Warrior General Games

Does it matter regardless of whether your defender is in man or zone coverage? Seems critical for a man defender -- any thoughts on how important for a zone safety?

Zone awareness will help your safety identify the right guy to cover in his zone.

You're probably going to want some coverage technique to actually cover that receiver once the awareness check has been passed.

Yeah, if you want your safety to move to the right spot while picking someone up, or not to lose track of them when that person makes a cut. I personally feel like Coverage Tech is a little like Pursuit while doing pass coverage instead of tracking a ball carrier, but that may not be accurate.