THE WIZARD OF ODDZ

Break Away from the Herd It seems like clockwork, every year a new fad diet or exercise program comes out. There was 8 Minute Abs, then...

Always Have Short-Term Goals You have a big, audacious goal, right? You want to be a starter next year, you want to get a D1...

Make Hitting Your Goals a Game You love Fortnite or Madden or heck even playing football, right? Of course you do! That is because...

Hold on to the Good Ideas, Sell the Bad Ideas Commonly recognized in the investment community is the idea to buy low and sell high. The...

This is part 1 of a multi part, quick hit series on goal setting/psychology in football. These are meant to be a quick read and to go...

Looking for ways to increase that vertical jump? Don't know where to start? THE WIZARD is here to help! Below The Wizard breaks down...

One of the biggest contributors to success in athletics is getting the proper rest between workouts. Too little rest and you risk...

The 40 yard dash is the ultimate benchmark in high school football - in terms of defining speed. If you can't run a sub 5.0 40 yard...

A big part of developing as a football player at virtually every position is getting in the weight room both in season and out of season....

Being the Head Football Coach for a High School, if done properly can be one of the most rewarding and impactful responsibilities a...

The Wizard wanted to provide a beginners guide to offensive positions so that the new fan to high school football or football in general...

In this article, The Wizard analyzes the 3 major ways that the NFL Running Back has been de-emphasized - % of rushing plays, rushing...

What better to do in early August than rebut a 5 year old article which argues that speed is the most important factor in college...

Background All the rave in the past decade related to sports health has been CTE. If you ask the casual fan what CTE is you will...

During the 2017 rules changes by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), one of the rule changes that was...

Supplementation and performance enhancing drugs are always a hot topic in football, even at the high school level. And at some point...

Ever since the advent of sports analytics, the analytics junkies have honed in on the choice to go for the extra point vs going for the...

Football is one of the greatest sports in the world. Football has the power of bringing together people from all walks of life. Football...

Approximately 140,000 high school athletes suffer from a concussion each year. High School football players are more likely to suffer a...

The variability in the timing of the 40 yard dash in football has been the cause of many misconceptions and legends within the football...