Installing a Middle School Defense

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[@jdh_25]

Great video, thanks for the insight! Appreciate all you do!

[@CoachMac]

Thank You

[@LombardiXL]

Thank you coach. I think making a series of videos would help focus more on one specific area, allowing people to move to the next progression at their pace. I think this would make it more simple for kids to install.

[@CoachMac]

Yes sir, thank you

[@free55]

Recently found your content, sir. Really excellent stuff to listen to going in to my 7th year coaching 8th graders. We run a field defense out of a single-high 4-2-5, and I have 2 check calls to the boundary, which apply to our field-side as well. Then there are 3 field-side exclusive calls in our pattern-match Read 2/Tampa invert or Robber 5 coverage. I install 3 stunts, 2 blitzes, + man and drop-zone coverage within the first week. I'll add wrinkles in progressively throughout the season to where the kids are now running the pattern-match concepts due to our repetition. Especially when our OC runs the Air Raid concept and adds his wrinkles progressively. I'm excited for this season, and grateful for your content 🙏 you helped me to solve a problem I keep running into: play fundamentals first!

[@CoachMac]

Nice!!! Thank You

[@mjciavola]

You don't see anything about middle school basics on KZbin. This was very interesting and informative.

[@CoachMac]

Just an overview, need to get more specific. Tough in a 20 minute video

[@keithcampbell5534]

Absolutely incredible advice!! Loved this video.

[@CoachMac]

Thank You!!

[@gregwitmer9217]

Very informative video. Thank you coach.

[@CoachMac]

Glad it was helpful!

[@joshuastorey2017]

Coach I needed this video last season!!!

[@CoachMac]

My bad Coach, i am sorry!!!

[@SoSmv]

Great video coach. Would you be open to doing one about offense?

[@CoachMac]

I can try

[@jimb2946]

Great stuff coach. I would love to see some more content on each defensive position group and coaching the defensive fronts/coverages

[@CoachMac]

I will see what i can do

[@wheelsoffpodcast]

This is what i did every year i was a middle school coach and what I relayed to my coaches as a middle school AD

[@CoachMac]

Absolutely love it

[@nicholasthrasher1620]

Any drawbacks to running a 3-3 stack at this level?

[@CoachMac]

No, certainly possible

[@waymanscott9252]

Can you breakdown what type of player each linebacker and Defensive back a kid needs to be at the specific positions of this defense please?

[@CoachMac]

I can try yes

[@laronnjones591]

Coach would you recommend this method for JV as well, or have you seen that most of your JV squads can handle pattern matching?

[@CoachMac]

Done it both ways, if they can potentially help Varsity at some point that season they need a basic understanding of Varsity schemes. But i have had seasons getting better results with spot drops and man stuff only

[@laronnjones591]

@@CoachMac Thanks. Appreciate that!