Coach -Last time, Coach Zangl showed you where the box lines up. This is what the box does the instant the ball moves.Those tight alignments only pay off if the defender knows what to do with the block coming at him. That is block deconstruction, an...

Coach -Most multiple defenses break at the install. Five fronts means five sets of rules, and the kid lining up is a half-step late because he's thinking instead of playing.Coach Michael Zangl puts the multiplicity somewhere the player never has to...

Coach -Summer is when you build the things you never have time for in the fall. A one-word call package is exactly that kind of project.Tyler Schneider lays out how Bixby does it. Every formation is a state, every play is a college team in that stat...

Coach -Most kickoff return units tell the coverage team where the ball is going before it ever comes down.The front line leans. Blockers set early to the call side. A tight end widens a step too soon. The coverage unit reads middle, right, or left a...

Coach -A quarterback plays as fast as his read is simple.The defense will always be more complicated than anything you can hand him on Friday. Coverages disguise, they rotate, they change after the snap. So the job is not to teach him every coverage...

Coach -Most sacks don't happen because the defender was better.They happen because the tackle turned to face him.The instant a lineman opens his hips to square up the rusher, both gates swing open. The inside gate gives the rusher a free path to the...

Coach -The release happens in less than a second.Your receiver wins the line or he doesn't. He gets to his route on time or he's washed off it by yard three and the timing of the play dies. The DB is going to put hands on him. The only question is w...

Coach -The double-team kills your defensive line before the snap.You know the picture. Power one way, counter the other. Either way, the playside guard's hands are coming for your tackle, the center is climbing through him, and a body is chipping of...

Coach ,The fly sweep doesn't die in the backfield.It dies on the perimeter. A corner who crept to four yards and never got cracked. A 3-4 outside backer the offense didn't have an answer for. An H-back with his eyes locked on a defender someone else...

Coach -There's one thing Coach Prosser's offensive line is not allowed to do on counter.They're not allowed to get spilled.That's the rule he draws in the room. Don't get spilled. Don't log it. Run through the guy's face. Everything else in the coun...