Untitled - Fast and Furious Football
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42 FOOTtsAIL COA'HING STRATEGIES<br />
whe€l down the sideline. Both ofthese are option<br />
Ifit b cover 3, the X-rcceiver wiU mn deep down<br />
the hash <strong>and</strong> look for the ball <strong>and</strong> try to catch it<br />
in th€ seam betr,\'een the ilee safety <strong>and</strong> the corner<br />
Ifit is cover 2, he will s€t the route down at<br />
about 15 to L8 yards <strong>and</strong> lonk for a r hrou ing Mndow<br />
inside ofthe WiU linebacker.<br />
TheA-backalso runs an option.Ifitis man-rcman<br />
coverage, he will either take the top offthe<br />
coverage, r'unning hard up the sidelin€, or he will<br />
"set it down' on his wheelpattem. The B4-J5playaction<br />
really ties in weli because it looks exac y<br />
like o11r base running play, which is a zone div€.<br />
The quarterback then slmply reads the coverage<br />
<strong>and</strong> tries to find the open rcceiver.<br />
Another way that we work low, high, <strong>and</strong> take<br />
the top offth€ covemg€ is with our curl anat spear<br />
route (see Figure 6). This is a frve-step pattern<br />
<strong>and</strong> the quarterback will now rcad the Will linebacker.<br />
If he cushions the curl, we wil thrcw rc<br />
th€ slotback on the Bpear. If he works through to<br />
cover th€ Bpea! we will throw to X on the curl.<br />
The tight end will run a post pattern adoss<br />
the face of the lree safety in order to keep him out<br />
ofthe curl area. Ifthe free safety tries to rob the<br />
curl to X, we will thow the post to the tisht end.<br />
We will also sometimes motion the B-back iowards<br />
the tight end <strong>and</strong> then r-un him on a quicL spear<br />
to uncover th€ strong side curl pattern. T.his would<br />
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FIGURE 6<br />
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put us in a no-back formation <strong>and</strong> the quarterback<br />
can read the same pattem to either side.<br />
The low, high, <strong>and</strong> tak€ the top off the cover<br />
age concept can be developed throughout the en_<br />
tir€ passing game. If you are using this concept<br />
agaimt zone coverage, the receivers always work<br />
to find a thrcwing lane inside ofthe linebackers.<br />
If it is n1an-to-man coverage, the receivers rurn<br />
the pattem into a runaway, which means they<br />
simply run thei patt€rns across the freld. Runningaqay<br />
from thcnparcst defender who s covering<br />
them is the easiest pattern to hit againEt<br />
man coverage. Thishas been an easymle ior our<br />
receivers to rcmember.<br />
-1992 PNceedings. Coath Wa.kar uas head coach at ttu Universitt of Minwmtl.
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