ByCoach Martin|Football Defense
Question: “What should you do when your defense is facing an obvious passing situation where the offense needs to gain a significant amount of yards to gain a first down?” Or… “What should you do when the offense you are facing constantly runs a spread formation with four wide receivers on the field at the same time?” The answer […]
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ByCoach Martin|Football Defense
The Cover 3 defense is one of the more popular zone-based defensive alignments in football. At one time, it was thought of as only a defense that youth football teams and teams at the high school level would utilize often in a game. However, that idea has changed dramatically over recent years. Especially with the Seattle Seahawks’ “Legion […]
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ByCoach Martin|Football Defense
The Cover 2 defense is a zone-based defense in football. Which means no player has a defensive assignment for a specific offensive player. Each level of defense has a zone on the field for which they’re responsible for covering, and whatever receiver enters that zone on a passing route is that player’s responsibility. The Cover 2 defense gets […]
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ByCoach Martin|Football Defense
The 4-3 defense is one of the most basic formations a coach can run. From youth football all the way up to the professional ranks, just about every team has some plays that are run out of the 4-3 formation. Many coaches choose to use this alignment because there are quite a few wrinkles and adjustments that […]
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ByCoach Martin|Football Defense
There was a time in football where defenses would run a “base” formation on most plays, with wrinkles on the base system mostly performed in the secondary. Almost all defenses would have a base formation that included either: a. Four down linemen and three linebackers. b. Five down linemen and two linebackers (on obvious running situations). The wrinkles would […]
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ByCoach Martin|Football Defense
The Cover 1 defense is often the first defensive philosophy youth players are taught. Because in its simplest form, a ‘Cover 1 defense’ is just a fancy term for man-to-man defense. Is there anything easier than having each player in your defense responsible for covering another player on offense? Probably not. In slightly more advanced forms, the Cover 1 […]
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ByCoach Martin|Football Defense
Many youth football coaches are looking for simplified schemes they can run to teach players who don’t have a lot of experience playing football. These coaches are looking to teach the basic principles of both offense and defense first, so that their players can get a handle on the fundamental strategies of the sport. Defensive coaches are […]
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ByCoach Martin|Football Defense
Defenses in football have recently progressed as offenses have changed. With passing becoming more and more a focal point of the offensive game, and with more teams running normal offensive sets out of the shotgun formation, defensive alignments have begun to shift, too. Over the years, defenses have changed from 5-2-4 formations, to 4-3-4 formations, to some […]
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