How to Compete against other Smart Football Coaches with the Triple Option Offense
December 31, 2013
There are 15,000 high school football coaches in the United States, and there are some really smart coaches out there.
They’re working 365 days/year to improve themselves as a football coach, and they figure out some really good concepts; however, not all of them are running the Triple Option. If they were, they’d understand that the Triple Option is football’s elite offense due to reading defensive linemen instead of blocking them. This is how programs get good fast.
In order to compete against the best coaches on your schedule, there are four things that must be done.
1- Utilize analytics
The Buffalo Bills started their analytic program this year. Analytics are the discovery and communication of meaningful patterns in data. Yes, analytics are helping football programs look beyond their own biases to discern real patterns and anticipate events.
2- Professional Development
In today’s football knowledge economy, the exchange of ideas has become the new means of on-field production. This is why the Triple Option Football Academy is here–to transcend your knowledge of elite offensive football over the other 15,000 coaches in the United States.
3- No individual is a “segment.”
The age of Big Data and analytics is revealing football players not as demographic slices and case studies—but as individuals. This change is already under way. Coaches used to treat all players the same. Now they train their assistance coaches to spend more time with players in their position group to learn about who the players really are.
4- Technology
Using emerging technology like HUDL has changed entrenched football work practices. Video utilization is changing everything. You must watch all 11 positions from all different vantage point to continually correct errors.
Follow these four things for a better and smarter 2014. Happy New Year.
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