Defensive Game-Week Preparations

Let me tell you about our practice schedule for the week. Sunday, for us, is a practice day. We want to try to get some things accomplished. We want to see our players on Sunday and find out how they are feeling after the game. We want to see…

Aug 16, 2013

Defending Specific Wing-T-Style Offenses

When we first faced this offense, we had a lot of long plays against us and a lot of long touchdowns. The offense is similar to the teams that used to run the double wing offense 10 or 12 years ago. They ran a lot of misdirection plays against us.

Aug 16, 2013

Installing the 3-5 as an Every Down Defense

The 3-5 Defense has often been thought of as a passing down defense, and it has definitely gained popularity because of the growing number of teams that run spread offenses. Although this may be true the fact still remains that it allows you to…

Aug 16, 2013

Pistol Precepts and Zone Insights

I love to talk about the pistol offense. I spent the better part of nineteen years of coaching as an offensive coordinator. We fell into the pistol by accident. We started to figure some things out with the offense and by the 2005-2006 we were…

Aug 16, 2013

Naval Academy Football and the Option Game

I have been at the United States Naval Academy since 1995. It is a great institution, and I am proud to be there. It is gratifying to go to work every day and see the men and women that are there. They are there because they want to serve our…

Aug 15, 2013

No Huddle Spread Offense: Fly Sweep

The system is the shotgun zone fly series. The SZF focuses on the run as a power running game. This offense uses the quarterback as a primary runner, which forces the defense to cover the field like a spread team. At the same time, the offense has…

Aug 15, 2013

Executing the No-Huddle Spread Offense

We want to have 350 yards of total offense a game. There was one game this year that we did not have 350 yards of total offense. In that game, our starting quarterback broke his nose on the first play of the game. He had to go to the hospital…

Aug 15, 2013

Offensive Line Drills and Fundamentals

We coach people and not positions. It is important that we do that. Not everybody has the same learning style. Some kids are very visual learners. Other kids have a kinesthetic sense. They have to go through that skill and move around to get the…

Aug 15, 2013

Three Effective Types of Screen Passes

I am going to talk to you today about our screen passing game. I will cover our fast screen, solid screen, and jailbreak screen. They have been very successful for us over the past years.

Aug 15, 2013

Pistol Spread Option Offensive System

It has been an amazing thing to see the Pistol Offense take off! I still remember the first time that I saw the formation on TV. I was watching Boise State play Nevada, and I remember saying to myself, “What in the world is that? That may be the…

Aug 15, 2013

Neck Exercises to Help Reduce Concussions

First, it is a privilege to be here today talking with coaches. I have my staff with me today. They are Dr. Ted Lambrinides and Brady Collins. Let me give you a background on Ted. He was one of my strength coaches at The Ohio State University…

Aug 15, 2013

Off Season Workouts

When designing a training program, coaches and athletes must take all aspects of the athlete’s training into consideration. Results are the most important goal and the factor by which a program is ultimately measured. Every program is unique…

Aug 15, 2013

Concussion Management for Coaches

“If I had a concussion, I wouldn’t tell the coach because he would take me out of the game.” “I’m not even sure what a concussion is.” “I’ve played with concussions before. What’s the big deal?” Sound familiar? These comments are what some…

Aug 15, 2013

Improve First-Step Quickness

The ability to glide into top-end speed is a highly coveted skill. But unless you’re running a track meet or sprinting down an open field, you’ll rarely fire up the top-end burners in a competitive setting.

Aug 15, 2013

Mean Green Football Performance

At the University of North Texas, a revolution has begun; a revolution of evolution. A revolution that creates the evolution of modern “strength and conditioning” as we know and accept it in athletics today, evolving it into a comprehensive SYSTEM…

Aug 15, 2013

Practice Philosophy: Fundamentals to Improve and Avoid Injury

Every year across the country players, coaches, and fans anticipate the excitement and sprit of high school football. Each season is preempted by grueling hours in the weight room, passing scrimmages, conditioning sessions, and individual camps…

Aug 15, 2013

Proper Shoulder Training for Throwing Athletes

There are two schools of thought when it comes to shoulder training for athletes who throw. No matter what the athlete or the sport, pitchers, quarterbacks, javelin throwers, volleyball players, softball players, you typically get two differing…

Aug 15, 2013

Staying Mentally Tough Through Injuries

It is said that there are only two certainties in life…death and taxes. In football, for every team, and for almost every player at one point or another, you can almost count on a third…the probability of injuries. For players they are among…

Aug 15, 2013