[kybaseball]

Here is a take, at the younger levels of play they learn the Wing-T formation. In practice those younger teams learn to defend against the wing-t. I know at the end of JFL level of play pass defense is unheard of.... As the kids go thru the MIddle School they pick it up a little.
Here is a great teaching point. You need to run different firmations at the younger levels as well as the WING-T, The WING-T is the base formation and every kid needs to learn every blocking assignment on that offense. BUT you need to open the offense up in practice for your defensive backs, defensive ends and linebackers to learn coverage. The old days of " They will not pass because they are just a middle school" are over. I know that at the 8 year old level in Raceland they run and learn the Tony Franklin system. Yea it is hard to learn at 8 years old but the defense also learns to cover passes.
Now that the area team are playing more of each other every year... It helps to be well rounded. You need to learn to stop the run first but you need to learn the coverage and assignments as well.
Just a thought but I think that it wuold help Russell's pass defense to start learning to cover a little earlier in the lower grades.
This is by far NOT A BASH for the high school kids or coaches.. This is only an opinion from me as person..... granted the kids need to learn the proper way from the proper teaching and that is why it is important for the kids who play football in high school to be involved in the younger programs.

If they learn earlier they can only improve as they go.
Just an opinion and I am sure that I am going to be blasted for this post from someone........UMMM- FBALL comes to mind... WE seem to never see I-2-I......

Learning to stop the run is the up most importance in HS football.Devil Iagree you must learn how to defend the pass at a earlier age as well.If any one disagrees with that just go ask Ironton.irateSho