Summary: Today’s guest is retired Iowa high school football coach John Rose. Rose, whose expertise lies in offensive line play, breaks down his approach to coaching the offensive line, including building from your established scheme, creating drills that benefit your team’s specific approach on game day and why true player confidence comes from preparation, not pregame speeches. Show notes :32 Start as a coach 2:58 The fun (and unique challenges) of coaching the offensive line 4:59 Building confident players through preparation 7:11 Start with the blocking scheme, and build plays and drills from there 10:44 Building your own drills 14:42 Drilling gap scheme 17:18 Yelling too much as a young coach 18:28 Best coaching advice received 20:08 Advice to a young coach 22:03 Rose's book 25:31 The winning edge Coach Grabowski's 3 key takeaways 1) The confident player—the importance of building confidence in your players 2) Having an agreed upon run game that you stick with throughout the season 3) Creating drills that replicate what's happening for your team on game day
