Amityville Warriors

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Amityville Warriors

• 44 G
• Defensive Lineman Manual
• Adam
• Hovorka

Adam Hovorka- Amityville High School Defensive
Coordinator
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WHAT IT TAKES TO PURSUE

1. Mental Toughness and the willingness to hustle
   each and every play
2. Visualize pursuing and making great plays
3. Physical conditioning is necessary so that you
   can have great pursuit on every play.

HOW TO PURSUE

1. Play technique and gap responsibility first
2. Take correct course (pursuit angle) to the ball
   that will put you in a good position for cutback.
3. Never follow the same colored jersey
4. You have to want to be first to the ball.

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Physicality

• The ability to play physical is a must. After
  a game win or lose we want the opposing team to
  say wow those guys brought it every play
• Playing Physical Takes three things
• Ability to stop the run- if you want to be a
  physical football team you better stop the run
• Strength and conditioning- to be physical you
  must be strong and in shape
• Heart the biggest muscle in football is the
  heart if you want to be physical than you will be
  !!!!!

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HAVE FUN

• Football is a game, therefore you should be
  having fun
• We will be an attack style defense therefore
  opportunities for big plays will there for the
  taking
• Pressure should never be an issue this will
  always be a game win or lose you will still have
  people that love you

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No Excuses

• Excuses are for bad players, bad teams and
  losers.
• Winners do not complain or explain. Complaining
  is embarrassing
• Only worry about what you can control not things
  that you can not officials, weather ,etc.
• If you make a mistake learn from it do not blame
  any one but yourself.
• The highest compliment a man can be given is that
  he is a stand up man.
• If you made a mistake stand up to it

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Characteristics of a Great Defensive Player

• Desire and Determination
• Pursuit Run to the Ball
• Smart Know Game Situations and opponent
• Be Aggressive Love to Tackle Love to Hit
• Let yourself be Coached Understand the Defense
• Communicate with your Teammates on the Field
• Be Confident
• Gang Tackle

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Defensive Players

• Stud Defensive End aligned to the right/left
  call (run Strength) Must be physical and strong
• E Evil Defensive end Aligned to the opposite
  of the right/left call Must be Quick and
  athletic chase guy
• T Tackle will align to the strong left/right
  call with the Backer Must be the stronger of
  the tackles has to hold the B gap
• N Nose will align opposite to the left/right
  call Must be quick enough to penetrate

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Defensive Alignments
O
O
O
O
O
O
9
7
4i
9
3
7
1
5
3
1
4i
5
0
0
6
4
4
H
2
2
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The defensive players down hand should be even
with O Linemans Shoulder. This can be modified
with a tight and loose designation For Linebacker
Alignments just add a zero to the
alignment Example the Mac playing head up the
Guard would be a 20 technique

• Defensive Gaps

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Pre Snap Movement and Shifting

• Pre-snap Movement This is very important to
  our style of play. It consists of misaligning or
  faking a stunt then right before the snap moving
  into your proper alignment. This is something
  that must be continually worked on. The more
  movement we can give the offense before the snap
  the more confused they will be on their blocking
  assignments. D backs need to do this as well,
  showing zone and stepping up into man or showing
  bump and bailing before the snap
• Shifting This is done by showing one
  defensive front or another then just before the
  snap the Mac will yell move then the defense
  shifts to the new front. We will always move
  from base to the other defense called

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Base
With the backs in a split backfield the backers
will adjust to a 30 tech and a 10 tech
3
3

N
T
E
4
4
5
5
W
ST
B
M
C
C
FS
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Base Wide
A wide call is for the Stud to play a 9 tech
2

N
T
E
3
5
5
W
ST
B
M
C
C
FS
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Base X
X calls for the St to play head up the TE and the
to play in a 9 and play to the deepest back.
This is a good time to play man against the TE

N
T
E
ST
W
B
M
C
C
FS
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Nose

N
T
E
W
ST
B
M
C
C
FS
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Nose X

N
T
E
ST
W
B
M
C
C
FS
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Out
Out calls for both the n and the t to be in 3
techs and the Band the M to be in 10s

N
T
E
W
ST
B
M
C
C
FS
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Out X

ST
N
T
E
W
B
M
C
C
FS
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In
In calls for both the n and the t to be in 1
techs and the Band the M to be in 30s

N
T
E
W
ST
B
M
C
C
FS
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In X

N
T
E
ST
W
B
M
C
C
FS
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40
40 simply puts the will as a second deep safety.
The front must have a 1 to the weak side and a 3
to the strong
N
T
E

M
B
St
C
C
Deep 1/2
Deep 1/2
W/N
FS
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Bear
If a 46 call comes from the sideline the Whip
will be replaced by an extra defensive tackle

N
T
T
E
St
B
M
C
C
FS
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Bear Wide

N
T
T
E
St
B
M
C
C
FS
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Bear X

N
T
T
E
St
B
M
C
C
FS
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Defensive Line Stunts

• Slant- both Dts will move to the call side
• Pinch- both Dts will take the A gaps
• Slam- DE to call side will move in the b Gap
• Lightning- DE to the call side will widen his
  alignment and aim for the deepest back
• Squeeze- DE and DT to the call side will both
  take their inside gap
• Sleeve- both DTs and the call side DE will move
  to the call side
• Nail- Nose will move to the strong side a gap,
  The nose will cross the Centers face!!

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Keys to Defensive Line movement

• Aiming point is the neck of the adjacent lineman
• 1st step is a 6 to 8 inch step if you are going
  right step with the right and if you are going to
  the left step with the left
• With your 2nd step you must bring the opposite
  arm and rip through, grab grass and get skinny
• Penetrate only to the heels of the offensive
  lineman
• D lineman can align tighter to the direction that
  they are going to
• D linemen must align in the stance of the
  direction that they are going, going right, right
  hand stance
• DO not get washed down, if you feel yourself
  getting washed stop and fight the pressure
• If you do not feel pressure you must redirect, be
  an athlete!

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Slant Weak

N
T
E
W
ST
B
M
C
C
FS
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Slant Strong
Slant call can also be to wide/short, motion or a
player

N
T
E
W
ST
B
M
C
C
FS
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Base Pinch
Pinch Both Dts slant to the A gap

N
T
E
W
ST
B
M
C
C
FS
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Tech Strong
Aim for the feet of the FB

N
T
E
W
ST
Slam is for the or end to attack the B gap
B
M
C
C
FS
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Tech Split
Aim for the feet of the FB

N
T
E
W
ST
B
M
Slam can be called to the wide/short side
C
C
FS
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Double Tech

N
T
E
W
ST
B
M
C
C
FS
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Base Lightning
The Evil will get loose and aim for the deepest
back

N
T
E
W
ST
B
M
C
C
FS
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Base Adjustments to Trips
If we wanted to stay in Cover Three we would
simply bump everyone over and drop to the next man
Bump Cover 3 (Trips 3)
The Will would be over 2, The Mi would split 3
and the T The B in a 0 FS over the OT, C over 1
E

N
T
W
ST
B
M
C
C
FS
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Squeeze Strong

1. Tech by the
2. Pinch b the Tackle
3. On flow his side B attacks C gap

N
T
E
W
ST
B
M
C
C
FS
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Squeeze Split
1 Tech by the E 2 Pinch b the N 3 On flow his
side M attacks C gap

N
T
E
W
ST
B
M
C
C
FS
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Double Squeeze

N
T
E
W
ST
B
M
C
C
FS
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Base Sleeve Strong

N
T
E
W
ST
B
M
C
C
FS
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Base Sleeve Split

N
T
E
W
ST
B
M
C
C
FS
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Nose nail

N
T
E
W
ST
B
M
C
C
FS
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Defensive Line Play

• Stance
• Technique
• Reads
• Escape
• Pass Rush

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Defensive Line Stance

1. Feet face man on, shoulder width apart
2. Back toe to heel relationship
3. Hand down to the man you are shading (Right and
   Left stances)
4. Pressure on fingers, weight going forward
5. Down hand should be in front of eye
6. Opposite hand should be down in front of you just
   off the ground
7. Butt up, neck bulled and eyes up
8. Find the football, if you need to turn your head
   than do it

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D Line Technique

• Get Off
• The most important aspect of D Line play is
  getting off the football. You must see the
  football and react. This will be drilled
  everyday and in all drills a movement key will be
  used. Your 1st step is with your back foot
  replacing your down hand. Stay low and bring the
  hands
• Use of hands
• This is what separates the defensive and
  offensive lines the use of our hands. Each and
  every play we will shoot our hands (USC
  Technique).
• Inside hand aiming point is the v of the neck
• Outside arm aiming point is the triceps.
• Strike with Thumbs up and make contact with the
  heel of the hands
• Must bring your hips and feet when you strike the
  offensive lineman.
• Forceful and violent

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D Line Technique

• 3. Bench
• After proper hand placement, chest plate and
  triceps you must bench press the offensive man
  off you, separation is the key
• 4. Escape
• This is where you have the opportunity to make
  the play. Use your hands by either push/pull,
  rip or swim techniques to get rid of the
  Offensive Lineman. Get that mans hands off of
  you and run to the football
• 5. Pursuit and Finish
• Run to the ball and make a tackle

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Defensive Lineman Reads

• Base
• Reach,
• Double Team
• Down
• Down Kick
• Down Trap
• Inside Pull
• Outside Pull
• Pass

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Base Block

• Block by the man you are aligned on trying to
  drive you out or back

G
T
C
E
N
Defeat the base block by standing up the
Offensive Lineman, protecting your gap and
escaping to the football
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Reach Block

• Block by the man you are aligned on trying to
  get horizontal movement and take away your
  assigned gap

G
T
T
C
G
TE
E
N
T

Defeat the reach block by having a good get off
if you are in a stalemate situation fight the
pressure, slide your feet and get penetration,
inside foot must work upfield, do not go past
three yards of your initial alignment
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Double team Block

• Block by the man you are aligned on and the
  adjacent alignment designed to move you from your
  assigned gap

G
T
C
G
T
TE
E
N
T

Defeat the Double Team block by first defeating
the man you are aligned on. In the N case it is
the Center and the Tackles ex is it is the OT.
When you feel the pressure from the second player
turn your butt towards him, get low and sit on
the stool and work to split the double team.
Never go down, unless you plan on sitting next to
the coach
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Down Block

• When the man you are aligned on blocks down to
  the next defender inside of you

G
T
C
G
T
TE
E
N
T

• Here the OT on the Evil and the Guard on the T
  blocked down. When your man block s down you do
  two things
• Get a piece of him, try to make sure he does not
  get off clean to where he is going (Claw)
• Squeeze down and look for blocker coming (Bend)

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Down Kick

• When the man you are aligned on blocks down to
  the next defender inside of you and the FB comes
  to Kick you out

FB
C
G
T
E
N

• Here the OT on the Evil blocked down. The Evil
  should do two things
• Get a piece of him, try to make sure he does not
  get off clean to where he is going
• Meet that FB on as deep as possible aiming for
  his inside

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Down Trap

• When the man you are aligned on blocks down to
  the next defender inside of you and a Offensive
  lineman comes too Kick you out

C
G
T
G
E
N

• Here the OT on the Evil blocked down. The Evil
  should do two things
• Get a piece of him, try to make sure he does not
  get off clean to where he is going
• Meet that G on as deep as possible aiming for his
  inside

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Down Trap

• When the man you are aligned on blocks down to
  the next defender inside of you and a Offensive
  lineman comes too Kick you out

C
G
T
G
E
T
N

• Here the G on the Tackle blocked down. The T
  should do two things
• Get a piece of tackle, try to make sure he does
  not get off clean to where he is going
• Meet that G on as deep as possible aiming for his
  inside

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Inside Pull

• When the man you are aligned on Pulls across the
  ball

C
G
T
G
E
T
N

• Here the G on the Nose pulled across the ball.
  The N should do two things
• Know you will get blocked back by the C do not
  fly up the field!!!!
• Fight the pressure of the Center and squeeze him
  back to where he came from and play the cutback

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Inside Pull

• When the man you are aligned on Pulls across the
  ball

C
G
T
G
E
T
N

• Here the G on the Tackle pulled across the ball.
  The T should do two things
• Know you will get blocked back by the C do not
  fly up the field!!!!
• Fight the pressure of the Center and squeeze him
  back to where he came from and play the cutback

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Inside Pull

• When the man you are aligned on Pulls across the
  ball

C
G
T
G
E
T
N

• Here the T on the Evil pulled across the ball.
  The E should do two things
• Bend and chase. Follow him!!!
• React to color coming back, against a zone option
  team play your option responsibility

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Outside Pull

• When the man you are aligned on Pulls toward the
  sideline

C
G
T
G
E
T
N

• Here the G on the T pulled across the ball. The T
  should do two things
• Know that you will get blocked back by the OT
• Fight the pressure and squeeze him back into
  where he came from.

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Pass Reads

• When the man you are aligned on pass Blocks

C
G
T
G
E
N
T

• Here the G on the T Set Up in a pass block you
  will see High Hat, When you see High hat Get Up
  the Field
• Attack half the Man and get to his shoulder as
  quick as possible
• Make a move or bull rush, remember the motto my
  head and feet be moving around as my feet be
  gaining ground
• React to Draw and Screen, if you are not be
  blocked it is most likely by design, retrace your
  steps and find the ball carrier

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tud reads

1. Visually read the Offensive Tackle
2. Physically read the TE

TE block down
G
T
TE
C
G

N
T

• Here the TE blocked down on the and the Tackle
  blocked down
• Hands on the TE Fight The Pressure
• See the Tackle Block Down and step into the C gap
• Disengage and penetrate the C Gap

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tud reads
TE Cut off Blocks
T
TE
G
C
G

N
T

• Here the TE cuts off on the and the Tackle
  blocked down
• Hands on the TE Fight The Pressure
• See the Tackles hip disappear bend down protect
  the C gap

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tud reads
Scoop toward
T
TE
G
C
G

N
T

• Here the TE arc release and the Tackle blocked
  out
• Hands on the TE
• See the Tackles hip come toward
• Secure C gap

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tud reads
Double team
G
T
TE
C
G

N
T

• Here the TE arc release and the Tackle blocked
  out
• Hands on the TE, defeat the TE first
• See the Tackles hip come toward
• Show the hip to the Tackle and split the Double
  Team

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tud reads
Fullback Kickout
FB
T
TE
G
C

N
T

• Here the TE arc releases and the Tackle blocked
  down
• Hands on the TE Do not over step and go out
  with him
• See the Tackles hip come go away
• See FB and blast him through the v of the Neck as
  deep as possible

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tud reads
Guard Kickout
FB
T
TE
G
C
G

N
T

• Here the TE blocked down on the and the Tackle
  blocked down
• Hands on the TE Do not over step and go out
  with him
• See the Tackles hip come go away
• Meet G as deep as possible
• blast him through the v of the Neck