Whether you're running a 4-2-5 or any other defensive formation, these coverage check techniques will elevate your team's performance and keep opposing offenses off balance.

In this video, Chris Wolfe, Head Coach, Male High School (KY) outlines the system they use to teach their players to read the leverages and the best calls based on the surface that the offense presents.

View his entire clinic at: Defending Space with Coverage Checks out of a 4-2-5 Defense (Glazier Drive)

Male Defensive Philosophies

1. Play intelligently and teach players to understand leverage.

2. Give players a toolbox to make reads and adjust their own coverage checks.

3. Instead of coaches picking the perfect coverage, they want the players to understand the leverage and make the best call based on the surface that they see the offense presenting.

4. Play the percentages with the hashes and the fact that most quarterbacks don't have elite arm strength.