

Coach and Coordinator Podcast
Keith Grabowski
Keith Grabowski interviews the most knowledgeable head coaches, coordinators, and position coaches from professional, college, and high school football. Keith and his guests discuss the philosophy, concepts, schemes, and strategies that they have learned throughout their careers. Each show includes a specific idea that can be applied to help coaches at every level find the winning edge.
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Nov 29, 2022 • 40min
Teach Tapes - The Scoring Zone
Keith and Steve finish their walk of the field in the Scoring Zone discussing each area and the strategy, schemes and techniques that help the offense and defense achieve their objectives Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 28, 2022 • 59min
Beat Burnout and Enhance Your Performance as a Coach – Dr. Erik Korem, AIM7
Dr. Erik Korem, Founder and CEO of AIM7, joins the podcast again with some eye-opening data as well as simple, practical ways coaches can enhance performance while remaining physically and mentally healthy in a demanding profession.*AIM7 is coming to Coach and Coordinator Podcast*We are organizing a coaching group specifically for Coach and Coordinator Podcast listeners, using the AIM7 app to improve our physical and mental well-being to beat burnout and enhance performance as a coach. Join our host Keith Grabowski, who is leading this group, and benefit from the life- and career-changing lessons that AIM7 teaches its users.SIGN UP for this exclusive opportunity at https://www.aim7.com/coach-and-coordinator-podcastShow Notes:Stress Fallacies
Don’t Manage Stress
Build Capacity to Adapt to More Stress
Stress Is the Gateway to Growth
Mental and Physical Stress Is One Input
The Price to Be Paid for Stress
The Positive Impact of Starting Your Day with Sunlight
Five Pillars to Build More Stress Capacity
Sleep
Restore and Regenerate
The Brain’s Detoxification System
Get 7-9 Hours Every Night
Three Key Behaviors: Duration, Timing, Consistency
The Benefits of Moderate Caffeine Intake
Mental Fitness
Be Consciously Present and Process Information without Bias
Attention Is the Currency of Performance
The Myth that the Best in the World Do Not Feel Pressure
How to Train Mindfulness
Eight Weeks of Mindfulness Reduces Anxiety by 30%
Exercise
Exercise Training Improves General Stress Resilience
Two Types of Exercise Everyone Needs: Aerobic and Resistance Training
Even Moderate Aerobic Exercise (150-300 Minutes per Week) Reduces All Cause Mortality by 25%
Walking Alone Won’t Get It Done
Aim for 45 Minutes of Resistance Training Twice per Week
Nutrition
Eat an Anti-Inflammatory Diet
Repair Tissues and Lower Systemic Inflammation Which Causes Disease
Significantly Impact Testosterone Levels
Recommendations Include: High-Quality Fish Oil, Nuts and Seeds, Multi-Colored Fruits and Vegetables
A Plant-Based Diet Is OK, But Supplement with Leucine
Community
Engage in Healthy Relationships
Have a Community Outside of Work
Life Is Not Meant to Be Lived Alone
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Nov 26, 2022 • 49min
Defense With DC -The Importance Of Rivalries - Ohio State - Michigan
On this episode of the Defense with DC, Keith and Dan discuss the importance of rivalries to our game as well as explore ideas on how to approach a game like this on defense and specifically take a look at OSU-Michigan defenses.
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Nov 22, 2022 • 49min
Create Your Culture Playbook - Brian Kight
In this episode of the Coach and Coordinator podcast, Brian Kight joins the show to discuss all things culture. Kight, the CEO of DailyDiscipline.com, discusses why culture is so much more than posters on the wall and why coaches need to have a plan for establishing culture—the same way they have a plan for installing offenses and defenses.
SHOW NOTES
• 2:00 Who is coaching the coaches?
• 3:38 Why business is the inverse of sports
• 5:48 Why culture is more than just posters on the wall
• 7:41 The three things that comprise culture
• 11:03 "Core Values" and why they're harder to install than any offense
• 13:10 Culture does not exist to make people feel good
• 15:15 Need for a system for culture
• 19:20 Coach quiz
• 25:21 Getting started with building a culture system
• 29:49 Why assistant coaches are critical to culture
• 32:53 Not everyone will buy into your culture—and why that's OK
• 36:38 No BCD: Blame, complain, defend
• 40:40 The importance of responses (E + R = O)
• 46:05 Establishing a performance pathway
• 51:16 Resources for HS coaches Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 18, 2022 • 29min
Teach Tapes - Winning 3rd Down
On this week's episode of TeachTapes we continue our walk down the field and discuss open field 3rd down with all of the variations, thinking about strategy and technique from both sides of the ball. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 17, 2022 • 35min
Defense With DC - 3 Safety Defense
On this week's episode of Defense with DC we put the focus on the three safety defense, taking a look specifically at TCU's play against Texas. We also give this week's option tips with ND against Navy as the examples.
Shownotes:
-Homer Smith on evolution of the game
-The 3-safety defense in its early days
-New Mexico "Lobo" with Brian Urlacher
-Offense always has the pen last - patterns of change in football
-Today's pass concepts negate a great rush
-The guy who can make it right in the 3-Safety Defense
-Flawed thought on thinking you can run against it
-Run fits - dead key the guard
-LB friendly
-Why plays with pullers are not great answers
-Run right at it
-Texas use of unbalanced
-Back end - TCU coverages
-Why ISU created this structure
-ND vs. Navy Option Tips
-Caution in using multiple fronts
-Using safeties vs. corners
-Don't create vertical seams
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Nov 16, 2022 • 32min
Mushroom Society-Blending Past & Present Methods of Learning - Thom McDaniels, Ohio HS HOF Coach
After an illustrious 26-year head coaching career, Thom McDaniels is still impacting the next generation of football players and coaches. Some may mostly know him as the father of Las Vegas Raiders Head Coach Josh McDaniels and Houston Texans passing game coordinator/quarterback coach Ben McDaniels. But Thom McDaniels himself truly has had a Hall of Fame career. He earned the USA Today and Nike National Coach of the Year award in 1997. In that same season, Coach McDaniels led Canton (Ohio) McKinley to a state title and a national championship.
Today Coach McDaniels joins us to discuss how we learned the game in the past can be applied today.
Twitter:
@TheCOOLClinic
@thomas_tmcdwgh
@CoachKGrabowski
Related:
Thom McDaniels - Why HS Football Matters
https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/why-high-school-football-works-thom-mcdaniels-ohio-hs-hall-of-fam-coach
Thom McDaniels - How to be a head coach
Mushroom Society Series:
https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/sets/mushroom-society
C.O.O.L. Clinic Speakers Playlist:
https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/sets/the-c-o-o-l-clinic-speakers
C.O.O.L. Clinic Channel on Coachtube:
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Nov 14, 2022 • 24min
The OC Office Hour - Play Calling Strategy From Homer Smith
On today's episode of the OC Office Hour Series, Keith shares Homer Smith's strategies for play calling. He wrote these in his book "Handbook for Coaching the Football Passing Attack" in 1970 but they are as applicable as ever today.
Coach Smith ideas provide food for thought in how you approach calling plays and can provide some clarity in using the game plan you work all week long to prepare.
Related:
Be Your Own Futurist - The Game Continues to Change, Reflecting on Homer Smith's Thoughts
https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/be-your-own-futurist-the-game-continues-to-change-reflecting-on-homer-smiths-thoughts-61022-857-am
How to Train as a Play Caller - George Allen
https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/how-to-train-as-a-play-caller-from-how-to-train-a-quarterback-by-george-allen-hall-of-fame-coach-122421-1211-pm
OC Office Hour Playlist:
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Nov 11, 2022 • 18min
Train More Efficiently This Off Season with VR Drills and Simulations
The GoArmy Edge app can revolutionize the way you practice. On today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, our host Keith Grabowski details how the app can be used for every position on the football field.
1:22 Usefulness of the Go Army Edge app
3:10 Offensive line
5:23 Quarterback
7:07 Receiver
7:40 Running back
9:48 Defensive backs
10:06 Linebackers
11:01 Defensive line
11:41 Special Teams
12:40 Simple use of the technology
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Nov 9, 2022 • 27min
Defense With DC - Half-Time Adjustments, Georgia Defense, Defending Zone Dive
On this week's episode of Defense with DC, we discuss half-time adjustments, take a look at how Georgia defended Tennessee's high-powered offense, and discuss our weekly tips to defend the option.
Shownotes:
-Halftime adjustments format
-Stealing time
-Address problems with things that were practiced
-Example- closing the middle of the field with fire zones
-Example - open side run
-No new coverages
-Get the formational hit chart
-Decision to make calls from the box or from the field - who best communicates with the players
-Peel back the game plan
-Creating formational blitzes
-Having blitzes to attack certain things
-Georgia coverage vs. Tennessee - taking away space
-4is knocking the tackles back setting these from the inside out
-Georgia’s man coverage
-Hash divider rules
-Option tips
-Tight 9 to spill the G-Lead play
-4is siting on horn blocks as a QB player - what does it open for the offense
-Everything you do with your line and linebackers is being watched
-Defending the zone dive play
-Recognizing the difference between a midline path and a zone dive path
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