Installing Today’s Hybrid Pistol Offense Run & Pass from Top to Bottom
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Coaches, How are your MLB's reading in a 4-3 defense? We usually play cover 2, but occasionally we will roll a safety and play cover 3. Talk to me about your read keys for your mlb. Any help would be great.
I haven't coached it, but I played in it. I was a center, so I would get in trouble in practice if I stepped wrong and screwed up the MLB's reads. This is why I know they're keys.
I remember our MLB had some very simple keys:
(1) If center blocks away on DT -- fill (trap, counter, etc.),
(2) If center attacks me -- I scrape through him (backside arm rip) to my gap responsibility in the direction of his angle (we ran both the college and pro 4-3, so based on the slant called, this could be anywhere from the A gap to the C gap),
(3) High hat = pass.
That's a start (it clearly doesn't account for every blocking scheme), but I'd be interested to see how the 4-3 guys do it today.
Quote I'd be interested to see how the 4-3 guys do it today.
From my recent experience with the 4-3 there isn't much difference these days. But then, we blitz our LB's so much that the MLB reads tend to stay simple with us.
We read the backs. If we get tight flow we attack down hill. If another body is in the gap we play over the top to the outside shoulder of the back. If the play is playside off tackle we attack the inside shoulder of back in the B / C gap. If it is full flow to the playside we fly to the ball. If the ball goes away and it is tight flow we attack down hill. If it goes off tackle we play the inside shoulder of the ball carrier in the B / C gap and if it is full flow we are flying.
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit." Aristotle
"Hard work beats talent, when talent doesn't work hard."
Our MLB reads the flow of the first back, usually the fullback, and initially flows with him. He the takes a peak or a "snapshot" at the flowside guard. The strong guard if the FB's flow is strong and the weak guard if the FB's flow is to the weakside. His rule is simple, IF the guard pulls - pull with him (traps, counters etc..) IF the guard is blocking "on" -- stay "on" your initial flow and get to the ball. Keying and reading this way has helped us out tremendously with misdirection plays etc..