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Offensive Coordinator 101: Defensive Keys and How to Take Advantage of Them We hope you find the information shared here useful in your journey as a coach. Feel free to explore our other content and leave comments or reach out if you have any questions. This post is part of our series on Offensive Coordinator 101. We have discussed topics such as defensive alignments and coverage in previous posts. Today, we will focus on defensive keys and how offensive coordinators can exploit them. If you're looking for more in-depth information, check out the Offensive Coordinator Academy at https://offens ..read more

Understanding Gap Down Backer in Wing T Offense Today, I want to discuss a term that might have confused you in the past - Gap Down Backer. Once you study the Wing T language and understand the terminology, it becomes pretty simple. In this post, I will explain what Gap Down Backer means and provide some tips that we teach our kids. What is Gap Down Backer? First things first, let's define the term. Gap Down Backer is a blocking concept used in many offensive schemes, including the Wing T offense. The main idea is to have the offensive linemen and other blockers work together to block defender ..read more

This is an article that ran in Headsets by Brent Morrison: LET COACHES COACH Typically my article is geared more towards offense, but this one will be more focused towards workload distribution.  I specifically remember walking into my first coaches meeting at every job as an assistant coach.  I looked around the room and saw all the other coaches with more experience and tenure than me and thought I would be getting coffee for everyone else.  As a coordinator and head coach it is our responsibility to develop these coaches and give them a clear role.  When I first took ove ..read more

This is an article that ran in Headsets by Tony Holler: Feed the Cats celebrates speed and athleticism. The development of “Apex Predators” requires 1) sprinting fast, 2) lifting heavy, 3) jumping high, and 4) jumping far. To create apex predators, coaches must prioritize performance over “the grind”. Grind as a verb refers to crushing or grinding things into smaller and smaller particles until there is almost nothing left. THE GRIND (noun) refers to dull, hard work. In order to value performance over “dull, hard work”, you must build a foundation of rest, recovery, and sleep. Tired is the ene ..read more

This is an article in Headsets by John Torrey Willie Mays will forever be remembered as #24.  Rickey Henderson wore #24 in honor of Mays, who was his childhood hero.  Ken Griffey, Jr. wore #24 to honor his hero, Rickey Henderson.  While each of these men are enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, the #24 remains part of baseball and its legacy lives on for future generations of athletes yet to come. Each season, jersey numbers are issued to every member of a team. Athletes forge their identity through the number issued to them, which ..read more

This is an article that ran in Headsets from Tony Holler: Ten Survival Tips For Coaches I grew up in a coach’s house and witnessed the toll that coaching takes on a family. My father coached for 47 years and won 644 games as a high school and college basketball coach. By the time I was 15, my dad had coached at five schools and we had moved four times. By then, we were treading water financially. Our family car was a broken-down station wagon with a defective gas gauge and a dented driver’s side door that wouldn’t open. Needless to say, I didn’t drive to my prom. My mom was the glue that hel ..read more

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