Summary: Quarterback guru Jeremy Plaa joins the USA Football Coach and Coordinator podcast today. Plaa is the head coach at Downey High School (Modesto, Calif.), where he’s won eight or more games in each of the past three seasons. Plaa discusses his stretch concept, his system for scoring practices and how he uses his “PIE” wheel to mete out discipline. Show notes :27 Start as football coach 2:21 Development as a coach 3:51 Have fun, take risks and be aggressive 5:04 Building culture and Plaa's 5-point system for rewarding players 6:16 Air Raid mixed with RPO 12:02 How Plaa uses simple word calls to prevent his OL from drawing ineligible receiver downfield penalties 13:39 Plaa's "ostrich stretch" concept 16:23 Keeping score at practice 18:37 Making the mistake of not listening to kids 20:25 Advice to a young coach 22:08 PIE wheel 24:45 Leveraging new technology 27:45 Two-minute drill 29:35 The winning edge
