defensive coaching
Get Home With Nickel Knife Fire Zone 3
We call this pressure Nickel Knife Fire Zone 3. It is one of over 57 different varsity defensive pressures in FirstDown PlayBook....
Bucs Roll Up To Cover 3 For Pick 6
When Tampa Bay rolled up to a cover 3 look vs Jameis Winston on Sunday, we promise you that he never saw it happening....
3 Reasons To Use Jam Technique On Receivers
Once your defensive backs use the jam technique and it disrupts a release or two, you will see the receiver frustration start setting in....
Peel Pressure Let’s You “Cheat”
There are details with a peel pressure that must be coached well or you will have the offense's best player with the ball running free....
Youth Football Green Dog?
Youth football green dogs are not common. Most coaches do not want to overload their young players but this might be a case for one....
Solve Linebacker Conflict Of Assignment
Conflict of assignment is exactly what it says it is. It is when a defensive player has two responsibilities that work against each other....
4-3 Under Base Defense
Let’s slow down today to look at FirstDown PlayBook’s 4-3 Under Base defense. Sometimes as football coaches we spit words out like “over” and “under”...
Snake: Sam Strong Safety Pressure
The FirstDown PlayBook Sam Strong Safety Zone Dog pressure is jut one example of how we pump your playbook full of defensive pressures....
This Corner Fire Good No Matter The Hash
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....
PlayGrids Help Your Pressure Adjustment Installs
FirstDown PlayBook PlayGrids help you install pressure adjustments vs multiple formations in an organized manner that your players will love....
Football Coaching Carousel Gives Venables A Chance
We don't get into the coaching carousel very much anymore but we like it when coaches like Brent Venables get a chance....
OSU Steals Texas With Red Zone Tampa 2 Pick 6
Oklahoma State robbed Texas yesterday on this beautifully executed red zone coverage. We are going to call it a version of red zone Tampa 2 ...