Post by Coach Campbell on Oct 5, 2014 19:38:51 GMT
Trevor Arnold
Coaching 8 man football means the defensive philosophy needs to be constructed slightly different than 11 man football. Players are put into 1on1 tackling situations more often. With that said, creating a philosophy that works with your best 8 tacklers, not necessarily bodies that fit position groups is important. This year we happen to be running a 3-3 scheme defense. Depending up on the formation it translates and appears to look like a 3-5 defense. No matter the defense, I believe the philosophy of putting pressure on the offense to make quick decisions has to be a key component. Blitzing, slanting and pressing receivers is a staple of our Defense. We like to work our 3 areas of our defense in tandem. The strongside DE, Sam, and CB work together to cover the #1 and #2 receivers, contain the QB and outside runs as well as be responsible for the B Gap. The weakside DE, Will and CB have the same responsibilities. The NG and Mike control the A gaps and the Mike also covers the #3 receiver. Our NG plays head up and depending on the ability level of the opposing Center we let him 2-Gap or we slant him into a strong or weak side depending on the offense we are playing against and th Mike fills the opposite A gap. We also do run some 4-2 which brings our Mike down and we play head up on the Guards. We will slant our Dline and bring a CB off the edge with a Cobra blitz or we can have our DT's play the A gaps and allow our LB's to control the B gaps. We have calls that switch those responsibilities depending on down and distance. Our Coverage by our CB's is multiple. We press TE's which turns our defense into a 5-3 and provides freedom to our LB's. We also press SE's and will show press and bail as well. We will play shuffle technique and backpedal as well. At the beginning of the season I cover all techniques and allow the individual player to choose which they feel most comfortable. All of our corners press and bail but they choose between shuffle and backpedaling when we do play off coverage for situational defense.
Pursuit-Pursuit
A defense aligns in any scheme that we run. 4-2-2, 3-5, 3-3-2, 5-3. A coach blows the whistle and the group from their position does an up-down and begins to chop their feet, after another up-down, they pursue the ball.
The ball can either be thrown 25 yards downfield to a coach/player on either side of the field. The ball can also be thrown at the LOS to the sidelines. There are 2 backs in the backfield in split back formation who the ball can be tossed too. If they receive a toss, defensive players have to fill their gap responsibility. CB's and DE's turn the play in. LB's fill their gap responsibility and backside players take angles that will take away cut back lanes. Every rep ends with the defensive group getting together at the ball for a break down call by the defensive captain.
Trevor Arnold
Coaching 8 man football means the defensive philosophy needs to be constructed slightly different than 11 man football. Players are put into 1on1 tackling situations more often. With that said, creating a philosophy that works with your best 8 tacklers, not necessarily bodies that fit position groups is important. This year we happen to be running a 3-3 scheme defense. Depending up on the formation it translates and appears to look like a 3-5 defense. No matter the defense, I believe the philosophy of putting pressure on the offense to make quick decisions has to be a key component. Blitzing, slanting and pressing receivers is a staple of our Defense. We like to work our 3 areas of our defense in tandem. The strongside DE, Sam, and CB work together to cover the #1 and #2 receivers, contain the QB and outside runs as well as be responsible for the B Gap. The weakside DE, Will and CB have the same responsibilities. The NG and Mike control the A gaps and the Mike also covers the #3 receiver. Our NG plays head up and depending on the ability level of the opposing Center we let him 2-Gap or we slant him into a strong or weak side depending on the offense we are playing against and th Mike fills the opposite A gap. We also do run some 4-2 which brings our Mike down and we play head up on the Guards. We will slant our Dline and bring a CB off the edge with a Cobra blitz or we can have our DT's play the A gaps and allow our LB's to control the B gaps. We have calls that switch those responsibilities depending on down and distance. Our Coverage by our CB's is multiple. We press TE's which turns our defense into a 5-3 and provides freedom to our LB's. We also press SE's and will show press and bail as well. We will play shuffle technique and backpedal as well. At the beginning of the season I cover all techniques and allow the individual player to choose which they feel most comfortable. All of our corners press and bail but they choose between shuffle and backpedaling when we do play off coverage for situational defense.
Pursuit-Pursuit
A defense aligns in any scheme that we run. 4-2-2, 3-5, 3-3-2, 5-3. A coach blows the whistle and the group from their position does an up-down and begins to chop their feet, after another up-down, they pursue the ball.
The ball can either be thrown 25 yards downfield to a coach/player on either side of the field. The ball can also be thrown at the LOS to the sidelines. There are 2 backs in the backfield in split back formation who the ball can be tossed too. If they receive a toss, defensive players have to fill their gap responsibility. CB's and DE's turn the play in. LB's fill their gap responsibility and backside players take angles that will take away cut back lanes. Every rep ends with the defensive group getting together at the ball for a break down call by the defensive captain.
Trevor Arnold
