Great New iBook!

Sorry I have not been around in a while, it was a busy football season.

I want to share with all of you a great new resource brought to you by Coach Grabowski.

A Coaching Arsenal: Exclusive Strategies From Top Coaches on Implementing the Pistol Offense

It can be found HERE>

Coach Grabowski reached out to coaches from all over the country to contribute a chapter to this iBook and it does not disappoint.  I have been reading it all week.  For those who have missed out on my past blog post about iBooks, they are a remarkable resource.  Embedded within the chapters of the ibook are slideshows of drills, diagrams, and video.  This makes it a great teaching tool that makes the content more digestible and more helpful than a standard coaching book or coaching DVD.

I am one of the contributors to this Pistol "Anthology".

My chapter is titled "Offensive Line Play in the Power Scheme".

Mid 2013 we transitioned from a 4 wide spread system to a Pro Style Pistol Offense.

Power is the core of our offense.  My chapter focuses on how I teach the Power scheme both schematically, and with individual drills.  It includes written description, diagrams, and multiple video clips of some of my players executing the basic skills and drills needed to run Power. 

This year, with power being the focal point of our offense, we broke every single individual and team school rushing record (school has been around since the 1920s).

We rushed for over 3500 yards this year!

This iBook is an excellent resource for all things Pistol.  I highly suggest you all check it out!

Volume 1 includes:

Chris Ault – Foreword

Larry Beckish Reflections on an Idea:  East

Tom Kaczkowski – How Did the Pistol Start?

Chris Klenakis – Interview on the Innovation of the Pistol Formation

Jim Mastro – Pistol is a Formation; video chalk talk on “Zone Slice”

Scott Baumgartner – Innovation of the Pistol; video chalk talk on “53 Pass”

Robbie Owens – Systematic Approach to Building an Offensive System

Dave Brown (former GA at Nevada) – The Bubble as a Pre Snap and Post Snap Answer

Anthony Pratley – The Sweeper Method of Zone Read

Justin Iske – Something to Hand Your Hat On:  Inside Zone

Ty Rogers – Using the H-Back to Leverage Defenses in the Pistol

Zach Tinker – Using the Diamond Pistol in the Red Zone

Tim Kilgore – Run the Horn

Brett Dudley – Offensive Line Play in the Power

Keith Grabowski – Setting Up Effective Play Action