3 Quick Drills for LBs – Run Fits/Techniques
Happy May, Coaches! The end of the school year is right around the corner…hang in there! This month, I’d like to move on with my “3 Quick Drills” – this time focusing on some things I use to work on…
Defensive Fundamentals
I would like to share some defensive fundamental categories that we have established and practiced throughout spring and that carry us all through the summer. The beauty of these fundamentals is that they can be practiced with little to no…
5 Keys to Defending the Wing-T Offense With Your 4-3 Defense
Good Wing-T coaches are tough to beat. They know their offense, formation, and series. Put guys in conflict. As a defensive coordinator, you start in a the hole to begin with. They seem to always have answers. So why…
12/13 Triple (Linebacker Call)
LB Call: We use this when we want to block the “regular” pitch key defender in order to give the defense something more to think about; instead of reading the OLB as #2, the QB will read the safety to…
Pairing Zone Read and Power Read to Attack Across the Defensive Front
The read game allows the offense to attack the defense where they become weakest based on post snap keys. The power read allows for a gap scheme read concept that attacks inside and outside in one direction at the same…
The 6-Step Program To Becoming A Successful Defensive Lineman: S.O.P.
For this report I decided to write about how I teach defensive linemen to be technicians and to be fundamentally sound, so they can become the best players that they can be physically and mentally. On the first day of…
3 Quick Drills for LBs – Pass Rush
As I move forward with these blog postings, I’d like to focus on three “quick” drills you can use to get work on a specific part of the game. This month, I’m including three drills I use with my ILBs…
Stress the Defense With the Quarterback Power
Over the past four years, we have used some form of our power scheme with the quarterback as a runner. This has served as a play for us both with our starter in the game as well as part of…
Defensive Line Fundamentals
IT ALL STARTS UP FRONT! What follows below are the basics for our defensive line play at Cornell. The base progression format has been taken from a common defensive line teaching structure developed and implemented by many others and may…
Great Boundary Pressure Beater To Your TE
What started as a boundary beater play became a great high percentage, quick pass play to my TE with simple reads for the QB on a three-step drop out of the Shotgun. The ideal formation for this play is to…