Year In Review
Hello Again to All,
This is Coach Stern from Football Done Right. Wow! I cannot believe that the season went by so fast and it is again the off-season. Just to fill you all in, it has been a whirlwind for me over the last year and I am ready for some R & R before my team begins our training camp for 2010. Much has happened since the last time that I have posted on this site and I would like to take this opportunity to fill you all in on what has been happening with me. In June 2009, I resigned my position as Defensive Line Coach at Grossmont College to take the position as Defensive Coordinator at St. Augustine High School in San Diego, CA.
I spent the last 2 off-seasons coaching at the Saints Speed and Strength (SSS) camp that is the largest Speed and Strength camp on the West Coast with over 500 athletes in various sports. Coaching at the SSS camp was a great experience and I look forward to sharing more information about what I learned and examples of the workouts that we administered at the camp in the following weeks. Many of the exercises that our athletes performed are video logged in Football Done Right’s Functional Training Video Series available here. At St. Augustine I learned and implemented the 30 Double Flex Defense and we had much success with it. The 30 Flex Defense has been used by many colleges around the nation, most notably by Northern Arizona University and the University of Arizona Wildcats. The 30 Flex Defense is a variation of the 3-3-5 defense that creates match-up problems at the Line of Scrimmage with a variety of coverage and blitz package options. I look forward to sharing my experiences with the 30 Flex with you all in the following weeks.
The St. Augustine Saints finished 9-4 overall with our final defeat coming at the hands of the 2008 State Champion Cathedral Catholic Dons in the CIF Division III Playoff Semi-Finals. It was very heartbreaking, but I am proud of the fact that my kids fought hard throughout the season. I look forward to this off-season of re-tooling with St. Augustine as we look towards a championship season in 2010.
If anyone would like to share their year in review of their teams I would like to be in contact. If anyone would like to discuss the 30 Flex Defense or share any information with me or from me about coaching techniques please email me. I will be updating Football Done Right with new information throughout the off-season and would like to be in contact with as many coaches as possible.
I have posted over 50 videos on Speed and Agility, Strength and Conditioning on Football Done Right so please feel free to seek out and inquire about obtaining our video series. I will be posting more information on and about the SSS camp in San Diego, CA soon and if anyone is interested in attending the SSS camp please let me know.
I look forward to continuing the growth of Football Done Right and partnering with other coaches to provide the best in quality coaching instruction. Thank you all for you continued support.
Sincerely,
Coach Matt Stern
Football Done Right
Coaching Inspiration
Hello Everyone,
This is Coach Stern again.
Thank you all again for the support on the website. I hope that your off-season training is coming along well. I know that most Division I colleges start Spring Football drill on or around April 8th. I personally will be visiting some of the major schools around my area including San Diego State University, University of San Diego, Sacramento State University and Fresno State University. I encourage everyone to contact the Universities and Junior Colleges in your area to visit their practices. You can pick up a lot of great information from these other coaches and the coaching staffs are usually very welcoming of other coaches visiting as long as you contact them before arriving.
Ive been thinking a lot about a certain piece of advice that I give to my players and I wanted to share it with everyone that visits the site. the saying goes
“If you are not Progressing you are Regressing. In the classroom, in the community as well as on the football field, improve yourself everyday in everything that you do.”
I tell my players this because in our sport it is very easy for the players to forget about the broad spectrum of life. Often players focus on becoming the best football players they can be and forget about other important aspects of life including school and family.
I try to hold myself to this as well. As a coach it is easy to focus only on winning football games, but it is also important to remember what you are ultimately there for which is guiding these young athletes through some important growing phases of their lives. It is important for us coaches to be not only a source of knowledge and guidance on the football field but also be there to provide support to our athletes and teach them the right way to conduct themselves as people.
I hope that this quote will be useful to you. It has been very useful to me in my career.
Please feel free to leave comments on the site or contact me via email if you have any questions.
Until the next time.
Be Well,
Coach Stern
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Coach Stern’s Playbook
Hello Everyone,
This is Coach Matt Stern. This is my first of what hopes to be a frequent blog posting by me to the Football Done Right audience.
First of all, I would just like to thank you all for the support shown to Football Done Right. This site is a constant work in progress. I look forward to bringing you all new and exciting information the coming months.
Football Done Right is an interactive coaching website. The idea behind this entire site was to share ideas between coaches. So please if you have any questions, want to leave a comment on a post or have a great idea that you would like to share please contact me directly or post underneath the comments link under each section.
Secondly, I know that off-season conditioning programs have started and we are full steam ahead towards Spring Football 2009. I am very excited for this time of year because it provides coaches with a glance at what to expect from their team in the coming season. This time of year is a perfect time for coaches to expand their knowledge, network with other coaches and obtain new ideas for drills going into Spring Football.
I am excited to announce that we at Football Done Right have 5 special video collections that will be released within the month of April. These video series are full of ideas and drills that I will be using to improve my athletes going into the upcoming season. I have used these drills for years now and I have nothing but success with the results of integrating these drill progressions into our workouts. I will try and release some preview information for these videos to our email subscribers soon. If you haven’t signed up or confirmed your subscription to Football Done Right do it now so that you won’t miss out when the trailers are released.
Lastly, I just want to encourage all of our visitors to Football Done Right to continue with communication to the site. This site is a place for idea sharing among us coaches. I have received great feedback from many of our subscribers and look forward to answering your questions in the near future. Please keep up with the emails and comment posts.
Thank you all again!! I will be posting again soon so stay tuned.
Coach Stern
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