The read game allows the offense to attack the defense where they become weakest based on post snap keys. The power read allows for a gap scheme read concept that…
Ideas to Test in Spring Practice
Spring practice is a time for coaches to develop their players in every way without the pressure of real games. Most importantly, the fundamentals (blocking and tackling) of the game…
The 6-Step Program To Becoming A Successful Defensive Lineman: S.O.P.
For this report I decided to write about how I teach defensive linemen to be technicians and to be fundamentally sound, so they can become the best players that they…
Weekly Preparation
Sometimes it feels like there can never be enough time in the week to properly prepare your offense for the upcoming opponent. With game tape exchanges made easier through internet…
The Different Personalities of the Zone Read
Last month, the focus was on Zone Read with a lead blocker. This month we will continue the focus on zone read, but see how it can be packaged with…
Shoring Up Your Sprint-Out Protection
If you run any sprint-out pass plays, you have probably run into the problem of the defense playing a wide DE or walking up an OLB to the edge so…
Coaching the Gap-Exchange vs. the Zone Read
In these modern times, the zone read has become one of the most heavily discussed plays in football. Many collegiate and high school offenses are built around it as their…
Where You Are is the Best Place to be
I didn’t realize it at the time, but my college coach was a legend – or at least well on his way to becoming one. I went to Centre College…
Organizing Your Notes From “Clinic Season”
It’s clinic season and whatever clinics you go to, schools you visit, coaches you talk to or magazine articles you read, you are sure to have a bunch of notes…
Defensive Line Fundamentals
IT ALL STARTS UP FRONT! What follows below are the basics for our defensive line play at Cornell. The base progression format has been taken from a common defensive line…