4-Steps To Speed Injury Recovery
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Dr. Raymond J. Petras specializes in elite sports performance and injury management. He is an international lecturer, author, professor, researcher and world cup team doctor. His work encompasses most sports from young amateur athletes, Olympic and professional, as well as the business and the medical communities. Listed below is the first of a three-part series on health, injuries and performance and how football coaches—at all levels--can ben... more
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Still Going Strong
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On November 8, 2003, Saint John’s University football coach John Gagliardi became America’s winningest collegiate coach. St. John’s of Collegeville, MN defeated Bethel College, 29-26, giving the Johnnies the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title and Gagliardi his 409th career victory. The win broke the record of 408 by Grambling’s Hall of Fame Coach Eddie Robinson.
Now, fast forward. Seven years later—heading into the 2010 season... more
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A Coach You’ve Probably Never Heard Of (Part X)
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Kevin Donley has established himself as one of the most successful head coaches in the country. He has taken two different programs to national prominence and, in the process, won a national championship and national coach of the year honors. This fall he begins his 13th season as head coach at the University of Saint Francis, an NAIA college in Ft. Wayne, IN.
Donley played as an undergraduate at Anderson College (1970-1973), returned to his... more
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Technology Tools: Computer Software That Brings Your Play Diagrams to Life. Use coaching technology to your advantage with computer software that brings your
play diagrams to life.
Technological advances have had a significant impact on football and coaching, especially in how plays are developed and illustrate..... more
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Letter From AFM Here at AFM, we do everything we can to stay on top of the high school football scene around the country. But, with over 14,000 teams, occasionally a story slips by unnoticed.
Such was the case with a small school in a small tow..... more
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Keys and Reads for Cover 2 in a 3-4 SchemeAt Carthage College, we start with Cover 2 as one of our base coverages. I will discuss how we run Cover 2 out of our 3-4 defensive scheme along with our keys, reads, and alignments vs. a 10 personnel (1 RB, 0 TE) doubles formation.
Alignm..... more
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Drills Report: The 3-On-2 Contain and Tackle Drill The purpose of this drill is to be able to close on a ball carrier and adjust to the different angles when a player is blocked or taken out of the play. Once a tackler has been blocked, the remaining two tacklers in this drill adjust and close in ..... more
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Coach to Coach * Getting more done in less time is
always a great model for success.
Be organized and get the most out of your time with your players and staff. Wasted time is one thing that you can never get back. I have worked with coaches..... more
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Speed Report: Combining In-Season Conditioning with In-Season Speed Training The answer is usually not well-received. My reply is that we need to understand how the game is played physiologically. If you run athletes hard and often with short recovery time between efforts, your athletes are being exposed to overtraining. C..... more
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Small Schools, Big Time Programs For years, Smith Center, Kansas’ (population 1,700) claim to fame was that it’s located in the geographic center of the United States. Now, high school football has put the town on the map.
The Smith Center Redmen gained national ..... more
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Strength Report: Lamar’s Off-Season Strength and Conditioning Program The Lamar football program begins play in 2010 after a 21-year layoff. As the first Sport Performance Director in school history, it has been my task to develop and implement a speed, power, strength, agility, flexibility, and conditioning program..... more
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