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Pass coverage technique
Stance
Feet shoulder width, outside foot up, weight evenly distributed on the balls of the feet. Relax the arms and bend at the waist . Your stance should look the same in every coverage so that you don’t tip off the offense of what coverage is being played.Be comfortable and relaxed in your stance but stay alert and aware of your opponent and responsibility.
Footwork
Your back pedal is the most basic technique that needs to be mastered as a defensive back. You have to be able to back pedal at maximum speed without crossing your feet in order to be successful in the secondary.
Your first step in your back pedal is the push off of your front foot. It sounds simple but most defensive backs are wasting a step in this action. This wasted step is called a false step. The player is actually taking a step forward before he starts his back pedal. That gives the wide receiver that you are covering a head start on his route.
The false step is easily remedied by taking read steps. The perfect alignment for the corners is 9 to 10 yards off of the receiver. This is where read steps come in to play. Read steps are 3 to 4 slow pedals to allow you to read the three step of the QB. Once the QB drops pass the three step you get into your regular pedal taking your proper leverage.
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