Watch as Alan Stein, Jr. explains that in today’s world, it is popular to keep chasing what is hot, new, flashy and to ignore what is basic. This is a mistake, as the basics do […]
Two Types of Leadership with Matt Entz – North Dakota State Univ.
What is your leadership style? Watch as Coach Matt Entz discusses transactional and transformational leadership styles and what works in his program.
10-Minute Clinic: Tackling Drills with Eric Brown – Clovis West High School (CA)
In this Football Coaches Insider | 10-Minute Clinic, Eric Brown, Head Football Coach at Clovis West High School in California, shares a variety of tackling drills that focus on technique and fundamentals. Drills/Skills Covered in […]
Bubble Defensive Drill with Kirby Smart – Univ. of Georgia
Watch as Coach Kirby Smart explains and shows practice and game video of the Bubble Drill. This a good-on-good competitive drill without offensive and defensive lineman. Defensively the drill works on defending the perimeter screens, […]
Model, Teach, Test, Reward with Stephen Mackey – 2Words Character Development
Watch as Stephen Mackey discusses how leadership is critical in the teaching progression of athletes. He explains “Model, Teach, Test, Reward” as a method of teaching that produces results. How you work as a coach […]
What May Matter Most Is What You Do Not Say or Do Not Do
By: Adam Sarancik Author of: Coaching Champions for Life “Players will likely forget what you said and what you did, but they will not likely forget how you made them feel.” Great coaching takes an […]
Pass Rush Turnover Drill with Dave Cohen – Wake Forest Univ.
Watch as Coach Dave Cohen explains, and defenders demonstrate this pass rush turnover drill. The pass rusher runs the hoop and steps through with the upfield shoulder for the strip, knocking the ball out while […]
Defensive Backs Weave Drill with John Butler – Buffalo Bills
Watch as Coach John Butler explains, and DBs demonstrate this weave drill. As the DBs backpedal they are keying on the Coach and weaving to the right or left, following his ball movement. It is […]
Defending Tempo with Matt Entz – North Dakota State Univ.
Watch as Coach Matt Entz explains that in his opinion, teams that play fast want to beat you not with technique or fundamentals, but by getting you out of position. To combat this, Coach has […]
Offensive Line: Inside Zone Targets with Kyle Flood – Univ. of Texas
Watch as Coach Kyle Flood explains and shows practice clips of ‘man reach’ inside zone targets. Defensive alignments will determine the guard or tackles’ assignments. The offensive lineman must determine if the defender is on […]
Leadership Drives the Culture with Jon Gordon – The Jon Gordon Companies
Watch as Jon Gordon explains that leadership drives culture. It is important to identify what you stand for, what you want to be known for, and what you value. Culture is not static, it is […]
Teaching Three Mistake Routines
By: Colleen M. Hacker Originally Published in: Achieving Excellence Provided by: Human Kinetics Flush It The idea with this routine is that it is important to flush a mistake or error. A toilet is flushed […]
Pass Protection: Hands Must Be Ready to Strike with Sam Pittman – Univ. of Arkansas
Watch as Coach Sam Pittman discusses hand placement and technique for offensive lineman in pass protection. The hands must strike with the elbows in tight to the rib cage. Coach demonstrates the proper thumb positioning […]
Fear Is Powerful, but It Is Better to Build and Not Break with Kate Leavell
Kate Leavell explains that fear is a powerful tool that works as a short-term motivational tool but requires more and more overtime to be effective. Eventually fear does not work, as the recipient tunes it […]
Ball Security Teaching Points and Drills with Eliah Drinkwitz – University of Missouri
Watch as Coach Eliah Drinkwitz discusses ball security and the 5 points of contact with coaching points for carrying the ball. Ball security is one of the determining factors in winning and losing games so […]
RPO 1/4 Post with Lane Kiffin – Univ. of Mississippi
Watch as Coach Lane Kiffin explains and shows video examples of this RPO 1/4 post pass route. In this example the running play is an inside zone and the RPO places the WB or safety […]
Improving Your Players’ Confidence with Zack Etter – Univ. of Massachusetts
Watch as Zack Etter discusses improving your players’ confidence. It is key that the players understand that the conversations they have in their head (self-talk) can be either beneficial or detrimental. The words you use […]
Assistant Coach Checklist
By: Denise Corlett – (Retired) Stanford University Originally Published in: Winning Ways of Women Coaches Provided by: Human Kinetics ☐ Always be loyal to your head coach, staff, and school. At some point you might […]
Climate vs. Culture with Mark Stoops – Univ. of Kentucky
Watch as Coach Mark Stoops discusses the differences in climate vs. culture. Changing climate is easier in a program and can often come quickly but culture change is hard and can take longer than is […]
Build a Culture of Character with Stephen Mackey – 2Words Character Development
Stephen Mackey explains that great coaches use sports to develop young men and women to be successful in life. When you develop the person and not the player, you build champions and that can lead […]
Crash Pad Tackle Drills with Branden Jakubcin – Heidelberg Univ.
Watch as Coach Branden Jakubcin explains and shows video of these crash pad tackling drills. The crash pads allow for the defender to execute the tackle contact to finish without pads and little risk of […]
10-Minute Clinic: UCLA’s Game Prep with Chip Kelly – Ohio State Univ.
In this Football Coaches Insider | 10-Minute Clinic, Chip Kelly, Head Coach at UCLA, shares how they reverse-engineered the game to structure their “training” (practice) to match what their team needed to work on most […]
Offensive Line: Flat & Skip Pulls with Alex Atkins – Florida State Univ.
Watch as Coach Alex Atkins explains flat skip pulling and shows practice video drills. With the flat pull, the guard’s eyes are looking straight down the line of scrimmage. If something crosses the face, the […]
It Is Not What You Say, but What They Hear with Mack Brown – Univ. of North Carolina
Watch as Coach Mack Brown emphasizes the importance of listening to people and making sure people hear what you say not what they hear. Coach never allows a player to leave his office without telling […]
Weaponize Your Kickoff Return
With football right around the corner, why not start the season off with a bang? Why not inject some fun for your players and excitement for your fans? First games of the season offer teams […]
Pre-Practice Tackling Circuit with PJ Fleck – Univ. of Minnesota
Watch as Coach PJ Fleck explains that every defensive practice starts with a tackling circuit. Coach will explain and show practice video and game film of the following tackle drills: Press the Hip, Bite the […]
The Five Most Powerful Words in Coaching
By: Adam Sarancik Author of: Coaching Champions for Life Coaches tap into infinite resources to teach their players the fundamentals and mechanics of their sport, and yet, they often fail to tap into the most […]
Intermediate Play Action Passing Game with Lincoln Riley – USC
Watch as Coach Lincoln Riley explains and shows clips of Oklahoma’s intermediate play action passing game. This is a middle of the field attack with longer pass routes and it is important to influence the […]
Defensive Field Deployment and Responsibilities with Joe Rossi – Univ. of Minnesota
Watch as Coach Joe Rossi discusses educating your LBs to set the front. Deploying to the field is a right and left call and a strong deployment is set to passing strength. Passing strength is […]
O-Line Strain Drill with Kris Cinkovich – (Retired) Univ. of Idaho
Looking for a drill to work on body posture and leg drive? Watch as Coach Kris Cinkovich discusses this strain drill that emphasizes footwork and finishing the block.