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Using a Multiple Attack Defense
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We have an aggressive "go-get-'em," attacking
philosophy on defense. We t€ach, stress, and coach
this attitud€ to our players. We want them to have
a defensive mentality to go find the football.
Our defensive garne plan is simple. Fimt, we
try to take away the bread and butter ofour opponent.
Wlat are their frve best running plays
What are their five best passing plays What do
we ne€d to do to stop these
Second, we want to disrupt their flow, fi'ustrat€
them. By coaching an aggressive attack defense
Ne'll create confusion, turnovers, momentum, and
emotion that rdll workto oul advantage. X's and
O's are very important, and we do coach a sound
fundamental package, but more than that we
want a swalrning, emotional defense that has all
11 playels makjng an effolt to get to the ball.
Third, we want an offense that can put points
on the board. If our defense is creating turnovers
and establishing good field position for the offensa,
lve want to cash in.
Following arc a few practice procedures used
by our staffto str€ss our aggressive play;
. Perform adef€nsiveteam pursuitdrill daily
. work each position on some type oftackling
drill daily.
. Include a five-minute block called our "tum-
. During our pass skelly and team periods,
have the defense pursue (sprint) to wherc the
ball ends up, huddJe, breal! and thenjoeback
to LOS. This can tunction as part of their
conditioning, if done properly.
Defensive Packages
We basically have thrce fronts with reductions
andadjustments offeach one: an Eagle front, the
50 ftont, and the 4-6. Our defense is gap control,
attacking as we read. Figure l shows anexampte
of our gap responsibilities versus a run to tbe
sbongside.
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In our Eagle front, we're able to line up and run a
var'iety of coverages: zone, madman, and man/
zone combinations and also a va ety of twists,
stunts, and blitz€s. Figurc 2 shows an example
of attacking type coverage.
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