On today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, our host Keith Grabowski shared his thoughts on one of the first things you can do once your season has come to a close. Staff evaluation can be used and conducted in different ways, and it’s very important to improving your team in 2020. Grabowski details different questions and points you should address with your staff and how to go about doing so.

1:15 Why the staff needs evaluation

2:05 The duties of your staff

3:40 Professional development

4:30 Knowledge of your systems

4:52 Commitment to the offseason

5:25 Reflecting on the development of their athletes

5:45 General survey of the program

7:08 Coordinators

8:07 Involvement in the community

9:50 Reaching your younger staff

10:30 Timing of the evaluation

11:30 What to do with these evaluations

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On today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, host Keith Grabowski is joined by founder of dailydiscipline.com Brian Kight. Having been on the show previously for the “Leadership Journey” series, Kight rejoins the show to speak on how coaches and players can improve players’ response to difficult or frustrating situations.

2:10 Response Quality

5:30 Light example of E+R =O

8:00 Is there anything I can do?

11:40 A more serious example of E=R=O

16:45 “Knowing better” means nothing, do it when it counts

18:50 Responding in the moment

21:50 How Coach Grabowski trained away unnecessary responses by a player

24:30 Gradual improvement of response

27:30 Thinking situationally

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This is the weekly breakdown of USA Football's Coach and Coordinator Podcast Series by Keith Grabowski. These short clips highlight snippets of what the episodes from the week feature and the different guests on the show.

Highlights from this week on Coach and Coordinator:

Deliberate Practice 12 - Breaking down the season - comparing game calls vs Practice time

Dr. Allen Champagne-Data Informed Intervention Improves Football Technique

Trends Day 13 - Tempo, Wheel Route, Line Stunts, Special Teams, Middle 8

Post Season Analysis - Analyzing Tempo

Leadership Journey 12 - Be a beacon for the game, not a victim

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Co-host on today's the Coach and Coordinator podcast is Andy Ryland, USA Football senior manager in education and training. While working at USA Football, he has helped develop the Heads Up Football and Master Trainer programs as well as worked in improving tackling techniques. Before coming to USA Football, Ryland spent time playing for the USA Men’s National Rugby team. He played linebacker in college at Penn State University.

Ryland and host Keith Grabowski discuss improving your practice plan for the coming season based on last year’s game calls.

2:55 Looking at the big picture after the season and improving your practice plan

3:55 Classify your fronts

4:48 Looking at your stunts/blitz packages

5:40 Coverages

8:50 Drills that overlap

10:10 Percentages practicing for a certain scheme

13:55 Have the data in order to have the conversations

17:25 Injury data

19:45 Marking where plays failed/inefficient plays

22:15 Technical and tactical errors

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On today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, our host Keith Grabowski was joined by Dr. Allen Champagne. Champagne is a graduate of the University of North Carolina as well as Queen’s University. His focus is on integrating novel neuroimaging modalities, accelerometers, and film analysis. Champagne and Grabowski discuss his current work and what his plans are in improving the game of football.

1:20 Dr. Champagne’s journey

4:50 A better, safer game

12:30 Data informed intervention study

19:10 Combine testing and drills

25:55 Knowing your players and reviewing mistakes in practice

30:10 Predicting effects of training with these methods

31:30 What is next for Dr. Champagne

34:30 Coaches’ role in this

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On today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, host Keith Grabowski is joined by Charlie Coiner, former NFL coach and founder of FirstDown PlayBook, and Zach Dunn, content coordinator at USA Football, to continue the “Trends-Day” series. The trio continues to analyze different plays and concepts throughout the collegiate and professional landscape, including LSU and Alabama using tempo, different pressures, special teams, and more.

1:05 Tempo in LSU vs Alabama

6:40 Wheel throw back out of the backfield

8:25 Line Stunts

12:45 Radar defense

15:15 Special teams

18:10 Middle eight strategy

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On today’s episode of the Coach and Coordinator podcast, our host Keith Grabowski is joined by USA Football content coordinator Zach Dunn. The duo discusses analyzing tempo in the offseason from both the offensive and defensive side of the ball.

1:35 LSU’s use of tempo vs Alabama

4:55 Cadence and speed

8:55 Breaking down your tempo

12:20 Studying tempo on the defensive side of the ball

17:00 Usefulness of cadence

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On today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, host Keith Grabowski is joined by the founder of dailydiscipline.com Brian Kight. Having been on the show previously for the “Leadership Journey” series, Kight rejoins the show to speak on how coaches should approach choosing not to be a victim.

4:30 Feeder/youth program leadership

9:30 What coaches' roles should be in youth programs

13:00 Comparing the state of other sports

17:00 How coaching football is different than other sports in terms of approach

24:00 What youth football players should be learning

27:15 Football coaches playing victim

35:20 If you’re resentful

41:30 Addressing resentful or unchanging coaches/people

On today’s episode of the Coach and Coordinator podcast, our host Keith Grabowski goes through a chapter of Woody Hayes’ book, Insight into the Coaching Profession. Grabowski details the chapters including qualities football coaches should have.

2:50 Coaches interest in wellfare of players

3:30 We vs I and responsibility

5:40 Self-pity

6:30 Positive attitude to job

8:41 You must win

9:50 Don't take criticism personally

11:06 Not as likely to be fired over coaching, mostly teaching

11:41 Coaches’ job security

16:35 Maintaining responsibilities

18:25 Moving into college coaching

19:10 Coaching is a terminal profession

20:40 Friction with other members of teaching staff

23:45 When to stop coaching

24:30 Public relations as a coach

25:45 Be yourself

Today’s guest on the Coach and Coordinator podcast is Andy Ryland, USA Football senior manager in education and training. While working at USA Football, he has helped develop the Heads Up Football and Master Trainer programs as well as worked in improving tackling techniques. Before coming to USA Football, Ryland spent time playing for the USA Men’s National Rugby team. He played linebacker in college at Penn State University.

Ryland and host Keith Grabowski discuss correcting your team’s problems through the off-season process.

1:55 Recharging after the season

4:00 Reviewing the season by collecting your practice plans

9:55 Reviewing the defense

11:55 Off-season film

16:51 Scheming for a specific opponent in the playoffs