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Why Ohio State Prefers a 'Vision-and-Break' Style of Zone Coverage

"Everybody has a little bit different way of doing it, and having been in the 'match' world for the last 6 or 7 years and now being in the 'vision-and-break' world, I think 'vision-and-break' is really the way to go." - Matt Barnes

Film Study

Ohio State's special teams coordinator stood in front of a packed ballroom full of high school football coaches and tried to make something simple seem exotic. Prior presenters like Tennessee's Jeremy Pruitt and Cincinnati's Marcus Freeman had tried to explain their hybrid systems to the crowd but Barnes, who also coaches defensive backs for the Buckeyes, was there to spread the gospel brought to him by Jeff Hafley just a year earlier.