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!
Two Steps Mean Less Is More For A Kicker
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....
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....
Bears Pat Mannelly Talks Snapping
After being drafted by the Chicago Bears in the sixth round in 1996 Pat Mannelly snapped the ball 2,282 times during his NFL career without a botched snap. ...
NFL Coach & 3 Time Rose Bowl Winner Jim Hueber Talks Goal Line
Few things are more frustrating than driving the length of the field to get three shots at the end zone from the one only to come up empty on the goal line. ...
37 Year NFL Vet Wade Wilson Talks 2 Minute Drill
When USA Football Coach & Coordinator "Game Plan" host Keith Grabowski asked about doing a podcast involving two minute procedure we knew exactly who we wanted to call. ...
Hamstring Conditioning From Dolphin’s Jim Arthur
Miami Dolphins' strength and conditioning coach Jim Arthur talks hamstring injury prevention and other in season conditioning tips for your football team. ...