The Passing game is becoming more and more prevalent in the modern football game.This was highlighted by the NFL Superbowl in Miami this year. Drew Brees and Peyton Manning executed a masterclass in the passing game. Receivers are becoming more akin to basketball players than their counterparts of even 10 years ago.
The core philosophy of todays offense?
Spread out the defense.Make them choose.Find a hole in coverage.Exploit.
The Spread offense and it’s relatives have really taken off in the USA, and at the high school level schemes like the wild bunch, the air raid and the run and shoot have really worked [...]

1st DOWN & 98
The official spots the ball on your 2 yard line and points to the endzone 98 yards away – “First Down!”
In 400 BC Sun-tzu wrote:    “Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win”
As a football coach I feel these words best describe my role in the team.  I put my players in the situations they will face on game day and through this I give them the opportunity to win.  An area of the game where Sun-Tzu’s words resonate is when your offence [...]

IAFCA have met with several nations to discuss the development of LTAD in Ireland.LTAD is long term athlete development

Irish Football Coaches Take Another Leap Forward
On the weekend of August 28th to 30th the Irish American Football Coaches Association (IAFCA) hosted the second IAFCA Annual Coaching Convention at the Camden Court Hotel in Dublin, Ireland.