defensive-strategy Stories - Shakin The Southland
"There's No Tickling in Football!": Defensive Strategies Discovered While Watching a Three-Year-Old
Do the rules of college football permit tickling while tackling? This question occurred to me this morning, while I was watching my three-year-old daughter, Elizabeth. She and I were playing a game in which she would run to the door and open it, I would respond with comic exaggerated consternation...
The Process of Learning Brian Agler's Defensive Schemes and "Pavlovian Basketball"
It is no secret to incoming players that Seattle Storm coach Brian Agler's defensive schemes can be among the most difficult things for newcomers to adjust to. "The pace of the game and the defense," said Storm rookie guard Alison Lacey. "I came from Iowa State that is very zone oriented, very...
Inside the Steele Curtain: Robber
This will be the most common coverage Clemson plays this year, its versatile because you can blitz easily and not change assignments of everyone, particularly depending on what a LB's key is (which RB he watches, for example) he can blitz any formation from any front call. In other terminologies...
Inside the Steele Curtain: Cover 3 Zone Blitzes
First thing to get straight in your head is that a zone blitz is not what is called anytime you see a Defensive linemen drop into coverage. In reality, a DE may have a seam/flat responsibility on pass plays even when a blitz is not called. Also, just because you see the down 4 linemen rush on a...
GT: Defending the Run & Shoot
The R&S is quite difficult to defend. Each team that uses it has different characteristics and philosophies. One constant, however, is that the QB is the key. If he can scramble and attack the containment, you have an added element of pressure to the defense. If the option and counter have been...
Inside the Steele Curtain: 4-3 Over/Underfronts
It occured to me that you can't really explain any blitz packages without giving an explanation of the different defensive fronts you see in a 4-3. When you think of a 4-3 defense, most of you will just think of 4 linemen playing in a 3pt stance, with 3 LBs just sitting behind them; there is more...
More on the 4-3: Stunting
Defenses today have to be multiple; there is no true 4-3 or 3-4 set anymore that is played on every down. Last year's Alabama team played a 3-4 base, but essentially only played a 3-4 40% of the time. Saban at LSU ran primarily a 4-3, but he does so many things that you can never pigeonhole his...
Inside the Steele Curtain: Defending the spreadwith the Nickel defense
The first topic to address is the misconception that the spread offense is a system on its own, it isnt. The spread is a set of formations with 3 or more wide receivers, thats all. Steele comments in his press conference that he expects multiple formations from Tony Franklin's offense: wishbone,...
GT: Defensing the Flexbone basics
If you ask most defensive coordinators what type of offense they like to face the least, you'll get one of two answers, either the Airraid of Mike Leach, or a triple option (veer) team. Lets be clear, the option is as old as football and will always be here. Florida's whole offense is essentially...
Defensive breakdowns against GT
There werent a terribly high number of critical defensive breakdowns in this game, it was more a coaching mistake that cost us. The defense only gave up 16 points against a good rushing offense that piled up 300 yards on the ground and 420 overall. The problem is that a few of the plays were run...
Showing 1 - 10 of 16 Next
Certain photos copyright © 2012 by Associated Press or Getty Images. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of Associated Press and Getty Images is strictly prohibited.
