Scripting Your Special Teams Practice

The Football Coaching Podcast with Joe Daniel

Yes, Special Teams is one-third of the game of football. If ST hasn't won or lost you a game as a coach yet, it's coming. There are times that Special Teams practices can feel chaotic, like no one knows what's going on, and 1 coach (whomever had that ST Coordinator role thrown on them) is coaching 11 players, and the other Coaches are standing around watching the kicker.

On this episode we're talking to Coach Joel Mathews on ways to prevent the nightmare written above. We talk not only scheduling a special teams practice, but having it scripted ahead of time. Let everyone know where to be, who to coach, and what they're responsible for.