Keeping It Simple and Continuing to Evolve Your Style – AJ Smith, OC, XFL Houston Roughnecks

Coach and Coordinator Podcast

In this episode, AJ Smith, offensive coordinator for the Houston Roughnecks, helps us keep our call sheets and game plans simple, while continuing to evolve as coaches.

Show Notes:

  • Keeping It Simple
  • Process for Adding/Deleting
  • Have More Things That Beat Everything
  • If You Didn’t Use It in a Week, Retrain It
  • Be Disciplined to Not Add Too Much
  • 80% of Your Game Plan Should Be Stuff You Have Been Doing Since Camp
  • Put New Things in the Openers
  • The Conversion Rate of Two-Pointer
  • Take Weeks to Develop a Concept
  • Building Confidence
  • Trying to Replicate Plays from Twitter
  • Developing Your Style
  • Building and Adjusting While Staying True to Style
  • Stay on the Cutting-Edge at the High School Level

Additional Episodes with AJ Smith:

OC Office Hour

The Most Important Components of Offense

Related Resources:

Official Air Raid Certification

Air Raid Blog

2023 National Air Raid Convention

2023 Official Air Raid Masters

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