Central Florida’s Tim Salem believes that one of the most neglected areas of special teams play is extra point and field goal protection.At Central Florida, we believe that special teams play is equally important to both the performance of our offense and defense. As every coach knows, one great special teams play can win a game and a mistake by your special teams can lose a game. One of the most underrated parts of special teams play is extra point and field goal protection. Included is our philosophy of play along with timing, types of rushes, procedure and alignment, assignments, positional techniques, coverage, and snap count. I. Philosophy The objective of the game is to score points. Concentration is critical. We will not negate a three point score through a lack of concentration. Watch the
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