Book Private Football Lessons with Coach Todd
I played through college and for a year professionally, and I'm a longtime executive, scout and coach in pro football with employers such as the NFL Players Association, XFL and CFL.
I played through college and for a year professionally, and I'm a longtime executive, scout and coach in pro football with employers such as the NFL Players Association, XFL and CFL.
I played football through college and for a year professionally, and I'm a longtime executive, scout and coach in pro football with employers such as the NFL Players Association, XFL and Canadian Football League. I know what evaluators are looking for at the levels you may aspire to reach, and I'll be working backwards from that in order to help you maximize your potential if you've got a good attitude and are willing to put in the work.
Columbus, OH
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Sunday
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Get to know Coach Todd
About Me:
I'm originally from Columbus, and played football, basketball and track at Bexley High School. I then played football at the College of Wooster, where I was a three-year starter, and then played for a year professionally in Germany. I have been working in pro and college football ever since, with nearly 20 years of experience in management, scouting and coaching for employers such as the NFL Players Association, the XFL, the CFL and 247Sports.
How I can help you improve your game:
I know what evaluators are looking for at the highest levels, so I work backwards from there in order to help you maximize your potential. I'll meet you at whatever stage of development you're currently in, and I know the high-impact levers to pull in order to help you improve significantly if you've got a good attitude and are willing to work. Also, while most coaches just tell you WHAT to do on each play or in each drill, I focus on explaining HOW to do everything. So much of football comes down to learning how to move your body in the most efficient way possible and limiting any wasted movement, so that will be a major focus of our sessions together. Even if you retain just a fraction of what I'll teach you, you should still be ahead of most kids your age in terms of fundamentals due to our work together. I've worked with a number of coaches who have coached multiple Hall of Famers, and the vast majority of the drills we'll be doing together are drills that college and/or NFL players do in practice and/or offseason training sessions, with some of them scaled down a bit when necessary.
What a typical training session looks like with me:
Everything is positive, fun and high-energy. I take it as a personal challenge to make sure you improve every session we have together, and I'll do everything I can to make that happen. And I'll instantly become one of your biggest fans as your career progresses. In each session, we'll begin with movement warmups. From there, depending on the position(s) you want to focus on, we'll start attacking the high-lever skills, concepts and fundamentals that can make the biggest difference for you both right now and in the long term as you continue to develop. I'll be reading you throughout each session to determine whether to increase or decrease the degree of difficulty in the drills that we're doing, as everything can be scaled up or down.
Career summary and accomplishments:
I've experienced the game of football from just about every angle at just about every level - as a player, coach and scout at the high school, college and professional levels.
Best coach I ever had:
Larry Kirksey was the position coach in the NFL for Jerry Rice, Terrell Owens and Andre Johnson, and he's one of my mentors and is one of the best coaches I've ever been around.
What athletes and parents should know about me:
I love this game, and anytime I cross paths with someone else who loves this game and is willing to work, I become that much more energized to help them maximize their potential.
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