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 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. ...
Don’t Ever Ask Me “What’s The Defensive Call?”
Art Kaufman get’s one thing straight with his defense in the very first defensive meeting of every year. He makes it clear that he never wants his defense to ask him the question “w...
Former NFL OC Steve Fairchild Talks Red Zone
We asked Steve Fairchild to come on the Coach & Coordinator podcast and talk about how his mind works once he is calling plays in the red zone....
40 Year Coaching Veteran John Palermo Talks Defensive Line Play
John Palermo's resume includes a national championship ring with Notre Dame where he coached Chris Zorich, a two-time consensus All-American and the 1990 winner of the prestigious Lomb...
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. ...
Podcast Week 3: Bobby April-Game Day Special Teams Management
Week three of USA Football's Coach & Coordinator "The Game Plan" podcast welcomes two time NFL Special Teams coach of the year Bobby April....
Former Texas DC Bull Reese
Today on the Coach and Coordinator week one Gameplan Coach Reese shares his thoughts on making gamely adjustments and why he thinks that if you wait until the day after the game to look...
Rugby Punting Using The Shield Punt Alignment
We have since evolved into a two punter rugby punt system. We have a right footed punter and a left footed punter on our team that are both now in the backfield like QB’s in the old...
Catch Man Technique (Part 2)
This is the second part of Darren Garrigan’s informative article on catch man technique. If you missed part 1 you can find it here. I first introduced the catch man technique in t...