Coach -If your offensive linemen don't know where the ball is going to be thrown from, they can't protect it. That's not a philosophical statement. It's a structural one. Without a defined launch point, your protection has no anchor.Coach Scott Woos...
Coach -The best quarterback work happens before practice starts.Seth Parr, head coach at Anna High School in Texas, runs his quarterbacks through a pre-practice routine that builds the habits most coaches try to fix during team periods. By the time h...
Coach -Quick game is where zone coverage gets tested. Offenses snap it fast, routes break under five yards, and your defenders have to convert from zone reads to man reactions without losing a step. If your players don't have clear answers before th...
Coach,The Slot T is one of the most misunderstood offenses in football.Some coaches think it's just Wing T with a different name. Others assume it's some ancient system that doesn't translate to modern football. And because not many teams run it, the...
Coach -One of the most effective ways to stop RPOs is to play man coverage. You take away the easy throws, you put stress on the quarterback's timing, and you force the offense to execute against tight coverage instead of reading soft zones.But here...
Coach -Terry Joseph, Passing Game Coordinator for the New Orleans Saints, doesn't wing his individual period. By the time his defensive backs hit the field for training camp, 80% of his drill schedule is already written.Video: Terry Joseph - DB Play...
Coach -If offenses are putting you in conflict with RPOs every Friday night⌠this clinic was built for you.The Stop RPO Virtual Clinic kicks off February 16â18, and itâs three straight nights of defensive answers to the modern RPO game.This isnât th...
Coach -Spring practice is coming. If you're like most staffs, you're already thinking about what to add, what to cut, and how to make your passing game more efficient.Dan Gonzalez, a well-respected passing game consultant who's been on the cutting e...
Coach -The Seattle Seahawks won Super Bowl XLVIII by smothering the Patriots' passing attack. That dominant secondary performance didn't come from one coverage. It came from a system where every defender knew exactly which tool to use based on what...
Coach -As you know, play-action works when it punishes how the defense plays the run. The problem is that most play-action concepts ask you to sacrifice somethingâeither protection or the quality of the fake.The two coaches in this week's breakdown d...