what’s trending
We are beginning to see multiple quarterbacks in the backfield at the college and high school level. It makes sense to us!...
Empty backfield sets are not necessarily anything different these days. However, 4x1 configurations are a lot less used as opposed to 3x2. ...
If you are a young special teams coach and you are trying to teach every position for any of your six phases, you are in trouble. ...
After you run the Drive concept with the H post enough this is the home run call you are looking for. The H may be running for days....
The bottom line: Don’t throw a flag if you can’t explain what happened to a coach. Just saying, “pass interference” isn’t enough. ...
We (NFL coaches) have created a place where you can go get well drawn football plays and then edit them to fit your team's needs. ...
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