Understanding Coverages and How to Attack Them

by Gene Suhr

American Football Monthly May 2013 Issue Online

Each defensive coverage has strengths and weaknesses and ways to attack it.

You can help your quarterbacks get through problem areas by teaching them how to identify coverages. Whether it is the pre-snap read, reading on the move, or route adjustments, the quarterback’s performance is based upon his knowledge of how to identify and react to coverages.

When teaching the quarterback to identify coverages, we start with the pre-snap read, which will identify the secondary’s a...Login to Read More

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