DB Play

First off, sorry it took me so long to reply. The holidays are hell on time comsumption. Moving on to covering grass.... at first with new guys, yes, there is that problem. However, b/c I use it as a primary coverage and we drill it so much, that goes away. I've always thought that teaching man coverage is much easier and doesn't require as much time as teaching zone. Zone can get very complicated and so it has to be spent more time on. There are four basic principles though. 1. Play a man in your zone as man to man. 2. Play the deepest man in your zone first. 3. As a man leaves your zone, look for a new threat to be entering it. 4. Move with flow. It does get more complicated than that, but that's the basics that need to be stressed for the kids to understand. And you have to teach them who the most probable next immeadiate threats will be if one threat leaves thier zone so then start to pick up on where to look. This will cut down on grass coverage. There is one more thing that I forget to list earlier COMMUNICATION IS KEY!!! MOre so than with man to man, you have to let teammates know who is coming, where they're coming from and when they're coming. That's why I need a smart kid playing free safety in the Cover 3. He can see everything and has to be able to communicate to everyone else what is going on. Did i help you out? if not, ask me to get more indepth and clarify things.