by Terry Shea, Quarterbacks Coach First and foremost, quarterback is a leadership position. Until that base is covered, all the measurables such as height, weight, speed and arm strength become secondary. Quarterbacks who become leaders at all levels of football are bright individuals and they are tough. The quarterback position is complex and the game ...
Ask any high school athletic director or coach “What’s your biggest challenge?” and among the top three most likely responses is “parents.” Whether it’s arguing about their kids’ playing time, offering unsolicited coaching advice, or displaying inappropriate behavior during games, parents can certainly pose a challenge. Aimed at helping coaches and athletic directors work effectively ...
Before running a drill that teaches technique, coaches need to do the following: 1. Name the drill. 2. Explain the skill or skills to be taught. 3. Position the players correctly. 4. Explain what the drill will accomplish. 5. Identify the command that will start the drill, such as a snap count or “Hut.” 6. ...
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, ...
You have heard that hindsight is 20/20 vision, and to that I must agree. In fact, I have almost X-ray vision as it pertains to looking backward. As an old coach, I now have what the old-timers used to call “perspective,” which interpreted, means, wisdom shaped by pain and time. In the spring of 1992 ...
Moving up or moving on in your football coaching career? Either way, the American Football Coaches Association can help. The AFCA is launching a new interactive job board Nov. 15 on its website, www.afca.com. With its focus on the football coaching profession, the AFCA Job Board offers its members – and the football coaching profession ...
Three of the top four teams lost this past weekend, causing a shakeup in the AFCA Division II Coaches’ Top 25 Poll. North Alabama moves up to the top spot this week after then-No. 1 Northwest Missouri State lost to new No. 8 Pittsburg State (Kan.), 38-35, in the Fall Classic at Arrowhead Stadium. This ...
It seems that lately football has become a tool to be used for gaining financial stability, an avenue to bargain over with contracts and a means to interject a counter-cultural statement. Major college head football coaches are losing their jobs not because they always have bad seasons, but as a result of lost revenue, character ...
With football season set to kick off soon, a new iPhone app is making practices and game-day planning much easier for anxious youth football coaches. The app, Go Coach Football, is compatible with the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. It is highlighted by a skills feature that provides step-by-step instructions for executing 38 offensive, defensive, ...
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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