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 ...
“The Head Honcho”, “Large and in Charge”, “Numero Uno”, “The Head Man”, “The Man of the Moment”, all of these are names used over the years to describe the person who has been named the Head Coach. So, now that you are the person in charge of the football program, what comes next ? With ...
Defensive football players are the aggressive kids who love to run and make contact. If you encourage emotion in defensive players, they will become excited when they make a tackle, recover a fumble or intercepts a pass. This excitement adds to team unity, and the players will perform at a higher level. Encourage team tackling, ...
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 ...
Earlier in the fall of 2011, I wrote a blog entitled “Rescuing the Defensive Back.” Within the blog I described drills and gave coaching points to help coaches get the best out of their defensive back and develop the skills necessary for solid secondary play. Yet I realized that the first step was not found ...
By Denauld Brown, Defensive Coordinator, Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, Pa. In many conversations about pass-rush defense, you’ll hear the expression “it’s an art form” used to describe it. At any rate, it sounds good to me and there’s no doubt that I agree with what it is supposed to mean. Overall, a team’s success ...
By Denauld Brown, Defensive Coordinator, Lock Haven (Pa.) University When breaking down an offensive opponent, both in game-planning and during games, I have found it helpful to focus on one variable in the early moments. By doing focusing on one variable, you will gain sufficient information on which direction your defensive personnel should go after ...
Recent styles of offenses have forced the defensive schemes to change and new defensives like the 3-3-5 or 3-5-3 or modified 40 fronts have come into being. Yet the design of many of the new style offenses is to force the defenders to be isolated especially in the secondary. Defensive backs at all levels are ...
I can trace back to 1990, which was my first game calling plays as a coach. It was the HS frosh/soph level and we had a good group of players. My play sheet had some fullback and halfback runs, some 3-step and 5-step passes, a few play-action passes, and a couple of trick plays. There ...
In an era of fantasy football — and since no one is nominating me for the head coaching position at any college — I’d like to play fantasy coach and tell how I would lead my college football team. So here goes my interview! First, my overall goals for the team (mission statement) would be: ...
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by Terry Shea, Quarterbacks Coach First and foremost, quarterback is a leadership position. Until that base is covered, all...
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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