Neuheisel On QB Reads (Part 1)

by jtthirtyfour on Feb 21, 2010 12:09 PM PST

Bumped. GO BRUINS. -N

This is the first part of a video of Coach Rick Neuheisel giving a clinic on how he teaches his QBs to break down coverages. Also see: Part 2: 2-High Safety Defense and Part 3: Vertical Reads and Trigger Drills

This post about Norm Chow's clinic talk discussed his basic philosophy on the passing game by putting a defender in such a position where he has to defend against two routes. It is a 2 on 1 situation and the QB simply has to read one defender to figure out how to throw it to. However, most of the time things aren't as simple as a 2 on 1 - sometimes you will get a 5 on 4, and it's more complicated to figure out where to go with the ball. I have a great video of Coach Neuheisel, from when he was the coach at Washington, putting on a clinic in Arizona on QB reads.

The complete video is about 40 minutes long so I split it up by coverage and I'll post each segment over the next couple days (there are 5 total) with some markup to help you figure out what's going on. I think that Coach Neuheisel already does a great job of explaining things so I don't have much to add.

1-High Safety Defense

This is a defensive alignment that features a single safety high. Ideally teams like to attack underneath because you generally won't see more than 4 defenders underneath in a 1-high look, something like cover 3 or man free coverage with a single safety high and everyone else locked up man to man (1 or no underneath defenders).

via smartfootball.com

In it's most basic form you will have 4 underneath defenders - two "hook" players inside and two "curl to flat" players outside. Since you can potentially release 5 receivers into the pattern, Coach Neuheisel talks about how you turn 5 on 4 into a simple 2 on 1 read for the QB as he looks laterally across the field. As with Coach Chow, Neuheisel is big on pass protection and getting the ball out in "2.8 seconds" as the QB takes either his plant or first hitch step.

If the video above doesn't work then there's a youtube version below.

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Great Post!

but what program are you using for the video? my computer can’t find the proper plug in to play it.

by Bruin4ever15 on Feb 19, 2010 8:54 PM PST reply actions

same here

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by MexiBruin on Feb 20, 2010 8:13 AM PST up reply actions

It’s just a youtube video, with some markup added…if that doesn’t work then there is a regular youtube version below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz6PukElft0

by jtthirtyfour on Feb 20, 2010 8:39 AM PST up reply actions

player with proper codec

vlc is a great free player that covers pretty much all types of video codecs. its great for watching pretty much anything but for the most part its also great for updating your computer with all the possible types of video out there:

http://download.cnet.com/VLC-Media-Player/3000-13632_4-10267151.html?tag=mncol

just thought if you wanted to watch the video with the markups. cheers. sorry in advance… i wasn’t sure if i could post a link to a program but i thought this would be ok.

by INawe on Feb 22, 2010 12:57 AM PST up reply actions

if you just want the codec

k-lite mega codec is the best and covers all the bases:

http://download.cnet.com/K-Lite-Mega-Codec-Pack/3000-13632_4-10794603.html?tag=mncol

by INawe on Feb 22, 2010 1:09 AM PST up reply actions

I'm impressed

I don’t see why any quarterback would want to go anywhere else.

I also think that if Coach Neuheisel would work with me a little that I could be a successful quarterback, although the passes would have to be a lot shorter (maybe 15 or 20 feet max).

Once again, this is the kind of thing that the alleged analysts NEVER talk about, and I’m convinced it’s because they don’t really see it or understand it (or more rarely, it comes as naturally to them as two plus two, and they assume that everyone sees it as easily.)

by Fox 71 on Feb 19, 2010 9:43 PM PST reply actions

And if you factor in reaction time

those 15-20 feet would be covered by receivers in about 10-12 seconds. Geezer QBs would have a very high efficiency rating if they could just get everybody to slow the hell down.

by Bruinut on Feb 21, 2010 6:36 PM PST up reply actions

Well there's "knowing" something..

and then there’s having the gifts needed to “teach” it. To your earlier comment about sports analysts’ collective unwillingness (inability) to break this stuff down — I’d say it’s more a matter of the former.

You can find plenty of lawyers, doctors, technicians, scientists and other specialists who know their craft and can talk it with their piers. But only a chosen few in each field with the willingness (ability?) to aptly explain it to the layman. Mom used to say “you don’t truly know something unless you can explain it back to front or from any point in between to someone who knows nothing about it AND keep them interested.”

It’s a tall order, but clearly, we have that in Neu. He’s not only been there and played that (as have many of us old timers), but he’s a master at relating to the kid-mind and imparting his know-how to them. And He’s getting better by the week.

Now what’s left is to get a student worth of the lesson behind the wheel. KP may be that kid — or he may not. IMHO, Coach needs to set (and enforce where feasible) a much higher standard for the QB position.

We need somebody DANGEROUS back there.

GO BRUIN BLUE

by logan_5 on Feb 22, 2010 4:21 PM PST up reply actions

Great video

Thanks for posting this information. It goes to show you how much film study is required to play the quarterback position. Our quarterbacks are in good hands with CRN and Chow. I look for significant improvement from our quarterbacks this year.

by garlon on Feb 21, 2010 9:14 PM PST reply actions