Tag: MQ Quick Hits

MQ Quick Hits Ep. 15 – Expanding the Vision of Your DBs

Game like drills for your DBs.

In this clinic, MQ explains how to use game-like scenarios in your drills to create an expanded peripheral vision for your young DBs. This drill also adds a RB to help the DBs understand RPOs. The QB’s shoulders (intentions) are also discussed. Finally, the departure speed and where routes break off can all be crucial to understanding the chaos that is defensive football. In order to be elite, you need to be great in chaos. MQ helps.

For more drills and clinics like this, make sure to visit MQ’s YouTube Channel. Plus, make sure to bookmark MQ’s DB Resource Page. Everything you need in one place.

 

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MQ Quick Hits Ep. 14 – Quarters Clinic

Learn the ins and outs of Quarters coverage in this MQ Install.

Looking to install Quarters, or need a clinic or refresher course? MQ has you covered.

In this clinic, MQ details how the basics of Quarters coverage and the different variations found within the scheme. Quarters has been a go-to for many defenses when facing run-heavy opponents because it gets the safeties involved in the box. Think about having a 9-man box instead of 7. Not a bad plan when facing the run game on early downs. This clinic by MQ is designed to take you through the install process and gives you the tools to input this scheme in your coverage toolbox.

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Episode 6 — MQ Quick Hits :: Blitz vs Pressure

A 9 minute video on the “Art of X.”

Episode 6 describes the differences between pressures (5-man) and blitzing (6-man) and how it affects pass distributions. Understanding blitz structures are crucial for developing coverage concepts behind them. Knowledge is power.

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Episode 5 — MQ Quick Hits :: Defending 10p 2×2 Pistol Clinic

A 9 min. video on the “Art of X.”

A few weeks ago I wrote about one of the hardest formations to defend in football is the Spread’s 10 pers. 2×2 Pistol. With a two-way-go, the offense can easily access where it wants to attack the defense. The evenness of the set puts pressure on a defensive coordinator to be creative. The offense appears to have an advantage because it can dictate who carries the ball.

Whether a 3-down or a 4-down defense, in the middle of the field, the defense must be creative to create hesitation against “read” offenses. MQ’s latest Quick Hits discusses these issues and gives an example of how to defend a 10 pers. 2×2 Pistol set within a clinic setting. Come learn the “Art of X.”

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Episode 4 — MQ Quick Hits :: Cover Downs, Overhangs, & Box Players

An 8 min video on the “Art of X.”

The latest Quick Hits video dissects a defense’s structure and explains key elements to defending the spread. Key terms are discussed such as cover down (a defender’s relation to the slot), overhangs (force players outside the box), and “box” players (players within the frame of the offensive line). These elements discussed are crucial to the structure of any defense and understanding how the offense relates and attacks these players is important to stopping any offense.

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