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Coach Colin Lark discusses the intricacies of Stump coverage and its application in high school football.

Stump coverage does not get talked about enough. Most cover 7 teams run Stubbie as their three by one answer and stop there, but the moment a good offensive coordinator figures out you are in Stubbie, the double in from three becomes a weekly problem. Stump is the answer, and Coach Colin Lark from Bishop Lynch High School in Dallas, Texas breaks the whole thing down. Coach Lark walks through every position rule in the coverage: the corner in mod technique, the in call and what it triggers, the nickel reading three to two, the safety’s vertical tracking rules, and how the three by four push changes linebacker responsibilities. He then puts it under pressure against trips concepts you actually see on Friday nights, including dagger, sail, and stick, and shows spring film of the coverage working against each one. Kyle and Matt bring their own history with the coverage into the conversation, from using Stump almost exclusively as a high red zone answer to beat the double in corner, to the linebacker communication nuances that made it difficult to run full time at the high school level. The result is a real coach to coach conversation about not just how the coverage works, but when to…

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Hosts: Kyle Bradburn, Matt Dixon

Guest: Colin Lark

Topics covered

• Stump coverage
• football strategy
• defensive techniques
• coaching
• high school football

Keywords

• Stump coverage
• football coaching
• defensive strategy
• high school football
• coverage techniques

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bishop Lynch High School

Places: Dallas, Texas

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