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I've heard Moffit talking about the players doing yoga as part of their schedule. How is this beneficial? I'm not a PT but even I can understand that power and limber contradict each other.

Power and flexibility do not contradict each other.

Olympic weightlifters are arguably the most flexible athletes in the world aside from gymnasts. The entire Hatch System implemented by Coach Moffit, as well as four other Power 5 Conference strength and conditioning coaches, is predicated on building strength and power through the Olympic lifts.

Yoga assists in maintaining elasticity in the muscles, which allow them to undergo their full range of motion and also aids in achieving maximal contraction. It is not uncommon for football teams to engage in some form of extensive stretching program such as yoga. If I'm not mistaken, Saban's 2003 team even made use of it.

Yoga is a predominantly passive stretching activity that involves many static holds. That wouldn't necessarily make it a beneficial practice immediately prior to athletic activity because it limits force production. However, it is a phenomenal prehab tool which can be used after lifting and conditioning while the muscles are already warm and engorged with blood.

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Why are we having so many leg injuries at the start of this season? Is there something the team is doing differently this season or off-season they didn't do in the past?

I know Coach Moffit is one of the best S&C coaches and he's highly innovative with workouts, but what is going on? Is this on him?

Injuries happen in football. It's just a fact of the sport.

Injuries also happen in cycles with various programs. Some teams become plagued by the "injury bug". It sounds bogus, but shite happens. There's no need to necessarily blame the coaching staff.

Now, if athletes are repeatedly unable to rehabilitate properly, then you can begin to question the practices of both the strength and conditioning and the athletic training staff.

This post was edited on 8/21/16 at 3:32 pm