There is a saying in football that if you can’t run, you can’t play. That is so true. At every level of football, the team or individuals that can move…
Beyond the Scoreboard: What Football Means to Me—Win or Lose
Dear Son… By Eddie Fields, Coach and Teacher Space Coast High School (FL) In a recent school assignment my, 8-year-old, son had to write a letter to one of his…
Quarterback Arm Strength (Velocity) Drills
Straight arm into the net drill Whenever a quarterback throws the ball to another player, he should be working on accuracy. For this reason, he SHOULD NOT throw to…
Auburn’s North-South RB Drill from the book Complete Running Back
North-South Drill The following is an additional drills from Complete Running Back (Human Kinetics, 2016) written by Auburn Running Backs Coach, Tim Horton. North–South Drill PURPOSE Simulate catching…
QB Drills to Improve Accuracy and Arm Strength – Part I
Good quarterbacks are not always born. Many of them are self-made; they take what natural skills they possess and then develop them through a program of intensive and consistent…
Complete Running Back (Human Kinetics, 2016), written by Auburn running backs coach Tim Horton.
This is an excerpt from Complete Running Back (Human Kinetics, 2016), written by Auburn running backs coach Tim Horton. One-on-One Route Versus Linebacker Drill PURPOSE Compete against linebackers or safeties.…
Book Review: “The Perfect Pass: American Genius and the Reinvention of Football” by S. C. Gwynne
Book Review: “The Perfect Pass: American Genius and the Reinvention of Football” by S. C. Gwynne If you are a football coach, football fan or simply a guy who likes…
Beyond the Scoreboard: What Football Means to Me — Win or Lose
Players, Coaches, Angry Fans…Lend Me Your Ears Everyday exchanges in the football world carry a tremendous amount of variety in both message and motive. From the idealistic and hopeful messages…
In-Season Training: Improving Not Sustaining
An effective in-season training program should be about improving and continuing to peak your players for the end of the season – playoff time. Why would you want your players…
When I Was Your Age
By John Scanlan WHACK! Just like that, our new head football coach hit me in the facemask with his clipboard. It was during August two-a-days in the summer of 1974.…