General Coaching

Coaches are always looking for more variety in drills. A way to spice things up. You don’t need to do more to make practice interesting. That’ll make …

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I spent months putting together a new defensive playbook during the off-season. It was our first year running a new defense. This playbook looked awesome. …

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I missed the first week of camp at my first coaching job. We were already getting off on the wrong foot. I don't remember the circumstances that kept me from …

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Every football coach is looking for leaders. Player leadership is critical for the success of your football team. But how do you find them? How do you know …

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You're climbing your ladder. Serving your time is as the low man on the totem pole. Or the middle man. Or the next man up. You are an Assistant Coach. …

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Remember those commercials for when the English Premiere League soccer games were coming to NBC? Coach Lasso, an American Coach in London. Great commercials …

[Read more...] about Why The Next Coach You Hire Should NOT Know Football

We really needed some new blood in the coaching staff. New ideas. New energy. There was money available. Just not a lot of good candidates. Not with …

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