Today’s guest on this “Lessons from 2017” edition of the USA Football Coach and Coordinator podcast is Vinny DiGaetano, linebacker coach and defensive assistant at Wagner (New York) College. In 2013, DiGaetano was named to the USA Football Master Trainer program. DiGaetano will be speaking at the USA Football 2018 National Conference at Pro Bowl, Jan. 26-28 in Orlando, Florida. On today’s podcast, DiGaetano talks about the importance of self-evaluation and gives an overview of his National Conference topic, Year-Round Tackling Program.

Show Notes

• 0:35     Takeaways from the 2017 season
• 1:50     DiGaetano talks about his self-evaluation process
• 3:15     Evaluating areas that need improvement, then working on them in practice
• 4:50     Preparation at practice
• 6:55     Sideline organization and planning on the sideline
• 10:35   Communicating roles to players on certain plays
• 13:20   DiGaetano gives an overview of his National Conference presentation      

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