Defense

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.

No Sound Defense Would Line Up Like This

No Sound Defense Would Line Up Like This

by FirstDown PlayBook on Mar 7, 2023

There is a big difference in drawing your football play up against a sound defense and a realistic defense. ...

Don’t Hold Your Talented Young Coaches Back

Don’t Hold Your Talented Young Coaches Back

by FirstDown PlayBook on Mar 4, 2023

"Look around the room in your next staff meeting and ask your young coaches about technology that could help your program....

Find a PlayBook Plays Ready Now

Find a PlayBook Plays Ready Now

by FirstDown PlayBook on Feb 28, 2023

The video will take you through how to find the plays that will live in the Find A PlayBook area as we continue to work on it....

Youth Football Spread Offense?

Youth Football Spread Offense?

by FirstDown PlayBook on Feb 24, 2023

FirstDown PlayBook believes young players should be taught the fundamentals of the game. A youth football spread offense makes this hard....

CCCAA Partners With FirstDown PlayBook!

CCCAA Partners With FirstDown PlayBook!

by FirstDown PlayBook on Feb 21, 2023

PlayBook Tech has partnered with the CCCAA to bring their football and basketball coaches our coach driven playbook tools....

Kansas City Makes The Red Zone Look Easy

Kansas City Makes The Red Zone Look Easy

by FirstDown PlayBook on Feb 14, 2023

We would argue that the Kansa City offense is so complete that it makes the defense play short handed in the red zone what ever they play....

FirstDown PlayBook Video Pairing Is Live!

FirstDown PlayBook Video Pairing Is Live!

by FirstDown PlayBook on Feb 11, 2023

This one has been a long time coming. FirstDown PlayBook video pairing is now live on the website at no extra cost for Team members....

Honest NFL Is A Deep Football Dive

Honest NFL Is A Deep Football Dive

by FirstDown PlayBook on Feb 9, 2023

Anyone who has followed "Honest NFL" over on Twitter understands that it is not for a casual fan, or casual coach for that matter. ...

FDPB Find A Play: 30 Front Cross Dog

FDPB Find A Play: 30 Front Cross Dog

by FirstDown PlayBook on Feb 3, 2023

Defensive pressure like this 30 front cross dog gives you a chance for a sack or tackle for loss when you call it. ...

Cowboys 6 Man Pressure Gets Home

Cowboys 6 Man Pressure Gets Home

by FirstDown PlayBook on Dec 5, 2022

The All 22 play we are featuring today is a Cowboys 6 man pressure that got to Matt Ryan in the second quarter....

Get Home With Nickel Knife Fire Zone 3

Get Home With Nickel Knife Fire Zone 3

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 19, 2022

We call this pressure Nickel Knife Fire Zone 3. It is one of over 57 different varsity defensive pressures in FirstDown PlayBook....

All 22 Tuesday: Saban’s Last Play Breakdown

All 22 Tuesday: Saban’s Last Play Breakdown

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 10, 2022

This is a great opportunity to use a detailed play drawing to diagram Nick Saban's last play breakdown vs Texas A&M Saturday night....