Defense
Finding defensive football help on the web that can actually help you is a rare feat. At first glance it looks like there is an abundance of resources. Scratch beneath the surface and you find that there is nothing but the surface. Defense is rarely addressed correctly on the internet.
The internet is a pretty easy place to coach football. There is no pressure to get your call in on time. You normally draw one play, defense or special teams scheme up and you do it vs a good look.
Coaching on Friday nights and even at practice is not quite like that. Ask any experienced defensive coach and they will tell you getting lined up in a sound defense to all of the different formations is the biggest challenge.
This is not to mention all of the trades, shifts and motions that offensive coordinators like to throw at you. When we draw up your FirstDown PlayBook defensive football help we try to keep all of this in mind.
We take all of this into consideration when we design the FirstDown PlayBook varsity and youth defensive sections. We get great satisfaction when we show this to a high school or college defensive coordinator and their eyes light up.
Create A Visual Defensive Call Sheet With FirstDown PlayBook
Good Defensive Coordinators make the offense play "left handed". Build a visual defensive call sheet in FirstDown PlayBook to do that....
Football Coaches Should Learn From North Carolina State’s Pain
Fans will justifiably criticize North Carolina State for botching the last play of the game but good football coaches will learn from it....
Cross Training Your Position Players For Depth
Your job as a football coach is to get the best players on the field. Sometimes that means irregardless of position. You must create depth....
Coaching The “Nasties” (Young Linemen)
When you coach young offensive linemen and/or defensive linemen you do not want their minds anywhere but in the trenches....
Which Is It? Looking For a Play or a PlayBook?
Are you looking for football plays or a football playbook? It's a question we often get to when we are talking to youth football coaches or flag football coaches this time of the year....
See It Before You Call It: Visual Game Day Call Sheet
A FirstDown PlayBook visual game day call sheet allows a football coach to see the actual play as they call it and make in game adjustments....
FirstDown PlayBook’s Charlie Coiner Coaches A Youth Football 5-3 D
No real reason to play two deep safeties if you are coaching a youth football defense but if you do think about this 5-3 defense version....
Every Base Defense Vs 27 Formations
FirstDown PlayBook offers you 135 defensive drawings for ever base defense. That's because we match five different coverages vs 27 formations....
Defending The Youth Football Toss Sweep
When you defend a youth football toss sweep it can seem impossible to get enough players to the ball. Let's break it down into parts for you....
NEW! 7v7 Flag Football Defense In Find a PlayBook
FirstDown PlayBook is launching a brand new 7v7 flag football defense in the Find a PlayBook section. This is taking it to a new level. ...
Don’t Forget To Dial Up Your Hitch Route
Offensive football coaches will need to call the hitch route in the fall and defensive coaches will have to teach how to tackle it. ...
Blend Your Youth Football Cover 2 & 3
There are very few instances where FirstDown PlayBook would suggest that a Pop Warner defense play cover 2 but if we did, we would play this....