Football and the Weight Room
If you coach football, you have to consider physical fitness as part of your program, regardless of what level you coach. Many youth coaches have it down with simple plyometrics such as pushups, situps and explosion drills (check these articles out: http://artofmanliness.com/2010/05/21/beginners-guide-to-plyometrics/, http://www.donchu.com/articles/article7/). But they are often faced with enthusiastic dads that want to get [...]
Continue Reading →Dynamic Warm-Ups
If you do any kind of research on the net or speak with a number of athletic trainers you will quickly learn that there is an ongoing debate about whether or not Dynamic Stretching is better for athletes than Static Stretching. regardless what you believe, you need to do one or the other. I personally [...]
Continue Reading →Ladder Drills
There are a ton of exercises you can do with the Ladder for linemen and skill players. By using the ladder, you can work on and perfect motion mechanics, cardio, hand and foot speed, and agility to just name a few. The key to success with using the ladder lies solely in the execution of [...]
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