Archive for September, 2007
Belief
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007So you have had a good week of practice. You have prepared, and done everything you can to get ready for the game. You have a great game plan, you have great new packages for offense and defense, you even came up with some great drills for you players. You know you have done your [...]
Quarters Coverage vs Quarters Defense
Friday, September 21st, 2007Quarters coverage should not be confused with a Quarter Defense.Quarters Coverage is also known as Cover 4 or 4 Deep Coverage. This is where a defense will keep its current personnel on the field and deepen its coverage. A typical look would be as such:
As you can see the Corners have the deep field from [...]
The Tampa 2 Coverage
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007The
Tampa 2 coverage is the hottest thing in the NFL and beginning to take hold in College. It is a misnomer though. It really is not a Cover 2 it is a Cover 3. Here is how it works
The corners have deep halves of the field, hence the cover 2 name, but they do [...]
Football Lingo
Friday, September 14th, 2007I wanted to start a quick post on the Lingo of football. These posts will be mirrored on the new page called - surprisingly – Lingo. It is the football season and all the announcers and commentator will be using all the lingo that they can, usually right, but sometimes wrong. I just wanted to [...]
Size vs Speed
Monday, September 10th, 2007Let me start by saying that size is still important. But, it has been shown in the last few years, that the game is changing, the game is becoming faster. It is about getting your guys in space and letting them run.
Michigan is a perfect case study for this. I got to watch the replay [...]