Disrupt Flag Football Routes Before They Get Started
The football is snapped and the offense runs their beautifully designed play and the defense must defend it. It happens with tackle football, 7on7 football and yes, welcome to the club, flag football. Here’s the thing. It does not have to be this way. I am talking to you, defensive football coaches. Today, I am particularly talking to flag football defensive coaches. Why are you not disrupting your opponent’s flag football route releases?
Admittingly, flag football rules all over the place. That is to be expected whenever something grows like the sport of flag football has. You would be hard pressed to find a way that it has not grown. Youth flag football? Check. High school flag football? Check. Adult flag football? Once again, check.
FirstDown PlayBook has been a part of flag football for a decade. We date back to following Florida high school flag football when Josh Saunders created something that we are now all trying to emulate. If there is a place in the High School Football Hall of Fame, he belongs in it.
Flag Football Defenses Have Become More Strategic As The The Game Continues To Evolve.
Back to the flag football X’s & O’s. Once the ball is snapped, almost every offense has a plan to do one or two things. They want to get the ball out of the quarterback’s hand before the defense sacks them. The smart flag football coaches have also taken the time to develop a horizontal run game with misdirection mixed in too.
As a flag football defensive coach you can pretty much bank on the fact that at least 60% of your defense will be against pass plays. The best defense is to not let the flag football offense run the play they have designed. If your defense is allowing the receivers to free release every snap then you are playing at a disadvantage. Most flag football routes can be disrupted before they ever get going.
Once again, there are many different rules for flag football. Most have not even considered a rule that would penalize re-routing a flag football receiver. Even if they have, the mere presence of a press man defender will disrupt most flag football passing games.
As you watch this short video you will understand that we think you can disrupt flag football routes and still play two high shell in 7on7 flag football. We also believe it can correlate to 5v5 flag football and your NFL Flag league play.
