Offense

By Keith Grabowski   Many  teams do a great job with their formations.  Those that really want to stress a defense use shifts and motions on most plays. Some of the most successful offenses in the NFL move almost every play.  They like this because it stresses a defense in that they have to recognize, communicate and adjust. ...

  By Keith Grabowski You may want to think about your comprehensive plan for training Quarterbacks in your program grades 7-12.  Five time state champion head coach Todd Dodge does exactly that. Beginning with his 7th graders, Coach Dodge has a comprehensive plan for training quarterbacks in his program.  He explains the approach of how it starts with ...

  By Keith  Grabowski It’s a simple objective of the RPO, but in order to have a quarterback who can do that, it does take drill work and repetition. Here are 3 drill methods to get your RPO game functioning proficiently as you work your way through your installs. #1) Strip all away but those involved in the read New ...

  By Keith Grabowski One of the basic ways to get the ball to a playmaker is to either force the ball to a player with quick game or with a screen and expect him to create after the catch.   It’s not always the most productive for that playmaker.  The defense can either scheme to take that away ...

  By Keith Grabowski The one thing that North Carolina offensive coordinator Phil Longo spends a lot of time evaluating is INSTINCTIVENESS.  Coaches talk about the concept of wanting players to play fast.  The idea is that a well-trained player can play fast and without having to think much.   Phil Longo likes to call it “playing instinctually.” On the ...

By Keith Grabowski Over the last few seasons, the tite front has become all the rage in defensive circles. It is the modern-day version of the Bear front which is being utilized to to defend spread offenses You will most likely ss some version of the Tite front this season. It is important that you have go-to ...

Three Tight End RPO’s By Keith Grabowski The RPO game has already illustrated a multitude of possibilities for creating triple option offense out of any formation, personnel group, and run call.   Utilizing players that are typically involved in the blocking scheme create additional stress on the defense because defenders assigned to them are usually run first defenders.   When the ...

By Keith Grabowski You’ve just come out of a long pre season period focused on installing and drilling your playbook.  The season presents new challenges as the goal is to improve execution and technique of what you installed in the summer.   It’s good to have drills that you work throughout the season, but falling into the trap ...

By Keith Grabowski Offensive coaches love to talk about attacking every inch of the field.  In order to do that, having a perimeter run game is necessary.  The 10 personnel spread teams may utilize the bubbles and smokes as an extension of their run game, but being able to turn around and hand it to one ...

With the dominant run game of the wing-t offense, finding ways to protect the running game when the defense starts to cheat can be a huge tool to both pick-up chunks of yardage as well as get them to play honest.  As with any offense in football, the RPO is one of the best tools ...

A good defensive staff is going to know you and your offense inside and out.   They usually will not leave any stone unturned, so when something different than what they normally see from offenses shows up on film, you can bet they will spend extra time analyzing it, planning against it, and devoting meeting time and ...

By Keith Grabowski   The counter scheme can be found in just about every type of offense. Whether it’s the spread, the wing-t, or even an option offense, the scheme is effective because it creates angles for the offensive line, and flow away with backfield action Having these in your offensive arsenal can give you big play opportunities ...

Today’s presenter is Jason McManus, Offensive Coordinator at Chapman High School (SC) Coach Jason McManus was a college coach for 12 years before becoming the offensive coordinator at South Pointe High School in South Carolina. Playing in the highest classification, South Pointe won 4 consecutive state titles, had a 55-5 record including a 26-game win streak, ...

Today’s presenter is Mark Freeman, Head Coach at Thompson High School (AL) Since taking over the program in 2015, head coach Mark Freeman has built the Warriors into a national power. Prior to arriving at Thompson, Freeman led Bessemer Academy to four Alabama Independent School Association state titles and Spanish Fort to two Alabama High School ...

Today’s presenter is Rich Alercio, Varsity Head Coach at St Johnsbury Academy High School (VT) Now in his 8th year as the Head Football Coach at St Johnsbury Academy, Rich Alercio has taken the Hilltoppers to four state championship appearances. Highlighted by an undefeated 2017 State Championship season. Prior to coming to St Johnsbury, Alercio ...

Today’s presenter is Joe Sloan, Offensive Coordinator at Louisiana Tech Joe Sloan enters his second season as Louisiana Tech’s offensive coordinator and ninth overall season with the Bulldogs. He also oversees the LA Tech quarterbacks. Sloan began his Tech coaching career in 2013 as the inside receivers coach and was elevated to recruiting coordinator in 2014. In ...

Today’s presenter is Joe Sloan, Offensive Coordinator at Louisiana Tech Joe Sloan enters his second season as Louisiana Tech’s offensive coordinator and ninth overall season with the Bulldogs. He also oversees the LA Tech quarterbacks. Sloan began his Tech coaching career in 2013 as the inside receivers coach and was elevated to recruiting coordinator in 2014. In ...

Today’s presenter is Brian Haines, Special Teams Coordinator at Appalachian State Brian Haines joined head coach Shawn Clark’s staff as the running backs coach/special teams coordinator with the Mountaineers in January 2020. App State’s special teams excelled in several areas, highlighted by Jalen Virgil’s go-ahead kickoff return of 100 yards in the fourth quarter of a road ...

This post provided by Throw Deep Publishing By Alex Kirby Red Zone efficiency is usually the difference between life or death for an offense. Unless you’re hitting a ton of big plays down the field, you’ll usually find yourself in an area of the field where a some of your favorite plays may not work as well ...

Texas A&M 3rd Down Package with Justin Frye Coach Fyrw joined the UCLA football staff in February of 2018 as offensive line coach. He arrived in Westwood after serving as the run game coordinator/offensive line coach at Boston College the previous five seasons. In December of 2018, he was promoted to UCLA’s offensive coordinator / offensive ...

Texas A&M 3rd Down Package with Former North Texas head coach and longtime offensive play-caller Darrell Dickey who is currently in his second season as Texas A&M’s offensive coordinator. We are providing this drill to give you ideas on how to enhance your current practice drills. The idea is not to implement it exactly as ...

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Today’s presenter is Jason McManus, Offensive Coordinator at Chapman High School (SC). Coach Jason McManus was a college coach for 12 years before becoming the offensive coordinator at South Pointe High School in South Carolina. Playing in the highest classification, South Pointe won 4 consecutive state titles, had a 55-5 record including a 26-game win streak, ...

Today’s presenter is Steve Farmer, O-Line Coach at Texas Tech University. Coach Steve Farmer enters his second season as the offensive line coach at Texas Tech, bringing 21 years of coaching experience at the collegiate level, including nine seasons as an offensive coordinator. The purpose of this post is not to say that you should do the ...

Today’s presenter is Tony Annese, Head Coach at Ferris State University. A proven winner at all of his previous coaching stops and highly-regarded across the country, Annese took over the Bulldog program following three impressive years as the head coach at Grand Rapids Community College, which came on the heels of a highly successful 25-season stint ...

Today’s presenter is Tony Annese, Head Coach at Ferris State University. A proven winner at all of his previous coaching stops and highly-regarded across the country, Annese took over the Bulldog program following three impressive years as the head coach at Grand Rapids Community College, which came on the heels of a highly successful 25-season stint ...

Today’s presenter is Kyle Ralph, Head Coach at New Palestine High School (IN). The purpose of this post is not to say that you should do the drills exactly as they do, but that they hopefully will give you some ideas for drills to use to teach and rehearse your coaching points for your defensive backs. This ...

In the video below, Chad Hetlet, Head Coach at Glenbard West High School (IL), goes through some of the inside run game off-tackle play that he uses in their program. The purpose of this post is not to say that you should do the drills exactly as they do, but that they hopefully will give you ...

Today’s presenter is Steve Annese, OC/WR Coach at Ferris State University. The purpose of this post is not to say that you should do the drills exactly as they do, but that they hopefully will give you some ideas for drills to use to teach and rehearse your coaching points for your defensive backs. This video is ...

In the video below, Dave Christensen, O-Line Coach at Arizona State University, goes through some of the defensive back drills that he uses in their program. The purpose of this post is not to say that you should do the drills exactly as they do, but that they hopefully will give you some ideas ...