Karl Scott on 1 v 1

Yes.

However, if you're a heavy man team it is less bull$#!7

I started watching but stopped when I saw how long it is. For the purposes of this discussion could you specify the spot on the video where he says this and/or summarize exactly what he says? 

For us I feel 1 on 1s are important. We have a few different ways we do them. Now when we do them they are almost always vertical routes. When I say that I mean it’s a fade or seam route. The DB knows it. The WR knows it. The QB knows it. 1-2-3 and ball is gone. The only other thing we’ll add is a stop at 10 yards if the WR can’t close the distance but we don’t do that much. We have a separate drill for that most of the time.

Around 16:00 mark to about 16:20 mark

OK for what they're doing it makes sense. If you don't do a lot of switching I think there's value to 1 on 1. 

if you are playing all the combinations saban plays...it makes sense on the surface.

You mean all the 4 over 3, 3 over 2, and 2 over 1 combos, right?

Lol #theworst

Yeah a little... but more like his 18 gazillion adjustment to slots, nubs, stacks, bunches, pro,...
you know... rip/Liz, mable skate,  Zeke, tag, triangle, cone, cut, Meg, mod and on an on it goes. But it’s a good time

That's some next-level stuff right there. Nice.

Oh.

So, you're THAT guy huh?


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God, I used to hate that! It's hard to tell the QB to read the three fat guys in the middle of the field!

We do 1 on 1 every Monday. We have CB's cover wideouts from both press and off positions. When we do this we call routes that would be run vs man or a 1 on 1 situation. Vs the press situation we throw slants, fades, out cuts under 10 yds. We have Safeties cover slots from both an off man situation and from things such as Quarters or Halves depth. Again, we match the route with what the situation would be. If it is man, we throw out cuts, 7 step smash cuts, slot fades, etc. Vs the off coverage situations like it's 4 or 2 we throw the traditional smash cut, a corner-post, etc. Basically, we try to simulate - for both the receiver and DB - what it is like to cover routes from that coverage/leverage point and what it is like to run routes vs that coverage/leverage point.

We do 2 on 2 every Tuesday. We will run routes vs man - at which point we run routes where it is a something you would call in a game in a situation where you would be facing man & pressure. So, go-out, switches, dbl slants, etc. We will then transition to one or 2 of our zone coverages. Again, the play call would be something that would typically affect both DB's playing that coverage. EX: If it is Cov 2 we might run Smash, Go-Out, Dbl Post, etc.

We do Half-line (3 over 2 and/or 4 over 3) every Wednesday. We get the under coverage involved and rep our passing game in a more specific, more focused situation.

I think the "win the drill" guys tend to weed themselves out on a good staff. I'll be honest, that is a sign a poor leadership from both the coordinator and, especially, the head coach if drills and practices are designed to inflate egos because you "won" a Tuesday afternoon 7on7 segment or an inside run hull segment vs your own team.

1 on 1 doesn't have to mean "man" coverage. Safeties need to know how to defend the corner-post or post-corner move when they are in a true halves coverage where the corner has squatted on 1. Receivers have to know how to influence the safeties eyes/hips when running either of those routes. therefore, both need to practice that. Similarly, corners need to know how to defend a vertical skinny post by 1 in some form of "1 on 1" situation because double post is a real route combination they will face vs zone or man.

When we break up into these types of "good on good" situations we are coaching both sides of the ball. Yes, I specifically know the "coverage" we are running in every 1on1 or 2on2 rep. Why? Because we don't want to waste a single rep throwing a ball to a wide open receiver running through empty grass because "no one has that spot"... i.e. if the coverage being played in 2 on 2 is quarters, we aren't going to throw the ball to the out cut on the curl/flat route combo. We want to see if the safety and corner are doing their responsibility vs what their read told them. So, the QB is given a signal not to throw the route. If the curl is covered, he scrambles out and both receivers and DB's execute a "scramble drill" situation. Again, another scenario was covered that often gets overlooked in practice (that's a topic for another day)

The only thing we have in common with our opponent is time. So, since that is the only resource that we have that can be utilized to may advantage over someone else then HOW i practice and WHAT i practice is extremely important. We have a limited amount of teachable moments on the grass so developing drills, routines, practices that utilize and maximize what/who is being taught in that teachable moment is the most significant way for us to close a gap between us and those teams in front of us and/or to widen a gap between us and those teams that are chasing us.

We can play 3 or 4 high with our coaches too so your kids got his work cutout.