Press Coverage drills

We align our corners with inside shade technique in press coverage, nose to the center of the inside number. The corner must have his feet about six inches apart to be able to move quickly in any direction. We prefer the two handed jab since it offers the potential to knock the guy on his butt, saving you from having to chase him all over the field. We move at a 45 degree angle with the receiver's first STEP, not his first movement. If the receiver's first step is to the sideline, we use a one handed jab into his inside pecs with a drop step by the corner's outside foot, putting him with his back to the QB. This establishes contact with the receiver and puts the corner in position to run with him in trail technique if he is able to disengage from the contact. Once the receiver is off the LOS, the jam is over! Do not try to maintain it once you have lost the leverage, it's time to run.

In general, we do not try to jam a wide receiver or tailback type player aligned off the line of scrimmage. He has too much room to make a move and have the defender just whiff as he blows past or get him off balance and actually knock the defender down. We play these receivers with inside technique and backpedal at the snap, weaving as necessary to maintain inside leverage.

We use a drill we call Quick Draw, two lines of DBs aligned across from each other. One side is DBs, one is receivers. We call it Quick Draw because we want the DBs to think of pulling a gun in a shootout. Hands from their sides to the receivers chest, DO NOT REACH. If the receiver trys to release inside, two handed jab, outside, one handed jab with drop step. The DBs should avoid winding up to deliver the blow. If they are able to establish a fit with the receiver on an inside release, run through like an O lineman and pancake the guy. This is the first drill we teach our players, and it is an everyday drill.