Bracket and Vice Double-Coverage Techniques explains and demonstrates two commonly employed ways to isolate and take away an opponent's favorite receiver. In easy-to-understand detail, the DVD reviews how to double cover a receiver, both horizontally (bracket coverage- one defensive back inside and one defensive back outside) and vertically (vice coverage-one defender on top and one defender underneath).
Among the topics covered:
Among the topics covered:
- Bracketing
- Breakdown of the routes
- Three-step routes
- Horizontal routes
- Vertical routes
- Bracketing the tight end
- Bracketing other formations
- Vice technique
- Nick Rapone is the defensive coordinator and safeties coach at the University of Delaware. Before joining the Blue Hens' staff in 2006, Rapone spent seven seasons as the defensive backs coach at Temple University. Previously, he served another stint on the Owls' staff from 1983-1988. He is widely respected as one of the most knowledgeable defensive coaches in the game. A 1978 graduate of Virginia Tech, where he was a four-year letterwinner for the Hokies, he has also held coaching positions at Pittsburgh, East Tennessee State, and Connecticut. He has coached numerous All-Americans and National Football League players.
