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Lineal Speed with Velocity Changes - A Necessary Football Acquisition
Lineal speed has a value to football speed. In fact learning to run properly for football speed must begin with lineal work. Once the lineal performance is sound then you can begin displacing momentum for football speed requirements. Lineal speed ..... more
Positive Point of View
For 20 years, U.S. Sports Video has provided football programs nationwide with technology that gives coaches better ways to analyze their teams.
Mike Bokulich was reflective as he looked over the shipping boxes that contained 125..... more
Design Practice With a Purpose; Just Make Sure You Have the Right Purpose
“Take a lap.” They’re probably the most dreaded three words in football practice history. We’ve heard them at the start of every practice from Pop Warner through high school. As players, when we labored around that quarter mile track or sandbagged..... more
CONVERSION ROUTES IN THE EMPTY OFFENSE
The Pivot and Spacing concept – easy to execute and even easier to install.
Running the empty offense has many advantages; the ability to stretch the field both horizontally and vertically, getting advantageous matchups on the perimeter ..... more
Mount Union Offensive Line
Mount Union’s run game is primarily based on the zone run play. At Mount Union, we drill the fundamentals of zone blocking at each practice. By understanding the fundamentals, our linemen are able to execute these drills in practice and use them i..... more
An In-Depth Look at High School Football Practice
American Football Monthly conducted a survey to high school football programs about the details of their practices – here are the results. We’ve included feedback from survey respondents (high school coaches) on practice circuits on tackling, turn..... more
FROM POP WARNER TO PREP SUPERIORITY
How Bill Powers, a former Pop Warner coach, has turned a small
Christian high school into a powerhouse in the football hotbed of Florida
Can’t blame Bill Powers much for pinching himself once in awhile to make sure this i..... more
Utilizing Olympic-Style Weight Lifting in the Development of Our Athletes
The High School Perspective:
By C.J. Stockel, MSED
Flowery Branch High School,
Strength & Conditioning Coordinator,
Special Teams Coordinator
The Olympic lifts and the exercises that support them ar..... more
