As the only head football coach that Granite Bay High School (CA) has ever known, Ernie Cooper’s success can be traced to a philosophy of doing things the right way and a total immersion in an offensive system he believes in called the Fly Offense. The coach knew that when executed correctly and to its ...
In Part 1 of this series, Ernie Cooper, Head Football Coach, Granite Hay High School (CA) and described his tough-to-defend Fly Offense, told the story of why he chose to run this particular offensive scheme, what makes it difficult for opposing defenses and how to keep opponents on their heels by running different plays from ...
As the only head coach that Granite Bay HS (CA) has ever known, Ernie Cooper has built a championship-level football program through a system of consistency, hard work and the tough-to-defend Fly Offense. Cooper’s journey as the head coach at Granite Bay High School (Granite Bay, CA), tells the tale of man steadfast in his ...
No matter if it is high school, college or the pros, American football has evolved – or de-evolved, depending on your point of view – into an offensive-orientated, video-game type of sport that has rendered defenses almost helpless. And it’s time to do something about it. Fans seem to love all the high-scoring and offensive-dominated ...
Penn State University and its football program got hit hard by the NCAA. Really hard. The fall-out from Penn State’s Jerry Sandusky child-molestation scandal and its subsequent cover up has finally come home to roost in Happy Valley, Pa. The NCAA’s ruling and its ramifications are severe and impact nearly every facet of the Nittany ...
The King is dead. Long live the King. As outlined in Part 2 of the Gridiron Bracketology series, fans were ready yesterday for a 16-team, college-football playoff-tournament. So when it was announced that college football voted to abolish the old “bowl-and-poll systems” that crowned national champions in the FBS division, in favor of a new ...
Almost as soon as officials in charge of college football announced a historic agreement to discard the BCS system and implement a new, 4-team tournament-style, playoff to decide an annual national champion at the highest-level of college football (I.e., the FBS, Football Bowl Subdivision), fans and media immediately began clamoring for an expansion of the ...
On Wednesday, June 26, 2012, a group of 12 college presidents announced that a proposed tournament-playoff system for the NCAA’s largest division of college football was officially “passed into law” and would begin with a 4-team tournament to crown a champion for the 2014 season. This means that the BCS system, the end-of-year polls, the ...
At every level of football, offenses are spreading the field and passing for record numbers in terms of both yardage and points. With increasing regularity, offensive coordinators are dictating tempo, rhythm and the pace of games, while defenses seemingly struggle to adapt and keep up. In the NFL, while it might not technically be the ...
The huge buzz you’re hearing right now is emanating from Lincoln, Neb., following the announcement that Hudl acquired a significant category competitor in APEX Sports Software. This news has a huge impact on the football-technology industry, as this blockbuster announcement comes at a time when coaches are seriously evaluating their football-program’s technology, software, game-film and ...
The Oklahoma State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics has selected AstroTurf to provide two state-of-the-art fields at its nearly-completed...
Explosive speed, vertical jump and lateral speed are three essential physical attributes every player needs to be successful on...
Flexibility refers to the ability to move a joint in its full range of motion. Flexibility is controlled by...
Sporting-goods equipment and team sports uniform distributor/marketer BSN Sports signed a definitive merger agreement with Herff Jones, whereby BSN...
United Way of New York City (UWNYC), the New York Giants and the New York Jets re-teamed last night...
The American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Board of Trustees conducted its summer meeting April 29-30 in Phoenix, Arizona. Mack...
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