Inside Veer: How Adding a TE Gives You an Advantage on the Defense (Part II)
Inside Veer: How Adding a TE Gives You and Advantage on the Defense (Part II) By Payton Haynes, Offensive Coordinator, Luther College 3-4 Defense – Adding TE to the playside Adding a TE to the playside of the formation against…
Inside Veer – How Adding a TE Gives You an Advantage on the Defense (Part I)
SUPER SPRING SPECIAL on the LEGENDARY AIR RAID SYSTEM Inside Veer – How Adding a TE Gives You an Advantage on the Defense (Part I) By Payton Haynes, Offensive Coordinator, Luther College Inside veer will allow you to…
Defense: Pursuing the Ball for Takeaways and Scores (Part II)
Defense: Pursuing the Ball for Takeaways and Scores (Part II) By Will Pluff, Defensive Coordinator/Secondary Coach Utica College “Pursue for Takeaways: Pass” Drill Set Up: * Set up drill on goal line to emphasize scoring after the takeaway. * 3…
Defense: Pursuing the Ball for Takeaways and Scores (Part I)
Defense: Pursuing the Ball for Takeaways and Scores (Part I) By Will Pluff, Defensive Coordinator/secondary Coach Utica College Scoring on defense not only changes the momentum of a game but can also impact the outcome. Winning the turnover battle is…
Defending RPOs: Run Your Defense
By Mark Theophel, Defensive Coordinator Hartwick College With RPOs being talked about at almost every level of football across the country, it’s becoming increasingly important for defenses to come up with ways to deal with multiple options on every…
Variations of the 3-3 Stack Defense
Running a 3-3 stack or any other Odd Front defense allows for many advantages that offenses must contend with each week. On the most basic level, 3-Down fronts demand that the offense prepare for multiple pressure threats that could come…
Building Blocks of Zone Pass Defense
With the multiple coverages that are employed by defenses, there are various individual techniques that the coverage players must master and then employ versus specific routes, patterns, and concepts. What follows is a simple checklist to teach ANY form of…
The University of Sioux Falls Six Basics of Defense
Last month, we talked about our three weapons (eyes, hands, and feet) that we teach each player as a part of our defense at the University of Sioux Falls. This month we will advance in our progression to what we…
5 Keys to Defending the Wing-T Offense With Your 4-3 Defense
Good Wing-T coaches are tough to beat. They know their offense, formation, and series. Put guys in conflict. As a defensive coordinator, you start in a the hole to begin with. They seem to always have answers. So why…
Stress the Defense With the Quarterback Power
Over the past four years, we have used some form of our power scheme with the quarterback as a runner. This has served as a play for us both with our starter in the game as well as part of…