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To modify this drill, you can (a) add a center

FIGURE
4 and have playerc study the oppoBing center lor a
hirchor bendofan opponeniskneeto gpt a jump
on the Bnap, and (b) tak€ the spot indicator away
so the players automatically know where the spot

In our last drill, we place all our people in their

pmper position on one side ofthe center and have
offensive people in &ont of them. We can now
Bhow our punt blockers the different blocking
Bchemesour upcoming opponentsuse, so thelre
familiar with the players who will likely block
them in the upcomine game (BeeFieure 6).

B< 5 Yds --->

B FIGURE
6
B P
at the proper angle to the exact spot (indicate
with play strip) to block a punt. We use a trailer
in the ddll to teach him to pick up the ball and
rtln for a score(seeFigue 5).

FIGUBE
5 Spot,block,scoredrill
P

Gel up and
blockpunter
eids

We want to €mphasizethe importanceofwork-

ing the kicking game every day and doing these
X B drills religiously. Perhaps the primary ingredi-
entthese drills teach our playeN is that they 6e'
lieu€ they can go for blocked kicks without ever
getting a roughing penalw

1985 Summer Manual. Coach Amdta is dzfensiue line cod.h and Coach Glad.Ien iN outsid. linebacher .oa<.hal
Flori.ln Stdte Unire rcitr.
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P[rilosophy,Motivation,
and Management
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1he Value of Football BiIl McCartney 167
Priorities of Coaching BiII Currl 168
I'he Gal3e and Coaching Grant Tbaff tI4
Thking Care of t}Ie Game Charliz McClendan 179
Imights Into Coaching Woodry Hales 181
Puttitrg Togettrrera Winning Pmgram Bo Schembechler 184
I]lingB fve Leamed From CoechiDg 188
Fifty-Plue Yearsof CoachingFootball Eddie Robinson 190
Motivation-The Difference-Makerin Coachins Iae Corso 195
G€tting Your Tban Readyto Play Ken Hatfiew 197
Turning a hogrdm Around Glen Mason 199
CoschingDuti$ and Opportunitieg BiU Snfder 200
CoachiagPhilosophy and Objectives Don Nehlen 20t

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The Value of Football
BILL McCARTNEY
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We're supposed to be lit)ing in uer! grab one another much like hands gripping on
sophisticated times, uith sophisti&ted all sides.Ourbest lootball teams reflect the sdxre
rouns people. AII uotldl! uise and dependence.A man l€ams to trust and dep€nd
knoulidseable. Hou can the s(rnE of football
still be inlportdnt in thdt conteit? Bill Cuny taught me the smartest definition
I feel it's more important than er)er.What ofleadership. Hecalls ita powedul positivepres-
elsehauewegot to anchor to? Whereelsecan ence. If you arc positive, youl presencewill be
ue walh out there eren auerything the powedul. Thint about it-everyon€ can lead un-
same tnd compare?Looh around..Maybe d€I this concept. You need only to bring a h€althy
the footbaU field.'s the onl.yplace left. Ma.ybe arrirudclo)oursquadFven day andyou areposi-
we'le alreadr Inst it euerywhere else. tively influencins your team.
-Paul "Beal' Bryant There is a verse in the Old Testament,
Deuteronomy 20:8: nYho iB the man who is afraid
Is football the last outpost ofdiscipline? The grind and fainthearted? Let him depart and return to
of the gidiron separates it from other sports. his houseso that he won't make other heartBmelt
Where else in what sport or activity does a like his head."
man line up directly across from another who
couldverywell be bigger,stmnger,smarter,older,
and more talented? Yet, he is expect€dto com-
pete int€nsely for 60 minutes. We ask him to give
no quarter and take none.
It's been said that the most competitive men
play th€ most competitiv€ games. Coachesand
players know the undersized men can win because
nobody has a market on heaft, desire, motiva-
tion, and will to win. Football reveals these quali-
ties in men and rewards them.
Teamwo* is necessary in all group Epofts. Yet,
football digs deepinto the tlue meaning ofteam,
simplyb€cause 11men must coodinate their ef-
fods. Vince Lombardi said the best definition of
team is "on€ headbeat." To gain this requires to-
tal commitment, d€mandss€lflessn€ss.
These qualities are not inlerited and are rarely
demonstrated in a laboratorJ or clasBroom.No,
football develops them through the gind, the dif-
ficulty, the unity necessarf to blend into one.
Have you noticed that a redNoodtree can ma-
tule to a tuIl300 fe€t (the length of a football field)
when tully grown? Did you know that its roots do
not sink deep?Actually, they are very shallow. It
would appear that any sood wind could knock over
any redwood.
Do you know why that doesn't happen? Red-
woo& srow in clusters. Their mots int€rtwine and
168 FOOTBAIL COACHINGSTR{TEGIES
Did you know that when you are weak, you
can make othem around you l,veak?Ifyour head
is melting, so will othels. Ifyou are strong, oth-
ers will draw on your shength. Football has a
unique way olbuilding leadership.The very na-
ture ofour gamedep€ndsupon leadersto ernerge.
To me, no coach in America clshsa man to
mahe any sacrilice. He requests the opposite.
Liue clean, come clean, thith cledn. Stop
doing at.l the things that destror rou
nentoll!. ph)si.all!. ond noroltJ. ond bpgin
doing those things that mahe you heene4
finer, more competent.
Fielding H. Yost
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Priorities of Goaching
BILL CURRY
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Every day you pick up the newspaperor listen to
the radio or watch teleyision,you arc bombarded
with information, a very high percentage ofwhich
is negative. And not just mildly nesative; but
fach, statistics, pichres, images, and suggestions
that are so horible that they can dominate your
thoughts. They €an make you into som€thing that
you never intended to be. And they can do it to
yotl without your rcalizing it.
It's like ifyou run aooss rough ground enough,
your body developsprotective devices,caliuses.
You get blisters the first few days, but aft€r a
while your feet are tough; the callused surface
protects them. Ir the 6ame way, we think we're
immunelo rheslr Trhat!flowingrnroourbrains,
but we arcnt, and we change.
I have a son whot 19 years old. He is a norrnal
American bo). He watches TV He loves to watch
the National Footbal League.He loves to watch
you guy8 coaching. That means he has seen
100,000beer commercials. One hundrcd thousand
times it has been said to Bill Curry, Jr., "If you
want to get a good-looking girl, you'd better &ink
Think about it. Fooibalt has not really changed.
Fielding Yost penned this qrote some 80 years
ago.It is still appmp ate today.It is no sacrifice
lo play football. In fact, it's a distinct privilege,
an honor, an opportunity of a ljfetime.
I thinl we can look people in the eye and prom-
ise that iftheir Bonwants to play football, chances
are sood that they will see (a) improvement in
his self-esteem,(b) renewed respect for author-
ity, (c) willingness to cooperatewith others, and
(d) inclination to participate in ever'.thing more
wholeheartedly
I beliere lootball devplopscharacl,cnTherc is no
easy way to pmctic€ football. It is oft€n the most
difiicult thins a man undertakes in his lifetime. It
Feparcs him for the trials and shuggles oflife.
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this kind of beer.Here it is. And here'Bthe girl.
Look at her. Whoa!"
What do you thinl he'sgonna do?It scaresme
to death. He's a freshman in college.Whatdoyou
think that child's gonna do with that many sug-
gestions? How many times can I say to him,
"When you ddnk beer, you'r€ taking a risk."
Maybe 150times in his life? Look what we're com,
peting against.
Learning and, Repetition
I haue a uery dimcult time learning. It
requiresnany manJ repetitions.I pl.Qyed
footbary until I was 32 years old. I had.
the priLtileee of plaring in the National
F@tball Leaeue for 10 yearc, and.I pLaJed.
on some of the grcatest teams that elter
played the game, and I ptaJed in someof
the biggestgamesthat uerc everpldyed. I
plared. in Super Bouls I, III, dnd U so
eueryod.d.numberedSuper BouI noo, mr
bod! thinhs I'm supposed to plar.