Blair Hoenk

Assistant Coach/JV OC @ Caledonia High School - . History Enthusiast.

[Blair Hoenk @CoachHoenk]

“Losers assemble in little groups and complain about the coaches and players in other little groups, but winners assemble as a team."

[Receiver School @ReceiverSchool]

Plant, Roll, & Wrap

On in’s & out’s, work downhill to create separation and meet the football.

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Nick Saban said, "Everything starts with discipline."

"It's what are you willing to accept from yourself."

Discipline isn't punishment. It's a choice.

• A choice to be consistent.
• A choice to put in the work.
• A choice to demand more from yourself.

[Blair Hoenk @CoachHoenk]

@CoachShiffman @AZCardinals Good list. I’m putting Aeneas Williams on the Mount Rushmore before Patrick Peterson though.

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

The most undercoached skill in your program?

Effort.

TJ McConnell said it best:

“I genuinely believe that playing hard is a skill, because if it wasn’t, everyone would do it.”

You can’t just demand it.
You have to develop it. https://t.co/8HikuTlZPU

[Blair Hoenk @CoachHoenk]

WRs grow up now thinking success is based on dancing side to side to juke the defender out of their shoes.

Regardless of off/press/zone, attack and close vertical space.

Break the DBs cushion. Get his belt buckle facing the wrong way.

Speed and body language win routes.

[Gerry DeFilippo @Challenger_ST]

People ask me all the time what I prefer over tap dancing, ridiculous drills

Things like this are a great example

It’s not cones that are the issue, it’s lack of force into the ground, true deceleration

This is it

[Blair Hoenk @CoachHoenk]

Every counter is built off the speed release, and the threat of stacking the defender vertically. Without this threat, your Instagram release moves are useless.

#1 is to attack and break the defender’s cushion. You do this with speed. Get running. stop juking, faking etc.

[Jordan J. Gush @JordanGush]

Quick hitters from Dabo Swinney here:

“Space release.”

“Everything that we do from stationary we gotta be able to do on the move.”

“I might not be in your combat zone but I’m pressing you.”

“We wanna be long and lean.”

“When I get an edge knock a hole in his shoulder.”

“Defense always have the advantage bc they have Sammy Sideline, it’s always 2 on 1.”

[Blair Hoenk @CoachHoenk]

@tbanks1906 How much do the seats cost coach?
Rephrase: How hard am I expected to work?

[Blair Hoenk @CoachHoenk]

@CoachDeeWR Arm movements are player to player.

More concerned with:
Are you efficient with your footwork?
Speed in and out of the break?

I am going to coach the hip drop, feet, keeping arms tight to frame, and snapping of eyes out of break before specific arm movement.

[Blair Hoenk @CoachHoenk]

I also have heard coaches say that due to the Portal and yearly roster turnover, they have to simplify their offense a lot and some details/nuances get lost.

Roster turnover affects offenses more than defenses - for the same reasons that early on in a season, it is typical for the defense to be ahead of the offense.

[Blair Hoenk @CoachHoenk]

@CoachPayne__ @txhsfbchat Bring Your Own Pencil is the next book in my list. Have only heard great things about it.

[Blair Hoenk @CoachHoenk]

@LandonTengwall “Low hips win”

[The Winning Difference @thewinningdiff1]

“You can’t lead with power. You lead with truth, authenticity. You have to earn the influence. You have to earn the impact. Your words only count if they trust you, believe in you. The only way they’re going to do that is if they know you love them,” Pat Murphy @DigginDeepShows @Brewers

[Blair Hoenk @CoachHoenk]

@HaydenWinks @footballdothow Nick Saban Cover 3. He keeps it so simple.

https://t.co/1LfO2KzEHn

[Blair Hoenk @CoachHoenk]

Enjoyed @GlazierClinics in Atlanta. Lots of knowledge from some great ball coaches. @NPCoachRalph @CoachKasper @CoachClowney87

[Blair Hoenk @CoachHoenk]

@AdamArchuleta @txhsfbchat Looking forward to it. I haven’t coached much defense in my career, but always thought tackling was both the most important and difficult skill to teach correctly in all of football.

[Blair Hoenk @CoachHoenk]

@ChalkLast0712 @WRCoachVannucci When you say penultimate -

the initial hip drop step with their inside foot?

Or

the break step with the outside foot?

[Marco Regalado @CoachRegalado]

Belief is a Superpower

[The Winning Difference @thewinningdiff1]

We don’t coach at players.
We coach for players.
We don’t hold them accountable to “catch” them.
We do it to build them.
If it’s done to players, it creates fear.
If it’s done for players, it creates growth and winning follows.

[Blair Hoenk @CoachHoenk]

@CoachYashinsky To me, a sail concept can be run with 2 players. A flood concept involves at least 3 routes - flooding a zone.

Not sure if that is right in any way shape or form though.