Power Read

FEW EXAMPLES HERE OF POWER READ WITH MOTION AND KEY SCREENS ATTACHED.

   

    My name is Scott Grizzle, I am a 25 year old teacher/football coach from Kentucky. I played collegiately at Kentucky Christian University and Georgetown College.  Currently I am the QB coach at Raceland-Worthington H.S. in Raceland, KY. My knowledge of the quarterback position comes from my playing career and the time I have spent learning from some outstanding high school and college football coaches. I have a tremendous passion for playing and coaching the position of quarterback and through this blog I hope to provide in depth information to all players and coaches who share the same passion as I do. Throughout my football career I have learned from many great coaches but my main influence has been Cal offensive coordinator Tony Franklin. I have now been a player or a coach under the Tony Franklin System for a total of nine years. Most of my philosophy about playing QB comes directly from coach Franklin. As a high school qb, I was fortunate to attend the Tony Franklin Quarterback School for a period of ten sessions. The individual attention I received during that ten week period was the catalyst for a successful playing career and the opportunity I had to play football at the college level. Through QB Advantage I hope to provide the same opportunity for success and improvement that I was exposed to as a player, along with posting up to date information about the QB position, offensive strategy, playing fast, and all aspects of the spread offense.                    

Coaching Career :

- Worked Tony Franklin Systems camps at Auburn University and Kentucky Weselyan University
- Raceland High School QB Coach 2010 - present

Playing Career :

Raceland-Worthington High School : 2003-2006
                         
Kentucky Christian University : 2007-2009

Huntington Hammer (AIFL) : 2010

Huntington Hammer team camp 2010, Huntington WV

SUMMER 2014 QB DRILLS CONTINUED

SUMMER IS HERE - TIME FOR SOME NEW QB DRILLS!

WITH SUMMER FOOTBALL WORKOUTS FINALLY HERE, I THOUGHT I'D PUT TOGETHER SOME OF THE BETTER QB DRILL VIDEOS I'VE FOUND RECENTLY.  DEFINITELY BIG INFLUENCE HERE FROM GEORGE WHITFIELD.

COUPLE QUICK COACHING POINTS I TRY TO STRESS DURING QB INDIVIDUAL DRILL WORK :

• FORCE QB TO MAKE TOUGHER THROWS IN PRACTICE THEN HE WILL IN A GAME
• NEVER PRESENT HIM WITH A "PERFECT" SITUATION 
• HAVE A DECISION MAKING ASPECT TO EVERY DRILL. 
• ALWAYS COACHING BALL SECURITY (2 HANDS, BALL HIGH AT THROAT) AND EYES DOWN FIELD TO TARGET
• MAKE HIM UNCOMFORTABLE! MORE DIFFICULT SITUATIONS IN PRACTICE THEN HE WILL FACE IN A GAME. 
• COMPETITION AMONG FELLOW QB's, KEEP THE INTENSITY & TEMPO HIGH.
• MY RULE - I AS A COACH SHOULD BE WORE OUT FROM QB INDIVIDUAL DRILL TIME BC I SHOULD BE DICTATING A FAST, INTENSE TEMPO FROM START TO FINISH. 

REALLY GOOD INFORMATION HERE FROM TEMPLE QB COACH/OC 

Some Quick Notes on Tempo and Auburn Hurry Up Drills

Here are some clips of Auburn during the 2013 season working on their tempo. 

•  Great stuff here as the OL really works hard to get lined up quickly.  When trying to play fast, I think you always have to challenge the OL to work extremely hard in getting lined up.  Explain to the big guys that they "drive the tempo" and the faster they play, the faster we can play as an offense. 
• Notice that the play call is basically the same every time in order to play at the fastest pace possible.  I would assume he is using some type of "roll it" call, meaning run the same play again, or an "alpha" call, meaning the same.  If you use "alpha" and "omega" calls, you can communicate quickly to your guys to run the same play (Alpha) or run the same play to the opposite side (Omega).  Very easy verbage, quick communication, and no need to look at wristbands or to the sideline for signals. 
• QBs cadence is the same every play.  You can hear QB saying "black black, GO".  Building in your cadence with specific tempos can be a great way to implement variety into your snap count.  For example..Base Tempo "Black, Black, Ready GO!".. Nascar tempo will always be "Black, Black, GO!" .. !" and your optimum tempo (Cheetah Nascar) "Black, GO!"

Click the link for the first clip from Auburn spring practice 2013. Shows the Auburn offense running up-tempo drill vs. air and allows you to hear QB cadence and some coach communication. I could not get the video to show up here but the link works fine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=129rzGmpkdY&feature=player_detailpage