Coaching The 4 2 5 Defense

The updated and expanded second edition of this classic book on the 4-3 defense contains six new chapters by some of America's best coaches, including: Chuck Pagac on the OSU 4-3 secondary coverages, Terry Hoeppner on the outside linebacker in the 4-3 defense, Sunny Lubick on the 4-3 blitz package, and Tommy Tuberville on the Auburn 4-3 Defensive Package. Contains 12 other articles on virtually every other aspect of the 4-3 defense.

Features a complete playbook for the 3-3-5 defense, capable of dealing with all of the problems that may confront a modern defense. Includes all of the terminology necessary to install the entire system, with detailed explanations and over 150 illustrations of how to stop football's most explosive running play with the 3-3-5 defense. Contains the assignments and techniques necessary to implement the most effective pass coverages (both man and zone) versus the modern passing game. Offers a complete stunt package that complements and enhances each pass coverage. Includes over 150 diagrams and illustrations.

The idea behind the 4-2-5 defense is to give a less talented defensive unit the flexibility and opportunity to compete. There will no longer be that helpless feeling when your opponent turns up their level of play and you have no answer for it. This book gives you the multiplicity and simplicity to keep offenses guessing and limits their play selection. It is also simple enough to allow the defensive personnel to be good at what they do. This will allow you to set up a game plan for any answers a offense might have and then use the other phases of this defensive scheme to cause them new problems. This book gives you the basics needed to install the 4-2-5 Fronts, Coverage's, Line Stunts and Blitz packages.

As coach of the powerhouse Jenks (OK) High School Trojans, Allan Trimble has amassed an amazing number of victories, state championship titles, and national rankings. And he's done it with a carefully planned and executed game plan that promotes the positive development of athletes and teams. Trimble shares the specifics of his system in Coaching Football Successfully. This meaty coaching manual covers it all: sideline communication, teaching fundamentals, practice drills, scouting and game planning, and postgame analysis and adjustments. Whatever your offensive and defensive schemes may be, you'll find the concepts applicable to your own program. Loaded with detailed diagrams of plays and advice for handling off-the-field challenges, this book is of great benefit to both head coaches and assistants. Coaching Football Successfully is more than a worthwhile addition to your library; it's a proven game plan to building a championship-caliber football team.

The 3 x 2 Empty formation has a place in everyone's play book. If the down and distance situation determines that a pass play is necessary, or, you know you are going to call a pass play, then why not use the hardest pass formation for the defense to defend? Coaches don't shy away from using strong run formations when down and distance or field position, inside the 5-yard line, favor a running play. They will put two tight ends and three running backs in and don't care that they are telling the defense it is going to be a run. So, why not apply the same strategy to the pass and increase your chances of completing the pass? The 3 x 2 formation can become your 2 minute offense. It can serve as your end of the half offense. It can be used for your last play Hail Mary formation. You can also use it as a change of pace offense. The 3 x 2 formation presents the clearest picture for a quarterback to read and attack a defense. Why? 1)You force the defense to cover your 5 receivers with a minimum of 5 defenders which limits their coverage options. 2)The defenders are spread out which makes the technique they are playing transparent. 3)When the defenders are spread out it is more difficult for the secondary and linebackers to communicate with each other. 4)Blitzing defenders are easier to identify. 5)Pass protection is simplified. Each of these statements is explained in specific detail in Coaching the 3 x 2 Empty Formation to give you an idea of how it can impact your passing philosophy. The book contains diagrams and game pictures of defensive alignments, coverages, and blitzes that can be used versus the 3 x 2 Empty Formation. Complete details are presented for pass protection versus multiple defensive fronts with simple rules to insure there are no protection errors. With over 10 years of experience running the 3 x 2 Empty Formation, Coach Renner has amassed knowledge that will surely benefit you either for running this formation or defending this formation.

The first edition of Coaching Team Defense was printed over 20 years ago. Yet, the lessons within it remain vital for football coaches to this day. In fact, the lessons contained in this book may be more important to today's football coach than they were even at the time of the first printing of the book. Coaching Team Defense is widely regarded as one of the best defensive football manuals ever written. The book reinforces the belief that Fritz Shurmur was a mastermind in building great defensive teams. A proponent of coaching with simplicity, this revised edition delves into team defense basics and the guiding principles of team defense. Coach Shurmur's ability to think beyond the traditional envelope has inspired and guided football coaches for decades. This revised edition of this classic book offers several new features, including a DVD in which Coach Shurmur shares his insights and observations on the key factors involved in coaching sound team defense. Topics covered in this book include: Goals and Objectives Personnel: Physical Qualifications Personnel: Mental Qualifications Defending the Run Defending the Pass Pass Coverage Zone Pass Coverage Man Pass Coverage Nickel Defenses Practice Organization Scouting the Opponent Scouting Forms

Winning strategies from 90 top football coaches in the nation comprise this collection of knowledge and insights from many of the best defensive minds of the game. Illustrations.