Football Defense Coaching Videos, DVDs & Playbooks

44G Base-Pressure Package

Fritz Rauch

Fritz Rauch's 44G pressure defense at Homestead High School in Mequon, Wisconsin was built with help from the Virginia Tech pressure scheme run under Bud Foster. In this 4-4 defense coaching video…

$19.95

Man Pressures of the 4-2-5

Tim Place

Tim Place finishes his five-part 4-2-5 series with the man pressure packages that made Urbana University's defense one of the NAIA's national leaders in sacks and rushing defense. Coach Place details…

$19.95

First Level Movements and Zone Pressures

Tim Place

Tim Place shows how Urbana University creates confusion and pressure by moving first-level players around the defensive line and layering zone and man pressures on top of the 4-2-5. The Blue Knights…

$19.95

Coverages of the 4-2-5

Tim Place

Tim Place explains the zone coverages that let Urbana University defend the pass out of variations of the 8-man front. Part 3 of his five-part 4-2-5 series details the Blue Knights' Black, Robber, 1…

$19.95

Variations of the 4-2-5

Tim Place

Tim Place adds the Stack and the Bear to the base 4-2-5 defense in Part 2 of his five-part series. Both are 8-man front configurations that force the offense to prepare for multiple looks and three…

$19.95

The Base 4-2-5 Defense

Tim Place

Tim Place installed the 4-2-5 defense at Urbana University and built a dominant NAIA defense with it, and this coaching video is his basic introduction to the scheme. Coach Place covers the…

$19.95

Linebacker Pressures

Jo Nixon

Jo Nixon closes his 3-4 attacking defense series with linebacker pressures: how Langston University blitzes four players at once from various depths, disguises who is coming and who is dropping, and…

$19.95

Vs.The 2-Back Offense and Spread

Jo Nixon

Jo Nixon takes the 3-4 attacking defense into game planning in Part 2 of his three-part series, showing how Langston University defends both the 2-back offense and the spread. The theme is dictating…

$19.95

Personnel and Philosophy

Jo Nixon

Jo Nixon is a proponent of the 3-4 attacking defense, and in this coaching video the Langston University defensive coordinator explains its concepts and strategy from the ground up. He goes position…

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Stack Alignments and Adjustments

Jim Girard

Defensive Coordinator Jim Girard of Wayland High School in Massachusetts explains the alignments and adjustments that make the 30 Stack defense multiple. One of the front's biggest advantages is that…

$19.95

30 Stack vs. the Wing-T

Jim Girard

Coach Jim Girard of Wayland High School in Massachusetts takes the 30 Stack defense against the Wing-T offense, focusing on the three plays that decide the game: the trap, the buck sweep and the…

$19.95

30 Stack Pressures

Jim Girard

Pressure is the trademark of Jim Girard's 30 Stack defense at Wayland High School in Massachusetts, and this session is the blitz install. Coach Girard shows how pressure can come from anywhere on…

$19.95

Defending The Edge With The 30 Stack Defense

Jim Girard

Coach Jim Girard of Wayland High School in Massachusetts takes the 30 Stack defense to the perimeter, showing how a speed-based front handles outside running plays: the toss, the quick pitch and the…

$19.95

Defending The Inside Run With the 30 Stack

Jim Girard

Defensive Coordinator Jim Girard installed the 30 Stack defense at Wayland High School in Massachusetts because his team lacked size but had speed to use, and the unit went from one of the worst in…

$19.95

Building Better Linemen (7 pages, PDF)

Building Better Linemen is a Gridiron Strategies Special Coaching Report by Kirk Duncan, Defensive Coordinator, Kicking Coach and Defensive Line Coach at Carroll High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana.…

$7.95

Developing Championship Defensive Backs (15 pages, PDF)

Developing Championship Defensive Backs is the digitised edition of the printed Gridiron Strategies Special Coaching Report of the same name — 15 pages on building a secondary that can hold up…

$9.95

Defending The Red Zone (7 pages, PDF)

Defending The Red Zone is a Gridiron Strategies Special Coaching Report subtitled "Theories, Concepts To Keep Opponents From Scoring," written by Robert Kitchen , defensive coordinator at St. Francis…

$7.95

Better Blitzing: Proven Pass Rushes That Work

Turn the heat up on opposing offenses with this 16-page report that’s full of detailed schemes, stunts and rush packages to bolster the intensity and aggressiveness of your defense. The finest…

$9.95

Defensive Plans: Scouting, Defensive Philosophy and the Game Week (7 pages, PDF)

Defensive Plans is Gridiron Strategies Special Coaching Report #2, digitised as a 7-page PDF with a searchable text layer. It collects three articles by Hank Schrader, defensive coordinator at…

$7.95

3-3-5: Complementary Coverages

Ron Roberts

Delta State finished first in the country among Division II programs in pass efficiency defense, and head coach Ron Roberts shows how the coverages behind his 3-3-5 got it there. The session is about…

$19.95

3-3-5: Attacking The Quarterback

Ron Roberts

Delta State head coach Ron Roberts builds a quarterback-attacking plan for coaches at every level, and he starts where he says every pressure package has to start: understanding pass protections.…

$19.95

3-3-5: Defending the Shotgun

Ron Roberts

Delta State head coach Ron Roberts turns his 3-3-5 defense loose on shotgun option football, working through the Shotgun Zone Option, the Veer Option and the Midline Option. He analyzes the one-back…

$19.95

3-3-5: Defending the 2-Back Running Game

Ron Roberts

Delta State head coach Ron Roberts opens his four-part series on the 3-3-5 eight man front - the defense he calls "Sharks In The Water" - with what it takes to stop the 2-back running game. His…

$19.95

The 3-4 Stack Defense: Secondary Package

John McCall

John McCall once coordinated a state championship defense that intercepted 32 passes in a single season, and this video is where that takeaway machine gets explained. Coach McCall details the…

$19.95