Installing Today’s Hybrid Pistol Offense Run & Pass from Top to Bottom
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Thanks, I found the thread you were talking about but have a couple of questions.
1) What is your hand placement on the jam? I have read articles where coaches have DBs jam with one hand (outside hand on inside release and inside hand on outside release) and I have seen coaches say inside hand to near shoulder-tip and outside hand to throat.
2) What do you have the DB key on, #'s or hips? I have read a good article that used the hips for a key. His coaching point was: when the wr shows you his inside hip, attack him with your inside hand. when he shows you his outside hip, attack him with your outside hand. This eliminates all possiblity of head fakes.
3) What are some of the drills you use to teach press coverage? Even the simplest will be appreciated.
4) When teaching the mirror drill, do you teach the DB to keep an inside relationship throughout the movement?
HAND PLACEMENT= OUTSIDE RELEASE= OUTSIDE HAND TO OUTSIDE SHOULDER TIP WITH OUTSIDE HAND AND INSIDE HAND TO LOWER RIB CAGE WITH FORCE!!!
HAND PLACEMENT= INSIDE RELEASE= EXACT OPPOSITE
HEAD UP (TRIES TO SWIM YOU,ETC.) = BOTH HANDS TO BREAST PLATE(HEART AREA) WITH FORCE AND MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH THUMBS UP (VERY MUCH LIKE AN OLM HANDLES A DLM THAT IS BULL RUSHING HIM) AND DON'T BREAK CONTACT UNTIL WHISTLE BLOWS. IF HE SPINS JUST SLIDE YOUR HANDS WHILE MAINTAINING THAT ALL IMPORTANT CONTACT, WITHOUT REMOVING THEM FROM HIS BODY!!!
I DO NOT KNOW OF ANYBODY WHO ADVOCATES A HAND TO THE THROAT TECHNIQUE. IMO, THAT WOULD PUT BOTH HANDS ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE DB'S BODY AT THE SAME TIME AND THAT DOESN'T WORK, AT LEAST NOT FOR US.
I COACH DB'S TO CONCENTRATE ON LOWER BODY AS OUR KEY TO STOP THE MIRROR AND JAM IS THE INSTANT THE RECEIVER TAKES HIS INITIAL STEP DOWN HILL!!! WE TRY TO MAINTAIN INSIDE LEVERAGE ON THE JAM, YES, AS MUCH AS IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT LOSING CONTROL OF THE RECEIVER.
OUR DRILLS CONSIST OF REPPING TOWARD PERFECTION THE TECHNIQUES I HAVE JUST LISTED ABOVE LIVE, ONE ON ONE. MY PHILOSOPHY DOESN'T INCLUDE WORKING AGAINST BAGS, ETC. AS I HAVE YET TO SEE A DUMMY THAT CAN STUTTER, EXPLODE OFF THE LOS WHILE SWIMMING YOUR DB, AND BREAK ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. I MUCH PREFER LIVE DUMMIES! (I HAVE SEVERAL OF THOSE, BY THE WAY. JUST KIDDING) I HAVE THE DB'S AND RECEIVERS WORK AGAINST EACH OTHER AS MUCH AS IS POSSIBLE DURING THE PRACTICE WEEK AND ALWAYS DURING ANY THROWING DRILLS BY OUR QBS. I OFTEN TELL THEM TO JUST RUN WITH THE RECEIVER AND GET IN PROPER POSITION TO MAKE THE INT OR PASS BREAK UP, BUT LET THE RECEIVER CATCH THE BALL. THEN, AFTER WORKING PROPER TECHNIQUE WITH QB'S AND RECEIVERS AND DB'S WE TURN THEM LOOSE FOR THE REST OF THE PERIOD TO COMPETE LIVE AGAINST EACH OTHER. BEST PRACTICE IN THE WORLD IS TO PRACTICE LIVE SITUATIONS, NOT MAKE BELIEVE. JUST MY OPINION.
Coach Easton
J.C. EASTON<BR>HEAD COACH<BR>GA TIGERS FOOTBALL<BR>PROFESSIONAL MINOR LEAGUE
Thanks, Coach. One more question: what is the footwork you teach your db's when the wr footfires? Do you teach them to chop feet or just bounce? I'm just trying to find the easiest way to teach a bunch of "not-so-talented" kids to play press coverage.
Another thing, do you always jam with 2 hands? I have heard Nick Saban talk about this and he said that on an inside release, you off-hand (outside hand) jam the receiver and ride him with that hand in contact. The opposite would be true for an outside release. From hearing him, I gathered that the only time he jammed with 2 hands would be if the receiver released straight into the db.
It would seem unsound to try and 2-hand jam every play because it would make it hard to open the shoulders and run. Any thoughts on this are appreciated.
As I said earlier, coach, whatever the receiver does, we mirror him until he takes the first downhill step. Then, we jam the stew out of him and we use BOTH HANDS. Nick Saban certainly is a well noted coach, but unless you have misunderstood what he is saying, my personal belief is that it is nearly impossible to CONTROL a receiver with only one hand. Now, if he escapes we FEEL him with one hand brushing his thigh board as we run with him, but our thing is CONTROLLING HIM from the LOS and not running with him one bit more than is absolutely necessary. In order to do this, unless your King Kong, you must use both hands, IMO.
Coach Esaton
J.C. EASTON<BR>HEAD COACH<BR>GA TIGERS FOOTBALL<BR>PROFESSIONAL MINOR LEAGUE