Summary: Today’s guest on this “Lessons from 2017” edition of the USA Football Coach and Coordinator podcast is Jeremy Plaa, the head football coach at Thomas Downey High School in Modesto, California and six-time Conference Coach of the Year. Plaa will be speaking at the 2018 USA Football National Conference, Jan. 26-28 in Orlando, Florida. On today’s podcast, Plaa speaks about leadership and gives a preview of his National Conference topic, Recruiting Players from Your School. Show Notes 0:40 Creating backup schemes and learning through adversity 2:20 Implementing backup schemes in practice 5:40 Blocking different types of schemes 7:00 How to develop leadership 10:00 How to implement new leaders within a team 12:00 How failure can increase motivation 14:50 Continue to seek improvements even when you’re winning 15:45 Preview of Plaa’s National Conference presentation Subscribe to the USA Football Coach and Coordinator podcast on iTunes.
