Special Teams Category
Kickoff Coverage In Color
Posted on January 28th, 2019
We show you how we coach up our base kickoff coverage and explain why we think using color and a well drawn diagram is essential a...
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Special Teams Long Field Is Common Sense
Posted on January 20th, 2019
Anyone knows that you need a longer field canvas when you are drawing special teams plays for your football playbook. Anyone who h...
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Special Teams Can Keep You Off The Street
Posted on December 28th, 2018
Young coaches do not understand when someone else gets hired it's because the guy who got the job could coach the linebackers AND ...
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Quality Control Your Kickoff Coverage
Posted on December 20th, 2018
We look at the Kickoff Coverage unit and how you can measurw if you are giving yourself a chance to be successful with this import...
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Your Special Teams Prep Time Just Shrunk By 90%
Posted on December 12th, 2018
You can now take proven special teams schemes from proven football coaches and make edits that conform to your game plan and your ...
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Ohio State Punt Block Scheme Vs Michigan
Posted on November 25th, 2018
Ohio State changed the game vs Michigan with a blocked punt. Take a look at this short video as we draw up the punt block scheme ...
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Bears Pat Mannelly Talks Snapping Technique & Fundamentals
Posted on November 13th, 2018
After being drafted by the Chicago Bears in the sixth round in 1996 Pat Mannelly snapped the ball 2,282 times during his NFL caree...
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LA Rams Scheme Up A Punt Block & 6 Points
Posted on November 3rd, 2018
There was great execution by the LA Rams but there was also some obvious detailed preparation involved to expose the LA Chargers' ...
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Create An Explosive Kickoff Return Vs A Pooch Kick
Posted on October 24th, 2018
It's usually not hard to find the explosive players on a special teams unit especially when it comes to the Kickoff Return team ...
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This Field Goal Fake Is Good Vs Base Looks
Posted on October 18th, 2018
We will look at a field goal fake that opens up the possibility of actually getting the play run because it is good vs base field ...
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It’s Practice Period 5. Do You Know Where Your Kickers Are?
Posted on October 9th, 2018
FirstDown PlayBook and USA Football sat down with Taylor Mehlhaff who has been a kicker or has coached specialists pretty much all...
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Podcast Week 3: Bobby April-Game Day Special Teams Management
Posted on September 10th, 2018
Week three of USA Football's Coach & Coordinator "The Game Plan" podcast welcomes two time NFL Special Teams coach of the year Bob...
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