Two-Back Run Fits – Teaching Fast Flow and Leverage in an 8-Man Box

by Mike McMahon
Defensive Coordinator University of Mary
American Football Monthly December 2011 Issue Online

‘Fast Flow’ rules assign specific roles to each linebacker which creates an eighth defender and gives the defense an advantage.

One of the first lessons I learned as a young coach was grounded in Bill Walsh’s logic. He said, “A system should never reduce the game to the point where it simply blames the players for failure because they did not physically overwhelm the opponent.”

In my first year of college coaching, Coach Mike Van Diest – the except...Login to Read More

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