How to Be Smart in a World of Dumb Football Coaches

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Football coaches spend countless hours every off-season working on our schemes. We buy books, DVDs, clinic passes, and anything else we think might help us win.

Then there are the staff meetings where coaches hammer out every detail. One guy plays Devil’s Advocate for a half hour on some minute detail that probably will never come up. But when the meetings are over, the weather starts to turn warmer, and Spring finally arrives – many of us have a playbook to be proud of.And then the season gets here. And we get stupid. [Read more...]

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The Secret to Choosing the Right Defense for your Football Team

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If you have a particular defense that you are set on, this video will not be much good for you. This is for the rest of us. This is for the guys who love defensive football, understand that everything out there works as long as it is sound, but are not 100% committed to one particular defensive scheme.

Back me into a corner and I will tell you, I am a 4-3 Guy. But that does not mean it is the only defense I would run. Take a look at this video on the secrets to choosing the perfect defense for your team. For even more quality assurance, read about our system for choosing a new defense. Is now the time for a change?

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Re-Evaluating Your Defense? Follow These Steps for Success…

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Our season ended on Friday. I do not think we need to change our defensive front, or our base coverage. But we need to look closely and what went well, and what went wrong. Some re-evaluation is definitely in order.

You may feel that a bigger change is necessary in order to win more football games next year. You may feel that no changes are in order. Whatever end of the spectrum you are on, you need to re-evaluate your program systematically!Football-Defense.com offers a free eBook, Defensive Installation Manual, which you can download immediately. I wanted to take this a step further for coaches that are serious about re-evaluating for the upcoming season. [Read more...]

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Defending the Screen Pass

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The screen pass is one of football’s most popular plays, and for good reason. There’s no better way to slow down the rush of the Defensive Linemen, and the Linebackers, but throwing a screen pass in the middle to your running back.

Running the Screen Pass

The screen pass is so effective because the Defensive Linemen get a quick pass read from the Offensive Linemen and are anxious to get to the QB. The Offensive Linemen release them, and work upfield to take on the Linebackers. Meanwhile, the QB is bailing out, getting distance between himself and the line of scrimmage (and the unblocked linemen!)The Linebackers are in trouble because they’re either coming hard on a blitz, and running into the same problem the Defensive Line is, or they’ve dropped off 10 yards deep on a pass read. They’re sitting ducks there for the Offensive Linemen. [Read more...]

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How To Defend the Jet Sweep Offense

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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 Jet Sweep, from the defensive standpoint we’re going to consider them the same. You can add a comment and tell me why that’s wrong, I welcome it.Rolling with Motion [Read more...]

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