Defending No huddle O

Coach,

I think a good way to defend it is to have 6-8 defensive plays on an armband of the defensive player. As each play is getting set up, call out a number 1-6 or 8. Then have your defensive playcaller, call out the defensive play. Have the defense get into a loose huddle for this, spread out over about 10-15 yards in the center of the field. I always like to have the free safety call the coverage and the smartest player in the front 7 call the defense, usually the MLB, but doesn't have to be. And I didn't differentiate between smartest DB and free safety b/c I always want my free safety to be the smartest DB. For this situation, have the FS have an armband too, so he can get a number and call the coverage too. You make the initial call and if the coverage has to change, let the FS check to something different, if neccesary. It's a nice efficient way of doing things. Remember, there is about 10-15 seconds while the offense is gathering to get the call in and get set up. This is a ton of time. Be sure to stress to the defense to not get panicy. Stay calm and just set yourself up. It's just like playing defense normally, just without as much rest. If you don't have armbands, the loose huddle and signal in your regular defense to the playcallers, but they'll have to use a much looser huddle and echo things to each other if there is a lot of noise. I hope I've helped out some.