Western Maryland Stags Football Terminology Defense Secondary: FC: Field Corner, this CB plays to the wide side of the formation or to the weak side of the formation BC: Boundary Corner, this CB plays closest to the sideline or to the strong side of the formation FS: Free Safety SS: Strong Safety or (can be called “Dog” “Hound”) M: any word beginning with the coverage letter “M” represents man-to-man Hand Signal: “Handcuffs” D: any word beginning with the letter represents a disguise in the coverage “D” Hand Signal: Hand in front of “Flashing your face” Z: any word beginning with the letter represents a zone coverage “Z” Hand Signal: the letter in the air with “Draws “Z” hand” CAT: entails a corner blitz, typically the CB blitz will only be called if the ball is either on the left or right hash mark in a long down-and-distance situation, this call will be 99% of the time used for the BC(Boundary Corner) Hand Signal: “Open hand clawing motion towards opposite arm” DOG: entails a Strong Safety blitz Hand Signal: with “Beats chest both hands like King Kong” FOX: entails a Free Safety blitz
Western Maryland Stags Football Terminology Defense Secondary: FC: Field Corner, this CB plays to the wide side of the formation or to the weak side of the formation BC: Boundary Corner, this CB plays closest to the sideline or to the strong side of the formation FS: Free Safety SS: Strong Safety (can be called “Dog” or “Hound”) M: any word beginning with the letter “M” represents man-to-man coverage Hand Signal: “Handcuffs” D: any word beginning with the letter “D” represents a disguise in the coverage Hand Signal: “Flashing Hand in front of your face” Z: any word beginning with the letter “Z” represents a zone coverage Hand Signal: “Draws the letter “Z” in the air with hand” CAT: entails a corner blitz, typically the CB blitz will only be called if the ball is either on the left or right hash mark in a long down-and-distance situation, this call will be 99% of the time used for the BC(Boundary Corner) Hand Signal: “Open hand clawing motion towards opposite arm” DOG: entails a Strong Safety blitz Hand Signal: “Beats chest with both hands like King Kong” FOX: entails a Free Safety blitz