Organization and Game-Planning on the Punt Block Team

Name: Organization and Game-Planning on the Punt Block Team by Andy Merfe...
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by Andy Merfeld

Description

If you want to dominate the opponent with a sound and dynamic punt block team, this is the course for you! Whether you're a veteran special teams coordinator or a young coach just taking over the punt block unit, you will find a wealth of information in this course.

This is the third presentation in Coach Merfeld’s series on running the punt block team. In this presentation, he focuses on the nuts and bolts of running the team. He starts with personnel selection and coaching punt returners, then looks at off-season work, practice, and continues through all areas of breaking down an opponent and game-planning. He closes with a discussion and examples of situational considerations on the punt block team. Included in this presentation are different templates to assist with efficiency, organization, and game-planning. The lessons and coaching points from this course can also be applied to other special teams units, or even coaching and game-planning on offense or defense.

This course also includes several forms and templates Coach Merfeld uses to help organize the punt block team. These forms can be downloaded and edited to fit your needs. These tools allow you to organize your roster, plan practices and drill work, grade your returners in practice, game plan for your opponent, develop a call sheet, script for the scout team, and analyze your punt block team at the end of the season. The downloads also include the Powerpoint punt block diagrams Coach Merfeld used in this series of courses.

In part 1 of this series, Coach Merfeld focuses on punt blocks. In part 2, he focuses on explosive plays in the punt return game. You can purchase all three courses with the Punt Block & Punt Return Bundle.

Coach Merfeld currently coaches the corners and runs the punt block team at Benedictine College. The Ravens led all NCAA and NAIA schools in 2019 with ten blocked punts, while also ranking among the national leaders in punt return yards. This 3-part series includes everything you need to coordinate the punt block-return team!

Lessons

1 Introduction and Overview 1:03 2 Personnel 15:36 3 Coaching Returners: Pre-Snap 4:45 4 Coaching Returners: Post-Snap 9:50 5 Coaching Returners: Ball on Ground, Fair Catches, 'First Touching' Rule 15:41 6 Recent Additions Coaching Returners 3:45 7 Off-Season: Breakdown, Season Review, Personnel, Setting up Scheme 10:01 8 Off-Season: Other Thoughts 2:44 9 Practice 11:12 10 Game-Planning: Breakdown Data 4:10 11 Game-Planning: Block Emphasis 5:52 12 Game-Planning: Return Emphasis and Defending Fake 6:29 13 Game-Planning: Final Adjustments and Self-Scout 5:30 14 Game Week Meetings, Practice, and Call Sheet 6:17 15 Situational Planning: Handling Unfamiliar Formations 8:00 16 Situational Planning: Backed-Up, Midfield, Short Yardage, End of Game 10:29 17 Situational Planning: Safe, FG Return; Concluding Remarks 8:46 18 Punt Block/Return Organizational Tools 19 Punt Block/Return Game Plan Template 20 Punt Block/Return Game Call Sheet Template 21 Punt Block/Return Play Diagrams Powerpoint 22 Organization and Game-Planning Presentation 23 Production Board 24 Punt Return Hit Chart

The Coach

Andy Merfeld

Coverages, DBs, and Special Teams

Andy Merfeld has experience coaching at the small-college and high school levels and specializes in coverages, defensive back play, and special teams. His CoachTube courses focus narrowly on very specific topics, which allows coaches to effectively implement the strategies and processes he discusses.

He currently is the corners coach and special teams coordinator at Benedictine College (NAIA – KS) and previously coached at Upper Iowa University, the University of Minnesota Duluth, and Edgewood High School (WI). Relevant coaching achievements:

Benedictine College (CBs). In 2019 the Ravens led all NAIA and NCAA schools with ten blocked punts, and also led the NAIA in punt return yards at the end of the regular season. In 2020 the team again led the NAIA in blocked kicks, and also finished sixth in punt return yards. The defense finished 3^rd in the NAIA in sacks, 4^th in interceptions, 2^nd in rush defense, and led all NAIA and NCAA schools with four shutouts in ten games. In 2022 the Ravens blocked eight total kicks and were fifth in the country in kickoff return average. In 2023 Benedictine had the top special teams unit in the NAIA, again leading the country in blocked kicks (T-1st), finished 4th in the NAIA in gross punt, 4th in gross kickoff average, 5th in punt return average, and 9th in NAIA in KOR average.
Upper Iowa (DBs). In 2017 the Peacocks finished second nationally in punt return touchdowns and fifth in punt blocks. They also finished 10th in the country in pass defense.
Minnesota Duluth (Def. GA). In two years the Bulldogs compiled a 22-4 record, including three postseason wins and a #3 national ranking in the 2014 season.
Edgewood High School (DC, strength and conditioning). In 2011 the Crusaders set the school record for wins and advanced to the WIAA state semifinals for the first time.