coaching defense
3 Reasons To Use Jam Technique On Receivers
Once your defensive backs use the jam technique and it disrupts a release or two, you will see the receiver frustration start setting in....
Snake: Sam Strong Safety Pressure
The FirstDown PlayBook Sam Strong Safety Zone Dog pressure is jut one example of how we pump your playbook full of defensive pressures....
Defensive Coaches: Details Matter Too
There is no earthly explanation of why defensive coaches would teach players from the offensive side of the ball....
3 Reasons Pursuit Drill Should Be Your First Drill
Here are three reasons that the very first defensive drill you should run with your defense should be the pursuit drill. ...
Kyle Fuller Says Tackling Is Not A Lost Art
Fuller elects to go low here, driving his shoulder through the thigh of the runner while his arm wraps the inside leg....
Steelers’ Rat In The Hole Bites Mayfield
Fitzpatrick dropped down to play the "rat in the hole". This allowed him to play the short middle of the field and read Mayfield's eyes. ...
How Do You Teach Defensive Adjustments?
Can you get on the board and fit your base defense up against any formation that the offense might throw at you? What about shifts, motions and trades?...
Wisconsin Defense Leaves Few Places For This Ball To Go
Obviously the Wisconsin staff had done their homework because this defense looked like it was designed specifically for this play....
Man Coverage And Then Some
This week we look at Miami Dolphins CB Xavien Howard. Aligned in Press, he patiently waits for the WR to show his hand with the inside speed release....
Over 57 Different Defensive Pressures
You can find pressures organized by which linebacker(s) is coming. Sam, Mike, Jack and Will linebacker pressures can easily be sorted....
Defensive Coordinator: Stop This Run
You are the defensive coordinator. The zone read is cutting back to your weak side A gap. What adjustment(s) are you going to make to get this stopped?...
Monday Morning QB: Adjust To This
You are playing corners over and leaving the strong safety on the boundary side to defend the run.The offense orbit motions #1 to the boundary. Now what?...