Early Season Game Planning Tips
Mike Judy, Dan Carrel, and Dante Bartee share insights into early season game planning. While their focus is more on the defensive side of the ball, their approach works in any phase of the game.
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Creating Buy-In and Playing to Strengths for a Strong Start
Mike Elder, Tyler Roehl, and Todd Drury provide ideas with examples of the little things we can do to create the buy-in needed to get the season started off with a strong foundation with players and coaches aligned in the culture.
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A Strong Foundation for the Start of the Season
Pete Shinnick, Scotty Walden, and Loren Johnson share tips to ensure a positive start to the season that is aligned with the culture and values lived during all times of the year.
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Setting Goals and Narrowing Down Your Early Season Offense
Josh Herring, Kyle Ohradzansky, and Jay Wilkinson share the achievable goals they set for their offenses going into week one, plus how they pare down an entire camp install to something most effective on game day.
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Build Identity and Play Complementary Football
Tommy Zagorski talks about the importance of establishing an identity early in the season, playing complementary football in all phases, and simulating situations in practice.
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Fine-Tuning as Camp Ends and the Season Begins
Deonte Gibson, Steven Ciocci, and Jeremy Hawkins share their thoughts on the transition from camp into the season. They dig into the things that are most important to them as they make final decisions on the schemes and personnel that give them the best opportunity to win in week one.
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Installing Procedures and Starting the In-Season Routine
Morgan Scalley and Jonathan Himebauch point out the details coaches need to execute when making the transition from camp to week 1, including how to practice well on the first day of school and how to clearly communicate the week 1 depth chart and expectations.
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Optimal Performance in Week 1 and Throughout the Season
Kirk Fridrich, head coach of Union High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, details how he winds down camp to prepare for week one, as well as how he sets the Redhawks’ practice weeks up for the season.
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Work Your Special Teams with a Kicking Scrimmage
In this episode of The Season, host Keith Grabowski goes into his coaching notebook to talk about practicing special teams, specifically running an entire scrimmage around third down offense/defense and the kicking game.
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Developing the Young Guys in Camp
Loren Johnson and Jordan Hogan explain how they prioritize young players in their programs, motivate them in camp by building activities around them, and include the older players in the development.
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