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...