Football Toolbox

Football is the ultimate team game. No sport requires so many individuals to work together in order for the team to be successful.  No sport demands more of its players physically and mentally. No sport requires more of its coaches. Football coaches have more skills, concepts and philosophies to teach than other sports.  Football coaches make more decisions during a game that influence winning and losing. In short football coaches simply have more responsibilities than other coaches.

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Championship winning coaches are great teachers and great students. The Football Toolbox is a site that we have designed to help football coaches improve their program. We are not going to tell you how to coach. We are going to provide you with as many tools as possible for you to choose from. 

You will find a vast resource of offensive and defensive schemes, ideas about special teams, strength and conditioning plans, motivational ideas, team building  activities and anything else we think might help you with the very difficult job of coaching a football team.

We will provide you with ideas from a wide variety of successful coaches.  Study, evaluate and decide what you can use and what you cannot.  But you will build your own program.  You will build your own culture.  You will fail or succeed based on the decisions that you make.

Shifts and Motions in the Quick Screen Game

The screen package allows you to neutralize pressure, attack from sideline to sideline, and find creative ways to get your players the ball in space. In the video clip below veteran coach at the high school, college, and professional level Shawn Liotta shares two ways that he … View this post

Notre Dame Punt Block

Do you set up for the return or go try to block the punt? Notre Dame Special Teams Coach Brian Mason no longer asks the question. The answer is...He Tries to Block Every Punt Every Time. His philosophy is that if he tries to block every punt at the very least he will … View this post

Creating Havoc

The key to stopping scoring drives is to create negative plays. In the clip below Baylor Defensive Coordinator, Ron Roberts shares an analytical breakdown of the impact of negative plays and the need to create Havoc on defense. The data shows that dives at the FBS level … View this post

Adjustments to Beat the Tite Front

The  RPO has worked its way into just about every type of offense at every level. Defensive Coordinators have responded with the Tite Front and it’s variations to defend against the inside zone and RPO. So now its time for the offense to make adjustments to attack the Tite … View this post