Jake Plummer has a bounty of experience receiving coaching and has some ideas on how to help coaches communicate more effectively.

The former Arizona State standout spent a decade in the NFL, earning Pro Bowl honors in 2005 while with the Denver Broncos. 

Plummer, a recent guest on the USA Football Coach and Coordinator podcast, talked about how he's attempting to take his experience as a player and use it to help coaches be more effective as teachers.

In addition to leveraging new technology, Plummer believes there are three things coaches can do to become more effective as teachers.

Know your players. Get to know your players and their abilities on the field. Plummer believes coaches need to have the ability to change up their offense and make it suitable for their team.

“Taking a round player and putting them in your square box offense that doesn’t work,” Plummer said.

He refers to it as KYP: Know Your Personnel. He advises coaches to have an offense that is suitable for their players--an offense that challenges them, yet allows them to be successful while continuing to push them and evolve their skill set to grow.

Be clear and concise. The improvements in coaching technology have allowed players to take home video and spend the extra time learning plays and studying film.

But with great power comes great responsibility, and coaches need to choose wisely which plays and aspects of film they are asking players to study.

"You can video tape your chalk talks, embed them into the program so when the kid goes home and he doesn't have his coach standing there telling him what he has on this read or what happens on this play, or this look. He has that video to look at again, if a kid needs it," Plummer said.

When you are able to send a clear message to players about what you expect, they are able to continue their learning off the field and out of the locker room, when you aren't around. A clear and concise message to your players will allow you to become more confident in them and in your play calling.

Execute. Plummer's third tip is simple, but it reinforces everything that coaches attempt to teach. Equipping players with knowledge and making them comfortable and confident in their ability to execute ties everything together for a program.

"Coaches they all know their stuff, obviously they are the ones putting it in, but if you can get your players to learn it and know it, that's huge," Plummer said.

As a coach, countless hours are spent preparing your staff and your players to take the field, while you are constantly growing and developing your own coaching technique. Take these three tips from Plummer to advance your ability to teacher players.

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