Author Archives: CoachFisher

To Playbook or Not Playbook

Q1: How do you present your offense or defense to your players and coaches? #txhsfbchat
Q2: What is your reason for using a playbook, or not using a playbook? #txhsfbchat
Q3: If you do use a playbook, how often do you update it with new information? #txhsfbchat
Q4: If you don’t have an official playbook, where do you keep your information for reference purposes? #txhsfbchat
Q5: When giving your athletes and coaches hard-copies of your playbook, do you incorporate using it in meetings? #txhsfbchat
Q6: If you don’t use a hard playbook, are there any circumstances where you do provide copies of the plays to players or coaches? #txhsfbchat
Q7: How has advancing technology changed the way you use/transmit your offense and defense to your athletes and coaches #txhsfbchat

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SMU OL Tempo and Scheme with Coach Stephen Sorrells

[View the story “SMU OL Tempo and Scheme with Coach Stephen Sorrells” on Storify]…

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Drills Chat

Q1: What are the Every Day Drills (EDD) for your position? (post pics if possible) #txhsfbchat
Q2: Why is this your EDD? What is the purpose of it, and why is it necessary to be worked every day? #txhsfbchat
Q3: What are other important drills you use that are not used every day? (post pics, please) #txhsfbchat
Q4: How do you schedule your drills for each day of practice? each week? #txhsfbchat
Q5: How have you adapted the drills you use to fit the needs of the players and the program? #txhsfbchat
Q6: How often do you change your drills to work the same skill, but with a different approach? #txhsfbchat
Q7: Where do you go to find drills and how do you decide if they are useful to your players and program? #txhsfbchat

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Defensive Back Drills

(Skills and Drills) By: Romison Saint-Louis EDD’s Big Hips: Down a line feet together hips rotating side to side. 180 degrees. Emphasis on turning it all the way and jumping high. Quick Hips: Same as big hips but emphasis on speed. Foot Fire (over a line): Stepping over and back down a line without touching…

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Shopping for Nutrition…a virtual trip with Coach Garson Skelton

You don’t have to eat perfect, just not bad. Coach Garson Skelton of Harker Heights High School in Killeen, TX educates us on easy ways for our athletes to eat better.

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