Injured? Safe Technique to Speed Recovery
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Dr. Raymond J. Petras specializes in elite sports performance and injury management. He is an international lecturer, author, professor, researcher and world cup team doctor. His work encompasses most sports from young amateur athletes, Olympic and professional, as well as the business and the medical communities. Listed below is the first of a five part series on health and injuries and how football coaches—at all levels--can benefit.
Injur... more
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Still Going Strong
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On November 8, 2003, Saint John’s University football coach John Gagliardi became America’s winningest collegiate coach. St. John’s of Collegeville, MN defeated Bethel College, 29-26, giving the Johnnies the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title and Gagliardi his 409th career victory. The win broke the record of 408 by Grambling’s Hall of Fame Coach Eddie Robinson.
Now, fast forward. Seven years later—heading into the 2010 season... more
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A Coach You’ve Probably Never Heard Of (Part X)
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Kevin Donley has established himself as one of the most successful head coaches in the country. He has taken two different programs to national prominence and, in the process, won a national championship and national coach of the year honors. This fall he begins his 13th season as head coach at the University of Saint Francis, an NAIA college in Ft. Wayne, IN.
Donley played as an undergraduate at Anderson College (1970-1973), returned to his... more
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Technology Tools: Computer Software That Brings Your Play Diagrams to Life. Use coaching technology to your advantage with computer software that brings your
play diagrams to life.
Technological advances have had a significant impact on football and coaching, especially in how plays are developed and illustrate..... more
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Letter from AFM Before St. Thomas Aquinas’ trip to Ohio to play in the annual Kirk Herbstreit event last season, Head Coach George Smith wanted to be prepared. So he flew to Columbus and walked through his team’s itinerary – from the moment they..... more
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3 Complementary Plays To The Wishbone Triple OptionThe wishbone triple option play is the base play within the greater wishbone triple option offensive philosophy. As its name indicates, it is actually three plays in one. There is a dive option to the fullback, a quarterback keep off-tackle option..... more
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Drills Report: The Skill Drill: The Zone Read, Tunnel Screen and Bubble Screen The Skill Drill was born out of necessity and has become a constant in our practices. My dislike of players standing around during practice helped create this drill sequence. When your players learn the pattern of this drill, practice reps will go..... more
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Developing Key Reads for Your Defensive Backs As the secondary coach at Lehigh University, I usually get 20-25 minutes of individual time on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in season. My goal each week is to optimize my time. In doing so, I spend about ten minutes a day on footwork and ball drills...... more
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Speed Report: What’s Often Overlooked When Teaching Football Speed Skills Biomechanics, physiology and motor learning must blend together and not be looked at as separate bodies of application. My objective for this article is to bridge the gaps between certain aspects of training norms and application considerations th..... more
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Coach to CoachThe 2010 season will be my 20th as a Head Coach and/or Offensive Coordinator at both the high school and college levels. I have coached a lot of games in that stretch and held ten times as many practices. I started playing football in 1976 and haven’..... more
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Strength Report: Lamar’s Off-Season Strength and Conditioning Program The Lamar football program begins play in 2010 after a 21-year layoff. As the first Sport Performance Director in school history, it has been my task to develop and implement a speed, power, strength, agility, flexibility, and conditioning program..... more
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