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Defensive pass coverage resources?
I'm planning to coach some youth football this summer/fall and the one area that I'm really weak is on defensive pass coverage. I played on the offensive line (mostly tackle, but some center and a guard as well) and defensive line (NT, T, and DE) for 6 years when I was younger, but wasn't fast enough to be a defensive back. I picked up a few books on defensive coaching but they were a bit light on the various strategies. I know the basics for man to man and zone coverage, but not well enough to properly prepare a youth team (9-11 or 10-12 age groups). Can you all recommend a some good books, videos, or web resources to help with proper positioning by offensive formation, coverage rules, stunts, etc...
I guess offensively, I'm stronger with running plays (dives, leads, traps, counters, sweeps, etc...) and basic pass plays, but understanding which work best against defensive coverage is an area to improve as well. Are there any standard offensive playbooks (mostly for pass routes and receiver designation) that you can recommend?
I've assisted coaching in the past when my son was moving up through the program but that was over 5 years ago and I'm not sure who is still involved or available. I do know two coaches, but they are at different age groups so I'll be working with a fresh group of volunteers that may or may not know enough to take the pass defense coaching.
Thanks in advance
I realize they aren't playing at the high school level, but I'd still like to get them started on the basics of pass defense. One of the more effective plays we would run is a wide out to run the corner deep, then the TE or one of the backs would do a delay release to the flat, usually uncovered. I'd like to avoid similar situations against us. The previous teams I worked with usually had someone that understood the defensive coverage, but I have no idea who I'll have on the coaching staff. I'm just trying to do a bit more preparation to avoid relying on luck of the draw with parent volunteers.
Oh, we were running a 4-4 or a 5-3, depending on the effectiveness of the 4 man front.
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- GeauxSaints79Lv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
To be honest with you,. There's not much you need to know coaching DB's besides man coverage & matching your fastest with theirs at 9-12 year old. Kids that age are much faster than their arms.. Most of the time they run the ball and when there is a pass, it's a lob. You won't need to focus on dime, nickle. Most of your formations should start with 4/4, 4/3. leaving at most 4 db's. One thing I always do when I get my team (that young) is run a lot in practice, use cones for agility drills & encourage them, all of them (even the big ones) to ride their bikes and play outside a lot. In youth football speed, running the ball, sweeps & options are everything. Every practice have them work on moving east and west(on O & D).
I coach youth league and hate to lose more than I like to win. Always be on the lookout for the half-back pass. Kids want to make the tackle & if your MLB (for instance) is playing man on the QB encourage him to always, always, always, stick with him, as soon as he bites on a rb sweep, the qb will run to the open flat and hit a HR on your D. Stay in front & have your kids work on agility drills (at that age being agile and staying in front of the ball is more important than the formations).
Good luck & win, because it is everytyhing!
- CaitlinLv 45 years ago
The tampa-2 is the same as the standard cover-2 except the MLB is expected to drop back much farther than the standard cover-2 and "front" the recievers running a deep-in route. The Safeties split the field and have deep coverage over the top of the CBs who each have the outside quarter of the short zones. The Cover-1 just means there is only 1 safety over the top and in deep coverage, the other safety (SS) is either locked up in man on the TE or is blitzing. The cover-1 is rarely a base defense-usually some kind of blitz is happening. The DBs may have zone or man responsibilties- depends on who is blitzing and where. A Cover-3 means one of the CBs drops into deep zone coverage and he and the 2 safeties split the field in 3rds. Zone in general just means you have an area to cover, not a specific receiver. It is much harder for a defense to run a good zone defense due to the shared responsibilites and communication needed- than to just run man all the time.
