Contributors
FirstDown PlayBook opens up our vast network of professionals so that you can benefit from their experience. Our contributors come from several different backgrounds. The great thing about this page is that we can archive them so that you always have them at your fingertips.
You will find help with being a sports parent, mental training and even help with strength and conditioning for your young football player. There is a lot more that goes into being a football parent or coach than the X’ and O’s.
This page will offer you a home for quick tips about how to lift your young player when they are down. It will also help you with tempering the enthusiasm as they find success.
So we are exciting to have this contributor page up and running for you. We also want you to know that if you feel that you have something to offer, please let us know!
The Scouting Academy Dissects Linebacker Eric Kendricks
This is critical, and not an easy thing to teach young linebackers. He doesn't JUST have to read run/pass, but he has to know what type of run he's seeing....
The Scouting Academy Looks At Off Man Technique
"Off Man" gives you some of the advantages a defender might get by playing zone, while still maintaining many of the pluses that come with press man....
Two Steps Mean Less Is More
The 2 step kicking approach allows you to be more efficient to the ball as well as several other benefits we will point out....
Run Support Corners Are A Rare Breed
He is landing his shoulder into the midsection of a larger WR, with enough power on contact to disrupt the catch point and creating an incompletion....
Place Kickers: 2 Eyes Are Better Than 1 Leg
The Better You Are With Your Eyes, The Better Your Chance Of Making The Kick! You will make a lot of kicks if you are good with your eyes....
Teach Young Kickers To Hit Higher Deeper Kickoffs!
When it comes to kickoffs the longer the approach, the more room for error. The faster the approach, the more room for error....
Strength Program For Your Specialists Too
Kicking is one explosive movement. Train like an athlete through explosive movements. Weight training, Sprints, Box-Jumps, Agility work, Core exercises....
What’s Your Team’s Code Of Conduct?
Matt Campbell has proven himself as a coach, it may be the lessons he instills in his players off the field that have just as big an impact on his program....
Special Teams Trick Play
Most kickers take great pride in this kick. It's a lot like a chip shot in golf that some kickers can get to lay down right at the 5 yard line....
Great USA Football Article On Tight End Heavy RPO’s
Brendan does a nice job here of detailing five different ways NFL teams incorporated a Tight End oriented attack with run pass option schemes. ...
USA Football Details NFL Goal Line Passes
USA Football's Brendan Leister does a good job of detailing five plays from the NFL season where offensive coordinators created open receivers....
The Season Is Over. Now What? Your Offseason Organization Guide.
If you are a Head Coach there is no offseason! Here is an offseason guide to keep you stay organized and prioritizing things to do month by month....