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Know The Secondary Coverage? Attack It.
We sometimes worry that we have so much information in FirstDown PlayBook that some of it gets overlooked. Coverage Beaters is one of those sections....
Smash Concepts From Double Bunch
As an offensive coordinator you have to understand that defenses study splits and use it to your advantage. Here's one way to get that done....
Six Man Football OC’s Thrive On Creativity!
After our year of installing the six man football plays we would say that the number one requirement of an offensive coordinator is that they be creative. ...
How Do You Teach Defensive Adjustments?
Can you get on the board and fit your base defense up against any formation that the offense might throw at you? What about shifts, motions and trades?...
Bears’ Fuller Shows Up In A Critical Spot
Fuller, the corner, is the "force player" here, meaning he's the guy who needs to set the edge of the run and not get out-leveraged....
Special Teams Coach In A Pandemic Season
One area that is often neglected even when things are normal is special teams. Coaches are going to have to be as organized as they have ever been....
Coaching Can Increase Yards After Catch
When we hear people invoke the abbreviation YAC we worry that they think it's completely a result of the player's talent. ...
Not All Mesh Concepts Are Created Equally
It is important, however, to understand the difference in a Shallow Cross concept and a Drive mesh concept. ...
Super Bowl Champ’s Special Teams Grading
Super Bowl Champion Dave Toub of the Kansas City Chiefs taught me a very detailed system for grading individual effort and execution with special teams,...
Two Tight End Hitch Screen
Someone who had previously worked with Andy Reid said that Reid thought the screen game was so important that they had a screen period every practice....
Super Bowl Champ Dave Toub’s Point Chart
Longtime NFL special teams coach and recent Super Bowl champion Dave Toub has shared his grading system with us on the FirstDown PlayBook website....
6 Man Football Demands Creativity
6 man football has many of the elements of 11 man football, but there are huge differences. For instance, every player is eligible to catch a pass....