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Teach Tapes with Steve Hauser (Week 4): It’s All About the Ball – Security and Takeaways

As teams extend deeper into the season, competition levels increase and margins between wins and losses narrow. This week, Coach Hauser discusses practice drills to reduce and generate more takeaways, creating more wins on gameday.

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Defense with DC (Week 4): Self-Scouting the Game Plan

The Defensive Coordinator for the USFL’s Michigan Panthers shares his self-scouting lessons learned for optimizing practice efficiency, preparing for opponents’ adjustments, as well as his weekly tips to defend the option – this week from a four-down structure.

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OC Office Hour with AJ Smith: Dissecting the Emerging Trends of the 2022 Football Season

The OC of the XFL Houston franchise reveals the newest wrinkles he’s observed, including the evolution of RPO schematics, condensed formations, and leverage beaters.

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The Mushroom Society with Bob Wylie: Five as One, Featuring Jonathan Himebauch

Jonathan Himebauch, fresh off coaching the Birmingham Stallions to a USFL Championship, trades stories with Bob Wylie about building the OL room and culture throughout the season.

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Teach Tapes with Steve Hauser (Week 3): How to Find and Create Opportunity

On this week’s iteration of Teach Tapes, we review Week 2 of the college football season and sprinkle in some thoughts on the NFL and high school football as well.

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Defense with DC (Week 3): Learning from the Texas-Alabama Game

On this week’s episode, Dan Carrel, DC of the Michigan Panthers, discusses teachable moments and takeaways from the Texas-Alabama game, as well as weekly tips to defend the option.

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OC Office Hour with John Tomlinson: Creating a QB-Friendly Offense

The Pittsburgh Maulers OC discusses all ingredients required for a QB-friendly offense, developing the number two, self-scouting, impactful meetings, and when to break tendencies.

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Figure It Out with Mike Westhoff, Retired NFL Special Teams Coach

The former coach at the Colts, Dolphins, Jets, and Saints, shares lessons from his 32 NFL seasons, diving into the influence of Don Shula, how to make the game safer, and why creativity matters.

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Teach Tapes with Steve Hauser (Week 2): Take Care of Technique

Coach Hauser offers tips and drills for improvement after a week that saw plenty of teachable special teams moments, including 26 blocked punts and 23 blocked or missed kicks.

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Defense with DC (Week 2): Installing a System for Pass Rush Lanes

The DC of the USFL’s Michigan Panthers is back to talk more defense. Coach Carrel shares ideas for best utilizing the seven possible pass rush lanes, third down sims, and option force.

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