2LD Defense - Gregory Double Wing

PRACTICE #1:FIRST LEVEL: Whether Nose, Tackle or End, the primary instruction tool for the1L defender is the 1-on-1 key drill, followed closely in importance by the 3-on-1drill. The 1L defender lines up opposite an "offensive" lineman (who can beanother 1L defender rotating through the drill station) in the 1-on-1 drill andreads his primary key -- the lineman's helmet, either firing across the LOS orretreating. Secondary keys are obtained during the 3-on-1 drill by reading the"key triangle" -- the offensive lineman the 1L defender lines up across from, aswell as the offensive players immediately to each side. Thus, a fire-out (run) keycan be further distinguished by direction -- straight ahead, inside, outside or pull.The 1L defender focuses on 2 things: his gap and the offensive keys. He mustnot be blocked out of his assigned gap (established before the drill starts, andchanged frequently), and he must respond to his keys by throttling up to rushthe pass, breaking down to attack run blocks, and/or tearing laterally to pursuethe ball through the Core.ONE-ON-ONE THREE-ON-ONEDefensive Ends use the identical 1-on-1 and 3-on-1 drills as the Tackles andNoses when aligned Tight (outside shoulder of OT/5 technique). When they arealigned Loose, however, Ends require a different drill, the Crash Drill.CRASH DRILLIn this drill, the End will take the same keys from the offensive linemen in his keytriangle as the other DL's do from their 3-on-1 drills (pp. 46, 47). The OL the46