Tim Salem has 26 years of coaching experience at the collegiate level. Under Salem's guidance, the UCF special teams ranked No. 2 in the nation in 2010.

Using the shield punt scheme, you can get seven players down field quickly, swarming to the ball and smothering any return before it gets started. Using this system, the Cyclones finished 4th in the nation in 2009 in yards per return (2.19) and 12th in the nation in net punt yards (38.3).

Iowa State Assistant Coach Courtney Messingham uses PowerPoint diagrams, practice footage and game footage to take you through an in-depth breakdown of the shield punting formation.

Use this formation to simplify your protection scheme and technique, put your better athletes on the front line, get your best long snapper on the field regardless of his size, and cut your coverage area down to 1/3 of the field.

Messingham gives you key teaching points and strategies for:

• Choosing the best players to put at each position
• Stance, alignment and splits for each position
• Protection techniques and drills for each position
• How to identify and number the defensive front to make the appropriate blocking calls on the field
• Coverage lanes and responsibilities for each position.

In addition, Messingham shows you the three basic coverage schemes to use, complete with primary protection responsibilities. Game footage of each coverage scheme allows you to see how the scheme works.

The shield punting formation works against an 8-, 9- or 10 man front.

This in-depth presentation gives you everything you need to install shield punting into your special teams arsenal.

2010.

The shield punt system is a simple and effective way to minimize your opponents' net punt return yards.

As an assistant coach under Lou Holtz at South Carolina, Paul Lounsberry's punt coverage teams faced fearsome punt returners every week in the SEC. Lounsberry needed a way to neutralize those returners' ability to break open a game with a great return. The shield punt provided exactly what he needed.

The traditional punt formation has only two gunners. Everyone else is tasked with protecting the punter until the kick is off, which means they lose time they could be using to go after the returner. The basic shield punt formation allows for much better coverage by spreading out seven gunners on the line of scrimmage with three defenders protecting the punter.

The shield punt is a simple formation that results in your opponents giving you fewer looks and allows you to minimize practice time spent on punt coverage. Your athletes have limited assignments which translates into quick learning and fewer reps in practice.

Lounsberry includes fakes and an innovative quick kick rugby style punt gives your punter a run/punt option.

In this DVD, Lounsberry discusses the formations, assignments and variations of the shield punt. Detailed diagrams show you exactly how to set up the coverage, and game footage shows you how to execute it.

Learn how to achieve better protection, better coverage and better results with the shield punt!

57 minutes. 2010.

Special teams organization, quality control and practice preparation are the foundation of this excellent lecture-style presentation. Coach Matsakis begins with program overview, discussing commitment, personnel, importance and winning the kicking game. Coaches must set evaluation tools and benchmarks as well as monitor statistics to remain consistent. Day-to-day organization involves practice schedules, meeting with different units and setting scheduled meeting. Developing successful special teams comes first from a supportive head coach and a committed assistant coaching staff. To make an impact on players, Matsakis' first meeting is dedicated to building special teams. Players must be urgent, focused, detailed, passionate and consistent. This DVD will spell out the steps to success in building your special teams unit to see success.

56 minutes. 2008.

The 'Whole-Part-Whole' method of practice helps players understand the big picture on special teams. In this lecture-style presentation, Coach Matsakis uses practice footage to show the drills he uses to make his players fundamentally sound in the punting and kicking games. Starting with the first "Whole," coaches sit down with players in the meeting room and discuss the overall concept for the team using game footage and visual text reinforcement. Moving out to the field, the team breaks into units. Each position works on the elements of the game vital to their unit. Matsakis shows a variety of drills for every position on the punt and kick return and coverage units. To wrap up practice, the team comes together to work on full 11-on-11 drills. Several game-like practice situations are covered, and execution is shown in actual game footage. No detail is left out in this excellent presentation.

56 minutes. 2008.