Installing Today’s Hybrid Pistol Offense Run & Pass from Top to Bottom
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We have finished all of our camp days. I am running the shade defense which is almost identical to the 425. We have a 40 side and a shade 50 side. In essence, one side of our defense is a 44 and the other is a shaded 50 with a 9 technique if there is a TE. We are running two coverages-- 1/4s and cover 3.
In our 1/4s coverage, we sky our $ unless there is a 2x2 set. If the offense is in a 2x2 set, we move our ILBs to a 43 alignment and they play 2 to 1.
Here is the deal-- we just went against 7 different teams in a 7 on 7. One team ran the wing-t, another ran the spread, another motined and threw the ball, another team ran the I with traditional pro sets, a third ran double wing, waggles and boots, etc.
Our offense runs the spread. We have seen everything and tried to adjust to the various offenses on the fly.
We open up against a team that might throw the ball 3 times the entire game.
1. How do you simplify your defense in the preseason so the kids don't need to know the minor adjustments to the various defenses without confusing the hell out of them?
2. What is too much for kids to understand? How many fronts, coverages, etc. can they runs successfully at top speed -- take the thinking out?
thanks
If you can "stop the run", the offense becomes predictable.
In most instances, on the high school level, I would recommend staying with your base as much as is possible and making adjustments from it as easy as possible for the kids to really grasp. AS you move to the different higher levels of competition I do not advocate this at all, as I am a firm believer in multiple looks per series! But keep it simple at the hs level.
Coach Easton-TIGER ONE
J.C. EASTON<BR>HEAD COACH<BR>GA TIGERS FOOTBALL<BR>PROFESSIONAL MINOR LEAGUE
I could be wrong here, but cover 3 and 4 might be too much if you don't have spring ball. Could you just play cover 4 or just play 3 and maybe some man or loose at times if you want to do something different? The good shade team we play does that very thing, but I have heard they might be switching defenses this year. I have found that the shade is very tough to run against if you sit in the same formation and run plays from a 2 back set of any type. Some of the motions and one back sets make the defense more vulnerable. I do realize every defense has weaknesses, those are just my $.02. Being a defensive person, I realize how tough it can be to teach HS kids multiple coverages vs multiple sets. I am also a fan of giving the offense different looks, but lots of times less is more.
How drastic of changes do you make each week ? Every defense has its weaknesses. for instance, if we ran only cover 3, we could not stop the vertical game where we play. Therefore, we run cover 4 and sky vs anything that isn't a 2x2 set.
Probelms arise when teams use various formations and run a different offense. For example, if we shade to the TE, our corner to the TE will cover #1 to that side vs a traditional pro formation. Vs an option team that runs outside veer, we do not have a person on QB. Our 9 technique squeezes down and takes dive and our FS rallies to pitch. our ILB will probably fill the open window when the guard blocks down on the nose. Therefore, we have decided to roll our coverage against this formation and any other unbalanced formations. As a result, we now have an additional coverage to teach.
Cover 4
Cover 3
Roll Coverage
On the goaline, we run man so we need to add that to the list.
From what everyone is saying, maybe all scrap cover 3 and stick to our cover 4. Each week when necessary, I'll make a coverage adjustment.
How does this sound?
If you can "stop the run", the offense becomes predictable.
1. "ROBBER" = great vs 2 man combos that hurt Cov 3 (such as Curl/Flat) & better run support (from the F/S) than Cover 3. GREAT vs. option football & Wing-T.
2. COVER 1 - this is the answer to your question. The "Will" OLBer in Cover 1 can be used ANYWHERE for the extreme situations you mentioned. It is widely accepted in the NFL & College as the best coverage there is vs. a "3 level vertical stretch", which you get so much of today. Nick Saban said that he consdiders Cov. 1 the best all-around coverage in the game! It adjusts easily to ANYTHING!
3. COVER 0 = when you "bring the house" (max/blitz). This is probably the best thing you can do vs. heavy play action teams!
ALL adjustments to vartious teams we play come from the above coverages.
NOTE: This is ALL our kids have to learn: These are the sheets we give each position.
CORNERS = 8-9 yds deep x 2 yds inside #1. MAN on #1 ON ALL COVERAGES (ONLY EXCEPTION: IN "ROBBER" IF HE RUNS A SHALLOW CROSSING ROUTE - GO TO DEEP HALF & FREE UP).
A . “ROBBER”: CHEAT OVER ON OT TO #2 ‘s SIDE & 8 YDS DEEP &
KEY #2
1. #2 COMES VERTICAL LOCK ON M/M
2. #2 DRAGS OPPOSITE – WORK OVER TOP. LOOK UP #1 ON OPPOSITE SIDE
3. #2 GOES TO FLAT – LOOK FOR #1 ON CURL OR POST
B. COVER 1 = 12 YDS DEEP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FORMATION. KEY THE
QB. YOU ARE FREE IN MIDDLE 1/3.
C. COVER 0 = CHEAT OVER ON INSIDE SHOULDER OF #2, & 8 YDS DEEP.
YOU ARE M/M ON #2
NOTE: ANY OTHER ADJUSTMENTS WILL BE MADE ON THE FIELD
SECONDARY CHECKS (YOU WILL MAKE THE CALLS): AS A GENERAL RULE WE WILL NOT CHECK OUT OF COVER 0 OR COVER 1. WE WILL CHECK OUT OF “ROBBER” (TO COVER 1) IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS WHICH WILL BE COVERED.
1. ROVER = KEY #2 & BALL. ON PASS – DROP TO FLAT. YOU HAVE THE
FLAT, AND ANY RECEIVER THAT GOES FLAT & UP
2. WILL = SAME AS ROVER (CAN BE FREE TO BE USED ANYWHERE BY GAME PLAY - ILB WILL TAKE #2 M/M)
B. COVER 1
1. BOTH ROVER & WILL ARE M/M ON #2 (NOTE: WILL MAY BE GIVEN OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES)
C. COVER 0
1. ROVER = BLITZ TO #3 – COVER HIM IF HE RELEASES OUTSIDE DE
2. WILL = BLITZ TO #2 – COVER HIM IF HE RELEASES OUTSIDE DE
NOTE: IF YOUR MAN IS NOT IN BACKFIELD – ALIGN IN M/M AND
COVER HIM M/M
NOTE: ANY OTHER ADJUSTMENTS WILL BE MADE ON THE FIELD