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This Week’s Featured Team: Georgia Bulldog Defense

This Week’s Featured Team: Georgia Bulldog Defense

by FirstDown PlayBook on Sep 5, 2021

This week's FirstDown PlayBook Featured Team is the Georgia Bulldogs defense. Congrats to Kirby Smart & his staff for a great plan vs Clemson!...

Your Team Is A FirstDown PlayBook Featured Team

Your Team Is A FirstDown PlayBook Featured Team

by FirstDown PlayBook on Sep 2, 2021

We are excited to let you know that now you will now be able to go directly to your favorite team on FirstDown PlayBook....

Finding Your Passing Game Wrinkle or Two

Finding Your Passing Game Wrinkle or Two

by FirstDown PlayBook on Aug 29, 2021

Many of you have a game or two under your belt at this point and it's the time when you are looking for a passing game wrinkle or two. ...

Coaches Must Correct & Move On

Coaches Must Correct & Move On

by FirstDown PlayBook on Aug 28, 2021

Whatever your situation after your first game, keep this in mind as you get ready for your next game in this young season. Correct & Move On....

Put A Value On An Hour Of Your Time

Put A Value On An Hour Of Your Time

by FirstDown PlayBook on Aug 8, 2021

Odds are that Nick Saban is a lot richer than you, but you know what? He can't buy one second more of time than what you have in a day....

3 Reasons Pursuit Drill Should Be Your First Drill

3 Reasons Pursuit Drill Should Be Your First Drill

by FirstDown PlayBook on Aug 1, 2021

Here are three reasons that the very first defensive drill you should run with your defense should be the pursuit drill. ...

Halftime Adjustments: Get It Fixed Now!

Halftime Adjustments: Get It Fixed Now!

by FirstDown PlayBook on May 19, 2021

Being a coordinator is not about when your quarterback just takes off and runs when your plan or the numbers are not great....

Halftime Adjustments: First Half Is Bad. Stand Pat or Adjust?

Halftime Adjustments: First Half Is Bad. Stand Pat or Adjust?

by FirstDown PlayBook on May 17, 2021

You're heading into the locker room at half and you are down by 16. It's not a good situation. Are you going to adjust or stand pat? ...

Special Teams Whole Part Whole Teaching

Special Teams Whole Part Whole Teaching

by FirstDown PlayBook on Apr 12, 2021

If you are a young special teams coach and you are trying to teach every position for any of your six phases, you are in trouble. ...

3-2-6 Defense Edge Pressure Vs Spread

3-2-6 Defense Edge Pressure Vs Spread

by FirstDown PlayBook on Apr 5, 2021

Regardless of if it is a zone read, an RPO or passing game read, sometimes the defense needs to dictate the decision....

Concordia Dials Up 6 For NAIA All 22 Tuesday!

Concordia Dials Up 6 For NAIA All 22 Tuesday!

by FirstDown PlayBook on Mar 2, 2021

On this All 22 Tuesday football play Concordia set this pass up perfectly as they dialed it up right from the sideline after a punt....

Arkansas Trick Play Fake Field Goal

Arkansas Trick Play Fake Field Goal

by FirstDown PlayBook on Dec 6, 2020

Take a look below at this video and take notes because you can easily run this same trick play fake if you ever get this field goal block alignment!...