of competition are training longer and harder than ever before. Multi-sport athletes and elite athletes are sometimes…
Use Your Coaching Philosophy To Build Program Consistency
HERE ARE VALUABLE tips to help you develop a coaching philosophy that will keep your program consistent and successful. Winning Attitude This is by f…
Good Scouting Grounds The Double-Wing Attack
Double-wing teams everywhere are running up scores, racking up huge rushing gains and embarrassing many opponents who have no idea on how to stop thi…
Evaluating Your Players With A Point System
EVERY COACH HAS his own tests to evaluate players. While they want to see if their players are getting bigger, stronger and faster, it’s often diffic…
15 Coaching Expectations To Build A Solid Program
Here’s a checklist of items that you need to expect of yourself and your staff to keep your coaching goals on course. Provide one-on-one individual s…