Special Teams
We receive a lot of compliments about our Special Teams section on FirstDown PlayBook and it’s not surprising. Oh we know that the Special Teams section is not why most coaches sign up but once the season gets going and the bullets start flying, that’s when this comes in very handy.
In fact we had one head coach who told us that his staff is using FirstDown PlayBook as reference tool and his offensive and defensive staffs really found it useful. Then he went on to say that in his opinion the real plus for his staff was the Special Teams section.
This does not surprise us. During the thirty some years that I coached I would always visit with high school or college coaches in the off season and one common request was “Coach, do you have any good stuff on Special Teams?”
I would always try to spend time on it but that’s the problem. There is only so much time. That’s what makes FirstDown PlayBook’s Special Teams section so great. It is essentially a Special Teams clinic on your laptop, tablet or smartphone.
Special Teams Punt Return Clinic
I once worked with a very good NFL coach who described a lot of special teams as "one man whipping another man's ass." ...
Special Teams Whole Part Whole Teaching
If you are a young special teams coach and you are trying to teach every position for any of your six phases, you are in trouble. ...
Strength & Conditioning For Kickers
We don't spend enough time talking about the specialists on your team. Here are some things to be considering this time of year....
Kickoff Coverage Stack & Fold Technique
One of the things you will learn if you coach football long enough is that there are a lot of different ways to say the same thing. What is important is that you say it the same way to ...
Olivet Nazarene Designs Perfect Punt Return
The right side of the Olivet Nazarene punt return #30, #9 and #34 all rushed hard inside collapsing the USF field side coverage. ...
Chiefs’ Special Teams Coach Dave Toub Back On The Big Stage
These charts, along with six individual special teams clinics we provide on the website are no brainers for any young special teams coach out there....
Bills Have Ingredients Of A Super Bowl Contender
The Buffalo Bills are a solid football team in all phases. They have a good offense and defense and a special teams group that combines talent and effort....
Arkansas Trick Play Fake Field Goal
Take a look below at this video and take notes because you can easily run this same trick play fake if you ever get this field goal block alignment!...
Colts Return Kickoff For 6. Here’s How.
The Colts found a way to get #20 over in front of the returner. Combine this with two very well executed double team blocks and it was a house call...
Onside Kick Shows Importance Of Pre-Play Tips
The first two weeks in this NFL season have seen two critical mistakes on kickoff return. Both had revealing pre-play tips about what was coming....
Special Teams Coach In A Pandemic Season
One area that is often neglected even when things are normal is special teams. Coaches are going to have to be as organized as they have ever been....
Super Bowl Champ’s Special Teams Grading
Super Bowl Champion Dave Toub of the Kansas City Chiefs taught me a very detailed system for grading individual effort and execution with special teams,...