Letter From the Editor: Creating An Edge-Offensively and Defensively
Many coaches, in this day and age of sophisticated offenses, are designing their scheme to spread the field, get the ball to their best play makers,…
Motion Series from the Spread Shot Wing
The concept behind going to a spread formation came about because of a need to force people to defend the whole field. As the offense spreads out, so…
The Quarterback Code
Vince Lombardi said, “Leadership rests not only upon ability and not only upon capacity; having the capacity to lead is not enough. The leader must b…
Makin’ ‘Em Miss
“When making your move do not stop or stutter your feet; this only allows the pursuit to catch up and takes away your speed advantage.” I'm sure you…
No-Huddle Defense
A few years ago, our defense was preparing to open our season against a team that employed a “no-huddle” offense.” As we contemplated ways to prepare…
The Color Drill
Over the years our defensive staff has successfully identified areas our defense needed to improve on. After identifying these weaknesses we have the…
Attacking The Spread Offense With the 5-5-1 ‘2-Level’ Defense
The 5-5-1 “2-Level” defense (2LD) is the creation of Dr. John M. Thomson of Prince Edward Island, Canada. (Football Defense of the Future: The 2-Leve…
Adjusting the High School 4-3 Defense Around Personnel Limitations
Most coaches who run the 4-3 defense have an “ideal” make-up of players that they would like to field against their opponents. Myself, I prefer two b…
The Spread Punt For Better Coverage and Simpler Protection
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.…
Add Some Bunch to Your Playbook
One of the interesting aspects about college and high school football is the wide spectrum of offensive attacks emerging at both levels. Ideas, conce…
Q&A w/Appalachian State’s Scott Satterfield
Appalachian State Quarterbacks Coach Scott Satterfield wished the question had never been asked. “If you could go back and play LSU again, what adjus…
Self Scout Are We Digging Deep Enough?
Football is a forever changing game. Almost everybody has access to film editing systems and computer scouting systems. We’re all trying to get an ed…