Punting Out of a Spread Formation
My job as the Special Teams Coordinator is made easier because our head coach, Greg Debeljak, allows me to have access to all of our players for spec…
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My job as the Special Teams Coordinator is made easier because our head coach, Greg Debeljak, allows me to have access to all of our players for spec…
Most coaches were not kickers during their playing days and are uninformed when it comes to working with their own kickers. Some coaches are unsure w…
The kickoff return, arguably, can be one of football’s most exciting plays. Most teams employ the wedge as their standard return. The wedge, though a…
In my opinion, kick off is probably the 2nd most important special team, punt is the first. When you design your kick off coverage, you have to make…
Why the Spread? Every year at Xavier High School I begin our first special teams meeting of the season by discussing the importance of the punt unit.…
Prairie View A&M University had one of the longest losing streaks of all times. In fact, the last winning season, an unimpressive 6-5 to be exact, wa…
As a former high school football coach who has a family, a full teaching load and a multitude of specific football duties it was always a challenge d…
SPECIAL TEAMS PLAY is an important, albeit sometimes forgotten, aspect of a football game. Place special teams as an equal partner with the offense a…
THERE’S NO BIGGER PLAY in a football game than the punt. If you can’t punt, you can’t win — it’s that simple. We’ve had the most success in the punti…
THE OPTION PUNT has been one of our most successful “trick” plays and it’s easy to install into any squad’s special teams. The Option Punt uses motio…
OUR TEAM’S PHILOSOPHY is that the kicking game is going to win at least two games a year and should never contribute to a loss. This philosophy has l…
MAKING TIME FOR your special teams during practice is critical to success. Since practice time is precious and limited, all of our special-team drill…
AFTER 8 YEARS of coaching high school football as a position coach and then as an offensive coordinator at the varsity level in a large school on the…
OUR RETURN TEAM uses a 2-deep return set, with the kickoff returner aligned at the 5-yard line, 3 yards outside the hash marks. The returner needs to…
THE PLACEKICK IS crucial to your team’s success and often determines the final outcome of the game. We stress to our players about the importance of…
IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL, there’s an average of 32 plays a game that involve special teams, so that aspect of your team had better be prepared. You want t…
SPECIAL TEAMS ARE a vital part of the success of a football team. Did you realize that 1 out of every 5 plays in a game is some type of a “kick-relat…
IT’S NOTHING NEW to say that the kicking game is one-third of a football game. And, of course, all coaches know that, most of the big breaks in a gam…