Tag Archives: Defense
Defense – Blitz and Stunt Blitzkrieg
Another youth football coach and I were emailing each other recently about the Spin offense and he asked me about what defense I use for my Pee Wee football team. I told him that we run a 6-2 Wide Defense as … Continue reading
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Even Front Defensive Schemes for Youth Football
I finally finished my Defensive playbook for my 5th grade pee wee football team. After reading and watching Dave Cisar’s Winning Football Series and Coach Reed’s Winning Youth Football book, I focused on the 6-2 Wide, 4-4 Stack and Gap … Continue reading
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Is Form Tackling Overrated?
I attended a Denver football clinic last year and the speaker, an ex college coach, brought up a very interesting point for youth football coaches. How many times do you see a perfect form tackle in a high school, college … Continue reading
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Youth Football Tackling Drills
Here a are two youth football tackling drills we use with our pee wee football players to learn tackling fundamentals. Tackling Fit & Form Drill Hug and Hold Drill On the first day of practice we teach proper tackling with … Continue reading
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Developing a Smothering Defense – DVD Review
I just finished Coach Dave Cisar’s Developing a Smothering DefenseDVD. This is another DVD from Winning Youth Football’s Step by Step Plan Series. This DVD focuses on the 6-2 Wide Tackle Defense and the Viper 4-4 Defense. I ran a … Continue reading
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6-2 Defense for Youth Football
After being focused on offense the last two seasons and reading Football Principals and Play by David Nelson, I assigned myself the Defensive Coordinator role this season, so I would focus my efforts on Defense for my tackle pee wee … Continue reading
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Stripping the Football – Coaching Youth Football Defense
In 2006, an opposing team stripped the football from one of my backs and ran for a touchdown. Our running back that had the ball stripped, became the leading football stripper on our youth football team. Stripping the football is … Continue reading
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Defensive Alignment Techniques and Gaps
Below is a diagram of the standard defensive alignment techniques and gaps for football. Defensive gaps refer to the space between the adjacent offensive lineman. Defensive alignments for the defensive fronts are identified by the in, over or outside shading … Continue reading
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Defense Wins Games – Coaching Youth Football
Last season, I learned the hard way that Defense wins games. I spent most of my time installing a new offense and did not spend the same time on Defense. We lost in the playoffs by one TD, because my defense … Continue reading
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6-2 Defense – Coaching Youth Football
My 4th grade pee wee football team ran variations of the 6-2 defense last season. To be honest, we should have stuck to our 7 Man Front Eagle Defense variation. But, my new defensive coordinator wanted to try the 6-2, and … Continue reading
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