Untitled - Fast and Furious Football

128 FOOTBALL COACHING STRATEGMS
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outside one third. If an invert call is made, the
hero plays curl to flat and the Etrong corner has
the outside on€ thtud. The Sam and backer handle
hook to curl. Fritz plays curl to flat. The safety
has the middle one third while the weak correr
rctr€ats and plays the outBide one third.
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do any more tban is necessary Success com€s with
good playem, discipline, concenhation, and aggreBsive
play.
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Making the Secondary Primary
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Our base defense is a variety of the 40 defense,
which gives us balance with the flexibility to show
diffprenr looks and make adJuqt mcnts $ irh minrmal
coachjng points. The pro 4-3 maLes our defemive
line play, linebacker play, alld secondary
play very easy to incoryoratE ilrto the total concept
of our defensive philosophJr Figure 1 shows
our basic alignment.
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We present many different fronts within our
sy8tem to cause distraction, misconception, and
unnec€ssary thinking by our opponents. lt's extremely
diflicult to handle presBure ilthe offense
is not certain of their assignments and re€ponsibilities.
By applyine int€nse presBure, our def€nse
will prevent the easy touchdown, obtain possession
of the ball, and score.
A succ€ssful member of our defensive team
must have t}le knowledge to perform tus techniques
and duties with ma-timum accuracy and
perstutence. Proficiency in the execution oftechnique
and fundamentals is especially important
Defensive Back
Responsibilities
Our defensive backs must be excellent athletes.
Our defensive pressure concept olten places secondary
personnel on an island. They must be
great cover men and hitters. They must be profi,
cient and elfici€nt without requiring a lot of help.
Our stunting, dealing, dogging, and blitzins
requirc a secondary that must enjoy the role of
the 'lone ranger" They must possess that uncanny
ability of having great range and must
enjoy o11I pressure concept.
In most cases, our dogs (see Figurcs 2-5) require
some fonn ofman coverage. However, there
arc times when we will "zone-up" behind atr up
front dog.