Gregory Double Wing Blog
2012 Clinics
by Jack Gregory on 03/24/11
This past weekend I spent my Saturday doing a Youth Double Wing Clinic for the Kingdom Chance Youth Org out of Oakcliff in Dallas, Texas. It was a great oppurtunity to talk to a really good group of men that are invested in giving their kids the best oppurtunity to play football and learn valuable life lessons. One of the things I really enjoy about coaching youth football is the chance to talk to other coaches and simply spend some time discussing this great game. I have a follow up clinic with them in April and a 63 Defense Clinic in April as well in Tomball, Texas.
As I finish up my round of clinics in the area I am looking at doing some ONLINE CLINICS for coaches over the net. Right now I am considering doing a presentation on Angle Blocking Concepts as well as a presentation on our Power Blocking Progression, and a few others.
If there is a topic you would like to see send me comment and let me know and I will put it up for consideration.
Coach Gregory
Dealing With and Developing A Staff for Your Team Part 4
by Jack Gregory on 03/24/11
Putting Your Staff to Work For the Team
Once you have interviewed your staff, assigned positions and responsibilities you now have to put them to work. This often happens very quickly and the sooner you get the ball rolling in the right direction the faster your players will start to develop into a team.
Prior to the first week of practice we do a parent team meeting and introduce the coaching staff and give a briefing on what our expectation of the team will be along with team rules and any important dates of note as well. We establish communication patterns for parents and players if they need to address any problems with anything concerning the football team. We address parent behavior at practice and at games. We also address player responsibilities concerning the care of their equipment, proper hydration, proper nutrition, and academic and behavior requirements while on the team. We also discuss how we choose team captains and their role as leaders on the team.
First thing we do is have a coaches meeting to discuss our first week of practice and everyone's roles. I make sure they understand that I will be teaching them by coaching the kids so if they have questions ask them during the drills so they are clear on how we teach fundamentals. Obviously if we have time prior to pre-season we will conduct coaches training whether that be over the net or in person.
I believe in a three step process to teaching kids how to be football players. Every drill or exercise we do is taught in a manner that allows every kid to process it; we explain it, we walk it, we run it. Often the run portion is broken down to two further steps of run at 1/2 speed and run at full speed.
1) First Week: Build confidence in themselves, the staff, their equipment, their teammates.
This is done by gaining their trust as coaches by demonstrating that we know what we are doing and we have a plan for them to be successful. We train them how to put on, inspect, and use their equipment. We foster team growth and trust through drills that allow players to learn what each is capable of and foster an environment of positive feedback and brothers-at-arms. We want them to learn to be confident and grow into competitors in this week.
All Dynamic Fit drills (line drills conducted after our dynamic warm ups) are in the SHOW IT, WALK IT, RUN IT 1/2 SPEED PHASE.
All Chute drills (blocking & tackling) are in the SHOW IT, WALK IT, RUN IT against dummies and in a controlled distance.
All tackling drills use a compressed distance and contact is not to the ground and not live/full speed.
This week we are doing assessment testing that we document and in between those assessment tests we are doing fundamentals (blocking, tackling, pursuit, ball handling skills (pass, catch, handoff, snap)). This week is all about developing the skills to be a successful football player. We spend a small amount of time installing our offense (basic play calling, formations, edge tags, snap count and our base plays). This allows us to build up everyone of our player's confidence in us as a coaching staff, in their equipment, and in each other. It also allows us to learn how each player operates on the field so we know how to best coach them.
In the nut shell our first week is about:
Building confidence, learning to compete, safety (heat, hydration, contact, heads up, equipment), evaluation of player abilities, conditioning (physical, emotional, mental), basics of scheme, and finally but most importantly fundamentals of football. At the same time I am also setting expectation for not only the team but the coaching staff as I am teaching these things I am reinforcing skills and traits in my coaching staff.
The second week we take what we built in the first week and we keep adding to it. We put more emphasis on competitive drills and pushing players to be better than their teammates in every drills. We highlight aggressive play and hard work and down play timid behavior and laziness at every step. We start installing our schemes and techniques as we had INDYS and GROUP work. Contact moves from dummies and limited space to half speed drills and expanded space for blocking and tackling.
At this point I expect my coaches to understand how we block, tackle, and the fundmentals we expect every player to know. They know the expectation we have for each player and what they must achieve each practice.
By the third week we have moved into full speed drills and we are tackling and blocking live. All of our drills are at half to full speed and we expect every drill to be competitive, aggressive, and violent. We expect hard hits, no mercy for their opposition until the whistle blows or the drill/play ends. We are finishing the process of installing our schemes and fine tuning our basic techniques and plays.
I am fine tuning the coaching staff and ensuring everyone knows how to teach stance, alignment, technique, and attitude to our players at a minimum. They know how to teach the drills for their position they are assigned (if any).
Once we reach game weeks our tempo changes so that we can use a portion of our practices to review our opponents offense, defense, special teams. Work on our game plan as well as refining our execution and technique. Finally we add to our schemes if we need to and the kids can handle the additional work load.
During game weeks my position coaches and coordinators are expected to get their players ready both from a technical standpoint and an emotional stand point so that come game day the game is easier than our practices.
As I write more on the blog I will go into greater detail about training my staff and players.
Coach Gregory
Dealing With and Developing A Staff for Your Team Part 3
by Jack Gregory on 02/21/11
Identifying Your Staff Understand that at the youth level having coaches that will run your system as you teach it and expect it to be ran is more important than their actual football knowledge. Loyalty at this level is far more important than actual knowledge of the game. I would much rather have a dad or mom that knew nothing about football but wanted to help because he/she knows the team needs the help than a coach that will not coach your system and provide nothing positive to the program and become a cancer to the team. Remember the focus of coaching is the improvement and success of the team. If an assistant coach is undermining that basic rule he should never be allowed on the field around the team. It is very hard to coach a football team effectively as a one man coaching staff. It can be done but the level of execution and the amount of skill development occurring on your team is limited by the amount of time you can place on each position due to the limited resources on your coaching staff. Finding a coaching staff is very important especially a coaching staff that will coach with you and not against you. Find Your Staff: Once you have a roster of kids with email contacts you should send out an email ASAP asking if any parent would be interested in assisting the team as a assistant coach, coaches aide, team mom/dad. Here is an example: "Dear Parent, Welcome to the team and to an exciting year of football with the "your team". If you are interested in helping the team as an assistant coach, coaches aid, or team mom/dad please email back. Please include any experience you have to include how many seasons, positions, and if you are first aid/CPR certified (not a requirement). Roles: Assistant Coach - part of the formal staff. Will fill the role of a position coach (Offensive Backs Coach, Receiver Coach, Offensive Line Coach, Defensive Backs Coach, Linebacker Coach, Defensive Line Coach, Special-Teams Coach). These positions can be an assistant position coach as well. Offensive Coordinator, Defensive Coordinator, and Special Teams Coordinator are the Head Coaches responsibility unless I assign a coach to that position. Assistant Head Coach also falls under this category as well. I plan on having six additional coaches on my staff so that we can maximize our practice time on the field and fully utilize our coaching staff during the game to help our team. Coaches Aid: Assists the coaches in running drills, holding dummies, and making sure our practices are running at a high tempo by helping the coaching staff execute the drills. They are not part of the game day staff but there to assist the team when the coaches need assistance. I plan on having three to four coaches’ aids. No experience is required for this position as you will be aiding the staff is setting up the field and ensuring kids get from one drill to the next and helping the position coaches maintain order during drills. Team Mom/Dad: Assists the head coach in the communications and logistics for the team with the parents and players. Will assist in the coordination of off field activities with the parents and coaches and work directly with the Head Coach. These responsibilities include equipment procurement, uniform procurement, safety equipment, team functions, League/Org required functions (weigh ins/roster checks), and League/Org coaches meetings. They are not a part of the staff on the field but an administrator for the team. If interested please email me ASAP with the position you would like to fill and your experience. Thanks, Coach Gregory" Often I have a few coaches that coach with me from season to season that don't have kids on the roster. I have built a relationship with these coaches over time and often trust them enough to assign them to coordinator positions because I know they will run my system the way I want it run. Otherwise I will be coordinating all phases of the football team until I find out who (if any) can handle those responsibilities on the coaching staff. Often I spend a whole season learning what each parent coach is capable of and if I can fully trust them on the field. More often than not if you lay the ground work quickly and show the parents that you are the expert on the field it is not hard to get your coaching staff on the same page and working for you instead of against you. When that happens you build a level of trust that allows you to assign larger roles to your coaching staff (coordinator and assistant head coach positions). Find Coaches From Other Resources: If you have a local college near you don't hesitate to post an ad at the college asking for assistant coaches on a youth football team. This offers experience to a would-be future coach and often you can get one to three young coaches with very little experience and little to no ego issues. That means you can mold them into the resources you need for your team. Often these young coaches can be a part of your team for two to three seasons as well giving you nice sold coaching staff for your team for long while. Reach out to retired football coaches and middle school PE teachers interested in football as they can be great resources as well to your coaching staff. If you have a military base nearby don't hesitate to post and ad asking for coaches. I got my start coaching football after playing semi-pro football in the Marine Corps for a few years. That change to coaching allowed me to head coach a semi-pro team, coach on a high school staff, and coach middle school and youth ball for over twenty years now. The key is to tap every positive resource you can so that you give the most positive experience you can to your team. Interviewing Your Staff Sitting down and doing interviews with your staff is an important process in developing an understanding of what that person is capable of and what role he can possibly serve on your staff. Often it is the things he doesn't say or is reactions to specific questions that will tell you if he is going to be helpful and productive. Here is a basic list of questions I always ask: 1) Can you list some of the experiences you have as a sports coach, youth coach, and football coach? If football coach what position did you coach? (explain/give example) What offensive/defensive/special teams system did you run (relative to position he coached)? What schemes and techniques did you coach relative to position you coach? (explain/give example) 2) Did you enjoying coaching; was it a positive experience for you? What was the feedback you got as a coach from your players and parents? Give me an example of a player and a parent that had a positive experience with you? What about a negative experience and how did you handle it? 3) Can you follow the approach that I will set out as far as system, philosophy, and schemes? Give a situation that is relative to the person you are interviewing: EXAMPLE: On the field in front of the offensive line I am giving instructions on angle blocking basics and our basic footwork progression. You are watching the progression and you don't agree with the teaching methods. What do you do at this point prior to the offensive line beginning the actual drill? (what I am looking for is that the potential coach will not address his disagreement in front of the players but wait until break or after practice). 4) If a parent addresses you, an assistant coach, with an issue that is relative to the position you coach how to you handle this situation? (what I am looking for is that he addresses the parent in a positive manner and informs him to speak to the HC and informs me of the issues ASAP). If a parent is having an issue with the HC or the team in general how would you address this issue with that parent? (what I am looking for is open communication; he informs the HC of the issue and any relative details so that the HC can address the issue immediately) 5) What role are roles would like to fill on this team? 6) Can you coach the team with an emphasis on all the individual players and the team as a whole and not place an emphasis on your own child? Give a few scenarios for him to work through and see how he handles each. 7) Can you be on time to every practice or contact me a few hours prior to alert me to you not being able to make it/going to be late. At this point I have a working list of what parents I will elect to assistant coaching positions and which ones I will actually assign position responsibilities to as well. Assistant coaches don't have to have position assignments but as the season goes on and you build a stronger relationship with that coach you can assign him a position. My level of trust towards a person on my staff is built from the ground up: Parent: No knowledge of the game, our system of teaching, our schemes. Coach Aid: Practice help. Will follow our instructions and help us have a positive and meaningful practice. Assistant Coach: Understands our approach to coaching the team, is learning about the details of the game, our system of teaching, and our schemes. Position Coach: Understands our approach to the team, understands the details of the game, the role, stance, alignments, and techniques of the position he is coaching, as well as the basic concepts of the scheme (offense/defense/special teams). Coordinator: Is completely loyal to the team and the coaching staff. Understands and develops the approach we have for the team. Understands the game well, each position in the scheme and how to teach it, and has a thorough knowledge of the scheme he is running. Are they willing to take input and feedback from me at any time. Assistant Head Coach: I must fully trust him. He has a complete understanding of my methods of teaching and coaching. Do they understand the offense, defense, and special-team schemes, as well as our approach to developing players? Can they lead the team effectively in my absence? Team Mom/Dad: I must trust him/her. They must be an effective and positive communicator as they are often the voice of your coaching staff at times. Must be flexible and make some minor decisions for the team when needed about logistics and admin functions. As I said before I don't mind having a bunch of coaches aids first and train them to be assistant coaches and then into position coaches and so on. The fact is if it is done that way your more than likely going to have a very loyal staff that coaches things the exact way you want them done. The truth is that often most of your coaches will have some experience coaching and you have to discern if those experiences he has will bring a positive or negative impact to the team and can you mold him into a tool for the team. In part 4 and 5 we will finish up. If you have any questions or comments feel free to leave them and I will comment back! Coach Gregory
Dealing With and Developing a Staff for Your Team Part 2
by Jack Gregory on 02/11/11
Often as youth coaches we don't get to hire and pick our staff from the ground up. We don't have the luxury of bringing seasoned coaches with us from our current team like the high school, college and NFL programs do. Those are not luxuries that exist for a youth football coach. Often your resource of coaches is limited to the player's parents on the team and people you work with and socialize with. If you are lucky enough to socialize with other football coaches you increase the likelihood of growing your staff with experienced coaches you trust but if you don't those resources you need to consider how your staff will be developed. First thing is first you need to surround the team with assistant coaches that will follow your lead and follow your system. This is not a democracy it is not a system of equal say at all if you want the team to be successful. Your assistant coaches should be able to confide in you, offer advice, and give/receive positive feedback. As a head coach you need to be able to listen to them and give constructive feedback in a meaningful way. One rule I have is we don't discuss system, coaching, practice planning, player positions or anything related to the team, players, or coaches in front of the players or parents. My second rule is we discuss it in private or as a staff and we keep it professional. This is a very intense game and it is very easy to let your emotions get the better of you so often it is best to step back and discuss things away from the field when everyone has had time to consider what is best for the team and the players.
Create Chemistry With The Men You Will Coach With: I tend to schedule a few get together at a local eating establishment near the field a few times to get to know the men I will be coaching with. It allows everyone to relax and talk about not only our football team but common interests. This allows everyone to get to know one another, create some relationships, and bond. We discuss roles and expectations, as well as possible position placements. By the second get together I will often have pre-season schedule sent out, discussed our assessment testing, and the need to be honest about assessing each kid for a position as well as identifying each kid's individual strengths and positives for the team as well as identifying issues that we need to work on resolving.
Communicate Often Via Email, Phone, and In Person With Your Coaches: When we are not doing official get togethers I send out emails on agendas, information on offense, defense, and special teams asking for feedback. I create conversation so I can get to know the guys that I will be coaching with. It is important to know each of your coaches strengths and weaknesses. Some things I look for:
1) Can a coach communicate to kids effectively and positively?
2) Can he be a follower and teach the system you intend on installing in a positive manner?
3) Can he be a positive role-model for the kids he coaches?
4) Can he coach his kid and the other players without nepotism?
5) Can he execute his position in manner that is reflective of your philosophy so that each kid learns not only the basic fundamentals of football but the stance, assignments, and techniques for their positions?
Obviously some of this will require you to manage and teach your staff and that is where having a sound pre-season instructional program in place will be a tremendous help.
Set Guidelines Early for Your Staff: Make sure that every coach understands your job, their job, and what the role of the coaching staff is to the team. I make sure that all communication with parents goes through me. Positive or negative I want to make sure my coaches coach and are not dealing with parents. Some things I go over and review with coaches:
1) Pre-season parent meeting and introduction of staff and roles.
2) Communicating with parents (HC and AHC job).
3) It is the player's team not the coaches. We are mentors and teachers; the team is theirs they own it we guide them.
4) Every player will have a position and role on this team. It is our job to find out what every kid is good at and amplify that strength as a positive for our team.
5) Playing time is earned not given. Even when we have minimum play rules that still applies. If a player is not showing up to practice, not giving his best effort, is disruptive he loses the right to play. Being a football player is not a right it is a privilege on our team.
6) We push every kid mentally, emotionally, and physically on this team. Every player must be a better player and person when they step off our practice field every night no exceptions.
7) Practices must be intense. Don't waste practice time chattering or explaining. Teach it, show it, rep it and rep it a lot in the allotted time given. Correct mistakes on the fly with specific positive instruction.
8) When we condition we condition with the mindset to not only physically push them but to mentally and emotionally push them. We push them hard so that practices are much more intense then the games ever will be so that come game time the exercise of playing a game is easy.
9) We expect our players to give 100% we must give 100% as well to set the example. I arrive one hour early to every practice I expect my coaches to be on time and ready to go at least 15 minutes before practice. I realize we all work but we must do the best we can to be ready for practice when it starts. Put in the time to review film, study/self scout your players, and know how to teach our system in a meaningful and positive manner. I send out emails to all the parents updating the progress of the team at least twice a week giving details on who is getting better, who needs to improve, and as a team how we are progressing. It lets the parents know we are on top of the team and in charge of the situation.
10) All suggestions are welcomed but the HC has the final say.
11) Conduct during practices and scrimmages must be positive and everyone must use good judgment and follow the tenets of good sportsmanship. The HC and AHC are the only coaches allowed to speak to the officials. No yelling or screaming at the officials. If we complain we do it in a professional manner and if you do make sure it is for a safety reason only. We honor ourselves, the officials, and our opponents on the field at all times.
12) Finally and most importantly get to know your players on a personal level. Talk to them every day. Ask them how school is going, how their family is doing, what they did over the weekend, how their grades are doing, what did they score on their tests, book reports, projects. It means a lot to them that someone else cares about what they are doing and is engaging them about it. It builds trust in you as a mentor and teacher and it builds a positive relationship with that player so that when you need to give constructive criticism they will listen. When you do give criticism make sure you give positive feedback as well. A good method is to start with a positive, give the negative and how to fix it (instruction), and follow up with positive reinforcement. This is about the kids and making each one of the feel as if they are part of this team, a valuable member, and part of this warrior society.
Warrior Ideals: I am going to finish Part 2 off with my thought process in teaching kids football, of any age, to believe in themselves and the team they play for. I was a Marine for twelve years and I am lucky to be a part of that wonderful brotherhood. It reinforced ideals that my father, uncles, and my coaches taught me as a young player and athlete. They are engrained in my belief structure and when I coach they are an expression and an extension of how I coach. I truly believe that football is one of the last places in our society that young men can be taught these ideals. Because this sport is so violent it requires a level of courage and commitment not often found in kids nowadays. Every young man at some point dreams of being a warrior, a knight, a Spartan, a Trojan, a hero. It is in every young man's DNA and tapping into that can be a very positive tool for you as a coach. Your coaching staff needs to understand this and for me it is reflective in the nature of my coaching and how I approach players. Every player will be treated as a young man on the field.
Even five year olds will appreciate this and you simply need to put it in context to their age. We will be tough, fair, and unyielding in practice but we will have fun as a team and we will learn how to be successful as a team of warriors.
1) Physical Discipline: confident, aggressive, violent, able to overcome pain to achieve our objective as a player and a team. Our physical conditioning will push our players to the edge so that they physical, mentally, and emotionally tough. They will understand that this is a team combat sport and they must be finally tuned football players able to execute their role as quickly and as violently as possible.
2) Mental Discipline: focused on our positive, stance, assignments, and technique as well as our role each every play no matter the field conditions, physical conditions, emotional conditions, or what is happening off the field. I want every one of my players to understand that if they invest any sort of time in something, anything then to give 100% of their effort during those moments. That means on the field, in the classroom, and at home. Be competitive; strive to be the best at everything you do no matter what it is. Learning how to compete and win are important components to be a successful athlete and person.
3) Emotional Discipline: this is probably the toughest part of being a football player. It is easy to let external issues affect your play and we must get each of our players to focus on their duties and assignments during every practice so that it becomes a habit that when they step on the field everything else fades away for those two hours so that all that matters is being the best football player possible. Failure is part of being a football player every player needs to learn how to deal with failure in a positive manner so they can harness it in a meaningful way. Every player needs to learn how to deal with success as well both as a player and as a team. Each play is a new beginning and they must prove themselves once again. Each game is a new season and we must start again to prove our worth and value as players and as a team.
4) Character Discipline: General Robert H. Barrow said, “Success in battle is not a function of how many show up, but who they are.” To develop and reinforce character we must set the example as coaches. We must push players to make good choices on the field an off the field. Follow the rules on the field, in the classroom, in society, and be good players, students, and sons. Be respectful to those around them at all times. Strive to be the best student, best player, best person they can be. Developing a sense of purpose and mission, maturity, responsibility to the team and community, and self-discipline. Character development might be the most critical component that we teach each of these players as it provides them with tools that are necessary to be successful in life like maturity, judgment, and moral character.
Honor, Courage, Commitment (Core Values of our team):
Players must understand that to be a football player on this team you must do what is right in the face of overwhelming adversity. To understand how to do what is right they are taught about ethics and our core values during practice using the situations that come up. These values make up the bedrock of a what I expect from my players. During off-season camps, pre-season, and season they are taught these core values and the plethora of others traits, such as integrity, discipline, teamwork, duty and esprit de corps.
Honor: Our players are held to the highest standards, ethically, and morally. Respect for others is essential. Our players are expected to act responsibly in a manner befitting the title they’ve earned as football players. This is a part of the warrior ethos. Honor requires each player to exemplify the ultimate standard in ethical and moral conduct. Honor is many things; honor requires many things. You must expect every player to never lie, never cheat, never steal, but that is not enough. Much more is required as we must keep the standard high in a warrior society. Each player must cling to an uncompromising code of personal integrity, accountable for his actions and holding his teammates accountable for theirs. And, above all, honor mandates that a player never sully the reputation of his team or teammates. This is powerful tool for us as a staff as it creates a foundation for tradition within the team. The ability for the players to self-police themselves on and off the field; when your team can self-police and start to take the reins of leadership from the coaching staff you know you are on the right track. I have seen eight year olds step to the front and command respect from their team.
Courage: Simply stated, courage is honor in action -- and more. Courage is moral strength, the will to heed the inner voice of conscience, the will to do what is right regardless of the conduct of others. It is mental discipline, an adherence to a higher standard. Courage means willingness to take a stand for what is right in spite of adverse consequences. This courage, throughout history is what has sustained some of the greatest warriors during the chaos, perils, and hardships of combat. And each day, it enables a warrior to look in the mirror -- and smile. That is our goal with our young players is for them to look in the mirror satisfied with what they have learned and what they have become so that when they say I play football for "your team" they beam with pride knowing what it means to say that.
Commitment: Total dedication to God, Family, School, and Team. Teamwork for the sake of the team. All for one, one for all. By whatever name or cliché, commitment is a combination of (1) selfless determination and (2) a relentless dedication to excellence. Our players never give up, never give in, never willingly accept second best. Excellence is always the goal. And, when their football days are over, Our players will remember these core values that are engrained in them. Commitment never dies
(The vast majority of the Warrior Ideals was taken from several Marine Corps Manuals on Leadership and notes I made from various speakers at Mess Nights, and Career Courses while in the Marine Corps and I simply rewrote the material for my football teams when I was young man.)
Coach Gregory
Dealing With And Developing a Staff For Your Team Part 1
by Jack Gregory on 02/09/11
I have had the pleasure in my tenure as a head football coach to work with some outstanding men. In order for your football team to be successful every coach has to be on the same page and working for a single purpose: the success of that team and the development of the players on it. There are so many distractions in the season that it is the coaching staff's job to maintain the focus and efforts of the team not provided additional distractions.
As a head coach it is important to understand your role with the team. You are the focal point and leader of the team and it is your job to ensure that everything done around the team is for the improvement and success of the team. In this first post I am going to review those assignments. I have a basic list that I go down and ensure is done in the pre-season:
1) Roster completion and verification, parent contact list (phone, email).
2) Equipment inspection and instruction on wearing it for each player to include helmets, shoulder pads, lower body pads, and mouth pieces. Proper cleaning to limit staph infections as well and inspecting gear for breaks or damage that need repairs or replacement. Spare Parts bag for fixing gear.
3) Heat Safety (individual player guidelines, league and team procedures)
4) Hydration requirements for each player during throughout the day, week, pre and post practice/game.
5) Contact Safety (blocking, tackling, head up). Be the Hitter!
6) Player nutrition guidelines (no soda, fast food, junk food, eat lean protiens, dairy, and good carbs (fruit, veggies), take in lots of calicium, protien, and get on a multi-vitamen for age).
7) Staff Meeting and instruction on practice routines for pre-season, in-season, and post-season. Offensive, Defensive, and Special Team systems and assistant coaching roles and responsibilities.
8) Parent team meeting and weekly updates on individual players and team.
9) Player assessment for positions, athletic development requirements, and individual improvement requirements.
10) Athletic development routine, dynamic warm up routine, football fundamental development (blocking, tackling, ball handling).
11) Install core offense, defense, and special teams.
12) Develop confidence, aggression, and violent demeanor in all players.
13) Work on Team Chemistry in players and staff.
These thirteen tasks have to be accomplished prior to the first game so that we have a sound understanding of our team and we have developed them into a coheasive unit working for a common cause.
In the next few posts I will discuss how we accomplish these tasks.
Coach Gregory
