Match Quarters: A Modern Guidebook to Split-Field Coverages

This should be required reading for every football coach on offense or defense. I have read previous descriptions of mod and meg but none painted as clear a picture as this book. The author makes a strong argument for why basing out of 2 high is the way to go. I myself had decided before reading this book to move to a 4-3 from a 4-4 in an effort to strengthen our run fits. This book despite focusing on pass coverages only further strengthened my decision on why a 4-3 offers better run fits than a 4-4. In addition the author offers a variety of coverage options to fit your personnel and teams needs. In reality most coaches will not use but half or less of the coverages and variations offered in this book but, that's the beauty it gives you options. Last it is thought provoking in that you might say that coverage isn't for us but if we have this man do this instead it is for us and we are still playing sound football.

This is the third book by the author and is the best in my opinion. It's a great book with easy to understand material, diagrams, and pictures related to pass defense.This book is written for football coaches who want to have a better understanding of how to play two-high split field pass coverage. While the book is written for those who have a basic understanding of pass defense, anyone who reads this from novice to expert, will gain a better understanding of the inner workings of split-field pass coverage.The author breaks down split-field coverage into simple to use parts with slight variations that make it easy to understand, teach, and use with any level of football. From Sky coverage, to Cloud, to defending Trips, Empty, Stacks, and Bunch formations, his explanations are on point and his book can be used as a manual to install the coverage(s) and have answers and adjustments for whatever you might see.I can't recommend this book enough for anyone who wants to learn and grow in this area of pass defense. It will go down as an essential piece of work for any coaches library.

Coach Alexander does a great job of not only explaining the “what, but also the how behind his quarters and 2 read variations. Explained at a level that veteran and new coaches can both benefit. One of the best resources I’ve purchased in several years.

Great book with great explanations. Good for any defensive coach to look at.

I bought this book back around Thanksgiving and have marked it up, dog-eared it, highlighted it... It is a perfect manual for anybody who wants to either gain a deeper understanding of the split field coverages, or is looking to install some of the concepts of the split zone. In addition, the author is a true coach who is dedicated to helping his fellow coaches- he is always open to answering questions both in season and during the off season. Thanks again for this fantastic resource coach. I plan to buy two more for my secondary coaches

This is a great book, we run a lot of pattern match and some different coverages and wanted to see what we could update, change, etc and this book helped a lot. If you are coach you need to constantly be learning and this book does that and breaks down in easy form to understand exactly what is being done. This could also help a young coach tremendously if running this type of coverages and understanding the ins and outs of what’s trying to be accomplished

Great read! Gives you answers to the spread offense and how to defend players from different positions on the field.

Great resource and starting point for learning Match Quarters. It continues to be a guide to revisit even after you learn the system.

Great reading if you want to build your own match defense