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Post by CoachJoe on Mar 1, 2009 19:42:21 GMT -5
What does a defense have to consist of in order to be sound? Gap responsibility, contain/force players, what else? I think you have to make sure your coverage matches your front. But I hear about and see defenses all the time that don't meet these requirements, and they are still successful. Do you have to have those things to be "sound"?
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Post by coachhez on Mar 2, 2009 9:52:45 GMT -5
Great tackling ability I think makes any Defense sound. Seems simple but its the bottom line. I think the average ability teams have to have what you mentioned at the top, the teams who "not sound" yet still successful are those with SPEED. Of course another thought is whether their unsoundess is their way of being sound?!?
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Post by CoachJoe on Mar 2, 2009 11:19:24 GMT -5
So if SPEED is the key, then does teaching a lot of rules instead of just saying, "GO PLAY!" cause players to slow down? If I can get you to align in a place that is 'sound', am I better off just letting you run full speed without thinking after that?
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Post by coachhez on Mar 2, 2009 14:48:09 GMT -5
KISS it. You cant just have the popcorn defense show up out there and expect it to work. So there yes, you put your speed in sound positions and give them 1 think to react to and let them go get the football. Of course you run into problems when you only have 3-4 speed players, or you speed is matched to their speed which makes this all a moot point.
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Post by CoachJoe on Mar 2, 2009 17:05:27 GMT -5
The popcorn defense is fun though. Our kids had more fun running that in scout team than any fancy blitz scheme we had worked out. And of course if you have more speed you have the advantage. You can run anything if you just physically outmatch your opponents. So, a sound defense involves everyone having a job and knowing what it is. It is does not necessarily mean covering EVERY POSSIBLE PLAY
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Post by card25 on Aug 19, 2009 19:08:14 GMT -5
Honestly, a swarming defense has always impressed me. 11 hats on the ball show that kids are motivated and well coached. Slow, weak, undersized...doesn't matter, kids flying to the football can make up for less than stellar players and watching it makes me happy.
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Post by CoachJoe on Aug 22, 2009 23:10:35 GMT -5
Great point card25, its amazing what can happen down the field when kids are chasing the play. Tipped balls become picks, fumbles down the field get recovered, etc. Makes us look like geniuses even though the play broke for 25 yards before it happened
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Post by card25 on Jan 28, 2010 11:36:07 GMT -5
Indeed. They make us look foolish more often than not, so I will accept that credit.
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