Coach and Coordinator Podcast

Knowing the difference between external and internal cues can greatly improve your team’s technical performance. On today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, our host Keith Grabowski briefly details how having this knowledge can make your teambetter. 1:45 External vs Internal cues 3:25 Using strength and conditioning coaches in practice 4:22 Understanding the language of external cues 7:48 Key performance indicators Related Content/References https://blogs.usafootball.com/blog/7276/advanced-tackling-fight-to-connect-kpis-arm-clamp-strength-to-stick-and-iron-grip-strong-fingers https://blogs.usafootball.com/blog/7227/advanced-tackling-system-key-performance-indicators-and-penalty-avoidance https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/training-camp-series-trends-in-teaching-tackling-with-vince-digaetano https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/training-camp-new-systems-for-lifting-and-conditioning-in-season-w-la-tech-st-coach-kurt-hester Benz, Adam, et al. “Coaching Instructions and Cues for Enhancing Sprint Performance.” Strength & Conditioning Journal 38.1 (2016): 1-11.

For the Deliberate Practice Series, Andy Ryland will join the Coach and Coordniator podcast. Ryland will detail a multitude of ways your team can emphasize certain parts of football in practice to get better. Today’s guest on the USA Football Coach and Coordinator podcast is Andy Ryland, senior manager in education and training at USA Football. While working at USA Football, he has helped develop the Heads Up Football and Master Trainer programs. Ryland has also worked in improving tackling techniques in football. Before coming to USA Football, Ryland spent time playing for the U.S. men’s rugby team. He played linebacker in college at Penn State University. Ryland and our host Keith Grabowski go over training away penalties with your squad. 3:10 Better coaching, not physical punishment 5:40 Pre-snap penalties 16:15 Holding 22:39 Pass-Interference 28:21 Targeting/Illegal Blocks 33:45 Personal Fouls Related Content https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/deliberate-practice-week-1-early-season-psychology soundcloud.com/user-804678956/sets/deliberate-practice User-804678956 – Vision-decision-action-andy-ryland-senior-manager-of-education-and-training-usa-football User-804678956 – Keith-grabowski-and-andy-ryland-discuss-the-goarmy-edge-app

In the Trends-Day series, Charlie Coiner and Zach Dunn with join our host, Keith Grabowski to discuss new trends in collegiate football as well as the NFL. These concepts and plays will be discussed in a way you can pull these ideas and apply them to your team. For today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, our host Keith Grabowski is joined by Charlie Coiner, former NFL coach and founder of First-Down Playbook and Zach Dunn, content coordinator at USA Football, moving forward in the Trends-Day series. The trio analyzes several situations from the Oklahoma versus Houston and Oregon versus Auburn. 1:13 Using unbalanced formations 5:30 Unbalanced against the tite front 10:10 The bash concept in the unbalanced 14:04 Finding plays that work 15:25 Playing against the lanes coverage Related Content https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/trends-day-stressing-the-de-wr-screen-variation-pin-pull-rpo-delay-blitz https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/trends-day-series-early-game-play-calling-for-qb-success https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/coiner-final-1-9-17-9-56-pm

Every team and coach is trying to gain an edge over their opponents. For The Edge series, Rob Everett joins the Coach and Coordinator podcast to share his philophies and ideas to give your team that edge. Rob Everett, formerly the tight ends coach of the AAF Memphis Express and defensive coordinator at Bridgewater (Va.) College, joins us the Coach and Coordinator podcast once again. For today’s show, Everett and our host, Keith Grabowski share ideas on how to evaluate players in a multitude of ways. 3:20 Keeping the evaluation process usable and effective 5:45 Productivity and play-by-play for player evaluation 11:30 Production of the unit 13:58 Team achievements and production 19:45 Individual awards for players 24:00 Evaluating schemes 29:10 Looking at ways to make evaluation more effective Related Content https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/the-edge-weed-1-prepare-to-adapt-and-adjust https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/ideas-for-awarding-helmet-decals https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/deep-dive-on-defense-playing-the-tite-front-to-all-personnel-groupings-with-rob-everett-01 https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/coach-coordinator-rob-everett-bridgewater-college-1418 https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/rob-everett-bridgewater-va

Brian Kight will be joining the Coach and Coordinator podcast for the Leadership Journey series. Kight and our host Keith Grabowski, will share ways coaches can change their mindsets and improve as leaders. On today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, our host Keith Grabowski is joined by founder of dailydiscipline.com and former CEO of Focus 3, Brian Kight. Having been on the show previously for the Leadership Journey series, Kight rejoins the show to speak on how coaches can address what they perceive to be entitlement in their players, as well as entitlement in themselves. 2:30 Influence of coaches outside of football 4:20 Coaches who feel entitled not to move forward 11:30 Uncoachable coaches 18:30 Entitlement is not old 25:30 What is entitlement 31:50 Setting standards for earning on a football team 35:40 Entitlement of experienced coaches 39:00 What does experience entitle you to? Related Content https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/leadership-journey-living-the-standard-we-set https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/sets/the-leadership-journey-with https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/sets/the-leadership-journey-with-1 https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/brian-kight-focus3 https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/brian-kight-focus-3-ceo

This is the weekly breakdown of USA Football's Coach and Coordinator Podcast Series by Keith Grabowski. These short clips highlight snippets of what the episodes from the week feature and the different guests on the show. Highlights from this week on Coach and Coordinator: Training the Brain - Get more reps for your players and units Deliberate Practice Week 1 - Early Season Psychology Trends-day: Stressing the DE, WR Screen variation, Pin& Pull RPO, Delay Blitz The Edge: Week 1 Prepare to Adapt and Adjust Leadership Journey: Living the Standard We Set Check out our systems for skill development in blocking, defeating blocks, and tackling at footballdevelopment.com Follow us daily on Twitter for content and interaction @FBDevCoach Checkout X's and O's analysis at USA Football Blogs blogs.usafootball.com

The GoArmy Edge app can revolutionize the way you practice. On today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, our host Keith Grabowski details how the app can be used for every position on the football field. He and Coach Rob Everett will continue to talk about the uses of the app in The Edge series during the season. 1:22 Usefulness of the Go Army Edge app 3:10 Offensive line 5:23 Quarterback 7:07 Receiver 7:40 Running back 9:48 Defensive backs 10:06 Linebackers 11:01 Defensive line 11:41 Special Teams 12:40 Simple use of the technology Related Content https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/the-edge-weed-1-prepare-to-adapt-and-adjust https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/keith-grabowski-and-andy-ryland-discuss-the-goarmy-edge-app https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/dynamic-presentations-and-virtual-reality-for-more-effective-coaching https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/air-raid-analytics-and-virtual-reality

For the Deliberate Practice Series, Andy Ryland will join the Coach and Coordniator podcast. Ryland will detail a multitude of ways your team can emphasize certain parts of football in practice to get better. Today’s guest on the USA Football Coach and Coordinator podcast is Andy Ryland, senior manager in education and training at USA Football. While working at USA Football, he has helped develop the Heads Up Football and Master Trainer programs. Ryland has alsoworked in improving tackling techniques in football. Before coming to USA Football, Ryland spent time playing for the U.S. men’s rugby team. He played linebacker in college at Penn State University. Starting off the second round of the Deliberate Practice Series, Ryland and our host Keith Grabowski go over incorporating the psychology of football into your practices early on in the season. 2:10 Psychological stress on game day versus during practice 5:50 Adding sudden change into practice 11:10 Situational sudden change and communication for offense and defense 18:35 Special teams sudden change 19:30 Practicing half time/delays 22:55 Using sudden changes for game planning 27:45 Don’t forget about yourself and the coaching staff Related Content https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/sets/deliberate-practice https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/vision-decision-action-andy-ryland-senior-manager-of-education-and-training-usa-football https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/keith-grabowski-and-andy-ryland-discuss-the-goarmy-edge-app https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/keith-grabowski-and-andy-ryland-discuss-the-goarmy-edge-app

In the Trends-Day series, Charlie Coiner and Zach Dunn with join our host, Keith Grabowski to discuss new trends in collegiate football as well as the NFL. These concepts and plays will be discussed in a way you can pull these ideas and apply them to your team. For today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, our host Keith Grabowski is joined by Charlie Coiner, former NFL coach and founder of First-Down Playbook and Zach Dunn, content coordinator at USA Football, moving forward in the Trends-Day series. The trio analyzes several plays from the Miami versus Florida and Hawaii versus Arizona games this past weekend. 1:30 Starting out the zone read where it becomes speed option 3:35 Creating the angle for the blockers 5:47 Receiver screen but receivers turn into blockers immediately 8:26 Responding to the screen from a defensive perspective 10:15 Arizona vs. Hawaii – Pin and Pull with the RPO 13:08 What makes shallow crossers effective against man coverage 15:15 The pin and pull trend developing 16:40 How the pin and pull stretches a defense 19:35 Coaching delayed blitzes 22:54 Using opponent’s scheme and technique against them with delayed blitzes Related Content https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/trends-day-series-early-game-play-calling-for-qb-success https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/coiner-final-1-9-17-9-56-pm https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/the-edge-weed-1-prepare-to-adapt-and-adjust https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/leadership-journey-living-the-standard-we-set

Every team and coach is trying to gain an edge over their opponents. For The Edge series, Rob Everett joins the Coach and Coordinator podcast to share his philophies and ideas to give your team that edge. Rob Everett, formerly the tight ends coach of the AAF Memphis Express and defensive coordinator at Bridgewater (Va.) College, joins us the Coach and Coordinator podcast once again. For today’s show, Everett and our host, Keith Grabowski share thoughts and ideas on week one preparation and the use of the GoArmy Edge app. 2:10 Week one preparation for Rob Everett 5:20 Preparation for multiple scenarios week one 10:02 Planning a different dynamic to strategize and make it about your team 15:25 How to prepare your team to mentally adjust and adapt 18:00 Using virtual reality to improve the thinking of your players 21:15 The GoArmy Edge app Related Content https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/dynamic-presentations-and-virtual-reality-for-more-effective-coaching https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/air-raid-analytics-and-virtual-reality https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/the-impact-on-teaching-and-technology-in-coaching-rob-everett https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/analytics-to-improve-tackling-and-scheme-rob-everett https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/deep-dive-on-defense-playing-the-tite-front-to-all-personnel-groupings-with-rob-everett-01 https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/coach-coordinator-rob-everett-bridgewater-college-1418 https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/rob-everett-bridgewater-va https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/rob-everett-bridgewater-college-virginia

Brian Kight will be joining the Coach and Coordinator podcast for the Leadership Journey series. Kight and our host Keith Grabowski, will share ways coaches can change their mindsets and improve as leaders. On today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, our host Keith Grabowski is joined by founder of dailydiscipline.com and former CEO of Focus 3, Brian Kight. Having been on the show previously for the Leadership Journey series, Kight rejoins the show to speak on how coaches can set the standard for their players at any level, and how he sets the standard in his professional and personal life. 1:10 Moving from Focus 3 to Daily Discipline 6:20 Helping coaches grow during the season 8:10 The importance of preparation 13:41 Living the standards you teach 17:30 Pushback from coaches 21:20 Opening up to players 27:30 Empathy with your players 35:50 Applying empathy and showing the standard 40:35 Looking elite in living up to the standard 47:45 Reflect Related Content https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/brian-kight-focus3 https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/the-journey-with-brian-kight-episode-1-energy-and-emotions https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/the-leadership-journey-with-brian-kight-episode-2-alignment https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/leadership-journey-brian-kight-own-your-culture-national-conference https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/brian-kight-focus-3-ceo https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/brian-and-tim-kight-live-from-afca-convention https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/the-leadership-journey-with-brian-kight-week-1-train-for-a-bigger-r https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/sets/the-leadership-journey-with https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/sets/the-leadership-journey-with-1

This is the weekly breakdown of USA Football's Coach and Coordinator Podcast Series by Keith Grabowski. These short clips highlight snippets of what the episodes from the week feature and the different guests on the show. Highlights from this week on Coach and Coordinator: Training Camp Series - Preparing for Game Day Operations Training Camp Series - Covering All On Field Situations Trends-Day Series: Early Game Play Calling for QB Success Training Camp Series - Trends in Teaching Tackling with Vince Digaetano Training Camp Series - Don't make your wife a coaches widow and in-season PD with TXHSFBCHAT Check out our systems for skill development in blocking, defeating blocks, and tackling at footballdevelopment.com Follow us daily on Twitter for content and interaction @FBDevCoach Checkout X's and O's analysis at USA Football Blogs blogs.usafootball.com

Wrapping up the Training Camp series on today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, we’re joined by TXHSFBCHAT host Chris Fisher! Fisher is the creator and moderator of #txhsfbchat and serves as the weekly host and is the OL coach and academic coordinator at Ridge Point HS in Missouri City, TX. Today, we’ll be discussing home life, fun in the chat, and coaching takeaways. 1:15 Last Texas High School Football Chat – Home Life 5:07 Mental toughness at home 10:35 Chats that stick out 15:40 Fun in the chat 16:40 Coaching takeaways 18:40 In-season TXHSFBCHAT Related Content http://txhsfbchat.com/ https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/texas-high-school-football-chat-chris-fischer https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/win-with-your-home-team https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/ol-technique-in-the-power-running-game-joe-ashfield-offensive-line-coach-rice-university

Continuing our Training Camp series on today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, Vince Digaetano, special teams quality control assistant at Fordham University (NewYork), joins us! Digaetano, who has served on multiple coaching staffs in his career, shares with us his advice to coaches on tackling. 1:50 Key statistic on how well your athletes are tackling 4:00 Know your tacklers 8:05 Having measurables to help your athletes improve 11:40 Feeling fundamentals 18:40 Methodology for approaching game-day 22:22 Playing off blocks 26:45 Programming week-to-week based on game-day Related Content https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/grading-and-evaluating-tackling-vinny-digaetano-assistant-football-coach-fordham-university https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/defensive-schemes-and-tackling-philosophies-with-fordham-defensive-coordinator-paul-rice https://blogs.usafootball.com/blog/7321/film-to-field-friday-on-coach-and-coordinator-fight-to-prepare https://blogs.usafootball.com/blog/7299/film-to-field-friday-on-coach-and-coordinator-fight-to-track https://blogs.usafootball.com/blog/7352/film-to-field-friday-on-coach-and-coordinator-fight-to-accelerate https://blogs.usafootball.com/blog/7374/film-to-field-friday-on-coach-and-coordinator-fight-to-finish https://blogs.usafootball.com/blog/7340/film-to-field-friday-on-coach-and-coordinator-fight-to-connect https://blogs.usafootball.com/blog/5366/podcast-coach-and-coordinator-lessons-from-2017-vinny-digaetano-1-19-18 https://blogs.usafootball.com/blog/7386/film-to-field-on-coach-and-coordinator-q-and-a

In the Trends-Day series, Charlie Coiner and Zach Dunn with join our host, Keith Grabowski to discuss new trends in collegiate football as well as the NFL. These concepts and plays will be discussed in a way you can pull these ideas and apply them to your team. For today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, our host Keith Grabowski is joined by Charlie Coiner, former NFL coach and founder of First-Down Playbook and Zach Dunn, content coordinator at USA Football, moving forward in the Trends-Day series. The trio analyzes six throws made my recent NFL draft picks, Kyler Murray, Daniel Jones, and Dwayne Haskins and how their play can help your quarterback's success. 3:13 Kyler Murray’s first throw 5:26 Kyler Murray’s second throw 7:15 Daniel Jones’ first throw 9:51 Daniel Jones’ second throw 12:35 Dwayne Haskins’ first throw 17:01 Similarities between quarterbacks 19:03 First pass selection for your quarterback Related Content https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/updates-on-qb-development-will-hewlett https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/lessons-from-2017-will-hewlett-quarterbacks-coach https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/0047-will-hewlett-mixdown https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/coiner-final-1-9-17-9-56-pm