defensive coverages

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....

Free Safety Gets Involved On This Zone Dog Pressure

Free Safety Gets Involved On This Zone Dog Pressure

by FirstDown PlayBook on Feb 9, 2025

Bringing zone dog pressure with the free safety can take nerves of steel especially if your strong safety hasn't played the middle much....

How To Defend Flag Football Bunch Formations

How To Defend Flag Football Bunch Formations

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jan 8, 2025

When you are playing or coaching flag football defense you have the same challenges that tackle coaches have defending bunch formations...

Red Zone Bracket Coverage Is $

Red Zone Bracket Coverage Is $

by FirstDown PlayBook on Mar 21, 2024

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

30 Front Empty Adjustments

by FirstDown PlayBook on Mar 5, 2024

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....

Invert Coverage As A Run Stopper

Invert Coverage As A Run Stopper

by FirstDown PlayBook on Dec 16, 2023

Invert coverage allows you to predetermine that a safety or both safeties will drop down in the box on the snap of the ball....

Buckeyes Defense Baits Penn State On 4th Down

Buckeyes Defense Baits Penn State On 4th Down

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 24, 2023

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...

Pop Warner 6-2 Defense Cover 3

Pop Warner 6-2 Defense Cover 3

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 6, 2023

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. ...

33 Nickel Knife Defensive Pressure

33 Nickel Knife Defensive Pressure

by FirstDown PlayBook on Aug 3, 2023

When you dial up a defensive pressure you had better have rules that are sound vs any formation that the offense comes out in....

3 NFL Flag Defenses To Know

3 NFL Flag Defenses To Know

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jun 9, 2023

FirstDown PlayBook has NFL Flag plays and NFL Flag Defenses. These plays are drawn up by real NFL coaches with you & your team in mind....

FDPB Find A Play: 30 Front Cross Dog

FDPB Find A Play: 30 Front Cross Dog

by FirstDown PlayBook on Feb 3, 2023

Defensive pressure like this 30 front cross dog gives you a chance for a sack or tackle for loss when you call it. ...

Ways To Disguise Your Flag Football Coverage

Ways To Disguise Your Flag Football Coverage

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 5, 2022

One problem flag football defensive coaches have is that the flag football coverage you play can be obvious even before the ball is snapped....