Play Of The Week with Shawn Myszka: Week 2, Travis Kelce




Coach and Coordinator Podcast show

Summary: The “Movement Myagi,” Shawn Myszka joins Keith Grabowski on the Coach and Coordinator Podcast for a weekly segment highlighting an NFL play of the week from a functional movement perspective. Shawn discusses the play from a perspective of what movements the player performed and then extracts and gives tips for coaches to allow them to make their players better in game situations. Keith adds the football coach’s perspective in how those suggestions fit into practice. Show notes 0:54 Why Myszka selected Kelce’s play 1:40 Myszka describes the play 2:48 How Alex Smith’s composure helped set up the play 3:30 How the play put defenders out of position 4:05 How Kelce eluded the last defender en route to the end zone 4:50 How coaches can apply what Kelce did to their own players 5:30 Kelce used his movement skills and athleticism 6:45 How plyometrics can help athletes do what Kelce did 7:45 Allowing dynamic players permission to use their abilities 11:10 How to work such plays into practice without contact