What is the best zone coverage to use?

Isyou75 Member Posts: 29	What is the best zone coverage to use? Sept 13, 2005 18:32:27 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Isyou75 on Sept 13, 2005 18:32:27 GMT What is the best coverage to use, knowing that any coverage is not perfect. Does anyone have an opinion

Oriole Power
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What is the best zone coverage to use? Sept 14, 2005 9:23:17 GMT

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Post by Oriole Power on Sept 14, 2005 9:23:17 GMT

Understand the best coverage will be somewhat decided by the type of offense you are facing. My favorite defensive coverage is man under cover 2. If you are asking for a purely zone defense I think Cover 2 is a good generic defense. Our D coordinator runs a lot of Cover 3 and I personally think cover 3 is easier for a marginal HS QB and WR to attack. Cover 4 works good if you face teams that throw more than run but in our league it would be a waste with the teams we see.

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What is the best zone coverage to use? Sept 14, 2005 15:28:08 GMT

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Post by Teeter16 on Sept 14, 2005 15:28:08 GMT

As with most anything in football.........the best thing to use is what a) you as a coach know and can coach well and b) what your personell can handle.

All things being equal however, I like cover 2 overall for zone, as long as you understand it's strengths and weaknesses. I really like the fact that you can jam the outside receivers and mess up timing routes.

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What is the best zone coverage to use? Sept 16, 2005 14:02:46 GMT

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Post by twardoz on Sept 16, 2005 14:02:46 GMT

I agree with Teeter, I like cover 2 a whole lot. I do think you have to be able to mix it up and not just sit in a Hard (jamming corners) cover 2 all day. I like to play a Soft 2 as well with the corners pattern reading. I will mostly do this agianst doubles. I sometimes use it agianst a pro formation but just on the Tight end side.

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Post by Isyou75 on Sept 13, 2005 18:32:27 GMT

Post by Oriole Power on Sept 14, 2005 9:23:17 GMT

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Post by twardoz on Sept 16, 2005 14:02:46 GMT

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