defensive coaching
Defensive Pressure Packages
FirstDown PlayBook offers a defensive football coach several different ways to find sound defensive pressure that fits their specific scheme....
Red Zone Bracket Coverage Is $
The coverages that you use out in the field are often not enough in the red zone. This is where red zone bracket coverage is your friend....
30 Front Empty Adjustments
A defensive coordinator must be prepared to adjust to any formation, shift, trade, or motion. Today we will use this 30 front as an example....
Zone Read Beater: Zone Dog Pressure
The zone read can be a headache for defensive coordinators if the quarterback is comfortable. This zone dog pressure can help prevent that....
Invert Coverage As A Run Stopper
Invert coverage allows you to predetermine that a safety or both safeties will drop down in the box on the snap of the ball....
Oregon Short Yardage 4I Technique Pays Off
This Oregon short yardage defense is a great example of how one simple 4I technique can make all the difference in the world....
Buckeyes Defense Baits Penn State On 4th Down
Let's get it out of the way early. The Ohio State Buckeyes defense is good and they are the core of this 2023 team...
Youth Football Defensive Line Slant Technique
Youth football defensive lines are often undersized and if that is your situation then you may need to incorporate the slant technique....
Pop Warner 6-2 Defense Cover 3
Can your Pop Warner team play a 6-2 defense with cover 3 behind it? Yes, but your youth football defense is going to cheat a little. ...
PAT/FG Block Effort Is Revealing
How hard does a defense play? Just watch them on PAT/FG Block. If they play hard on that special teams play then they play hard all the time....
Defensive End Hat Read Change Up
You are coaching your youth football defensive end to get their eyes back inside vs an outside release but that's not enough. What Now?...
Youth Football Pirate Stunt & More
A simple and effective youth football Pirate stunt is exactly what your Pop warner defense needs to stop the B gap run....