Deliberate Practice with co-host Andy Ryland is a weekly podcast we will run throughout the season. Activity does not always equal achievement. Deliberate Practice is a podcast focused on a specific topic for the week and then an explanation of how to drill the different aspects mentioned in the overview. Included are specific drills/practice considerations for offense, defense, and special teams.

Dial it in - getting your players ready for game one

This week is focused on dialing in on your team’s strengths and solidifying them through proper practice set-up and drilling all the scenarios players will face over the course of the season. Grabowski and Ryland utilize discuss how adding vision, decision and action cycle to basic drills helps create a game ready player.

Intro

4:49 Don’t get seduced by the logo on the helmet

6:20 Think about it from the players perspective

Offense example - Get more than routes on air

6:45 Adding more to routes on air

8:32 components needed for more game like practice and develop windows and timing

9:45 layering in the details in a progression

10:50 hard shoulder/soft shoulder terminology

13:25 install one decision at a time

13:59 adding a level three decision

15:30 the progression for adding to routes on air

16:35 having the drill reflect weekly needs and cumulative reps

17:09 brevity code; communicating meaning with a word or phrase

17:33 language particular to the four vertical example

20:00 translation from the line on paper to the on field intricacies

Defense example - the gaps will move

21:02 Vision, decision, action from the defensive side: stats and blitzes vs. trashcans

21:33 Good for knowledge check but not in the dynamics of play

22:00 Example - the wide zone run fits with moving gaps

23:30 A linebacker that must stay in phase to stay connected to the gap

24:18 Example- moving gaps with pin and pull

25:43 Example - block defeat with a stunting tackle and variations

27:20 Structuring pre practice to prepare for live vision, decision, action

28:20 Mixing in looks to keep player honest and develop well rounded skills

29:00 Using Go Army Edge for vision, decision, action for more reps

30:12 Decisions on how much we can get ready for week one - dialing it in

31:00 Brevity code and coaching points for defense

Special teams example - accounting for bigger lanes

34:00 Handling special teams like other schemes on offense and defense

36:22 VDA on punt return scenario - cover man gets picked off

37:55 Creating the scenario of dealing with an extra cover lane space

39:32 Lean the lane coaching point

40:50 Self discovery process for the player

42:05 Brevity code/coaching points for this drill

43:15 Staying connected to teammates

44:10 Getting more out of our drills and building progressions