Choosing the Right Football for your Program

Sponsored by Rawlings Great coaches everywhere have one thing in common. A thirst for knowledge, particularly anything that can aid their teams and advance their careers. In fact most coaches will do everything they can to get a grip on new techniques, drills or schemes that they think will make their program more successful. But before you bury yourselves in the Xs and Os, delve into hours of film study, or begin work on a new weight training program, pause for a second and consider what it is that all of your players, particularly your offensive ones, will be trying to get a grip on come two-a-day time – the football. Football, schmootball. They’re all the same, right? Wrong. If getting the right football in your players’ hands is not high on your off-season to-do list, then you’re fumbling around with your team’s performance. And while structural changes to the football