On today’s Coach and Coordinator Podcast, host Keith Grabowski is joined by Arkansas special teams coordinator Scott Fountain. During multiple stints as a special teams coordinator, Fountain has been known for his ability to develop excellent returners in both the punt return and kickoff return game. Fountain joins Coach and Coordinator today to talk about how he teaches different special teams positions during camp as well as how he chooses and develops return men. *When this podcast was recorded, Scott Fountain was Special Teams Coordinator at Georgia. Show Notes: 1:12 Distribution of Coaches 2:45 Finding guys to fit roles on special teams 5:52 Spending individual time on special teams and the teaching aspect 11:30 Using his staff 13:10 Camp evaluation process 17:33 Developing a return man 22:08 Simulating guys in returner’s face at practice 24:36 Preparing for all the different kinds of punts 28:11 Recognizing outstanding special teams play during camp and in season Connect with Coach: @CoachSFountain Related Content: https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/training-camp-running-a-linebacker-room-with-tye-nix-outside-linebacker-coach-ole-miss https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/training-camp-building-your-offense-during-camp-wtommy-zagorski-ocol-coach-university-of-akron https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/training-camp-optimal-performance-during-preseason-wdj-callender-yusef-shakir-and-ryan-horton https://soundcloud.com/user-804678956/best-of-deliberate-practice-special-teams-edition Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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