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Three Things Athletes Should Be Doing During The Off-Season

The off-Season can be a difficult time for athletes. You are removed from your coaches and teammates. Often this is when great athletes separate themselves from the rest of their competitors. One of the best things athletes can do during the off-season is to play other sports. There are a variety of different reasons why […]

3 Plays that Need to be in Your 2019 Playbook

It is officially the off-season for most youth football coaches. The off-season is when coaches need to evaluate every aspect of their 2018 season. It is officially the off-season for most youth football coaches. The off-season is when coaches need to evaluate every aspect of their 2018 season. For me, I will re-watch every single […]

California Youth Football Alliance: Join the Fight to Save Youth Football

Tackle football uniquely integrates these values due to the intellectual, emotional, social, and physical requirements of the sport. In February of 2018, a legislative measure AB 2108 (the Safe Youth Football Act-California) was created but failed to be submitted to the committee for consideration because of the efforts of the Save Youth Football Coalition (Save Youth […]

Linebacker Reads Versus the Run-Pass Option

The hard part is finding a way for players to recognize this in the second or two they have to make a play on the ball. To work on this we moved to a drill that builds off the traditional guard read drill and adds a second layer to it. One of the most difficult […]

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The Fastest Ways to Run the Football

With the older kids, Rocket Sweep is a great play to build you offense around. Plays like Trap and Belly hit very quickly and complement the Rocket Sweep very nicely. There’s an old saying in sports and that is “speed kills”! Obviously having fast athletes will greatly improve the likelihood of success, but even if […]

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Running Back Screen Pass Play

The QB will have some pressure in his face so it’s important to practice this play with pressure during the practice week. The Running Back Slip Screen is an explosive play that beats the blitz. This Running Back Screen Pass Play takes practice, but once your players get it down, it will be one of […]

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Crossfire Blitz Out of the 3–4 Under Defense

It’s important that all defensive linemen dip and rip, then anchor their gap. They cannot allow themselves to get washed. The Crossfire Blitz out of the 3-4 under defense is a great way to take away the strength of the offense’s formation. This blitz is easy to install, but very difficult for the offense to […]

Wall Tag Off of Inside Zone With a Tight-End

Adding a Tight End while running the Wall Tag from Inside Zone is a great way to add window dressing and offer different fronts to the defense while still keeping things very simple for your players. We have talked multiple time before about the problems a Tight End causes with the Inside Zone Scheme. By […]

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Taking the Read Out of the Jet Read

If your Quarterback struggles with this read it can sink the play, unless you find a way to clean up the read for the Quarterback. A guiding principle in coaching football is to do what your players are good at. If your players are not able to complete their assignments on each play, then the […]

Strong Safety Blitz Out of the 3–3 Stack Defense

Defenders must maintain their base pre-snap alignment until the QB begins his cadence. This will ensure that the offense can’t get a pre-snap read. The Strong Safety Blitz out of the 3-3 Stack Defense is designed to attack the offense from the wide side of the field. You can also execute this blitz to the […]

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