If your players dread practice, they’re not going to improve. The secret to developing great athletes isn’t running them until they drop—it’s making drills so competitive and engaging that they can’t wait to show up. The best fun football drills … Read More
Author Archives: Zach Crouse
Flag Football Drills: The Best Drills for Skill Development and Team Success
Flag football is the fastest-growing youth sport in America, and for good reason. It’s accessible, inclusive, and teaches the fundamentals of football without the injury risk of tackle. The NFL is expanding flag football programs rapidly, creating real opportunities for … Read More
Scoring Form Import: Sync Paper Tryout Scores with TeamGenius
Every tryout season, the clipboard makes its comeback. Coaches scribble ratings in the margins, evaluators grip their printed score sheets, and paper forms pile up on the scorer’s table. It’s a system that’s worked for decades — and for a … Read More
Defensive Ends Drills: Build Elite Edge Rushers From the Youth Level Up
A great defensive end is a franchise player. They collapse pockets, set the edge, create turnovers, and change the outcome of games. But they don’t build themselves—they build through deliberate, position-specific work. Whether you’re developing future pass rushers at the … Read More
QB Drills That Develop NFL-Level Mechanics: From Youth to Elite
What separates a high school quarterback with a scholarship offer from one who gets overlooked? Mechanics. NFL scouts grade quarterback footwork, release point, arm strength, and ball accuracy with laser focus because these traits translate directly to the professional level. … Read More
We Picked the 2026 Kentucky Derby Horses So You Don’t Have To
We help organizations evaluate athletes for a living. Coaches trust TeamGenius to run smarter tryouts because they need more than spreadsheets and gut feelings — they need a real system to identify who has what it takes. Objective scoring. Consistent … Read More
How to Actually Pick a Kentucky Derby Winner
Every year on the first Saturday in May, 147,000 people pack into Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, and most of them pick their horse the same way: cool name, lucky number, or prettiest silks. And most of them are wrong. … Read More
Best Youth Football Drills to Develop Fundamentals at Every Position
If you want to build a championship youth football program, forget the playbook for a minute. The difference between a team that struggles and one that dominates starts with the fundamentals—and fundamentals come from drilling the right way, every day. … Read More
What Is a Football Combine? Everything Athletes and Parents Need to Know
Every spring, the sports world stops to watch the NFL Combine. We see the flashing lights, the high-definition cameras, and the stopwatches that determine multi-million dollar contracts. But for a youth or high school coach, the Combine is more than … Read More
Football Tryout Checklist: Everything Coaches Need Before, During, and After
The difference between a chaotic, inconsistent tryout and a professional, fair, well-organized one? A checklist. You wouldn’t take a team into a game without a game plan. So why would you run tryouts without a plan? A comprehensive football tryout … Read More