Flag Football Zone Defense Coaching Points
Playing a flag football zone defense can be an effective changeup. You can gain some of the same advantages that you do with tackle football. The quarterback sees what they think to be an open receiver, only to have another defender step in front of the pass for the interception. From that point on the quarterback will begin to process the pass game much slower.
A flag football zone defense can also be a good way to avoid one on one matchups that don’t look good for your defense. Playing zone allows you to take some pressure off of one single defender and spread that out to your entire defense. Although your defenders still have to match up to receivers that enter their zone it helps to avoid big plays like the deep ball touchdown. Man coverage does not provide this luxury.
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However, flag football coaches need to take a look at their team before they choose the zone defense route. Zone concepts can be very hard for younger players to grasp. Often times you will end up with your defenders chasing receivers through the zones or in many cases the young player will just cover grass.
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As you know FirstDown PlayBook serves all football coaching communities so we offer you man coverage and zone coverage options in the flag football defense section. Today’s short video talks about that. Tap on the play below to watch how we offer a ton of flag football defensive help that will fit your needs regardless of what age group you coach.
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THE 5v5 FLAG DEFENSE HAS THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS:
3 LINEBACKERS: RIGHT, MIDDLE & LEFT
2 DEFENSIVE BACKS: RIGHT & LEFT
THE 5v5 DEFENSES WILL BE CALLED WITH THREE DIGITS:
THE FIRST DIGIT IS THE NUMBER OF RUSHERS TO THE QB.
THE SECOND DIGIT IS THE NUMBER INTERMEDIATE TO DEEP COVERAGE DEFENDERS.
THE THIRD DIGIT IS THE NUMBER OF DEEP COVERAGE DEFENDERS.
MAN COVERAGE DEFENSES WILL BE CALLED “MAN COVERAGE” & TAGGED WITH ANY PRESSURE IF NECESSARY.
DEFENSE: 1-3-1 (ZONE COVERAGE)
THERE WILL BE A STRENGTH CALL MADE AS THE OFFENSE BREAKS THE HUDDLE OR IT CAN BE SET PRIOR TO.
THE MIDDLE LINEBACKER WILL BE THE RUSHER TO THE QB.
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THE CALL SIDE LB WILL BE THE INTERMEDIATE HOOK DEFENDER.
THE LB AWAY FROM THE CALL WILL BE THE INTERMEDIATE TO DEEP THIRDS DEFENDER TO THAT SIDE.
THE DB TO THE CALL WILL BE THE INTERMEDIATE TO DEEP THIRDS DEFENDER TO THAT SIDE.
THE DB AWAY FROM THE CALL SIDE WILL BE THE DEEP MIDDLE THIRDS DEFENDER.
