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Helping Your Small Pop Warner Corner

Helping Your Small Pop Warner Corner

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jun 20, 2023

Most of you line your smallest player up as your Pop Warner Corner. You tell them to contain the ball. This is when vertical seams show up. ...

This Corner Fire Good No Matter The Hash

This Corner Fire Good No Matter The Hash

by FirstDown PlayBook on Dec 22, 2021

Regardless of the playing field, no hash is so far away from the boundary that a Corner Fire can't get home to ruin a quarterback's day....

Chiefs Seal It With a Palmetto Pick

Chiefs Seal It With a Palmetto Pick

by FirstDown PlayBook on Feb 2, 2021

The Clemson alum pops the ball up in the air and his teammate from the University of South Carolina comes off the bracket on Beasley and does the rest!...

Brandon Staley & Rams Defense Shines Again!

Brandon Staley & Rams Defense Shines Again!

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jan 12, 2021

We worked with Brandon Staley. He is truly one of the good guys and good football coaches in the league and likely destined to be an NFL head coach....

Diagnose. React. Tackle. Corner Play At Its Best.

Diagnose. React. Tackle. Corner Play At Its Best.

by Will Cinelli on Oct 22, 2020

Once Jaire Alexander has made the diagnosis, his reaction is almost instantaneous. There is no hesitation or false step. This is why he makes the play....

Tramon Williams’ Patience Gives Him The Complete Picture

Tramon Williams’ Patience Gives Him The Complete Picture

by Will Cinelli on Jul 23, 2020

Here, Green Bay cornerback Tramon Williams demonstrates patience and discipline to put himself in position to make the play....

Man Coverage And Then Some

Man Coverage And Then Some

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jun 4, 2020

This week we look at Miami Dolphins CB Xavien Howard. Aligned in Press, he patiently waits for the WR to show his hand with the inside speed release....

The Scouting Academy Looks At Off Man Technique

The Scouting Academy Looks At Off Man Technique

by Will Cinelli on May 7, 2020

"Off Man" gives you some of the advantages a defender might get by playing zone, while still maintaining many of the pluses that come with press man....

Run Support Corners Are A Rare Breed

Run Support Corners Are A Rare Breed

by Will Cinelli on Apr 23, 2020

He is landing his shoulder into the midsection of a larger WR, with enough power on contact to disrupt the catch point and creating an incompletion....

Teach Tape Thursday Looks At Press Coverage

Teach Tape Thursday Looks At Press Coverage

by Will Cinelli on Apr 9, 2020

Defenders who can play their assigned man but also play the ball in the air once it is thrown are truly rare players. Here is an example....