{"id":13977,"date":"2026-03-11T20:19:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T20:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coachandcoordinator.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=13977"},"modified":"2026-03-12T17:08:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T17:08:49","slug":"justin-lustig-special-teams-buy-in-lfg","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/coachandcoordinator.com\/?podcast=justin-lustig-special-teams-buy-in-lfg","title":{"rendered":"The Give &#8211; Building Buy-In and Total Effort &#8211; Justin Lustig, Special Teams Coordinator, Penn State"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this episode of <strong>The Give<\/strong>, Penn State Special Teams Coordinator <strong>Justin Lustig<\/strong> shares a free lesson on what it takes to build real buy-in on special teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lustig explains why special teams must connect to winning, how culture shapes the phase, and why \u201ctotal effort\u201d has to show up from the start of the rep to the finish. 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