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
This weekend was the Annual NYSHSFCA Clinic at Turning Stone Casino in Verona, NY, and once again the Association delivered a great lineup of speakers, including great Keynotes by Jeff
It’s been a while, but let’s talk some defense. Before I was an offensive coordinator, even before I was a JV Head Coach, I was the Defensive Coordinator for our
One of the hardest parts of coaching JV football isn’t Xs and Os. It isn’t roster numbers. It isn’t even time constraints. It’s engagement. JV football lives in a strange
