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 helpeddevelop 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 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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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, wing t and single wing concepts, reverse out on pistol, Wake Forest’s offense and more.

1:10 More Wake Forest O

5:35 Play action from the pistol

8:44 NFL offenses adaptation to the pistol

10:20 Reverse out of the pistol

15:00 Single wing feel with the Ravens

19:00 Crossing routes, picks, rubs

22:50 Speak to the officials before you use a rub

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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 how a stopwatch can give you and your team the edge.

1:30 Initial thoughts

3:35 Using a stopwatch in the passing game

8:30 Pressures to use against a team who gets the ball out quickly

10:40 Wake Forest’s mesh

14:45 Defensive timing

18:15 Special teams uses

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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 and when coaches should approach approval.

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7:30 Reactive defiance from coaches

9:25 Recent changes in the coaching world

13:30 Approval from others doesn't equal value

19:25 Approval in reaction to tension

23:55 Answering to your standards

32:00 Spending time on clarifying standards

41:30 Differing standards

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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:

Leadership 8 - Trust Your Gut

The Edge 8 - Between Series Analytics and Decisions

Trends Day 9 - speed option, shallow crossers, defending mesh, stretch and PA, Wake Forest O

Deliberate Practice 8 - Ask the right questions, solve the right problems

Adding a Technology Coordinator and the Impact on your Program

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In football, much like the rest of the world, technology has become more and more a part of the every day life. On today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, our host Keith Grabowski is joined by 2020 senior and technology coordinator at Greenwich High School (CT.) DJ Furano. Grabowski and Furano discuss DJ’s role with the football team, how the role has impacted his life, and how you can add a technology coordinator to your team going forward.

0:21 Introduction

2:50 What DJ does at Greenwich

4:55 How DJ got started

8:00 Using GoRout

9:53 Could the tech team grow?

12:30 A typical week

16:25 Managing all the technology

21:00 DJ’s future

22:00 Recommendations for other programs

23:09 DJ’s appreciation for the position

24:20 DJ being a part of the team

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Ryland and host Keith Grabowski discuss correcting your team’s problems by directly identifying them.

2:40 Four major errors coaches try to solve

6:15 Focusing on the physical error and attack it/fix it

13:55 Breaking down the offensive line – footwork, fit, finish

16:20 Breaking down quarterbacks in the passing game – Release, accuracy, decision

18:25 Perceptual errors

19:55 Cataloging errors and grades

23:30 Simple ways to improve your grading

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1:34 Zone read turning into a speed option

5:45 Taking away the shallow cross

10:55 Physical defenses on receivers

13:20 Reverse out of the bunch

16:20 Minnesota’s use of their stretch play

18:15 Cutback play

22:10 Wake Forest’s bunch

30:00 Defending it

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3:55 Don’t jump on your players when they walk off the field

5:11 Using a generic hit-chart

7:00 Coaches getting together tracking data

8:30 Mini game plan between series

11:55 Communicating

14:20 Getting into a rhythm of calling a game

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17:35 Clearing up headset communication

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On today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, host Keith Grabowski is joined by founder of dailydiscipline.com and former CEO of Focus 3 Brian Kight. Having been on the show previously for the “Leadership Journey” series, Kight rejoins the show to speak on how and when coaches should use “their gut.”

3:15 Information versus trusting your gut

10:20 What does ‘Trust your gut’ mean?

15:50 Translating your gut to your ‘heart’ or your feelings

21:00 Requirements that precede ‘Trust your gut’

23:25 Better alternatives to or addressing ‘Trust your gut’

23:45 “What skill do I have in this?”

26:45 Positive experience

29:55 Is it important to use your gut in this situation?

33:20 Are you willing to accept and acknowledge the consequences?

37:40 Operating within a system

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