What are the Special Teams schemes your football team needs to be running? Here’s my favorites. Every football coach knows how important Special Teams are to winning football games. If it’s one-third of the game, why don’t coaches spend a whole lot more time on it? There’s good reason. If you’re going to be a Coach Simple, Play Fast, Win type of coach - it needs to carry over to your Special Teams philosophy. Check out this episode of The Football Coaching Podcast to find out the special teams schemes that have worked best for my teams. And how you can add them to your own football team. Show Links The Shield Punt book by Coach Fore (I’m an idiot - the actual URL is shieldpunt.com). Lew Johnston’s Put the “Special” in Special Teams video from Championship Productions. Gaining Possession Using the Onside Kick by Kevin Kelley from Championship Productions.