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Whitehall Football. Installing the Defensive Package: Front 7. Defensive Foundation. Alignment Assignment Swarm to the football. Defensive Characteristics Necessary. Attitude Concentration Effort. Defensive Line Techniques and Teaching Progressions. Alignment Assignment Stance
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Whitehall Football Installing the Defensive Package: Front 7
Defensive Foundation • Alignment • Assignment • Swarm to the football Defensive Characteristics Necessary • Attitude • Concentration • Effort
Defensive Line Techniques and Teaching Progressions • Alignment • Assignment • Stance • Get-off • Block Reaction
Alignment and Assignment • Defensive Ends • 9 technique is responsible for strong D-gap • 5 technique is responsible for weak C-gap • Defensive Tackles • 3 technique is responsible for strong B-gap • 1 technique is responsible for weak A-gap Stance • Inside hand down, inside foot back with toe-to-heel stagger. (DE’s can be staggered slightly more)
Block Reaction:Defeating and Shedding Base Block • Blocker fires ahead, trying to drive you off ball • Explode hands through breastplate on 2nd step • “Squeeze”, or leverage him back, keeping your gap • Lock out, find ball, and shed
Reach Block • Blocker steps outside to reach • Re-direct on 2nd step as you explode hands • Press the outside pec of blocker and pull inside pec • Find ball, shed, and make tackle • If DL can’t make play, he should at least make ball bubble deeper
Down Block • Blocker steps inside, not attempting to block you • Re-direct hard inside on 2nd step • Look for trap or kick-out block • Wrong-arm trap or kick-out block • Force ball to spill outside and run it down if cutback
Pull Block • Blocker turns his shoulders to pull inside or outside • Re-direct hard on 2nd step, expecting Down block • Compress down block, squeeze, keep gap leverage • Steer down blocker’s far shoulder back towards LOS • Shed block and make tackle
Double Team Block • Blocker comes forward to Base block • Defender feels second blocker coming down on him • Re-direct feet, hips, butt towards Down blocker while staying engaged on Base blocker • Down blocker shoulders toward you, it’s Double team • Corkscrew • Down blocker shoulders upfield, it is a “chip” block • When “chip” block leaves, play as a Base block
Linebacker Techniques and Teaching Progressions • Alignment • Assignment • Stance • Flow Keys • Block Protection
Alignment and Assignment • Sam • 50 technique, responsible for strong C-gap • Mike • 10 technique, responsible for strong A-gap • Will • 50 technique, responsible for weak B-gap Stance • Feet under armpits, flat back, arms loose • Weight on balls of feet--key backs
Backfield Keys • Key near back • In “I” formation, Sam and Will key TB