Coach Grabowski's second "book"

Just as my brain has recovered from last year's MIND BLOWER, I get word that Coach Grabowski has a new "book" near completion. Actually, a series is planned....So I look for the tin foil and prepare myself!

Finally I get an email from Coach Grabowski alerting me of the arrival and a short note...

"I apologize in advance for your head exploding."


So once again, the beauty of this "book" is it's portability. Yea, I know all books are portable but once again, this is more than a book.

Places I was able to "read" it

• My office
• On the exercise bike
• During my son's soccer practice (take that futbol)
• Starbucks
• My truck
• The Man Cave
• Our living room 

As I start the book, my imagination wanders and I think...

How can Coach Grabowski

possibly 

top 

THE MIND BLOWER ?

All it took was the first interactive to be impressed. This book is more than a MIND BLOWER, it is an EXPERIENCE!

 

In return for this experience, I plan to do something different. I am going to add some short video clips of the "book". I will point out that my speaking voice is made for blogging and not vlogging... 

 

Next, Coach Grabowski did step up the quote factor (sorry Coach Gonzales). Heraclitus, James Joyce, Albert Einstein, Knute Rockne, Aristotle, Jim Rohn to name a few....

My Favorite is from Albert Einstein...

"Out of the clutter, find simplicity"

The series is broken down into 4 parts. Parts 1-3 are available now and part 4 is coming soon.

PART ONE

Define the System and Build a Foundation $6.99

PART TWO

Structure a Starting Point and Develop Coaching Methods $6.99

PART THREE

Develop the Fundamentals $7.99

Coach Grabowski starts with a guided self reflection. As this clinic season winds down, many coaches are trying to add the newest "play of the week". My head coach recently said "That is why I don't like to go to clinics...there are too many plays I see and want!" Smart football coaches attend clinics to see what is new and what could fit into their offensive scheme. As coach Grabowski explains...

"Many coaches adhere to the philosophy of 'revolution' instead of 'evolution'."

He goes on to say

"What I would actually like to convey in this series is a thought process for looking at offense. I don't' claim that we do it better than anyone else, but I do believe in building on a sound foundation, and in sharing how we do it. I hope to spur thinking that can help in evolving your offense, or choose to radically change your system, provide a process in which you can streamline your adaptation and reduce your learning curve by focusing on the right questions you should be thinking about."


CHAPTERS INCLUDE
1. Build or Evolve a System
2. Define the System
3. Build a Strong Foundation
4. A Starting Point: The Basics of the Stretch Play
5. Teaching & Coaching Methods: Implementing the Stretch
6. Offensive Line Fundamentals
7. Fullback Fundamentals
8. Tight End Fundamentals
9. Tailback Reads and Techniques
10. Quarterback Techniques for Stretch
11. Receiver Techniques
12. Putting it all Together
13. Application of Strategy: Stretch to the Split End Side
14. NOTES and DIAGRAMS

Yes! There is even a place to take digital notes!!!

I will admit I was disappointed to see all the I FORMATION "stuff". I just figured Coach Grabowski was being sympathetic to those two coaches down south, to remain nameless...

You are lucky I didn't post the shirtless picture!

When it comes down to the player chapters, every one is like a mini clinic.

Breakdown of blocking using screen shots!

Below are four pictures taken from the KEYNOTE blocking progression for the Line.

And here a few of my favorite plays

2013 INDY CLINIC notes

Sorry for the long delay...I was waiting for some coaches to respond,but nothing!

INDY CLINIC 2013

I have been busy!!

• FIRST CLINIC talk. recorded it and editing it.
• Also been reading  Dan Gonzalez's book. The chapter on backside tags is worth the price ALONE!!
• REVAMPING QUICK GAME
• Helping a buddy install the offense
• Trying to write the blog article on FORMATIONS, MOTIONS and SHIFTS.

ONE WEEK until SPREAD FOOTBALL clinic

WHEN: March 10. (SUNDAY)
TIME: 9am-12 (REMEMBER DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME)
Crete Monee High School IL
20.00 per coach
SPOTS ARE LIMITED!
Email me for details
dacoachmo@homail.com
DM for details
https://twitter.com/dacoachmohuddle

We will film it AND might try to LIVE STREAM IT!!

SUNDAY MORNING slot fit our (family) Schedules the best!

2013 INDY GLAZIER CLINIC NUGGETS

Joe Medina Cascia Hall Prep School (OK)

"Use Play Action Pass early in the game, it takes advantage of the defense when they are aggressive"

"We like 3rd and MAKEABLE"

Rich Hargitt Nation Ford High School (SC)

"Use a Crazy formation on 4th down instead of trying to use a base formation and long/hard count"

"If a play doesn't work, tweak it first before getting rid of it"

Kevin Kelley Pulaski Academy (AR)

"When you give players more ownership, they tend to remember it BETTER."

"A High School coach can affect more lives in a year than most people in a lifetime"

Lee Owens Ashland College (OH)

"Use SCAN Tempo on ALL 4th downs"

Steve Specht St.Xavier High School (OH)

"We run the Coast to Coast Offense...we take ideas from coast to coast."

"Scheme so the the Offensive Linemen can stay aggressive and PLAY FAST."

101 Pistol Option Plays review and other Pistol thoughts

I’m always looking to expand my library with worthwhile resources. One key for me is that I can reference the material more than once. I have experience running the Gun Option Run game for the last 10 years. I have seen it evolve a lot over this period of time. Zone Read, Veer Option, Midline Option, and now Dash Option. My favorite is the Veer Option, well actually it is Midline but it always seems to get my QB beat up too much…


 My first exposure to the Gun Offense taught me that the tailback’s alignment in the Gun Offense started at even depth with the Quarterback.

 

Next. the tailback moved back so to provide a better mesh. The problem is that it is a presnap key for the Defense. If the defender is aligned away from the RB, they would key the RB running ZONE. If the defender is aligned TO the RB, they would key the QB running ZONE READ or SPEED OPTION. So put the RB behind the QB and NO PRESNAP KEY! 

I had thought of this idea about six years and then discovered it was Nevada’s base offense. I referred to it as Power I Gun (PIG for short). Here are some old school clips from that “Era” (Coaching sophomore football…Forgive me for the crude film job).

POWER I GUN

from John Maurek on Vimeo.

I decided to buy the eBook version and am glad I did! I am able to read it on my Laptop and my iPhone (The iPad mini is a near future purchase). For the teams I have coached, the Pistol formation has provided us with a more downhill path for our tailback. When we are in a one back set, it doesn’t give a presnap key to the Defense.

 

Coach Vint’s book is well laid out and easy to read.

The book contains sections on:

• MIDLINE CONCEPTS
• MIDLINE COMPLEMENTS
• VEER CONCEPTS
• LOAD and LEAD OPTIONS
• ZONE READ GAME
• TRAP READ CONCEPTS\
• COUNTER READ CONCEPTS\
• SHOVEL OPTION CONCEPTS
• FRONTSIDE READ CONCEPTS

At first glance I thought I found a grammatical error, complement. But I learned something new from our friends at Google. Complement

I am verbiage junkie. I love to see how other teams call their formations and plays. Coach Vint uses a number to set his Fullback. It is easy to learn and flexible. I may look into incorporating this into our offense next year. Plus the tags are great too! (Boss,Cobra,Cowboy, and Hoss)

Coach Vint uses a phonetic system for his motions. I have always been torn how to name motions.

Only one name for the motion and tag the player.

Examples: H Zip, X Zip, S Zip

Motions that are specific to players.

Examples: GLIDE is only used by the HB, JET is only used by the SLOT

Use a Phonetic system.

Zip = Z into formation

Fip = F into formation

Yip = Y into the formation

Tip = T into formation

This is still been a challenge for me. Could the players confuse ZIP,FIP,YIP and TIP?

Coach Vint answered
"Never had an issue with it. We rarely have two guys go in motion, and they did a good job of remembering what the ips,aps, and ops meant."
He continued
"I built the system to be simple. The goal was for our athletes to be able to play fast. Our verbage was simple and allowed them to play fast without thinking."

I would have like to see Coach Vint go into more detail about QB and RB steps for the base plays. However, I did understand all the plays and know that when you are in the gun, you can over-coach the footwork. For a more detailed look, check out an old article.

 VEER and MIDLINE form the GUN

We are a big two back team, the problem was the backfield set would give a presnap key. So we decided to try putting both back behind the QB. I only have one clip…hopefully I will get myself into gear and breakdown our whole season.

Here are my some of my favorites from the book, for the rest... you gotta buy the book!

I would highly recommend buying this book. Coach Vint did an excellent job and he is very accessible…

Twitter account @coachvint

GREAT JOB Coach Vint! I’m jealous!

Favorite Formation

Check out the poll and vote!

New Guest Author/Contributor

I am happy to welcome Coach Terrance Banks to Spread Football!

Terrance Banks is currently Wide Receivers/Passing Game Coordinator at Duluth High School, under Corey Jarvis, where he coached WR Myles Campbell, who was the 2011 Gwinnett County Specialist Player of the Year. He previously coached at Berkmar High School, where he coached All-State Receiver Justyn Shackleford , currently playing at Tulane University and on the Lakeside High School staff in 2008 as assistant head coach/offensive coordinator after serving as the assistant Head Coach co-defensive coordinator/linebackers coach in 2006.

          During the past five seasons, Terrance Banks has produced five all-county football players, and one all state player. These players include a wide receiver at Berkmar High who is number one in career yards in a season in Gwinnett County history, a cornerback and linebacker from Lakeside High School in 2008, to go along with the only freshmen to make the DeKalb County all-county team in 2007 at wide receiver.

          In addition to his time at Berkmar, Banks also served as Assistant Head Coach/Co-Defensive Coordinator at Lakeside High School in 2006; Varsity OLB Coach/JV Head Coach at Dunwoody High School 2004-2005.

Coach Bank's first article will be posted this evening! Combing Plays!

Next Article

First week in July is moratorium time for football in Indiana...So I will have some time for an article or two...

The question is what to write about???

Chuck Martin preview

As I finish the chuck Martin section of my notes, here are some clips...

Unique Opportunity

Would you like access to College Teams that run the Spread Offenses?

My coaching buddy has a Bill Williams type opportunity. I took advantage of it and it is well worth the small investment!

OZone consulting

2010 Clinic notes

A few from the archives

2010 Glazier Clinic notes

Mega Clinic Speakers

I recently saw Coach Pat Fox (Milford High School, MI) in Indianapolis. He will be speaking in Grand Rapids, MI and Los  Angeles, CA.

GRAND RAPIDS

LOS ANGELES

He sells a awesome package of Game clips and Power Points! Make sure to take advantage of it.

INDY COACHING CLINIC FOOTBALL NOTES done

Great stuff on No Huddle, Pass Protection, Great Pass concepts and the 3 back GUN formation!!


INDY CLINIC 2012 on SCRIBD

INDY CLINIC 2012 on Google docs