John T. Reed's Football Think Tank

Free Special Report on the most common mistakes youth coaches make

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	Gap-Air-Mirror Defense for Youth Football
	Single-Wing Offense for Youth Football
	Coaching Youth Football
	Football Clock Management
	The Contrarian Edge for Football Offense
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What level do you coach at?

NFL/COLLEGE - HIGH SCHOOL - YOUTH

Purpose

The purpose of this Web site is to improve the way football is played and coached by providing a forum to discuss innovative and contrarian tactics and strategies.

Subject Area

Coaching
- Offense
- Defense
- Kickoff
- Kick return
- Scrimmage kicks (field goals and punts)
General
- Football terminology dictionary
- Protrade.com
- What subjects pertinent to their jobs are head coaches failing to study?
- Adverse effects on football team performance caused by overemphasis on loyalty to the head coach
- There is no momentum
- Coaching jobs worth taking
- Does it pay for a team to avoid penalties?
- Allen Barra’s “Pro football’s cherished myths” article in the Wall Street Journal
- Recommended contrarian books and videos
- Clock management
- Boring plays that should be eliminated by rules changes
- Phrases that coaches use to deflect blame for losses onto their players
- Suggestions for turning around the Army football team
- Game theory and football (See a neat short article on this at http://www2.owen.vanderbilt.edu/Mike.Shor/courses/game-theory/docs/lecture05/Football.html)
Front Office
- Recruit whom?
- Pro draft
- Pro free agents/trades
Reader Comments
- Reader comments on this Web site

To contribute an idea or comment to this Football Think Tank web site, either email to johnreed@johntreed.com or call 925-820-7262 or fax to 925-820-1259 or snail mail at 342 Bryan Drive, Alamo, CA 94507.