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 defenses dropping eight as their base, in game analytics, pressures and more.

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On today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, our host Keith Grabowski takes a deeper look into the newer penalties the NFL has established and other leagues for player safety. Grabowski details why coaches shouldn’t pushback on the new rules and influence kids to do the same but adapt to make our game safer.

1:55 Blindside block and targeting

6:33 Adults trash talking and coaches making this about themselves

10:50 This off season

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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 should approach talking about discipline with their players.

1:10 What football does for communities

4:08 The idea of discipline being the shortcut

12:55 Hitting re-set on the word discipline

15:50 What we mean by discipline

21:10 More conditioning does not equal discipline

25:20 Coaches using Twitter to engage other coaches on discipline

30:35 Coaches’ self-reflection on discipline

34:40 What discipline is

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Today’s guest on the Coach and Coordinator podcast is Andy Ryland, senior manager in education and training at USA Football. 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 beating the weather come playoff and late season play.

1:35 Weather

5:30 Different gear than normal

10:15 Glove usage

13:30 Game situations and creation in practice

18:40 You still have your program, punting, and complimentary football

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Every coach and team are trying to gain an edge over their opponents. Rob Everett, formerly the tight ends coach of the AAF’s Memphis Express and defensive coordinator at Bridgewater (Va.) College, joins host Keith Grabowski on today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast for “The Edge” series to share his philosophies and ideas to give your team that advantage. On today’s episode, Everett and Grabowski discuss different strategies in disecting opponent film can give you and your team the edge.

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 discuss self-scouting your program culture and the importance of staff alignment.

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:

Leadership Journey 9 - Approval

The Edge 9 - Using a stopwatch to find an advantage

Trends Day 10 - More Wake Forest O, reverse out on pistol, wing t and single wing concepts

Deliberate Practice 9 - Mental and Emotional Prep for the Big Game

Wisdom from Knute Rockne and Bear Bryant

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On today's Coach and Coordinator podcast, host Keith Grabowski reflects on lessons learned from football -- specifically from two of the greatest coaches to ever do it. Taking excerpts from books written by Knute Rockne and Bear Bryant, Grabowski shares wisdom and his own thoughts on the greatness of or sport and its power to turn boys into men.

1:06 Changes in the game

3:08 Knute Rockne - Coaching

6:15 Bear Bryant - Building a Championship Football Team

13:00 Reflection

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Ryland and host Keith Grabowski discuss practicing keeping your emotions in check to keep performance high in games.

1:40 Looking at film and recognizing when emotion takes over technique

8:10 Using practice to stay sound technically and tactically

14:15 Bringing attention to the type of tackle

16:30 Tactical understanding

19:10 Rep what we need to rep, keep the sword sharp, make sure everyone is comfortable

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