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Quarterback guru Jeremy Plaa joins the USA Football Coach and Coordinator podcast today. Plaa is the head coach at Downey High School (Modesto, Calif.), where he’s won eight or more games in each of the past three seasons. Plaa discusses his stretch concept, his system for scoring practices and how he uses his “PIE” wheel to mete out discipline.

Show notes

• :27   Start as football coach
• 2:21   Development as a coach
• 3:51   Have fun, take risks and be aggressive
• 5:04   Building culture and Plaa's 5-point system for rewarding players
• 6:16   Air Raid mixed with RPO
• 12:02   How Plaa uses simple word calls to prevent his OL from drawing ineligible receiver downfield penalties
• 13:39   Plaa's "ostrich stretch" concept
• 16:23   Keeping score at practice
• 18:37   Making the mistake of not listening to kids
• 20:25   Advice to a young coach
• 22:08   PIE wheel
• 24:45   Leveraging new technology
• 27:45   Two-minute drill
• 29:35   The winning edge

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