Cover 2 alley.A simple adjust that will enable you to derive excellent run support from your free safety Every football game is a chess match between offense and defense. Some formations and some situations will favor the pass and others will favor the run. Several years ago, as an assistant coach at Illinois College Illinois College is a private liberal arts college affiliated with the United Church of Christ and the Presbyterian Church (USA); it is located in Jacksonville, Illinois. It is the oldest college in Illinois, founded in 1829 (and the first to grant a degree - 1835) by one of the , I wrote an article on the solid look that we used against one-back sets. Upon moving to Springfield Springfield. 1 City (1990 pop. 105,227), state capital and seat of Sangamon co., central Ill., on the Sangamon River; settled 1818, inc. as a city 1840. H.S h.s., n Latin phrase for “at bedtime”; used in writing prescriptions. . with Head Coach Bill Anderson Anderson, river, Canada Anderson, river, c.465 mi (750 km) long, rising in several lakes in N central Northwest Territories, Canada. It meanders north and west before receiving the Carnwath River and flowing north to Liverpool Bay, an arm of the Arctic , we made an adjustment to the solid look, which we called Cover #2 Alley alley an area in a cow barn identified by its particular purpose such as a loafing alley, a walking alley or feeding alley. . We have been using this adjustment about 75% of the time and it has worked very effectively in run situations, while still enabling us to play solid pass defense. Since it helped us amass a 10-2 record and go to the state quarter-finals, other coaches might be interested in how we play it. Diags. 1 and 2 show how we normally play our two-deep pass defense against two of the more common alignments we see (Pro and Twins), while Diags. 3 and 4 show the small but important adjustments we make for better support (Cover #2 Alley). As you can see in Diag. 1, we basically play our two-deep with the underneath coverage employing route-reading techniques. When our nickels
Nickels is a gambling coin game played with any desired denomination of coins. (WN and SN) read pass, they will sink to a depth of approximately 15 yards in the flat areas. If the #1 receiver drives inside, the nickel nickel, metallic chemical element; symbol Ni; at. no. 28; at. wt. 58.69; m.p. about 1,453°C;; b.p. about 2,732°C;; sp. gr. 8.902 at 25°C;; valence 0, +1, +2, +3, or +4. on that side will go inside with him for a couple of yards and start looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. #2 and #3 driving to the flat. Our free safety (F) aligns opposite the #2 receiver (tight end) on the strong side, while P sets up opposite the #2 (an up back) on the weak side. The basic reads by F and P are as follows: If the #2 receivers drive to the outside, F and P will look for #1 coming inside and try to get underneath that route. If #2 goes deep, they will run with him, and if #2 goes across the middle, they will run with him and possibly exchange men if the opposite side #2 is also running a crossing route. Still in Diag. 1: our Mike (strong-side LB) will read the last receiver out, and the corners will play 1/2 the field to their side, splitting the difference between the #1 and #2 receivers and not breaking until they see where the ball is thrown. Our free safety (F) is a linebacker type player with speed. When he is split out covering #2 in a Twins look [ILLUSTRATION FOR DIAGRAM diagram /di·a·gram/ (di´ah-gram) a graphic representation, in simplest form, of an object or concept, made up of lines and lacking pictorial elements. 2 OMITTED], we sometimes feel that we are losing his run support. To help get him back over the top, where he can support the run to either side, we will go to our Cover #2 Alley. Check Diags. 3 and 4: Notice how F (free safety) has moved to the center in excellent position to support the run strong or weak. We use this Cover #2 adjustment against teams with strong run tendencies, without impairing our Cover #2. Whenever a pass develops, our F will read the strong-side #2 receiver, just as he did in normal Cover #2, except that he will now do it from an inside-out angle, as you will immediately notice in Diags. 3 and 4. Whenever the offense is in a twins look [ILLUSTRATION FOR DIAGRAM 4 OMITTED], the free safety (F) will still have to read #2's route in passing situations. With #2 being farther out farther out Of or relating to an option contract with a later expiration date than a contract that is currently owned or being considered. For example, a contract with a May expiration date is farther out than a contract with a February expiration date of , some adjustments have to be made. As shown in Diag. 4, the strong-side nickel will now line up inside #2, taking away any quick inside passes. Upon reading pass, the nickel will sink deeper with #2, buying time for the F to get over and read #2's route. The nickel will then work out to the flat.' The corner on that side [ILLUSTRATION FOR DIAGRAM 4 OMITTED] will now widen wid·en tr. & intr.v. wid·ened, wid·en·ing, wid·ens To make or become wide or wider. wid  en·er n. out and line up about 12 yards deep, just inside #1 (the wide
end). The corner can now help on the fade route to #1, if needed.
When a pass develops and a fade is not being thrown to #1, the corner will drive at an angle to the hash, being a deep 1/2 player on that side. Adding the Alley adjustment to our basic cover #2 has been invaluable to us. It provides us with excellent run support, both strong and weak, while still being sound against the pass. |
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