Coach and Coordinator Podcast

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Using Technology and Data to Better Develop Your Athletes' Speed - Bill Parisi, Parisi Speed School Jan 20, 2023

Show notes

We sat down with Speed Expert Bill Parisi at the Catapult Coaches Lounge at AFCA.

Bill Parisi has served as a consultant and/or featured lecturer for several sports-related organizations, including the NFL, USA Football, Nike, Reebok, and numerous sports industry associations such as the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM), the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), the American Council on Exercise (ACE), and International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA).

In addition to speaking, writing, and consulting, Parisi has been featured on Fox Sports, ESPN, The Today Show, CNBC, ESPN the Magazine, Sporting News, The New York Times, U.S.A. Today, CBI, Men’s Health and Running magazine.

Show Notes:

-Sports science behind speed development

-Understanding volume

-Acceleration - Force/Velocity profiles

-Understanding deficiencies for development

-Individualizing plans

-“Mailboxing” the athletes

-Cheetahs and Rhinos

-Understanding how players fatigue

-Advancement in understanding fascia and connective tissue

-Takeaways from the data

-Don Bosco HS practices and modification

-HS athletes reaching 20mph in game

-Building a practice

-The numbers don’t lie - who is working hard?

-Evaluation equals motivation

-Catapult motivates players to work harder

-Catapult in recruiting

-Getting reliable, trusted data

-The eye in the sky doesn’t lie

-Recommendations to get started with the technology

-Determining how many reps a player have in-game

-Use 3-4 data points to get started

Catapult One:

one.catapultsports.com

Parisi Speed School:

https://www.parisischool.com/

Related Speed Development Episodes:

Tony Holler - Creating Apex Predators

https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/creating-apex-predators-tony-holler-feed-the-cats-113021-657-am

Feed the Cats - Get Your Team Fast and Explosive

https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/feed-the-cats-tony-holler

Dr. Speed - Ken Clark:

https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/dr-ken-clark-strength-and-conditioning-coach?in=user-804678956/sets/high-performance-sports

Resources for Football Speed Development:

https://coachtube.com/courses/football/speed-agility?a=ddd391c93af2433281656b763

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Clinics and Conventions - What Are You Bringing Back for Your Players, Steve Hauser, Teach Tapes Jan 19, 2023

Show notes

We spent each week of the season with Steve Hauser, former special teams coach with Iowa State and Oklahoma State and the creator of the popular TeachTapes on Twitter. We sat down with him in the Catapult Coaches Lounge at AFCA to catch up and discuss learning the game and what we bring back from conventions and clinics to our players in order to create a better experience for them.

Show Notes:

-Never know where you will be a year from now

-Bowl games and how they are affected

-Opportunities through change

-Technology has changed things for the better

-The experience you create for a player

-How technology fine tunes your coaching

-Clinics and conventions - what are you bringing back for your players

-Examples to share with players through Twitter

-Same but different

-Chiefs “snow globe”

-Using Catapult data

-Dialing intensity up and down in drills

-Opportunity for tech like Catapult One at HS level

-It’s full-time care for players

-Understanding what is happening with players

-Working smart

-Connection between strength staff and coaches

Catapult Sports:

one.catapultsports.com

TeachTapes Series:

https://coachandcoordinator.com/teach-tapes-series-2022/

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Recruiting, NIL, Building Culture - John Pennington, Head Coach, West Virginia State Jan 18, 2023

Show notes

John Pennington enters his seventh year as the Head Coach at West Virginia State University in 2023.

Pennington was named head coach in the Spring of 2017 and promptly proceeded to lead the program to its first winning season in a decade.

Today, we talk about recruiting in the portal, how the focus has changed, tools to help find the right student-athletes for your program, building culture in a constantly changing roster, and NIL.

Show Notes:

-Small College recruiting

-Finding ways to be efficient

-Changes

- The transfer portal

-Catapult Recruit

-How changes have affected the focus

-Bringing new players into the system

-How portal affects culture

-Focus on developing players and building relationships

-Best features of the technology

-Developing as a coach

-Being intentional in development as a coach

-Keeping things simple

-Dealing with losses

-Process of Simplifying - Reverse engineer

-NIL in Division II

-Be Sports https://www.besportsgroup.com/

-NIL as an education opportunity

Related Episodes:

John Pennington - Small Wins = Big Gains

https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/small-wins-equal-big-gains-john-pennington-head-coach-at-west-virginia-state-university

John Pennington - Six Keys for Red Zone Success

https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/six-keys-for-red-zone-success-john-pennington-head-coach-west-virginia-state

John Pennington’s RPO Course:

https://coachtube.com/course/football/john-pennington-rpo-offense/11751906?a=ddd391c93af2433281656b763

Catapult Sports Thunder Cloud Recruiting Service:

https://www.catapultsports.com/solutions/xos/recruiting

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QB and WR Timing and Evolving as a Coach - Jordan Hogan, WR Coach, Colgate Jan 17, 2023

Show notes

We sat down with Jordan Hogan at the Coach’s Lounge in the Catapult Sports booth at AFCA to discuss what he’s done since we last talked at the NYSHSFCA Clinic in 2019, while he was the receivers coach at Cornell.

During the pandemic, which was a shutdown of the Ivy League season, Coach Hogan was able to attain the Bill Bidwill Coaching Fellowship, a program started by the Arizona Cardinals in 2015 to help increase diversity in the coaching ranks and provide more opportunity for experience on the NFL level.

Recently named to FootballScoop's Minority Watch List, Hogan worked with the offensive staff and served as an assistant in the quarterback room during his time with the Cardinals. He helped with the creation of install tapes, game breakdowns, play drawings, and assisted with game and practice data input among other duties.

Prior to his time in the NFL, Hogan spent three seasons at nearby Cornell. During his time with the Big Red, Hogan served as the wide receivers coach where he developed several record-setting players at that position.

Along with his role with the Arizona Cardinals, Hogan has served in similar NFL capacities in the Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship with the Baltimore Ravens in 2019, Indianapolis Colts in 2017, and the Buffalo Bills in 2016.

Hogan has had previous wide receiver coaching stops at Division II Stonehill College (2017) and Division III Buffalo State College (2013-2017). He also served as the wide receivers coach for the US National Team development game in Canton, Ohio, in 2016.

A standout wide receiver at Brockport, Hogan at the time of graduation ranked fifth in school history in career receiving yards (1,546) and eighth in catches (108). He earned All-League honors as a junior and was a preseason All-American as a senior captain.

Show Notes:

-Coach Hogan over the last three years

-What he learned with the Cardinals and is applying now in his own room

-QB/WR timing

-Networking as a young coach

NYSHSFCA Clinic Info:

nyshsfca.org

Coach Hogan’s Course - “Simple WR Drills for Indy”:

https://coachtube.com/course/football/jordan-hogan-simple-drills-for-wr-indy/11737836?ambassador=ddd391c93af2433281656b763

Coach Hogan’s first episode on Coach and Coordinator - “Win Your Now”:

https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/win-your-now-jordan-hogan-wide-receiver-coach-at-cornell-university-ny

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Actionable Data for Winning and Developing Athletes - Jamie Hepner, Dir. Sports Science, Catapult Jan 16, 2023

Show notes

Jamie Hepner is the Director of Applied Sport Science and Football Performance at Catapult.

We sit down with Jamie to discuss technology, analytics, and data that help win games and develop our athletes. Translate data into action.

Show Notes:

-Jamie Hepner’s background

-The gap closing between on field coaches and sports science

-Progression for a team starting with analytics

-“Interesting data is for fans. Actionable data is for coaches.”

-Ask questions of the data

-Physically peaking for the first game

-Camp usually is a regression of intensity

-How much is too much? There is no magic number

-How position coaches are using data

-Broad guidelines with understanding of risks

-Reinforcing non-maximal effort can have an effect on maximal output

-You can compromise intensity or compromise how you do it

-Competitive advantage is in quality not quantity

-Team periods - what do I want to be?

-A marathon runner doesn’t run a marathon every day to prepare for the race

-Considering intensity and rest

-Special Teams consideration - what does it cost me?

-Standardizing data for recruiting

-Understanding the type of athletes I need for my offense or defense

-Find an opponent’s weakness and exploit it

-Doing more with well engineered practices

Learn more about Catapult Sports:

https://one.catapultsports.com/us/

Twitter:

@catapultsports

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Looking at How 2022 Played Out and Trends For 2023 - Cody Alexander, Match Quarters Jan 13, 2023

Show notes

We caught up with Cody Alexander at AFCA and sat down with him at the Catapult booth to recap what we saw in 2022 as well as what he expects to trend in 2023.

Cody Alexander is the creator of MatchQuarters and the author of five books on defense. A former Texas HS Football Coach, and FBS Defensive GA, Coach A has a vast amount of experience at all levels of football.

Before returning to the high school ranks, Coach A was the Defensive Graduate Assistant at Baylor University under current North Texas Defensive Coordinator, Phil Bennett. During Coach’s tenure at Baylor, he assisted with the development of the corners. In addition, he was placed in charge of opponent breakdowns while overseeing and assisting with defensive recruiting, discovering All-Big 12 LB Eddie Lackey. While at Baylor, Coach A was on staff for three bowl appearances (Fiesta, Holiday, and Alamo) and a Big XII Championship (2013).

High School Trends:

-Move to the 3-3-5

-Wing-T and Power type concepts

-Pin & Pull

-Getting bigger O personnel on the field

-The Odd Stack

-Using “Spread” defense to defend bigger personnel

-Bigger Sam linebackers

-Slice/Inverted Sky to boundary

-Less emphasis on Pressures more on Coverage

-Benefits 7 on 7

College Trends:

-Uptick on 5-man pressures

-More internal pressures to collapse pocket

-Zone-it and Match-it sides

-Internal pressures vs. protection help

-Early down pressures structures that are good vs. run

-BOSS front/overloads

NFL Trends:

-Coverage rotations

-5-man pressures - hugging the back

-Will we see more pistol?

-Nickel with the passing strengths

-Advantages of back in sidecar

Tools and technology for coaches:

-Emphasis on analytics

-Win rate data

-Creating objective look at what you are doing real-time

-Understanding efficiencies

-Analytics for practice planning

Cody Alexander - Trends at all Levels in 2022

https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/defensive-trends-at-all-levels-in-2022-cody-alexander-match-quarters

Match Quarters and Hybrid Defenders: User-804678956 – Match-quarters-hybrid-defenders-cody-alexander

Simulated Blitzes: User-804678956 – Systematic-blitzes-cody-alexander

Self Scouting - Cody Alexander: User-804678956 – Self-scouting-cody-alexander Positionless Defense User-804678956 – Positionless-defense-with-south-dakota-defensive-coordinator-travis-johansen

Match-Quarters in 2023

https://matchquarters.com/

Match Quarters SubStack

https://matchquarters.substack.com/

Twitter: @the_Coach_A

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Developing Relationships, Networking, and the Pin and Pull - Anthony Shiffman, Hog Football Chat Jan 12, 2023

Show notes

We sat down with the creator of Hog FB Chat Anthony Shiffman to talk about how the chat came about, learning and developing as a coach, the networking, the pin-and-pull scheme, and developing relationships with your players. This episode was recorded at AFCA with special thanks to Catapult for giving us a space to sit down and talk with coaches.

Show Notes:

-Journey into coaching

-How Hog FB Chat Developed

-Learning through the Hog FB Chat

-Building relationships

-Creating a unit identity

-The Pin and Pull

-Play to personnel

-Why it’s become part of the wide zone team’s run game

-Techniques for Pin and Pull

-Professional development advice

-Don’t be intimidated by logos

-Build relationships to build your career

-Bob Wylie and Jim McNally

-How technology advances the game

-It’s always about the player

-Hog FB Chat in 2023

-Winning edge - relationships

Twitter:

@CoachShiffman

Chris Fischer Texas HS FB Chat on Coach and Coordinator:

https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/texas-high-school-football-chat-chris-fischer

Catapult Sports on Coach and Coordinator:

https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/training-camp-optimal-performance-during-preseason-wdj-callender-yusef-shakir-and-ryan-horton

catapultsports.com

About Coach Shiffman:

Shiffman served as the OL coach at Elmhurst after spending three seasons at Lake Forest College. He coached the offensive line for the Foresters and also served as Run-Game Coordinator in 2021. Lake Forest posted an impressive 20-4 overall record in the three years Shiffman served as an assistant. The Foresters captured a Midwest Conference Championship and qualified for the NCAA Division III Championship during the 2021 campaign. Lake Forest averaged 41.5 points per game while rushing for an average of 180 yards per game and scoring 32 total rushing touchdowns.

Shiffman also made coaching stops at Rossview High School in Tennessee (2015-17), and Roanoke Rapids High School in North Carolina (2014-15) and he began his coaching career at Springfield High School (2007-13). He served as the offensive line coach and strength and conditioning coordinator at all three stops while also serving as the Run Game Coordinator at Rossview.

Shiffman played collegiate football at Illinois College where he was a three-year letter-winner. He earned his master's degree from Greenville College.

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Networking at Conventions and Clinics - Jeremy Hawkins, DL Coach/Run Game Coordinator, EKU Jan 11, 2023

Show notes

Jeremy Hawkins is the Defensive Line Coach and Run Game Coordinator for Eastern Kentucky. He sat down with us at the Catapult booth at AFCA to share some tips for networking at conventions, clinics, and conferences.

Show Notes:

-Be casual and comfortable

-Build genuine relationships

-Be yourself

-Make relationships real

-It’s about establishing trust

-It’s like recruiting

-Prepare yourself

-Know about the person you want to talk to

Learn more about Catapult’s solution-based products:

catapultsports.com

Game Plan For Your Next Job Series (14 episodes):

https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/sets/game-plan-for-your-next-job

Jeremy Hawkins - Professional Development and Career Enhancement

https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/professional-development-and-career-advancement-jeremy-hawkins-defensive-line-coach-eastern-kentucky

Jeremy Hawkins - Good Eyes and Fanatical Effort

https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/defensive-line-good-eyes-adn-fanatical-effort-jeremy-hawkins-defensive-line-coach-eku

Defensive Line Fundamentals & Techniques - Jeremy Hawkins

https://coachtube.com/course/football/jeremy-hawkins-defensive-line-play/13566130?a=ddd391c93af2433281656b763

Coach Hawkins runs a Twitter space for defensive line coaches as well and you can follow him on twitter @CoachJHawkins

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Coaching Progressions and Developing in the Profession - Darrin Chiaverini, Analyst/WR Coach, UCLA Jan 10, 2023

Show notes

Darrin Chiaverini, UCLA Analyst/WR Coach, stopped by to talk with us at the Catapult booth at the AFCA Convention. After being drafted by the Cleveland Browns in 1999 and spending time in the NFL, Chiaverini began his career as a coach. Now in his 16th year has spent time at the junior college and Power 5 level. Today he shares his thoughts on developing coaching progressions to get the plays from the chalk to the playing field as well as his thoughts on developing in the coaching profession.

Show Notes:

-Transition from player to coach

-Teaching progression

-Evaluation and reflection

-Making the most out of tough years

-Coach development advice

-Interacting with other coaches to learn

-Learning from your failures

Twitter @CoachChev6

one.catapultsports.com

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Coaches and Experts Share Insight on Successfully Branding Your Team, Unit, Or Position Group Jan 06, 2023

Show notes

If culture is the substance of your program, then branding is the style. Today we share insight from 6 coaches plus a branding expert on why branding is important to your program, unit, or position group and how to successfully create branding that represents who you are as a collective.

Show Notes:

-Rob Pomazak, head coach at st Charles north in IL. In this segment, he talks about how he gets the message out about his program and why it’s an important part of what he does as a head coach.

-When we spoke with Kareem Reid in this segment from USA Football’s National Conference, he was the head coach at West Lake High School in Atlanta, Ga. He is now a quality control and defensive line coach for the Florida Gators. In this segment, he relates how in the programs he took over it was very important to establish a brand in order to create excitement, recruit his hallways, and get the student body excited. he shares his approach to branding his team and some of the specifics that he recommends.

-The covid shutdown was good for Marco Regalado. He was able to create his own brand on TikTok impersonating different types of coaches. What became entertainment for us during a tough time led to an opportunity for coach Regalado as he became director of recruiting at Washington state and then Rice. He now has the title of Executive Director of Player Personnel & Recruiting Innovation. In this segment, he talks bout what he learned about the power of social media in creating a brand.

-Joe Matheson, offensive coordinator at the University of Wisconsin - River Falls joins us to talk about their Top Gun Offense which was #2 in NCAA Division 3 in total yards in 2021 at 544.3 yards per game. He talks about how used his education in marketing to create a brand that his offensive unit took pride in.

-Matt Guerrieri is an analyst at Ohio State and previously the co-coordinator at Duke. In this segment, he talks about the brand and identity created for the blue devil defense and how they used the branding in what they did.

-John Weaver is the receivers coach at Madison ridge land academy in Mississippi. They just won their 4th straight state championship in Mississippi. They will be joining us on the podcast in the near future, but here is a preview of why he branded his receivers group and what it does for them.

-We finish with Matthew Glick an expert in branding and the CEO of Gipper, a fast-growing platform used around the country by high school and college programs. He talks about consistency in branding and why it is important.

Related Episodes:

Kareem Reid:

https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/your-call-building-branding-a-program-coach-joseph-shakur-kareem-reid

Marco Regalado:

https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/branding-your-program-with-tiktok-marco-regalado-lb-coach-stc-psja-memorial-hs-tx

Joe Matheson:

https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/top-gun-offense-joe-matheson-offensive-coordinator-uw-river-falls-11322-825-am

Matt Guerrieri:

https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/setting-up-your-meetings-for-effective-learning-matt-guerrieri-co-dcsafeties-duke-university

Matthew Glick:

https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/tell-your-programs-story-through-a-branded-social-media-experience-matthew-glick-ceo-gipper

Presentations:

Rob Pomazak:

https://coachtube.com/users/robpomazak?a=ddd391c93af2433281656b763

Matt Guerrieri:

https://coachtube.com/course/football/creating-culture-and-teaching-methods/11755892?a=ddd391c93af2433281656b763

Marco Regalado:

https://coachtube.com/course/football/recruiting-high-school-players-today/16743078?a=ddd391c93af2433281656b763

John Weaver:

https://coachtube.com/users/pilot?a=ddd391c93af2433281656b763

https://coachtube.com/course/football/building-unit-identity/15892174?a=ddd391c93af2433281656b763

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