Welcome coaches to this 30-minute edition of #swarmfbchat Tonight, we talk ILB play. 4 Qs in 30 minutes, archived on https://t.co/vsDUFuy22H Q1/A1 format. Let's get after it for the next 30 minutes! Been averaging 40 coaches a night - let's keep it up!
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Q1: Gotta start with the eyes: what are you teaching your ILBs to read? Feet of OL, Helmet of OL, Bubble, Near Back, Cross-Key, etc? What is the coaching point? #swarmfbchat
A1: They are lined up over the guards, so they will read the feet of the guards. That gets them going in the right direction and then it's up to them to find the ball. #swarmfbchat
A1: We are reading the Helmet of the Guard. Once he gives direction and type of block, find back to see if he is running in, at, or out of that block. #swarmfbchat
Two small read steps eyes on G MIRROR his first step after initial mini steps. And eyes to back, if it’s gun one back read either Qb Or Rb whoever is opposite of LB presnap. See flow and fill through open door react to color crossing face. #swarmfbchat
A1) Through Guard’s shoulder to near back in gun; guard to FB in I, guard in Wing-T, reads have to be subjective based on offense’s scheme. #swarmfbchat
A2) We go to the sled, work shoulder fit. It has a lot of carry over from teaching compression tackle techniques. Same shoulder same foot, then we progress to hands. Have to keep the head out, just like tackling. #swarmfbchat
A2 Eyes on thighs. Get low and drive. Attack the outside. Force the blocker to change his direction. Leverage is key. Which in turn forces a ball carrier to cut inside (if an outside run) and he meets up with the LB’s. DB doesn’t get the tackle but sets up the play #swarmfbchat
A2: We do a lot of stymie technique & Dip/rip they have to know& understand if the OL can keep them out of gap or not. If he isn’t effecting my gap integrity I’m ripping him. Vs ISO, we would attack behind LOS with outside arm free #swarmfbchat
A2: We teach strikes/sheds from Day 1. Try to attack half of the man hitting our aiming points. Start on bags/sleds/standing man/to attacking guards. Strike-extend-read-shed or cross shed. Tosh Lupoi has great stuff for this. #swarmfbchat
A1: always taught the guard reads for ILB. Easiest and nothing truer. Teaching first step is important but I’m a firm believer in the 2nd step gets you going where you need to go. Has to be the best step #swarmfbchat
Q1: Gotta start with the eyes: what are you teaching your ILBs to read? Feet of OL, Helmet of OL, Bubble, Near Back, Cross-Key, etc? What is the coaching point? #swarmfbchat
A2. I first teach the Club & Rip. Use quickness to get around blocker & find ball.
Second, I teach Shock & Awe. Get under their shoulder pads, shove pads up under under their chin, then sling them past LB to find ball. #swarmfbchat
A2: best drill is always the inside run. Teaching on the fly is best because it’s more on the kids to actually learn how their bodies move with certain hits like taking on an iso compared to a counter #swarmfbchat
I have been to a lot of clinics and convinced the second step is most important at every D position. We focus a lot at all our position groups in getting the second step going in the direction we need to be going. Great stuff @freezysmalls! #swarmfbchat
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A3. My guys like to show and show in different gaps. Disguise is important for us. Mix in coming from depth also. Our front 6 work a blitz period vs cans or sometimes go down and work vs OL so they can work blitz pickup also.
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A4)Both. We work on pass rush tech, aiming points and to not be surprised that you have a chance to make a big play. Sometimes guys bust through, hesitate and miss making the play. Also work on not burying ourselves, blitz to open spaces. #swarmfbchat
Shotgun drill. One LB LOOKING AT THREE GUYS WITH BAGS. Coach behind LB. Point at one of the 3 look guys. LB chop feet explode downhill and shed and replace then back. Three times in a row. Blow up block when middle guy comes at u. ISO #swarmfbchat
A3: Depends on the situation. Like to have linebackers who can show and back off, or show and go. If we show and get a cut block have to get hands down and try to climb over the cut. #swarmfbchat
A3: Our guys do a lot of stemming but rarely ever show just by sitting in the gap. The time we start to show is if it’s the first guy on a cross blitz #swarmfbchat
A3: mixture of both...showing can mess up the RPO reads...show it and fake it also. Drill is blitz on barrels...everyone knows where to go #swarmfbchat#RPOOffenseCheats
A3: We usually show, try to time blitz so we are 1 yard behind D-Line feet at snap so we can shut down if no snap. We teach to have a move ready when blitzing to get rid of hands, so we adapt that to pushing OL down and kicking inside leg if they start cutting. #swarmfbchat
A3: I think this needs to be a lengthy period itself IF AND ONLY IF this is the identity of your defense, don brown is attack heavy and he spends a lot of time disguising it. So for me I would show and not show. Shoot even show and go somewhere else lol #swarmfbchat
Always mix up shows we call dance or sugar. But at critical time always creep up and time snap if possible. We have LBs work with DL for hand fighting at times and have had them go one on ones with Gs and Cs from time to time. When DL V OL we sometimes add the LBs #swarmfbchat
A3: cont.... if against a cut block then you just have to be the best athlete you can be and get away from it. We can teach getting hands on the helmet and push down but it doesn’t always work out that way #swarmfbchat
A4: I don't like to teach dropping to a landmark to avoid making a kid robotic. Have to be athletic, so we work on reading routes and jamming routes, especially crossers, to give our DB's a better chance. Head always on a swivel. #swarmfbchat
A4 #MyTime 👍🏼👍🏼 deepest man wins. Always. Open the hips to the sideline and take off. Eyes on the WR. Never the QB. When the WR looks up, you look up. FS back pedals but backs up pre snap. #swarmfbchat
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Our landmarks are based on receiver width. Cover people not grass. We look at qb shoulders and try to break before the ball leaves the qbs hands #swarmfbchat
A4) Depth. Beat on crossers, typically they are finding the RBs in coverage and walling WRs. We do not turn to wall, I want the best vision, we’d love to break in Q separation. #swarmfbchat
A4. Coach talk about 10-12 yds deep at 45 angle. Realistically, drop to where the the receiver will be. Keep head on a swivel & find work. Don’t let crossers get across.
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Get two lines of depth meaning the five yard lines either way it’s about 6-10 yard drop. As they’re dropping hips open to they’re side while eyes@go to win to recr they’re dropping to. Collision anything in path don’t chase. Scream out underneath crossers. #swarmfbchat
I saw him at 2 Glazier Clinics when he was at Cal and then Washington. He shared some film with me. But he has quite a bit on YouTube now with Alabama. #swarmfbchat
Q1: Gotta start with the eyes: what are you teaching your ILBs to read? Feet of OL, Helmet of OL, Bubble, Near Back, Cross-Key, etc? What is the coaching point? #swarmfbchat
A4: I like for them to feel as the get depth but always have a head on a swivel. QBs are dangerous now getting out of the pocket when hey see daylight. #swarmfbchat
A2: catching up rapid fire! eye opener drill: set out five bags, the blocker chooses a gap, the linebacker gets down hill and stuns the blocker keeping his outside arm free, aiming for the wingtip. #swarmfbchat
A4: When we read pass from G, Eyes to nearest WR to find angle of our drop, and then eyes back to the QB. Part of that is if QB rolls, he goes, and next LB replaces his drop. No point backside guarding H to C if QB rolls opposite. #swarmfbchat
A3: you HAVE to do both. Blitz from depth, blitz from the LOS. If you’re always bluffing the OL won’t respect your hustle. We grab a towel around a hoola hoop. Not a new drill but effective. Also teach using workout ball vs cut! #swarmfbchat
A1) Guard to near back with ore-snap keys in mind. Hand placement, weight distribution, eyes, and obviously formation, dn & dist tendencies. #SwarmFbChat
A4: in zone the Qb is the issue. Opposite for man. Better have your head on a swivel and see what’s going on around you. Your landmarks are your receivers in a matchup zone unless it’s under 5 yds. Then we come and get them. You can ALWAYS come up, never go back. #swarmfbchat
A2) Always start with dip & rip and progress to butt and press. Anytime we can avoid larger bodies we will, unless there’s clutter. With iso lead backs, should down the center of his sternum and explode through. #SwarmFbChat
A4) Depth & width depending on threats - no point dropping to landmark if there's no one. Eyes need to read threats: OLB is reading run/pass, if pass then driving to hip of near threat (usually slot) depending on coverage. Eyes/head around when hands go up #swarmfbchat
A3) Depends on offense cadence, tempo, and D&D. If we are playing press man, show now, make QB rush throw into press. Like to “creep” late on short yardage downs, get OL to flinch often. Have to mix your game up IMO #swarmfbchat
A3) We mix it up and I will tell the LBs to play games with the offense. Show and go, bluff and stay, from depth...the whole gamut. No preference, but to keep the offense guessing. Work blitz period for timing, not as a drill. #SwarmFbChat
A4) Not much true spot-dropping anymore, but working to assignment based on route progressions from specific formations. If no immediate threat, look to nearest receiver and swivel. #SwarmFbChat
A1: we are guard readers. Read his feet. Mirror the step then work eyes to the backfield. 1.2.3 read. 1st is guard, 2nd is backfield, 3rd is find your fit/hole. #swarmfbchat
A4: secondary has eyes on reads in a tempo backpedal. Once the read tells them what's happening they find the work. Lbs are working to their area of work whether flat or hook and either disrupting routes of clamping down. #swarmfbchat
A3: Heard a great segment on @CoachKGrabowski podcast, HC from NW Mizzou State, talking about watching film from snap to snap, blitz vs. non, and trying to replicate the look each time to not give it away #swarmfbchat
A1: depends on the kid's eye discipline. We had one ILB that we needed to limit the input, so we had him focus on feet. stepping out, L/R, vs drop back was all the tell he needed. #swarmfbchat
Q1: Gotta start with the eyes: what are you teaching your ILBs to read? Feet of OL, Helmet of OL, Bubble, Near Back, Cross-Key, etc? What is the coaching point? #swarmfbchat
