Coach and Coordinator Podcast

Chris Wolfe, the head coach at Male High School(Louisville, Ky.), is today’s guest on the Coach and Coordinator podcast. He discusses creating competition in practice and why he has embraced shoulder tackling. Show notes 1:05 Wolfe’s “good on good” practice philosophy 5:07 Adapting based on the opponent 8:14 Offense throughout the season 10:54 Breaking tendencies 12:50 Approach on hitting in practice 17:05 The winning edge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's "In the NZone" Keith and Noel discuss game planning formation into the boundary plays including Noel's favorites and the use of tempo with FIB, Ole Miss explosives and how they make the opponent defend the whole field, Wake Forest's slow mesh rpo game and how they've mixed traditional read game/rpo, as well as a discussion on how the way defenses and offenses have evolved. The Wake Forest RPO Clinic is available here: https://bit.ly/2XC4F2N Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s another week of looking at some possible adjustments, tweaks, and wrinkles to keep your offense and defense rolling. Offense We are hitting mid-season and teams have gotten a chance to see what you do. They are studying you on film and trying to hone in on your tendencies. The last thing you want is your offense to bog down. Finding a way to pick up a chunk of yardage or even a touchdown at a critical time can help propel your team towards its goals. Adding a screen to what you already do can be a great way to get an explosive play and break a tendency. If you already run screens, you can make your screen game more multiple or add a screen to some of your best runs, passes, or even add to a wrinkle that you have already added. Defensively, it's not necessarily about adding another blitz or stunt but refining the ones you have. This involves identifying techniques which can be improved and focusing on how you can work those in practice. On special teams it is also about refinement by identifying a phase of each special teams unit which can be working in individual or group periods in practice. Resources recommended in this podcast: Joe Davis "All Position Screen Game" https://bit.ly/3f4CMGc Josh Herring "Attitude Passes" https://bit.ly/3zpLhD6 Dave Cohen "Defensive Line Movement" https://bit.ly/39nINuo Scott Fountain "4 Phases of Punt Return" https://bit.ly/3tWSr0Q Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Keith Grabowski shares the importance of having a clock management specialist. Have you assigned this position on your staff? You should. Keith details how the clock management specialist can make a difference in winning and losing. Get someone going on that this weekend. More notes and updates to follow later this weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, The Game Plan, features former coach Terry Shea, who does consulting work for future NFL Draft prospects. He’s served as the Chicago Bears offensive coordinator as well as quarterbacks coach for the Kansas City Chiefs, Miami Dolphins and St. Louis Rams. The Game Plan is a weekly in-season feature that shares thematic ideas that can help coaches and teams once the season begins. Today’s focus will be “next man up,” 1:15 How to get quarterbacks ready to step-in 4:46 Ideas for how many plays the backup quarterbacks need to know 7:07 Regularly inserting the backup QB into games 8:52 The evolution of the “wildcat” 12:02 Rotating players to let them rest 13:43 Increasing practice reps 16:12 Using virtual reality and simulations to get mental reps 18:14 Practice 2-minute drills with backups 20:19 Coaching staff needs to help raise team morale and confidence Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Speckman joins today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast. Speckman has more than 39 years experience in coaching football, and currently serves as the assistant head coach at UC Davis. In the podcast, he discusses halftime adjustments, game day communication, and perimeter blocking. Show notes 1:10 Effective communication on game day 3:49 Process for making halftime adjustments 7:06 Delegating coaching staff duties and recruiting volunteers 10:56 How to share information with players 13:50 Practicing perimeter blocking 17:57 The winning edge Coach Speckman courses on CoachTube: Six Keys to Beat the Defense with Fly Sweep https://bit.ly/3AgJy4l Fly Sweep: Under Center & Shotgun https://bit.ly/3AhtZJU More Episodes with Coach Speckman https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/qa-with-the-godfather-of-the-fly-offense-mark-speckman-assist-head-coach-rb-coach-at-uc-davis https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/mark-speckman-final Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s another week of In the NZone with Coach Noel Mazzone, and we discuss some of the big games from the last week and what we can learn from them as coaches. This week we discuss: -Ohio State vs. Oregon -Stretch Play -Same Side RPO -When to use same side RPO -Joe Moorhead play calling -Iowa vs. Iowa State -12% rule -Explosive play impact on a series -Planning for P10 and explosives -Stanford USC -Intellectual brutality of Stanford offense -Browns vs. Chiefs -Creativity of Andy Reid and Kevin Stefanski -Distributing the ball to playmakers -Using the run to set up shots -QB situational end of half/game execution -What separates good QB from great QB -Understanding why - player ownership -My schemes won’t win football games, my players will -Philip Rivers and the “Why” meeting -Having the what and why discussions everyday -A Quarterback vs. a play runner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hopefully your team is finding success in the Red Zone. It can make a huge difference in any game. The red zone requires some thoughts and adjustments on both sides of the ball. For the offense, vertical space is decreasing and causes them to adjust their route concepts. They look for formations and routes that help them get free of tight coverage. In the run game they look to add hats especially as a defense commits more to the run. The defense must adjust and stay out of situations where the offense is picking off defenders and getting a receiver wide open. The defense needs to be able to react quickly and commit to stopping the run. Both sides of the call must have a plan and execute if they want to win on this part of the field. Today we share adjustments for each side of the ball in the Red Zone. Offense: -QB run with Swing Screen -Swing Screen action adjustment vs OLB causing issues -Empty with multiple quicks/hots -Using Zone run/pass pro vs. pressure -Play action Defense: -Alignment to not get picked -Adjusting coverage in the red zone -Using bracket vs. condensed splits Resources from this episode on CoachTube: Tim Zetts - Red Zone Perimeter Concepts: Joe Conlin - Attacking the Blitz with Inside Zone: https://bit.ly/2XenbOg Joe Moorehead - Red Zone RPOs: https://bit.ly/2WIjUXu Marvin Clecidor - Red Zone Coverage Variations: https://bit.ly/3A7o2Pn Chris Partridge - 3rd Down and Red Zone Bracket: https://bit.ly/3iTitgl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom - Socrates On this weekend episode we focus on knowing your own tendencies and what to do with that information. Self-scouting can be beneficial for any team at almost any level. Knowing your tendencies and what your opponent anticipates from you and your team can be used to your advantage. Understanding what you want to do with this information in terms of creating a game plan can help you this week or down the road later in the season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode of the Coach and Coordinator podcast, host Keith Grabowski shares one of the key concepts stressed by Mike Shanahan at the QB Collective camp this past week: how to protect the team. Grabowski shares different ways in which coaches can help to protect the team during training camp and which situations coaches and players need think about. Show Notes: -QB Collective -Mike Shanahan’s talk about install -Meaning of “protect the team” -Ways to protect team in practice – not finishing easy hits in practice -Holding receivers in practice -Interior players and defining clear systems -Pass rush -Defensive linemen -Separating aggression into specific drills -Banned drills -Team run vs. inside Run Related Content: User-804678956 – Best-of-deliberate-practice-offensive-edition User-804678956 – Best-of-deliberate-practice-defensive-edition User-804678956 – From-coaching-in-the-nfl-to-training-quarterbacks-richmond-flowers-iii-ceofounder-qb-collective Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices