The Jan 09 AFM  issue also includes the following articles:

1. The Fly Guy
2. Focal Tackling
3. Myths vs Facts – The A11 Offense One Year Later
4. 30 Stack Pressure Defense
5. The Shotgun Wing-T Bucksweep Series
6. Coverage Adjustments vs 3-Receiver Sets
7. The Trend to Turf

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Here are some other interesting articles in the November and December American Football Monthly.

Top Football Articles – November 2008 Issue of American Football Monthly

1. 10 Offensive Strategies You Must Implement Today
2. 550 Yards Per Game: The Shotgun I
3. The University of Wisconsin Whitewater Three Step Naked Package
4. Pressuring the Offense with Effective Front Eight Movement
5. Cal’s 3 Deep Zone Coverage vs The 4-Vertical Passing Game
6. Halftime Adjustments

Top Football Articles – December 2008 Issue of American Football Monthly

1. The Tackling Crisis: Why Proper Tackling Has Deteriorated
2. The Tackling Survey: Understanding the Problem
3. The Tackling Solution: What you must do to Improve Tackling in Your Program
4. Nose Guard: Establishing an Effective Two-Gap
5. Red’s Wing Offense: Giving Small Players the Chance for Big Results
6. Special Teams Time Management
7. The Sling T Wham Series

In the November Issue of AFM, the Charlie Stubbs interview in the “10 Offensive Strategies You Must Implement today,” is a great article.  My favorite of the 10, “Develop flexible schemes that can adapt to players available.”  What can this team do best, not last year’s.   

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Top articles in the October 2008 issue of AFM magazine:

1. Washington Linebacker Drills
2. Nickel Package Matching Speed to Speed
3. Revamping the Wing T
4. Stretching the Field with Your Tight End
5. Coaching QBs to be Effective Runners in Shotgun Fly Zone
6. Using Speed and Movement to Shut Down the Inside Zone

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1. 5 Methods to Use Predicting Offensive Coordinator Calls
2. Developing The Zone Scheme Using Man Blocking Principles
3. The Winning Edge: Preparing Your Linemen for Game Day
4. UConns’ Play Action Pass
5. Multiple Fronts and Coverages:  Confusing the QB and Offensive Coordinator
6. The Triple Screen

I really enjoyed the football article on Predicting O-Coordinator Calls.

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• Auburn’s Pass Rush for Defensive Tackles
• 10 Mistakes You’re Bound to Make at Pre-Season Practices
• Take What They Give You: The Veer Offense in Simplest Form
• Developing a Dominating Run Blocking Technique
• Matching Leverage with Leverage Against the Spread Offense
• Three Plays for the Spread Offense
• South Florida’s Zone Blitz Package
• Offensive Line Drills For the Inside Zone
• Pigskin Preview – Best NFHS approved footballs (I use the  Wilson GST Youth football)

Next month in American Football Monthly will include an article How to Read the Minds of Offensive Coordinators which should be very interesting.  If you are a football coach at any level, you should subscribe to American Football Monthly. 

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I just received the May 2008 issue of American Football Monthly.  Now that I am married and pushing 50, its like getting the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue every month.  Well, maybe not. 

Mike Kuchar’sarticle on Developing Deception with the Spread Option is also a very good article.  I run a Toss / Spin offense variation and this article had some gems for me to use in my 5th grade offense.  I liked his Counter Option play, especially the motion used and the Counter ISO play.  I tried to run this play last year, but I kept trying to go wide to the D gap, and not to the C gap.  I drew this up two weeks ago when I was updating my playbook, so I am very happy he has used it with success.  

And lastly, I enjoyed another Spin Offense update by Dale Weiner, Spin Offense Passing Game Adjustments.  We had a tough time last year as a 4th grade team passing.  I think we completed about 5% of our passes. The prior season as a 3rd grade team, we averaged almost 3 out of 5 receptions a game and scored on many.   So we were pretty disappointedwith our passing game last season.  This season we want to pass out of the Spin formation and use Screens, Short Quick one step drop passes by QB and and a Half back option pass on a Fly route.  I think all of these come down to good Pass blocking, deception and good quick drop steps by our QB. 

There’s also a discounted subscription offer for AFM subscribers from GridIron Strategies and a complimentary copy of thier April /May 2008 issue.  The issue is only about 20 pages but its all meat except for the two page AFM video ad spread.  I think the ”What Ifs” sections of the articles adds a great quasi interaction by the reader to the static magazine page.  So you really get some good info.  I would recommend 4 of the 9 articles, and enjoyed the rest.  So, I’ll probably subscribe for the 6 issues at $26.