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Smart Notes – High School footbal, 4-2-5 defense, QB drills – 4/13/2011
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Smart Notes – High School footbal, 4-2-5 defense, QB drills – 4/13/2011
Excellent PBS Frontline feature on high school football: – Stopping the run from the 4-2-5. From runcodhit: Isolation plays create an EXTRA GAP. To remain sound versus this play, the Defense will need to either have a player 2-gap or involve a secondary player in the run fit. This is where the corner playing cutback comes…
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Smart Links – 2/9/2011
First, the chill: Explanation here. See also this paean to collegiate sports, also courtesy of EDSBS. – Are schools getting better at gaming the NCAA’s rules system? Blutarsky summarizes: “So while major infractions over the past decade maintained the same pace as they did in the 1990s, the NCAA categorized them more mildly (the “didn’t…
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Smart Notes – Learning defensive coverages, Bear Bryant’s 1958 D playbook – 8/8/2010
Via Ron Jenkins, learning defensive coverages: – Because I can. Check out Bear Bryant’s 1958 Alabama playbook. Note that playbook designing technology did not advance beyond this pen and typewriter method until apparently around 2006. – Good morning, Dave. Buckeye Football Analysis breaks down Tressel’s favorite play — the “Dave” play, which is what he…