This article was originally posted on the Glazier Coaching Blog.
Former DC at Stillwater HS (OK) Clarence Holley teaches how high school coaches can use a delayed deployment 5 high defensive back alignment to confuse the offense.
The 5 high formation confuses quarterbacks and gives your defensive backs unprecedented flexibility to read, react, and dominate.
Coach Holley’s Glazier Drive presentation on Implementing a Delayed Deployment 5-High DB Alignment Zone Coverage details how he has implemented this defense.
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Advantages of 5 High Coverages
- Creates confusion and uncertainty for the offense. STRESS the OC and QB every play!! Pressure on opponent for 7 DAYS!
- Plan for Big Plays! (Turnovers, TFL, Sacks) 50% of all opponent plays have to be for 0 yards or less! (Launch Points, Snap to square, Release time, Size of Field)
- No Homeruns! Zone Eyes and DEEP defenders.
- Speed up the launch, slow down the decision. Protect the perimeter.
- INTERCEPTIONS and SACKS!
DELAYED DEPLOYMENT ZONE COVERAGE CONCEPTS
- Invite Quicks and Bubble
- Snap to Square Time/Snap to Insert Time
- TEMPO!! Slow, Slow, Go
- Zone Eyes!
- Attack the BALL! Show 5 Across
- How big is the field?
- Combinations of Down/Deep (Rocky, Rambo, Clubber, Creed, Cut, Down)
- Cut RPO, Field, Formation, Dude, etc.