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One of the most popular sports in the United States, American football attracts millions of spectators annually. It’s championship game, the Super Bowl, pulls in consistently high ratings and viewership—2018’s game averaged more than 100 million viewers worldwide. Originally based on rugby, the game has evolved over decades into the sport it is today.

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Player Friendly Offense Numbering System
June 2, 2023
Formations are a simple way to stress the defense and create deception. The number system is a great, simple, way to create multiple formations without much learning for your players. Offensively we are always trying to keep things as simple as possible for our players. This holds true in the creation of our playbook but […]
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Fun Football Drills for Kids
June 2, 2023
As the fastest, most agile runners tend to be the ones who can avoid the balloons the longest, this drill really seems to motivate the kids to do their best. While most children in youth football leagues enjoy playing the game itself, they may lack the patience required for all of the drills and conditioning […]
Seven Training Blocks for a Killer Football Practice
June 2, 2023
While the team stretches the coaches can take attendance, teach correct stretching technique and outline the goals of the day’s practice. We have all heard that saying, and it really is true. Repetition of skills is the best way to get your players to perform better. Knowing what to do when the opportunity presents itself […]
Special Teams: Kickoff Fly Zone Drill
June 2, 2023
The coaching points for the coverage player are relatively basic but difficult to master. The first point that must be stressed is that the coverage player must get to the point first. One of the most difficult things in coaching special teams is teaching players to change from dropping back to moving forward to make […]
Three Day Whole Body Football Strength Workout
June 2, 2023
For maximum results from the football strength workout you should supplement  with protein and creatine. This workout is designed to increase your explosive power and strength to help you on the football field. It’s a full body workout on a three day schedule – Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Before starting the workout you should warm […]
Nine Defensive Drills Youth Football Teams Need to Run
June 2, 2023
The score tackling drill can assist in building linebackers who can shoot the gap and tackle running backs before they reach the next line of defense. As the head coach of a youth football team, it is important to develop a balanced defense that excels at the fundamentals. In doing so, you’ll initially separate the entire defense into […]
Organizing Your Playbook as a Defensive Coordinator
June 2, 2023
As a whole these are the only blitzes you need. If your players are able to master these blitzes that frees them up to work on the techniques of each position instead of going through a million different blitzes every practice. A key component of being a coordinator on either side of the ball is […]
Organizing Your Playbook as an Offensive Coordinator
June 2, 2023
Another thing a limited playbook allows is a deeper understanding of the plays by the players. Some coaches don’t like to explain these adjustments to teams. We are the opposite. One of the easiest traps for offensive coordinators to fall into is having a bloated playbook with a vast number of plays that have no […]
How a Grieving N.J. Kid Found Joy with NFL Legends
June 2, 2023
The boy revealed that it was his father, Mitchell, who had passed on that love of the sport and the Giants. The kid entered the main display at the Pro Football Hall of Fame, sized up the long gallery with all the busts of the sport’s legends, and started rattling off facts. Names. Teams. Stats. It didn’t matter if […]
145 Days of My Memory, Gone
June 2, 2023
To them, everything looked normal. So they discharged him the next day. The doctor basically told Amobi that if he had a headache, to take some Tylenol. The nurse is telling me it’s August 7, and I don’t believe her. “What are you talking about? It’s like … March.” We’re going back and forth — […]
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