ByCoach Martin|Football Positions
A center in football is often an undervalued position, but there may be no important position along the offensive line.
If you want to be a great center, you’ll need to have unique traits that help you accomplish your roles and responsibilities on every play.
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To be successful, offenses have to incorporate misdirection plays to keep defenses off balance.
If teams only called straight running plays up the middle and short passing plays, the defense would catch on and key in on the play before they even happened.
That’s why offensive coaches come up with plays that make the defense think a play is going one way — when in fact it’s doing the exact opposite.
One of the most common misdirection plays offenses run is the bootleg play.
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ByCoach Martin|Football Basics
Every offensive lineman dreams of executing pancake blocks.
It’s the outcome coaches hope for in every block by every offensive lineman on every running play.
While there is no official statistic for pancake blocks in football, it’s one of the most celebrated plays by offensive line coaches and offensive line groups.
It’s a great individual accomplishment and something definitely worth celebrating.
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ByCoach Martin|Football Defense
Over the last few years, a lot of football leagues have been adding different rules to protect the health and well-being of players.
One of those rules is the horse collar tackle.
The horse collar tackle is one way defenders used to be able to take down ball carriers if they were unable to wrap them up as they are normally taught.
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Your team is losing with only seconds left in the game, and only a touchdown will win you the game or tie it up.
What do you do?
You call for every receiver you have to run straight downfield to the end zone.
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ByCoach Martin|Football Basics
In a football game, not every player on offense is actually eligible to receive a pass.
There are certain players on the field who may catch a pass, in other words, and others who aren’t.
Those players who aren’t allowed to catch a pass are ineligible receivers.
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ByCoach Martin|Football Basics
All quarterbacks are taught the basics of throwing a football when they start playing.
There are some intricacies of throwing a football that are slightly different than throwing a baseball, for example.
This is why there are a few more steps when throwing a football.
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ByCoach Martin|Football Positions
When football teams run base defensive formations, they often have four members in the secondary.
These players will consist of two cornerbacks and two safeties — a free safety and a strong safety.
While both latter positions are safeties, there are nuances of each position that make them slightly different.
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The game of football, and how it’s built, is similar for all skill levels.
The game consists of four quarters, with a halftime between the second and third quarters.
After the four quarters are over, there is an overtime period if the game is still tied.
While this structure is true for all levels of football, how long each of these quarters are, as well as the halftime, differs for each level.
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In the National Football League, there are many different requirements for when teams hold practices.
The league doesn’t stop working in the offseason after the Super Bowl.
During the offseason, the NFL and the Players Association come to an agreement as to when – and how – teams can hold practices.
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