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Zone Pressures
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- WN-08259
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About this video
A pressure package is only as good as the coverage behind it. In this coaching video, Southlake Carroll defensive coordinator Shannon Wilson details the zone pressures he builds off his 4-3 defense - how to install them, the coverage that travels with each call, the defensive line movements that free the rusher, and how all of it is organized into one dominant, coordinated defensive package instead of a pile of unrelated blitzes.
What you'll learn
- Why fire zones work and what a fire zone is actually asking each defender to do.
- 3 Zone coverage behind the pressure, including strong and weak rotations.
- Alignment rules broken down position by position so nothing is guessed pre-snap.
- The Zorro 4 Hole and Zorro 3 Hole pressures.
- The different defensive line movements that pair with each pressure call.
- How to coordinate pressure, movement and coverage into one organized package.
Who it's for
High school defensive coordinators and linebacker or secondary coaches who want to bring pressure without leaving the back end exposed, especially staffs already playing a four-man front.
About the coach
Shannon Wilson was the defensive coordinator at Southlake Carroll High School in Texas, where his defense helped the program win roughly 85 percent of its games over twenty seasons.
The session includes game film analysis of the pressures.
Frequently asked questions
What pressures are in this video?
Coach Wilson's zone pressure package built off the 4-3: the fire zone concept, 3 Zone coverage with strong and weak rotations, and the Zorro 4 Hole and Zorro 3 Hole calls, with the line movements that go with them.
Which coaches should watch it?
Defensive coordinators at the high school level, plus linebacker and secondary coaches who have to teach the coverage rotation behind the blitz. The structure carries into other four-man-front defenses with minimal translation.
How do I watch?
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Does it cover the coverage or only the blitz?
Both, and that is the emphasis. Coach Wilson spends as much time on the coverage behind the pressure and the position-by-position alignment rules as he does on the rush itself, so the package holds together when the ball comes out fast.