Make The Belly Your Base Play
ALL FOOTBALL SYSTEMS eventually develop a base play to go to anytime, anywhere and with any type of personnel. At our school, the Delaware Wing-T Bel…
Get Open With 3-Step Passing Game Routes
THE 3-STEP PASSING game is an important part of any offensive package. By using the 3-step technique, your offense can quickly gain yardage and take…
Open Things Up With A Solid Play-Action Passing Game
THE FUN AND challenge of building a successful program comes in a lot of dimensions. One of the things we have really enjoyed with our program is sta…
Teaching Your QB To “Steal” Yards From The Defense
THE QUARTERBACK in our offense has the freedom to change the play at any time. We teach our QBs to take what the defense is giving. Every good offens…
Putting The “Blitz” Into Your Defense
AFTER YOU’VE PREPARED your defensive playbook during the off season, it’s time to introduce new defensive schemes to your players in pre-season and g…
Drills For A Run-Stuffing Defensive Line
OVER THE PAST three seasons, the San Diego Chargers have been one of the best defenses at stopping the run. In 2000, the Chargers were second only to…
A Dozen Rules To Get More Out Of Your Drills
1 Drills should simulate playing situations as close as possible. Drills must be relevant to your schemes. 2 Create competition between individuals o…
3 Drills To Improve Wide Receiver’s Pass-Catching Ability
HERE ARE THREE drills that are great for helping young wide receiver’s become better pass catchers. These drills are especially effective after a you…
7 Motivating Ideas To Give Your Team A Winning Edge
MOTIVATING A TEAM is one of the most important skills a coach can possess. I’m not talking about pre-game speeches, but consistent year-round motivat…
Building Hard Core Special Teams
FOOTBALL COACHES KNOW great special teams plays can change the tenor of a game. That’s a good reason to make sure that special teams include your bes…
Flexibility — Key For Strength, Speed And Health
THE MAIN PURPOSE of your flexibility program is to lesson the possibility of injuries. Warming up and stretching works to prevent costly strains and…
Super Ironman Test Gets Your Players In Tip-Top Shape
IN FLORIDA, we’re not allowed to let our players put gear on during the first 3 days of practice. We set up the “Super Ironman Test” for one of these…
I-Right Counter Pass Right
This is a good play for short yardage or first-down situations. Short passes to the short sideline often result in high completion percentages. Playe…
Slick 2-Point Conversion
The entire team gets set except for the quarterback, who does not go under center with his hands. The QB looks left to the split end and then right t…
Concussion Awareness Is Critical
ON SEPT. 12, 1998, Daniel Kenneth Will, a 17-year-old at Riley High School in Riley, Kan., had just made a tackle. The collision was hard, but not an…
First Step — Key To Offensive Line Success
AN OFFENSIVE LINEMEN must explode off the line of scrimmage on the snap of the ball and move the opponent wherever the play dictates. The only way an…