7 Things Every Football Player Should Do Before Preseason Practice Begins The first day of preseason practice is one of the most exciting times of the year and just about here! New teammates, new opportunities, and a chance to earn a starting position all begin the moment you step onto the field. Unfortunately, many athletes make one critical mistake.

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Why Private Football Coaching Is One of the Best Investments an Athlete Can Make Every football player dreams of making the game-winning catch, throwing the perfect touchdown pass, making the game-saving tackle, or earning a starting position on Friday nights. But here's a truth every elite athlete eventually learns:

Why Most High School Football Players Never Get Recruited Every year, thousands of talented high school football players dream of playing at the next level. Unfortunately, most never receive a single recruiting call. It isn't always because they lack talent. In many cases, it's because they aren't developing the skills, habits, and exposure that college coaches are looking for. If your goal is to play college football, understand this one truth:

Summer Training Doesn't Make Champions—Purposeful Summer Training Does. You had a grueling season, then winter weight room, spring sports, just wrapped up spring ball and now...ahhh, vacation, dead period. For the elite players in American, there is no such thing. Every summer and dead period, thousands of football players head to the weight room, run a few sprints, attend a camp or two, and tell themselves they're getting ready for the season. The problem?

Every Friday night, thousands of high school football players step onto the field or attend that college summer camp believing they’re doing enough to get noticed. Get that golden ticket to a college offer. The truth? Most aren’t even close. Thats just the plain truth.

PROformance Football Offensive Identifiers SPRING BALL IS WHERE CHAMPIONSHIP DEFENSES ARE BUILT - With programs across the country in the middle of spring ball—installing base offense and evaluating talent—this is one of the most critical windows of your entire season. Most coaches use this time to focus on offensive installation. THAT'S A MISTAKE This is when defensive identity is built. Its when you install awareness, communication, and recognition. It’s when you turn a rea

Here’s the truth: the best young QBs aren’t the ones who know the most—they’re the ones who read the defense with pre snap reads, process limited information, and execute the play with confidence. Simplifying the game doesn’t dumb it down. It optimizes it. It turns chaos into clarity and lets a young QB play fast, decisive, and fearless while building the foundation for more complexity. This is key in developing a young QB.

Mastering the Art of Being A Running Back: Key Coaching Points for Running Backs. If you've ever watched a game or film where a RB explodes through the line for a big gain, you know it's not just about speed or power—it's about technique, vision, patience, smart decision-making and then getting downhill. Its also about those big boys up front making holes! Running the ball effectively is a cornerstone of any strong offense, and it's often the little details and coaching point

12 Mistakes High School Football Players Make That Keep Them Off Varsity. Every year, many talented high school football players get stuck on JV—or buried on the depth chart—not because they aren’t good enough, but because they’re making a few critical mistakes they don’t even realize. I’ve worked with countless high school athletes, and the pattern is always the same: hard work, wrong focus.

Your game season might still be months away (the regular season for many HS teams start in early August), but right now is the perfect time to lock in that championship mindset—new year, new season, fresh fire.This is your moment to reset, reload, train and dominate. Whether you're grinding and working with PROformance, in the weight room, studying film, coaching up your squad, or just living that football life every day, here's a message to get you started strong!

The lights are off, the stadium is quiet, the equipment is turned in, and Friday nights feel a long way away. For players and coaches, this is exactly when championships are built! Most high school players treat the off-season like a vacation or they have moved on to a winter sport. The best ones, the ones that truly want to play at the highest level treat it like a focused job. A burning passion to elevate their game. They know, their competition around the USA is grindin

As we start to close out the HS and Youth Football season for 2025, I wanted to share some end of year observations and thoughts for players and coaches.

The Challenges for Girls HS Flag Football Quarterbacks. hey're battling a whole host of issues from stereotypes, limited resources, physical perceptions, and the sheer newness of the sport itself. The biggest issue I see at the QB position is ...

The old days of being a big fatty and clogging up the hole as a HS offensive linemen is long gone. Today's offensive linemen are...and should be, athletes. Smart, communicative, physical, aggressive and able to make plays. The offense doesn't work or score points if the O Line doesn't do their job. Simple as that.

It's ok to aspire and work towards playing D1 ball. We work with lots of players who aspire AND are capable of playing D1 football,...legit, and actually go on to play there, but you must be aware of what that means and what it actually takes.

What a crazy pro football season this 2025! This last week has been no exception. I wanted to share some high level observations that you can take into considerations to help you win more games! Things to do and things NOT to do.

How to Play and Win Against Less Competitive Teams. By now, most teams will know if they will be play off bound but you still have a schedule to work through. Chances are, some of those teams are not very good. This is what I call the most dangerous time of the season. Why you may ask?

What a great weekend of college football! My favorite game was PSU vs. Oregon. #3 vs. #6. The game didn't disappoint. Aside from just a great competitive game (2 OT's!), as a football coach, there were a few things that really stood out to me. Things that only elite football programs do. Things that champions do. Things that high standard, programs of excellence, top programs do. If you want to win football games, you could learn some things from these two programs and this g

Many HS teams are two games into the season. Some have won, some have lost. For those teams that have their first game this coming Friday, remember, the first two games of the season can set the tone for the rest of the season.