Coach to Coach – Offensive Game Planning: Strategies for Success

I love designing and developing offensive schemes. When I was a kid, I would sit for hours designing plays on my electric magnetic football game. Years later, I am still designing plays and offensive schemes. The challenge of designing a play and teaching players to execute it with precision in the midst of violent chaos is one of the things I love most about coaching. Once the plays and schemes have been designed and installed, the next aspect of being a successful offensive coach is putting together and implementing a solid game plan. The ability to develop and install a good game plan is essential in becoming a consistent winner. Twenty years of developing schemes and constructing game plans has taught me that success requires a convergence of philosophy, creativity, study and a solid understanding of what your team does well. I want to share a few of the concepts that I use to