Coverage Beaters

Teaching A Receiver Defensive Coverage & YAC

Teaching A Receiver Defensive Coverage & YAC

by FirstDown PlayBook on Mar 20, 2025

Receivers who understand defensive coverage have the answers to the test before they take it. The yards after catch are the reward....

7on7 Defense Vs Empty Formations

7on7 Defense Vs Empty Formations

by FirstDown PlayBook on Apr 30, 2024

When you walk out onto a football field to coach a 7on7 defense football field, you know that you are in for an unfair competition....

Comeback Route From Couple Formation

Comeback Route From Couple Formation

by FirstDown PlayBook on Feb 17, 2022

Let's face it. Throwing a comeback route is hard for most high school quarterbacks. This formation gives them a better chance to execute it...

Explosive Seam Throws Off Of Your Base Passes

Explosive Seam Throws Off Of Your Base Passes

by FirstDown PlayBook on Feb 1, 2022

Anyone who has watched the NFL playoffs and the BCS playoffs has seen a lot of explosive seam throws. How in the world does this happen?...

FirstDown PlayBook Coverage Beaters

FirstDown PlayBook Coverage Beaters

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jan 23, 2022

The Coverage Beaters section of FirstDown PlayBook is one of our most used areas in our digital football playbook....

Use Multiple Formations Not Pass Concepts

Use Multiple Formations Not Pass Concepts

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jan 12, 2022

The age old debate about how much offense is too much is always relevant. Using too many pass concepts is a common mistake of young coaches....

Find Route Combinations Instantly

Find Route Combinations Instantly

by FirstDown PlayBook on Nov 17, 2021

Today we want to spend a couple of paragraphs to show you how you can instantly find 2 and 3 man route combinations on FirstDown PlayBook....

What Coverages Are You Going To See This Week?

What Coverages Are You Going To See This Week?

by FirstDown PlayBook on Sep 7, 2021

One of our hidden treasures in FirstDown PlayBook is your Coverage Beaters section. It's actually not that hidden to be honest....

FirstDown PlayBook Coverage Beaters: Cover 3

FirstDown PlayBook Coverage Beaters: Cover 3

by FirstDown PlayBook on Dec 27, 2020

Sometimes offensive coaches act like they have nothing to say about what coverage the defense runs. Wrong. Get them in cover 3 with this....

FirstDown PlayBook Coverage Beaters: Cover 2

FirstDown PlayBook Coverage Beaters: Cover 2

by FirstDown PlayBook on Dec 21, 2020

FirstDown PlayBook’s Cover 2 is your traditional two deep safeties with five underneath defenders and everyone is playing zone....

Coverage Beaters: Cover 1

Coverage Beaters: Cover 1

by FirstDown PlayBook on Dec 12, 2020

The FirstDown PlayBook Coverage Beaters is a section where an offensive coach can go to find effective passing game plays to attack a specific coverage. ...