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title: "Flag Football Defense: Cover 1 to Cover 4 Explained"
description: "Flag football defense diagrams: the Cover 1 to Cover 4 coverages flag and 7v7 defenses play, and how a flag football quarterback reads and attacks each one."
url: https://www.crucibletech.com/playbook/flag-football/coverages/
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# Flag Football Coverages

Flag and 7v7 defenses play the same families of coverage as tackle football, with fewer defenders, no linemen to block and a quarterback who has to get the ball out fast. That makes recognizing the coverage before the snap even more valuable.

## More flag coverages

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![Cover 1 diagram](https://www.crucibletech.com/playbook/img/flag_7v7/coverages/cover-1.thumb.webp)

Cover 1 3 plays to rep against

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![Cover 2 diagram](https://www.crucibletech.com/playbook/img/flag_7v7/coverages/cover-2.thumb.webp)

Cover 2 3 plays to rep against

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![Cover 3 diagram](https://www.crucibletech.com/playbook/img/flag_7v7/coverages/cover-3.thumb.webp)

Cover 3 3 plays to rep against

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![Cover 4 diagram](https://www.crucibletech.com/playbook/img/flag_7v7/coverages/cover-4.thumb.webp)

Cover 4 3 plays to rep against

Reading It Is the Hard Part
Knowing what a coverage looks like on paper is step one. Crucible puts you at quarterback against it, rep after rep, until the read is automatic.
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