Ron Lewis is today’s guest on the USA Football Coach and Coordinator podcast. Lewis is entering his sixth season as an assistant coach at Baldwin Wallace University (Ohio), where he works with the team’s wide receivers. Lewis breaks down how he succeeds with receivers who lack top-flight speed, how he gets his receivers accustomed to winning the deep the route and the one factor that will cause him to reject any new play idea during the season.

Show notes

• :56   Making the transition from HS to college
• 3:16   Learning to be a WR coach in college and the adjustment to seeing more press coverage
• 6:08   4 keys to success with WRs who lack top speed
• 8:46   Drills to win the deep routes
• 14:46   5 characteristics needed to start as a WR at Baldwin Wallace
• 17:25  Developing a "hustle" mentality
• 22:33  Can draw up plays all day long--but what can you practice and get good at?
• 28:27   The athlete development pathway
• 32:34   Frustrations of assembling a staff at the high school level
• 35:10   Two-minute drill

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