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Today’s guest on the USA Football Coach and Coordinator podcast is Matt Drinkall, head coach at Kansas Wesleyan University, an NAIA school in Salina, Kansas. Drinkall was selected to be a participant in the 2018 American Football Coaches Association 35 under 35 Coaches Leadership Institute. This program is designed to identify and develop premier, future leaders in the football coaching profession. On today’s episode, Drinkall talks about tempo and the evolution of the run game.  

Show Notes 

• 2:30        Evolution of the run game
• 6:33        Shifting and motioning 
• 13:58     Importance of changing personnel
• 18:25     Keeping the tempo up
• 19:53     Game planning tempo
• 20:32     Changes Drinkall has made to his practice routine 
• 28:41     Looking at data from practice 
• 30:12     Motioning from the backfield 

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