Special Teams Coaching

Arkansas Trick Play Fake Field Goal

Arkansas Trick Play Fake Field Goal

by FirstDown PlayBook on Dec 6, 2020

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.

Colts Return Kickoff For 6. Here’s How.

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 14, 2020

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

Onside Kick Shows Importance Of Pre-Play Tips

by FirstDown PlayBook on Sep 23, 2020

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

Special Teams Coach In A Pandemic Season

by FirstDown PlayBook on Aug 18, 2020

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 Champ’s Special Teams Grading

by FirstDown PlayBook on Aug 2, 2020

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,...

Specialists Training Camp Approach

Specialists Training Camp Approach

by Taylor Mehlhaff on Jul 22, 2020

2023 training camp is going to be different for everyone this year but it is always a unique time for kickers and punters. ...

Super Bowl Champ Dave Toub’s Point Chart

Super Bowl Champ Dave Toub’s Point Chart

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jul 12, 2020

Longtime NFL special teams coach and recent Super Bowl champion Dave Toub has shared his grading system with us on the FirstDown PlayBook website....

Kickoff Return “Look Off” Technique

Kickoff Return “Look Off” Technique

by FirstDown PlayBook on Apr 28, 2020

A look off technique is when a blocker fakes like he is going to block a cover guy, only to pivot and block the player adjacent to him....

Place Kickers: 2 Eyes Are Better Than 1 Leg

Place Kickers: 2 Eyes Are Better Than 1 Leg

by FirstDown PlayBook on Apr 5, 2020

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!

Teach Young Kickers To Hit Higher Deeper Kickoffs!

by Taylor Mehlhaff on Mar 19, 2020

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

Strength Program For Your Specialists Too

by Taylor Mehlhaff on Feb 26, 2020

Kicking is one explosive movement. Train like an athlete through explosive movements. Weight training, Sprints, Box-Jumps, Agility work, Core exercises....

40 Seconds Left. Gamecocks Attempt 57 Yard Field Goal.

40 Seconds Left. Gamecocks Attempt 57 Yard Field Goal.

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 13, 2019

End of the Georgia and South Carolina game and the Gamecocks had the ball 4th and 3 at the Georgia 40 yard line with 40 seconds left in regulation....