Football Coaching Podcasts
The President of California Youth Football Alliance, Joe Rafter, joins Chris Fore on this 52nd edition of the Coaches Locker Podcast. Discussion centers around the fight to save youth tackle football in California, and in other states trying to outlaw it, what might be driving this agenda and more. Continue reading “CLP Episode 52 – The Fight to Save Youth Football (In California and beyond!)”
What’s your advice about moving on to college as a coach? When do I know if it’s a sham interview? When should I call the principal? Continue reading “CLP Episode 48 – Job Search Q and A”
Sadly for most of us, the 2019 season is over. If you are still playing in the third week of November, congratulations! If you are not, now some of the real work begins, right? Continue reading “CLP Episode 47 – The Season Is Over. . . . Now What?”
Chris Fore of Eight Laces Consulting has been consulting coaches on the job search process at both the high school and collegiate level since 2012. Continue reading “CLP Episode 46 – 6 Ways You Might Know It’s Time To Leave”
Special Teams can make you, Special Teams can break you! In 2014 we lost a possession due to me not having my team prepared for an onsides punt! Yes, an onsides punt! Luckily, we still mopped up that team, but I’ve prepared for an onsides punt ever since! Continue reading “CLP Episode 45 – 8 Misunderstood Special Teams Situations and Scenarios”
Coach Bert Esposito, Head Football Coach at Temecula Valley High School (So Cal), is a “turnaround expert.” He’s done it four times during his career, turning many losing programs into champions. In 2018 he and his staff led his kids in a tremendous 0-10 to 6-6 turnaround in just ONE year. Continue reading “CLP Episode 44 – 1-19 to 6-6 In One Year”
The Sunny Hills (Fullerton, CA) football team has really turned things around under Head Coach Pete Karavedas. They won 8 games in back to back seasons (‘17 and ‘18), 8 wins is the most wins the school has seen in 20 years! They also busted a 29 game losing streak, 6 years long, in their league! And, they were ranked in the very competitive Orange County Top 25 for the first time since 1998. Continue reading “CLP Episode 43 – Turning Around A Program The Old Fashioned Way”
Listen to Coach Fore as he discusses the tenth and final chapter of his book Building Championship Caliber Football Programs. Continue reading “CLP Episode 42 – Building Championship Caliber Football Programs: Chapter 10 – Building Trust and Confidence”
Listen to Coach Fore as he discusses the ninth chapter of his book Building Championship Caliber Football Programs. Continue reading “CLP Episode 41 – Building Championship Caliber Football Programs: Chapter 9 – Preparation: Leave No Stone Unturned”
Listen to Coach Fore as he discusses the eighth chapter of his book Building Championship Caliber Football Programs. Continue reading “CLP Episode 40 – Building Championship Caliber Football Programs: Chapter 8 – Mental Toughness: Getting the Mind Right”