The Blackout 2.0 (Volumes 18-25)

Coach Hickman takes you through his plan for Goal Line Defense and the two calls he uses weekly to make life hard on the offense to run the football in the endzone with both a Bear Concept and an old-school 6-2 alignment.

Coach Hickman takes you through gameplanning organization methods and tips for handling all of the "Hully Gully's" the offense can throw at you in a game.  Formation into the Boundary, Defending Empty and Unbalanced Sets are covered in depth as well as Special Situations like 2 Minute and Hail Mary.  

Brett Hickman has spent the last 17 years of his coaching career with adminstrative duties and coordinator leadership roles ranging from Offensive Run Game Coordinator, Special Teams Coordinator, Defensive Coordinator, Assistant Head Coach and Head Coach.  In the last installment of The Blackout Defense System, he takes viewers through his organizational methods of producing productive units in the fall.  Starting in January and Febraury with self schouting and quality control and ending with his game-day defensive coaching procedures, Volume 25 is an all-emcompassing look at what a veteren coordinator believes in organzationally and structrually.  

In 20 years of coaching , Coach Hickman has defended the Flexbone TWENTY-TWO times. The son of an option coach and a former Triple Option QB at the High School level, he shares theories and principles behind the offense that Defensive coaches should know to andequetly prepare their teams for Friday nights.    With opponents ranging from Carson-Newmans old Split-Back Veer to the more traditional flexbone sets of Navy, The Citadel, and Wofford, BDS members  will see a well-schooled two-hour presentation that will get you ready for your next veering opponent.  Whether or not you base out of Three Down or Four Down, there is something in here for you!  

Solve Country Cover 3 problems with Match and Auto calls that give you Base and Sub-Package answers to the vertical passing game while still allowing the defense to gap out against the run.  Coach Hickman goes over one of his favorite calls in this 45 minute video that will have you organized and ready to play post-safety defense.  

In this installation of the BDS, Coach Hickman begins a three-volume  breakdown of Special Situations. Played primarily on non-neutral downs, Coach Hickman goes over his match-heavy Nickel personnel package and the Dime groupings he uses to get off the field on 3rd Down.  This Volume is going to show you just how creative you can be both with protection manipulation and provide coverage variety to confuse Quarterbacks. 

Redzone is pne of the most critical determining factors on winning a football game.  In Volume 23 of the BDS, Coach Hickman goes through low, mid, and high red area philosophies that can keep the opponents kicking frustrating field goals and keeping your team in the game with momentum saving "four-point plays"  

The Blackout returns with an in-depth look at Quarter/Quarter/ Half and Half/Quarter/Quarter coverages.  Coach Hickman takes you through his variety of C2 side checks and how he implements them to halt perimeter run games or take out a dominant receiver.