I was asked recently to share how we cover kick-offs and when we opt to on-side kick the ball. The question stemmed from a coach who...

Through the years, I have been asked to provide coaches with insights into how we structure our practices. Our practices have evolved...

Below are the standard footwork drills that we use and the coaching points. For all the drills we expect the athletes to abide by these...

The next step for us is teaching how to block the cross and pull blocking that is integral to being able to run our counters and block...

The O'Brien (OB) is basically three plays. Two run plays and one pass play.  While this seems exceedingly simple, it get significantly...

The most difficult block in the O’Brien is made by the fullback (FB).  He is asked to block the defensive end (DE) and immediately turn...

I can not stress enough the importance of the snap and the QB position in the O’Brien (OB).  You want an athlete that is a good blocker,...

I stand by the statement that the most dominant 11-man football program will be the first one to require all players in youth and middle...

When we rep our rabbit drill with two blockers we line up two defensive ends and one linebacker. The mechanics of the rabbit drill are...

The Rabbit Drill is out most repped defensive drill. In this post, we are going through some detail on what we call Two Man Rabbit. ...