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Keeping It Simple and Continuing to Evolve Your Style – AJ Smith, OC, XFL Houston Roughnecks

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In this episode, AJ Smith, offensive coordinator for the Houston Roughnecks, helps us keep our call sheets and game plans simple, while continuing to evolve as coaches.


Show Notes:

  • Keeping It Simple
  • Process for Adding/Deleting
  • Have More Things That Beat Everything
  • If You Didn’t Use It in a Week, Retrain It
  • Be Disciplined to Not Add Too Much
  • 80% of Your Game Plan Should Be Stuff You Have Been Doing Since Camp
  • Put New Things in the Openers
  • The Conversion Rate of Two-Pointer
  • Take Weeks to Develop a Concept
  • Building Confidence
  • Trying to Replicate Plays from Twitter
  • Developing Your Style
  • Building and Adjusting While Staying True to Style
  • Stay on the Cutting-Edge at the High School Level


    • Additional Episodes with AJ Smith:

    OC Office Hour

    The Most Important Components of Offense


    Related Resources:

    Official Air Raid Certification

    Air Raid Blog

    2023 National Air Raid Convention

    2023 Official Air Raid Masters


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