If you’ve coached a football game in the last 5 years, you’ve probably had to defend the Jet Sweep or Fly Sweep. This is a great play, and good coaches are going to have plenty of counters to keep you from overplaying it. While I’m aware of the intricate differences between the Fly Sweep and [...]

The lights are low. Your players are scattered around, some are in chairs, some are on the floor. They’ve been sitting in classes since 8am, and now its 3pm and they’re sitting again, watching next week’s opponent. You’ve got the remote. A few assistants are scattered around the room. You are narrating the film like [...]

Trick plays are always fun for the offense. Once a game, give or take a play, the OC gets to call something he drew up on a napkin. He may have been drinking, maybe not, when he drew it up. And the kids, they just love running trick football plays. But you’re the defensive coach. [...]

While I’m always willing to talk about how adaptable the 4-3 Over Front is, there is always going to be a need for change-up fronts. The 4-3 Under Defense is the perfect compliment for this defense. It is easily teachable, fits all that your Defensive Linemen have learned, and simplifies things for two of your [...]

What defensive innovations will we see in the new decade? Probably not many – there’s nothing new in football. But there’ll be adjustments, tweaks, and without a doubt, cool new nicknames for the same idea. What is the best defense to use in the 2010 season? Whatever you know best, or whatever fits your personnel [...]