Inside LB Drills 4-4

Coach,

LB drills should include read drills, scrape drills, flow drills, angle pursuit drills, drop drills and tackeling drills, as well as shedding drills, to mention a few.

Coach Easton

those two books are unbelieveable for coaching backers...

The In-At-Out drill of coach Walkers has made remarkable recognition improvements in all our guys!

If we get an In read from a FB, the MLB takes the path of the FB. Plug the hole. For the At read (off-tackle), we have our MLBs first step with the FBs angle to get him flowing downhill off-tackle. (We read backfield flow first while keeping the guard in his periphial) Next the MLB sneaks a peek at who may be coming to block him. Vs a 40 front he will usually see one of the following: 1. OT - straight man blocking. 2. TE - G scheme with a G kick out pull. 3. Some kind of combo with the OT coming off the DT double team. 4. FB - Iso scheme. It only takes a moment to figure out who is coming to block you.

From there we do the following:
1. Rip over the top of the OT unless he is coming very high.
2. Rip under the TE. Going over the top of him on an off-tackle play gives a cutback lane to the RB.
3. Take on a FB with the shoulder pads. Stop him as deep as possible. The key for an Iso is if the TE and T are already engaged in a block and no-one is coming to the MLB on the LOS. That will leave an "open window". Close the open window.

When the FB is taking an Out (Outside) angle, we still want our MLBs to run downhill and not parallel to the LOS. If there is an open window off-tackle we have our MLBs take it and pursue from the inside-out. If the TE is hooking the DE we usually can scrape over the top of them. Again, the key is if there is "green grass" in the off-tackle spot, take the opening. If there isn't, scrape over the top.

I hope this makes sense.

if anyone cares to .....feel free to email me at mjbrophy@netexpress.net or matthew.brophy@dhl.com



I'll send you our comprehensive linebacker packet for a 40 defense. It's in Excel, so once you open it, it will have all our drills illustrated, our practices for the for the summer and the first 3 weeks of camp outlined, read drills and block reactions for both inside & outside guys.

I'm really 'proud' of it, because it showcases the versatility of those Microsoft Office products, rather than spending $300 to diagram a play (my 42 Nickel playbook is completely done in Excel as well).

Coach:
Could I get a copy of tha material?

educ8tu@yahoo.com
Thanks....

Coach Brophy -

Could you send your Excel materials to us also? We have found your other defensive information VERY useful!

Thanks!


mcbrow02@louisville.edu

I will be completing a PowerPoint presentation on the 4-4 if you would like it when I get finished. You can modify as you wish

coach brophy,

I would greatly appreciate it if you would send me a copy of your Excel presentation. Many thanks!!

coach em
dbe102@hotmail.com

Could you send a copy of your drills?

Thanks,

coach Perry

perryeric49@yahoo.com

BROPHY,

I would like to see the linebacker packet as well.

SOrndoff@adelphia.net

Hello Coach,

Could you please email me the excel D playbook as well. I'm a new linebacker coach thanks. Email is jpaige@hinsdale86.org.

4-4 LBers in base "ROBBER" package:

OUTSIDE AND INSIDE LINEBACKERS: (“ROBBER COVERAGE”)



OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS (ROVER & WILL):


ALIGNMENT: 2 yards outside TE & 2 yards deep (if NO TE – 2 yards outside OT & 2 yards deep).

KEY: Triangle (flow-TE-QB).

RUN RESPONSIBILITY: 1. Flow to – sky support. 2. Flow away – check reverse, then fold.
NOTE: On split end side if both backs flow into B Gap, then you must fill B Gap. Flow away, B Gap.

PASS RESPONSIBILITY: Once you read pass, work the #’s. You have flat, and any #2 receiver that goes flat and up.


INSIDE LINEBACKERS (SAM & MIKE):


ALIGNMENT: Sam is in a 30 technique (straddle outside leg of OG) 4-5 yards deep. Mike is in a 30 technique (straddle outside leg of OG) 4-5 yards deep.

KEY: Flow, to Guards.

RUN RESPONSIBILITY: (Sam): 1. Flow To – stack C Gap, unless both backs are in A Gap. Flow Away – A Gap front side. (Mike): 1. Flow To: - B Gap. Flow away: - front side A Gap.

PASS RESPONSIBILITIES:
A. Sam: Read #3 (back). Back expands – Sam expands to look up #1. Back goes vertical – Sam must take him man to man. Back blocks – Sam works to front side hook zone.
B. Mike: Read #2 (back). Back expands – Mike expands to look up #1. Back goes vertical – Mike must take him man to man. Back blocks – Mike works straight back to hook.