For 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 analyzes plays by Indiana, Alabama and Notre Dame.

1:21 Brown’s bunch formation

3:10 Advantages of going under center

8:27 The argument against going under center

11:45 IU dart/swing read

13:05 Mesh with a second shallow to pick LB with Iowa State and Alabama

20:35 ND Sweep/Pin and pull multiple perimeter attack

24:55 Clemson variation of the Power Read

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Every team and coach is 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 edge. For today’s show, CoachEverett and Grabowski address the bye week.

1:48 Using the bye week

4:46 Utilizing a day off in the bye week

5:53 Situational awareness

7:40 Self-Scout

8:27 Tackling

10:52 Individual work

13:40 Evening the reps out between the 1s and 2s

17:20 Using tech, especially Google Forms

22:52 The coaches

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Brian Kight will be joining the Coach and Coordinator podcast for the Leadership Journey series. Kight and our host Keith Grabowski, will share ways coaches can change their mindsets and improve as leaders.

On today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, our 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 to establish leadership of your team.

3:50 Getting leadership

7:40 Guiding through the process of establishing leadership

16:25 Knowing how much coaches need to lead

24:20 Senior leadership

27:00 Let leaders lead

30:20 Are you ready to have a player led team?

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This week Kevin Kelley and Keith Grabowski discuss Pulaski’s 88% scoring rate achieved when there are no sacks, penalties, or drops. Coach Kelley also details approaches penalties with his players, self-scout, and handling a long trip.

3:30 Examples of determining how to approach ridding your team of penalties

8:25 Spending time making sure players understand what causes penalties

9:52 How Kelley uses self-scout

13:20 Using film versus the data

15:27 Improving your travel

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Today’s guest on the USA Football 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 detail preparing for mid-play situations with your team.

2:00 Corner containing situations

7:55 Drills for QBs running up the middle

16:00 Seeing things like they are on gameday

18:06 Creating situations to prepare players for shifting fronts/Communicating pre-snap

24:11 Self corrective learning

27:50 Shifts and motions

32:25 Recreating an offense you don’t run

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For today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, our host Keith Grabowski is joined by Charlie Coiner, former NFL coach and founder of First-Down Playbook and Zach Dunn, content coordinator at USA Football, moving forward in the Trends-Day series. The trio analyzes use of the bunch formations, quarterbacks back under center and more.

1:24 The use of bunch at the collegiate and pro-level

6:40 Bunch play action by LSU

9:30 Teams using the unbalanced set

13:55 Variations of the shallow screen

15:55 Tight end delay

20:05 Going under center

22:00 Simulated pressures/Trends in Defense

24:45 Moving around players in the scheme

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Every team and coach is trying to gain an edge over their opponents. For The Edge series, Rob Everett joins the Coach and Coordinator podcast to share his philosophies and ideas to give your team that edge. Rob Everett, formerly the tight ends coach of the AAF Memphis Express and defensive coordinator at Bridgewater (Va.) College, joins us the Coach and Coordinator podcast once again. For today’s show, Everett and our host, Keith Grabowski address how self-scouting can improve your team.

1:15 Why we should analytically self-evaluate

4:10 Self Scout for defensive coordinators

9:55 Using your tendencies as opportunities

13:20 Stepping out of self into your opponent

17:50 Using Self Scout to progress throughout the season

21:35 Everett’s work with the GoArmy Edge App

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Brian Kight will be joining the Coach and Coordinator podcast for the Leadership Journey series. Kight and our host Keith Grabowski, will share ways coaches can change their mindsets and improve as leaders.

On today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, our 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 words that are overused in a majority of football programs.

2:35 Coaches’ defensiveness

10:05 Coaches taking criticism

13:48 More things today than before, words mean less

19:40 Integrity

25:00 What integrity looks like

31:45 How using the word integrity can be detrimental

33:50 Culture

39:40 Mental Toughness

45:35 Want it

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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:

Ideas for Better Coaching Cues

Deliberate Practice Week 2 - Train Away Penalties

Trends-day Week 3 - Unbalanced, answers for the tite front, sprint out and ideas from broken plays

The Edge: Week 2 Evaluating players, units, team, and scheme throughout the season

Leadership Journey: Entitlement

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Knowing the difference between external and internal cues can greatly improve your team’s technical performance. On today’s Coach and Coordinator podcast, our host Keith Grabowski briefly details how having this knowledge can make your teambetter.

1:45 External vs Internal cues

3:25 Using strength and conditioning coaches in practice

4:22 Understanding the language of external cues

7:48 Key performance indicators

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Benz, Adam, et al. “Coaching Instructions and Cues for Enhancing Sprint Performance.” Strength & Conditioning Journal 38.1 (2016): 1-11.