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6-2-defense

6-2 Defense (Coaching Guide With Images)

By Coach Martin | Football Defense

The 6-2 defense is a very popular alignment for youth football teams. Because most offenses in youth football are run-heavy, defensive coaches counter by putting extra players along the line of scrimmage.

They sacrifice a linebacker and member of the secondary to have an extra man at the typical point of attack.

This defensive alignment utilizes what are known as two wide tackles in addition to the four traditional defensive linemen.

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Cover 6 Defense (Coaching Guide With Images)

By Coach Martin | Football Defense

In this defensive scheme, the field will be split in half, with one half of the defense running Cover 2 and the other half running Cover 4.

This provides a wrinkle to zone coverage schemes that can keep offenses off balance and guessing, while at the same time playing to the strengths of the defense based on where the ball is on the field.

It’s a little more complicated to teach and install, as we’ll soon see.

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cover 0

Cover 0 Defense (Coaching Guide With Images)

By Coach Martin | Football Defense

Cover 0 is an extremely simple defensive scheme to teach players. That’s because it’s a man-to-man defense in which each player in the secondary is given a specific receiver to cover.

All other players are usually just asked to blitz.

It’s a great defense to run against a spread offense because it puts pressure on the quarterback and forces him to make a quick decision.

At the same time, if you want to run the Cover 0, you need to make sure that all your defenders in the secondary can cover really well since they won’t have any extra help over the top from safeties.

They also need to be sure tacklers, as they won’t have help in that department, either.

Here’s a closer look at the Cover 0 defense, including who should run it and how it’s run.

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quarters coverage

Quarters Coverage (Coaching Guide With Images)

By Coach Martin | Football Defense

Quarters Coverage is one of the best defensive schemes you can teach your football team.

It’s equally as good against the pass as it is against the run, which makes it extremely versatile, especially in today’s game.

It can be run out of both a 4-3 and 3-4 base defensive alignment, which also simplifies the responsibilities for a lot of players on the field.

It’ll present some extra challenges for safeties to identify and meet their responsibilities, but it’s not too difficult for younger players to learn.

Here’s a closer look at the coverage scheme.

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3-5-3 defense

3-5-3 Defense (Coaching Guide With Images)

By Coach Martin | Football Defense

Most defensive coaches are familiar with the two most popular base defenses – the 3-4 and the 4-3.

But for coaches looking for something a little different to optimize to a specific group of players or looking to keep offenses off-balance, a 3-5-3 defense might be a great option.

The 3-5-3 defensive alignment isn’t a formation that you see every day in football.

That’s mainly because it employs five linebackers on the field at all times, and requires the two Hybrid linebackers, as they’re called, to be very versatile – solid against the pass and the run.

Because of this fact, though, most offenses don’t know how to handle the 3-5-3 formation.

In this article, you’ll read about the basics of the 3-5-3 defense, its strengths and weaknesses, and a 3-step guide on how it’s run.

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Defensive Line Techniques: 7 Moves You Must Know

By Coach Martin | Football Defense

Defensive line seems like one of the more straightforward positions on a football team.

They start the play at the line of scrimmage, and their job is to get into the backfield to disrupt the offense — in whatever way they can.

That’s their primary job.

But while their duties seem simple enough, how they’re successful in doing so is a little more complicated.

After all, they must constantly take on blocks with offensive linemen who have big bodies.

Defensive linemen have several techniques that they can use to combat the blocks from offensive linemen and still get into the backfield.

In this article, you’ll read about the different defensive line techniques, what types of players play each technique, and the 7 moves every defensive lineman should know.

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prevent-defense

Prevent Defense (Coaching Guide With Images)

By Coach Martin | Football Defense

The prevent defense can be run by any team no matter what their base defensive formation looks like.

However, it should only be run in certain game situations in which the defensive team has a big lead late in the game.

If the prevent defense is run in the wrong game situation, it could result in doing nothing but preventing that team from closing out a win.

Let’s take a closer look at how the prevent defense is run and when it should be run.

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goal-line-defense

Goal Line Defense in Youth Football (Using the 6-3 Defense)

By Coach Martin | Football Defense

A goal line defensive formation in youth football has only one aim in mind — to prevent the offense from scoring a touchdown.

Ultimately, it would be great if they stopped the offense or forced a turnover, but even keeping them out of the end zone and forcing a field goal attempt would be considered a success.

Let’s take a closer look at the formation of a goal line defense in youth football and the responsibilities of each level of the defense.

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