Defensive Back Eye Discipline- Ross Douglas, Cornerbacks Coach, Richmond

On today’s podcast, host Keith Grabowski is joined by Ross Douglas, Cornerbacks Coach at the University of Richmond. Douglas just joined the staff at Richmond in the spring of 2021, having spent the previous three years as a defensive graduate assistant at Rutgers. Ross joins the podcast today to talk about how he has been adjusting to his new job as well as go into detail on his practices. 1:31 Coach’s journey 2:56 Biggest lessons coach has learned along the way 4:50 Building relationships with players 5:43 How he adjusted to being hired late in the process this past season 6:46 Challenging parts of adjusting quickly this past season 8:21 Putting this past season to bed and how they’re moving on 9:28 Creating competition throughout practice 11:05 Evaluating each practice 12:40 Dealing with players who are struggling 13:36 Keys to getting the corners to play at a high level 15:25 Training “Eye discipline” 16:21 Working eye discipline into a specific coverage 18:00 Where to stand as a coach and working drills 19:30 Evaluation of film 20:46 Continuing to build relationships 25:10 Winning Edge

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