There may not be a tougher conversation in a football program than the “bubble kid” conversation. You know the player I’m talking about. The kid who absolutely could help the
Every year, football coaches get hit with the next big thing in speed training. New ladders. New sprint systems. GPS tracking. Velocity-based training. Apps measuring force production, acceleration, deceleration, and
Sometimes JV football is a struggle of the “Not Yets.” There’s a label that follows JV football around whether we like it or not. It’s unspoken, but it’s there. “This
If you walk onto a JV practice field and listen long enough, you’ll hear a lot of words. Coaches talking. Players talking. Corrections, reminders, encouragement, frustration—it’s all there. And if
This weekend was my cousin Amy’s baby shower. It was the first time that I was going to see that part of my family in over a decade, and the
You’ve seen it. Maybe you’ve coached it. Maybe you’ve lived it. Ball gets snapped. First read isn’t there. Feet get heavy. Eyes drop. Everything speeds up—and at the exact same
I hate the look. You know the one. It’s not from a defensive coordinator staring down 3rd and short. It’s not from a ref after a sideline warning. It’s not
Culture is a funny thing in football. It’s one of those things that we all say we have, and we all yell and shout about, but we don’t all always
I’ll be honest with you. When I first heard we were moving toward a Double Wing system at the varsity level, I wasn’t exactly jumping out of my chair with
Recruiting the Next Wave: Building JV and Sub-Varsity Football in the Off-Season For most people, recruiting is something that happens at the college level. Scholarships. Highlight tapes. Transfer portals. Official
