Basics of match-up zone coverage.Remember the way John Wooden used to play defense at UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX ? It was a thing of such beauty and simplicity Simplicity is the property, condition, or quality of being simple or un-combined. It often denotes beauty, purity or clarity. Simple things are usually easier to explain and understand than complicated ones. Simplicity can mean freedom from hardship, effort or confusion. that football coaches began adopting pieces of it in the training of their secondary backs. Probably the most important point you have to get across to the defensive backs is to utilize man-coverage principles as long as the receiver stays in the receiving zone. The defensive backs have to communicate: let each other know that a receiver is coming into his zone. It doesn't does·n't Contraction of does not. make any difference whether the defender is a LBer or a Strong Safety. It is vital to know where the receiver is, what he is doing, and how you can help out. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The easiest coverage to be in while applying this principle would be Cover 2--your basic 5-under, 2 deep. See Diag. 1. The strengths and weaknesses of this coverage are as follows: Strengths: 1. Five underneath coverage. 2. Ability to disrupt. 3. Can rush four. 4. Flat coverage. Weaknesses: 1. Deep overages (fade, deep middle). 2. Strong side curl curl In mathematics, a differential operator that can be applied to a vector-valued function (or vector field) in order to measure its degree of local spinning. It consists of a combination of the function's first partial derivatives. . 3. Run support off-tackle. One way to limit the weaknesses is by applying the principles of the match-up Noun 1. match-up - the pairing of people or things as for comparison or competition; "it was a good match-up but the home team won"; "we need a matchup of the best teachers with the neediest schools" matchup zone. We teach our corners to align align (  līn),v to move the teeth into their proper positions to conform to the line of occlusion. on the inside of the receivers and jam them so that they cannot run an uncontested route (Diag. 2). [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] We teach the DB to sit for the first three steps of the receiver, and read the route and the QB. By refusing to let the receiver go to the inside, you can cut off his middle routes. Our LBers to the short side are responsible for the outside receivers who are working their way into the inside. As the LB drops into his coverage, he should look for the #1 receiver (Diag. 3). We want to attack the zone, not wait for the receiver. We make sure the receiver cannot break into the void or curl zone (Diag. 4). [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] If we are able to cut off the outside receiver with the CB, we will have our LBer look for #2, who, in this case, will be the RB (Diag. 5). The pluses are now starting to mount in the defense's favor. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Once we can disrupt the middle routes, we must come up with a plan to stop or disrupt the fade route. From Day 1, we teach our B to go with the receiver the moment he sees him going up. He should not rely on the safety to get over the top (Diag. 6). [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] How about the strong side? Is the TE coming up the middle? By running with the wide out, the safety can get over the top of the TE. Because we are playing match-up zone, our strong side LBer will run with the TE, thus the route and cutting down on the TE's ability to catch the curl route (Diag. 7). [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] One area still needs support to stop the off-tackle play. We have to teach our secondary to read the blocks of the OT and TE on the strong side and the OT and the back on the weak side. The key to everything is teaching man principles from day one in spring ball to the passing league in the summer. The best compliment Not to be confused with Complement. Compliment may be
Just the way John Wooden used to do it at UCLA! By Mike Ervin Er·vin , Samuel James, Jr. 1896-1985. American politician who as U.S. senator from North Carolina (1954-1974) led the committee that investigated the Watergate Scandal during the Nixon administration. , Former Football Coach, St. Vincent School (CA) |
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