How do you teach a QB to read defenses?

How do you teach a QB to read defenses?

How to Teach Quarterbacks to Read Defenses

1. Step 1: Learn Defenses. It always amazes me how often coaches skip this.
2. Step 2: Check The Down & Distance.
3. Step 3: Front & Linebacker Alignment.
4. Step 4: Identify the Coverage Shell.
5. Step 5: Check Your Heat Indicators.
6. Step 6: Post Snap Eye Placement.

How do I know my coverage?

Reading the coverage before the snap is quite simple. Look at the Cornerbacks, if their backs are pointed towards the sidelines, they are in zone coverage. If their backs are pointed towards the endzone, they are in man coverage. Boom, you’re done…

How do you get past cover 3?

Attacking the seams, flats off play action, the Yankee Concept, and four verticals are just some of the more popular ways to attack a Cover 3 defense. Creating the 2 on 1 or 3 on 2 isolations, along with high/low reads, while putting players in conflict is a very popular way to manipulate any type of zone coverage.

What does a cover 3 defense look like?

Cover 3 is a zone defense with corners and safeties protecting the deep thirds of the field. Each sideline is covered by the corners and the middle of the field by the safety. That leaves four defenders to cover the underneath zones.

What is a Cover 0 defense?

Cover 0. Cover 0 refers to pure man coverage with no deep defender. Similar to Cover 1, Cover 0 has the same strengths and weaknesses but employs an extra rusher at the expense of deep coverage help leaving each pass defender man-to-man.

How do you beat the Cover 2 defense?

The most common way to attack Cover 2 is to high-low the corner who has the outside fifth or flat responsibility. The outside wide receiver runs a post-corner route. In other words, he fakes as if he will run a deep route, which freezes the safety, then breaks back outside to the corner.

What should I do against Cover 1?

Against Cover 1 Press, Cover 0 Press, or Cover 3 Press your B/circle receiver should get wide open.

What is the weakness of cover 3?

The primary weaknesses in cover 3 are the seams (the area between the deep zones) and the flats (the area near the line of scrimmage on each side of the field.)

What is Cover 4 defense in football?

Also known as quarters coverage, Cover 4 has four deep zones, typically two corners and two safeties, splitting a fourth of the deep portions of the field. The two safeties are in the middle of the field, while the corners take the quarter of the field to their side. This is a base Cover 4 defense out of a 4-3 above.