Coaching Tips

Best of Coach and Coordinator: Building a Strong Player-Coach Relationship

Listen On: On this “Best of Coach and Coordinator” episode, we share simple ideas from five coaches on how to build a strong player-coach relationship. These methods can be incorporated at any level and require only the focus and work of the coach to build the bonds that lead to individual, unit, and team success….

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Best of Coach and Coordinator: Coaching Is Teaching

Listen On: On this “Best of Coach and Coordinator” episode, host Keith Grabowski shares the insights of ten coaches on teaching the game. Understanding that coaching is teaching is such an important part of this profession, and it is what makes all schemes and diagrams come to life. As Coach Bob Wylie has reminded us…

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Best of Coach and Coordinator: What It Means to Play Fast, Featuring Andrew Coverdale, St. Xavier High School (OH)

In this “best of” episode from our archives, Andrew Coverdale, a 12x State Champion Coach, digs into teaching players to play fast within any offense or style of play.

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OC Office Hour with Jaime Elizondo: Approaching the Game with a Situational Focus

Jaime Elizondo, Offensive Coordinator for XFL San Antonio, shares practical tips for communicating, using analytics, and repping pressure moments to master situational football. Listen On: “That’s really what football is… As the game goes on, we just want to stack the odds in our favor.”– Jaime Elizondo at 7:12 Jaime Elizondo returns to the XFL…

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OC Office Hour with Tony Franklin: Looking in the Mid-Season Mirror

Tony Franklin, former FBS offensive coordinator, teaches how to evaluate your team at the season midpoint, the indicators for reality, the mark of great leadership, and other pearls of wisdom. Listen On: “If you coach details and you let nothing slide, you will be the best that you can be.”– Tony Franklin at 8:26  Tony…

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The Mushroom Society with Bob Wylie: Blitz Pick-Up, Featuring Kyle Caskey

Kyle Caskey joins Bob Wylie to share stories from their NFL experiences, while discussing blitz pick-up, help systems, how to coach protections, player-coach relationships, and more.

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Coach and Coordinator Podcast Transcripts: Teach Tapes with Steve Hauser (Week 4): It’s All About the Ball

Coach Hauser showcased many drills deployed by NFL coaches to practice ball security and takeaways.

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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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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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