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Colts Return Kickoff For 6. Here’s How.

Colts Return Kickoff For 6. Here’s How.

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 14, 2020

The Colts found a way to get #20 over in front of the returner. Combine this with two very well executed double team blocks and it was a house call...

A Double Move Off Of Your Bootleg  Pass

A Double Move Off Of Your Bootleg Pass

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 11, 2020

Coach your quarterback to do one of three things with this bootleg pass. Either launch it, or run it or throw the ball out of bounds....

What The Quarterback Sees…

What The Quarterback Sees…

by FirstDown PlayBook on Oct 3, 2020

There is a lot going on here. You have motion, jet sweep action with four out to one side. There's a vertical and a high low concept all wrapped up into one...

Detailed Football Coaching Points

Detailed Football Coaching Points

by FirstDown PlayBook on Sep 16, 2020

Every FirstDown PlayBook play, defense and special teams scheme has detailed coaching points just like the ones you are seeing here....

Know The Secondary Coverage? Attack It.

Know The Secondary Coverage? Attack It.

by FirstDown PlayBook on Sep 6, 2020

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

Smash Concepts From Double Bunch

by FirstDown PlayBook on Sep 5, 2020

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!

Six Man Football OC’s Thrive On Creativity!

by FirstDown PlayBook on Aug 28, 2020

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?

How Do You Teach Defensive Adjustments?

by FirstDown PlayBook on Aug 21, 2020

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

Bears’ Fuller Shows Up In A Critical Spot

by Will Cinelli on Aug 20, 2020

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

Special Teams Coach In A Pandemic Season

by FirstDown PlayBook on Aug 18, 2020

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....

Not All Mesh Concepts Are Created Equally

Not All Mesh Concepts Are Created Equally

by FirstDown PlayBook on Aug 9, 2020

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 Champ’s Special Teams Grading

by FirstDown PlayBook on Aug 2, 2020

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,...