Defensive Coordinator
3 Ways To Youth Football Defensive Line Help
Coaching a youth football defensive line just got a lot easier because there are now three distinct ways FirstDown PlayBook helps you....
Youth Football Defensive Line Technique Series
The hardest position to coach is the youth football defensive line. You're asking young players to do something they've never done before....
Free Safety Gets Involved On This Zone Dog Pressure
Bringing zone dog pressure with the free safety can take nerves of steel especially if your strong safety hasn't played the middle much....
A Case For Corners Over Defense
Corners over allows a defense to be sound if the ball is snapped with or without motion. Personnel matchup is a big part of it....
Call What You Practice. Practice What You Call.
As you plan your next football practice consider this. Do you call what you practice and do you practice what you call in a game?...
Preparing For Goal Line Offense & Defense
Your goal line offense and your goal line defense are just another clear example of how all football is situational football....
Football Coaching Intellectual Property
High school football coaches who don't protect their football coaching intellectual property often have little chance for advancement....
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....