The 3-5-3 Defense

The 3-5-3 Defense gives you a very powerful defensive scheme. Offering you 4 different defensive fronts you will find it effective against any offense you face, whether it's the Triple Option or the very popular Spread Offense. In the first two seasons the Georgia Military College switched to the 3-5-3 Defense, they had tremendous success, producing 8 All-American Defensive players and playing in two NJCAA national title games. In 2001, Georgia Military had a prefect season, producing...

Build Muscle Faster

If you're currently trying to build muscle and think that training as hard as possible with each and every set you complete in your workout program is the way to go, you may want to rethink this. Many people have heard time and time again that if you want to build muscle optimally, you should be lifting until you cannot do another rep no matter how hard you tried. This is the concept of training to failure and has been followed for many years. Now though, this notion is being reconsider...

Football Training Aids

Yes, use steroids, break into the starting line up and maybe get that college scholarship. They are only the football training aids the needed to be bigger, stronger and faster. Anabolic steroids are lightening in a bottle, guaranteed to develop your football skills. Look what they have done for other athletes like Chris Benoit or the late Lyle Alzado and former USA track star Marion Jones. What were they thinking? As of this writing Marion Jones sits in jail for lying...

Punt Coverage

I was talking with a friend of mine who is a Big East Head Coach about Special Teams. Specifically, punt coverage. This particular article is about the spread punt. The spread punt is the easiest to teach. It can be broken down into five Ss. If you can get those five things down, I think you can build your base for putting in the punting game. Here is more detail about the five Ss. Our punter lines up 15-yards deep. You must have a snapper that can get the ball back to him...

Football Players Faster

Most football players can be taught and trained How To Run Fast! Again, in case you forgot, true speed work is defined as 2-8 seconds of full speed, full intensity running with full (minimum of 3 minutes) recovery. If your football speed workouts don't fall under that category, then you are not training your football players to improve their ability to accelerate effectively or develop faster top speeds. Because running fast is, without question, a skill. And there are certain...

Injury Prevention

Football is a high speed game of violent collisions, and with split second changes of direction. As a result, injuries to muscles and joint structures frequently occur due to the high demands placed upon them to produce, and absorb, force in an instant. Some injuries are unavoidable due to contact, but non-contact injuries can be cut dramatically using smart strength training programs. Muscle pulls are often the result of muscles nearby not doing their job to assist or stabilize...

Training for Agility

There is no argument that football players need to be quick and agile. Agility training for football players in a must and needs to be addressed in every teams training program. In this article, we will discuss how the development of motor skills will help improve agility. You have to get scientific about your approach. It is not good enough to simply engage in a bunch of cardiovascular exercises that do nothing to develop the specific motor skills necessary to best perform your given...

Make em Say Ouch!

Coach Paterno would tell us that in a close football game, where both teams are evenly matched, the team that makes the other team say ouch is the team that will win the game. Having the mind set that I will take your best shoot and get up anyway. You can score on me, but I'm coming right back and answering your score. You can hit me in the mouth on one play, but you better enjoy the feeling, because I am coming back on the next one. This is the mind set of a mentally tough team...

Patriots Football Drills

I spoke with a friend of mine who is a former offensive line coach for the New England Patriots and he told about the types of football training drills that the Patriots use to increase there football quickness, football agility and football speed! Here are some of the football drills that they use, Drill #1. The Speed Ladder Perform one repetition of the drill up the ladder. Following a rest, repeat the same drill back down. After the two reps of the drill, perform the next drill the...

Plays For Scholarships

American professional football has its origins in college football. It remains extremely popular today among students, alumni, and other fans of the sport. Many students who participate in high school football playoffs later join tryouts in football recruiting. Some exceptional students have enough talent to attract the attention of recruiting coaches after making exceptional plays in high school football playoffs. There are many plays in football, one of them being the forward pass....

In-Season Strength

Over the course of a football season, players will experience a decline in strength and power without continued strength training. This obviously will affect performance on the field so continuation of the strength program throughout the season is crucial for success. Ten years ago, in-season weight lifting programs were mostly non-existent at the high school level. Strength training at the college level was done only one to two times a week, and usually after practice...