By Charlie Coiner, FirstDown PlayBook Some teams are very talented in the passing game and they...
Category - DEFENSIVE PLAYBOOK
Coach the Nickel 33 Wham 3 Fire Zone
By Charlie Coiner, FirstDown PlayBook Sometimes the zone read key can be misleading for an offense...
Teaching Defensive Line Play in the Midway 3-4
By Aaron Nowell, Midway High (Texas) Defensive Line...
How Pete Carroll defends four verts from Middle of the Field...
By Matty Brown The NFL has improved to be far better at dissecting single-high defenses that were...
Breaking Down Quarters Coverage
By Clayton Cason Man Man coverage is exactly as it sounds. Each defender has a designated man...
Explaining the Details of Rip/Liz Coverage
By Clayton Carson Background/History In 1994 when Nick Saban and Bill Belichick were with the...
The Key to In-Game Adjustments: Always Have a Plan B
By Dan Guttenplan Mike Tyson made famous the quote, “Everybody has a plan until they get punched...
Goal Line with an Under Front
By Jerry Gordon Football is about momentum, and nothing changes momentum within a game like a...
Basic Zone Blitzes for the Under Front Defense
By Jerry Gordon Zone blitzes from the under front have three things in common: There will be five...
Pressure Packages in the Double-A Gap Mug
By Mike Pettine Today we are here to talk about different looks out of the double mug package. As...