Kickoff Coverage Technique

Coach Special Teams With O/D Mentality

Coach Special Teams With O/D Mentality

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jan 13, 2025

The transfer portal will make teaching special teams harder than before. Smart college and high school coaches will do this to teach better....

Special Teams: Value Of A Squib Kick

Special Teams: Value Of A Squib Kick

by FirstDown PlayBook on Dec 8, 2024

Every Head Coach or Special Teams Coordinator will have to choose to squib kick or kickoff normally if they coach long enough....

Shrink Your Kickoff Coverage Field

Shrink Your Kickoff Coverage Field

by FirstDown PlayBook on Aug 12, 2024

The first play your football team will execute this season will involve special teams and it will take place on a kickoff coverage field....

6 Special Teams Clinics Sure To Help

6 Special Teams Clinics Sure To Help

by FirstDown PlayBook on Dec 27, 2023

FirstDown PlayBook has created six special teams clinics for you. There is a video for each of the six special teams phases....

Hot 1 Kickoff Cover Changeup

Hot 1 Kickoff Cover Changeup

by FirstDown PlayBook on Jan 18, 2022

This Hot 1 kickoff cover changeup is a good example of how you can dictate what the return unit can do and then have an answer for it. ...

Kickoff Coverage: Avoid Technique

Kickoff Coverage: Avoid Technique

by FirstDown PlayBook on Dec 28, 2021

With kickoff coverage the avoid technique is a much faster way to get the main job done. That job is to get to the football....

Marshall 96 Yard Fake Reverse Kickoff Return

Marshall 96 Yard Fake Reverse Kickoff Return

by FirstDown PlayBook on Sep 24, 2021

One of the plays that kept Marshall in last night's game all the way up until the end was a 96 yard fake reverse kickoff return....

Kickoff Coverage Stack & Fold Technique

Kickoff Coverage Stack & Fold Technique

by FirstDown PlayBook on Mar 19, 2021

One of the things you will learn if you coach football long enough is that there are a lot of different ways to say the same thing. What is important is that you say it the same way to ...

Kickoff Coverage Techniques Show Up This Weekend

Kickoff Coverage Techniques Show Up This Weekend

by FirstDown PlayBook on Sep 8, 2019

Teaching your kickoff coverage players when to avoid a one on one block and when to take it on with a two gap technique is always tricky. ...