Impact! Coaching Successful Youth Football: Special Teams

Most youth coaches are former players and fans. There's a huge difference, as you're about to discover, between playing football, watching football, and coaching football. As a coach, there are things you need to know, and things you need to do, long before you ever step on the field. By reading this book, you'll learn. . What the most important play in football is. and how you can get more out of it . How to coach punt fakes that work when you need them most . How to spring the punt return for big yardage . When, how, and why to block punts . How to get kickoff coverage you can trust . How to set up an onside kick that will be recovered 80% of the time . How to regain scoring momentum with kickoff returns that take advantage of coverage tendencies . How to teach an effective scheme for kicking field goals and extra points (and why you should ) . How to block PATs and Field Goals-and what to do if your opponent does something unusual . How to put together a comprehensive scouting report solely for the special teams game-figure out what your opponents do and how you can gain advantages from it . The best drills for reinforcing those skills needed for the kicking game Also includes practice techniques for interfacing your special teams period with the rest of your program and a complete fourth down offensive system that you can use anywhere on the field to keep your opponents guessing