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.
Youth Football 5-3 Defense Changeup
We are going to look at a youth football 5-3 defense changeup. It should be considered only after your defense has the base down pat first....
Football Drills Now Live On FirstDown PlayBook
Football drills are now live on FirstDown PlayBook. This is an important early step for you, the coach and FirstDown PlayBook....
3 Reasons To Script Your Practices Now
Today we want to look at 3 reasons why you should script your practices now instead of waiting until you report to practice....
Coaches Community Website Gets A Facelift
Over the past ten years the Coaches Community site has become an essential tool for FirstDown PlayBook allowing us to share information....
New! Text Wristband Sheets
We were about to wrap up the year when someone in the room stuck their hand up and said "Hey what about text wristband sheets?"...
New! Practice Scripts & Cards Made Easy
The new FirstDown PlayBook Practice Scripts tool improves how football coaches prepare their practice cards and scripts....
Your Formations & Defenses Are Already Drawn
You can now go into FirstDown PlayBook and find Community formations and defenses then save them in your Template area. ...
3 Things To Teach Youth Football Linebackers
When you are coaching youth football linebackers it can be easy to skip vital parts of playing the position. This is a huge mistake....
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....
Unbalanced Formations Made Easy
Unbalanced formations can be tricky. They are tricky because they return you to the roots of the game of football. ...
Peel Pressure Let’s You “Cheat”
There are details with a peel pressure that must be coached well or you will have the offense's best player with the ball running free....
Texas Wesleyan On “Why FirstDown PlayBook”
We like to step back every now and then and let coaches tell you what they think of us. Texas Wesleyan's Fran Johnson has the floor....