Flag Football

Anyone here play or coach 7 on 7 flag football? Im coaching a team this year, its my first time and could use some help putting together some Defense. Thanks.

I play and basically on defense it's easier than you'd think. We've only lost one this year and it's really about match-ups on the D. Basically NO ONE runs in our league, so maybe our's is different, but just have your best athlete at safety and then match up each person based on speed and size for each receiver.

We had great success using our fastest guy (yours truly) as a pass rusher.

We had great success using our fastest guy (yours truly) as a pass rusher.

Exactly what we did in college. We did some zone blitzing with our corners and we would rack up sacks like crazy. 1993 Champs, oh yeah.

Went back to back but came up short in the Super Bowl in '94. :(

Exactly what we did in college. We did some zone blitzing with our corners and we would rack up sacks like crazy. 1993 Champs, oh yeah.

Went back to back but came up short in the Super Bowl in '94. :(Geez, I was 11 when you were winning championships in college.

The name of the game is speed. Get your fastest players near the ball carrier however you can.

One good thing to do is use people in pass rushing situations to get straight up field and flush a QB one way. It cuts the field in half and makes down field coverage much easier. But the key is that someone has to get to the QB quickly. And practice flag pulling like its going out of business.

Thanks for the replies brothers. Our biggest challenge is we are the smallest youngest team in the league. After reading your posts, I will try and develop more plays going after the QB. Thank you very much for the feedback.

Size means close to nothing in flag football.

Put your best athlete at safety and have him basically Sean Taylor back there. Take the next fastest kid and put him on the left side of the line and have him flush the QB to his right (assuming he is a right handed QB). Drop two kids into zonish coverage on that same side and force the QB to make a play running against his natural motion to nobody open.

Asante Samuel plays flag football on Sundays. Ask him.

The name of the game is speed. Get your fastest players near the ball carrier however you can.

One good thing to do is use people in pass rushing situations to get straight up field and flush a QB one way. It cuts the field in half and makes down field coverage much easier. But the key is that someone has to get to the QB quickly. And practice flag pulling like its going out of business.

Yup, try to overload one side with a blitz and spy the QB with someone playing off the line on the opposite side of the blitz if you can.