This drop and run cover drill is great to use when coaching football. Often a defense will drop into a zone and then realize it is a running play. 
What you need – Run this with the same skeleton offense and defense (no lines).
How this drill works – The offense will line up, and the defense will call a defensive pass coverage (zone coverage). Upon the snap of the ball, the defense will drop into their coverage.
Occasionally, the offense should throw in a running play, so the defenders have to react to the run after they have dropped back into their respective zone. Football coaches need to watch that players are making quick breaks to the ball once they read and recognize that this particular play is a run.
Result – The result is actually two fold: first the players will learn to read and recognize the plays that are coming, and second, they will learn to get into their zone and then be prepared to come up and make the plays for run support.
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