Special Teams: The Third Of The Game Most Staffs Skip

One third of the snaps, a fraction of the meeting time

Punt, punt return, kickoff, kickoff return, field goal and field goal block make up roughly a third of the game. The complete special teams approach in this library gives that third the same install treatment the offense and defense get: alignment, assignment, technique and the coaching points that fix the rep.

What the playbooks cover

A Complete Special Teams Approach and the Complete Specials Playbook walk through each unit in turn, with diagrams for the schemes and the adjustments you will need against the looks you actually see. The Complete Kicking Game title covers the same ground from the kicking specialists' side.

Why it is the cheapest edge you have

Special teams reward organisation more than talent. A staff that scripts its kicking game with the same discipline it scripts its inside run period will win field position against teams with better athletes — and field position is the part of the scoreboard nobody notices until it is gone.