Fusing Bracket Coverage & Pressure Concepts in the 3-3 Defense

JOHN RICE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR CANYON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL MORENO VALLEY, CA (951) 537-9902 zacoach102@aol.com

Pressure Component

Pressure concepts carry over from base package to eliminate new teaching We are sending 4, 5, or 6

Coverage Components

Bracket Man coverage Dime Assignment

Bracket Component
Begin teaching in Spring, carry on through Summer Utilize extensively in 7 on 7 during summer May play up/back or under/over Must practice checks vs. motion from day 1

Bracket Technique (in and out)

Z Z

Free Safety maintains inside leverage on all routes on the outside of passing tree

Corner maintains outside leverage on All routes on the outside of passing tree

Bracket Technique (in and out)

Z

7-8 yds deep

Free Safety maintains inside leverage on all routes on the outside of passing tree

Corner maintains outside leverage on All routes on the outside of passing tree

Dime ($) Assignment Component

Taught during summer Work on it during 7 on 7 during the summer 4 techniques, 1 for each assignment
Hole (Low Hole) Robber (High Hole) Deep Middle (Free) Deep Half (Deep) Off Man (covering for blitzing Spur)

Man Coverage Component

May assign press man technique or off man technique Concept is a carry over from base package, eliminating new teaching Inside press technique (inside/outside bracket) and trail man technique (under/over technique) is taught

Bracket-Pressure Schemes
1 bracket Duo Dime Lock Vise (Spur or Bandit) Numbers

From Base Package

1 bracket package (Free safety & pass defender on one receiver) Duo package

1 Bracket Package (from Base)

Free Safety is in bracket coverage with a defender and a pre-determined receiver. Example- if double coverage is desired on #89, then the huddle call would be: (blitz) 1 bracket #89) Of 3 stacked Linebackers, two will blitz; the remaining backer will play a low hole technique

1 bracket

Linebacker play in 1 bracket

1 Bracket Formation/Motion Checks

Formation/Motion: Check:

Trips/Motion to Trips Empty/Motion to Empty

Play it Ram or Lion man on #3, Tiger or Ox

Bracketed Player in Play it with in-out the backfield alignment adjustment

Duo Package

S C

E N

N M F

E $

B C

Corners Spur Nickel Mike Dime Bandit Free Safety

Man on #1; keep inside leverage Bracket #2; outside leverage Bracket #2; inside leverage Pressure Bracket #2; inside leverage Bracket #2; inside leverage Pressure

Duo Package

Best when back is in protection or not a significant threat to release into the pass pattern Effective vs. Big on Big (man) protection

Duo Pressure
E N M F Tags: Right Left Field Boundary E E N M F Indiana Left

Indiana Right

N M F

N M

Ohio Left

Ohio Right

Dime Lock

Dime Lock Package

More effective if back is left in protection Has built in remedies if back releases If back is frequently releases into pass pattern, we will go to hang package.

Dime Lock Switch

Dime Lock vs. Various Sets

S E C L N M E S E C L N M E C B C

FS

$
Q

FS

S C $

E L

N M

E C C

E L $

N M

B
C

FS

FS

Dimes Assignments in Dime Lock Hole

E S L C

N M

Hole
$ F

Dimes Assignments in Dime Lock Free

E S L C

N M

Free/Deep Middle

Play: Post, Verticals by #2s

Dimes Assignments in Dime Lock Deep Half

E S L C

N M

Deep Half

Play: Stop-n-go, Smash-Corner, Verticals

Dimes Assignments in Dime Lock Robber

E S L C

N M

High Hole/Robber Play: Dig route, mid-level crosses

Dimes Assignments in Dime Lock Adjuster for Blitz

E S L C $

N M

C F

Dime Lock Tiger (Swap) Hole

E S L C

Hole
$ F

Dime Lock Tiger (Swap) 1 Free

E S L C

M
C

$ $

Free/Deep Middle

Play: Post, Verticals by #2s

Dime Lock Tiger (Swap) Deep

E S L C

M
C

$ $

Deep Half

Play: Stop-n-go, Smash-Corner, Verticals

Dime Lock Tiger (Swap) Robber

E S L C

M
C

High Hole/Robber Play: Dig route, mid-level crosses

Dime Lock Tiger (Swap) Spur

E S L C

M
C

Dime Lock Ox (Swap)

Hole, Free, Deep, Robber, or Spur

E S L C

M
C

Dime Lock Cross Plug

Hole, Free, Deep, Robber, or Spur

E S L C

M
C

Dime Lock Spur Cross Plug

Hole, Free, Deep, Robber, or Spur

E S L C

M
C

Dime Lock Red Hole

E S L C

N M

Hole
$ F

Dime Lock Anchor

Free, Deep, Robber, or Spur

E S L C

N M

Low Hole

Dime Lock Anchor Robber

E S L C

N M

Low Hole High Hole/Robber Coaching Points: Use vs. Multi-leveled crossing routes

Dime Lock Torpedo

Hole, Free, Deep, Robber, or Spur

E S L C

N M

Low Hole

Dime Lock Torpedo Robber

E S L C

N M

Low Hole High Hole/Robber Coaching Points: Use vs. Multi-leveled crossing routes

Dime Lock Cross Plug

Hole, Free, Deep, Robber, or Spur

E S L C

M
F C

Dime Lock Zoo

Hole, Free, Deep, Robber, or Spur

F
C R E M N

B
C L E S

Motion vs. Dime Lock

Dime Vise

Dime Vise Anchor

E S L C $

N M

Low Hole

Dime Vise Torpedo

E S L C $

N M

Low Hole

Dime Vise Tiger (Swap)

E S L C $

M
F C

Dime Vise Ox (Swap)

E S L C $

M
F C

Dime Vise Red :

E S L C $

N M

Coaching Point: Very High Risk

Dime Vise Cross Plug

E S L C $

M
F C

Motion vs. Dime Vise

Possible Checks

Formation Check #1 Check #2 Check #3 or Motion

Trips Empty (3x2) Cover 4 Deep Cover 4 Deep Cover 4 Deep
Bracket # 1 Play it; LB to vacated to Trips side man on #3
Bracket off to Trips side; FS or $ man on #3
Bracket # 1 to vacated side; Spur/Bandit go over on #3: FS or

Play it; LB to Trips man on #3

Quads

$ man on #4 to quads

Q-What if a team starts sending the back into the pass route?
Answer-Although it is NOT part of the bracket/pressure package,the Hang strategy is an answer to this offensive strategy.

Dime Hang

Hang Package
Utilized exclusively to defend offensive strategy of releasing back into pass routes Is a combination coverage
Man coverage with no safety help Spur and Bandit are flat defenders

Numbers package

Numbers Package with Pressure

When double-bracket coverage with pressure is desirable as part of a package May play single bracket with pressure if desired When a team places their best receiver at various positions in the offensive formation

Dime Numbers 11 Anchor

E S L C $

N M

Low Hole

Dime Numbers 12 Anchor

E S L C $

N M

Low Hole

Dime Numbers 11Torpedo

E S L C $

N M

Low Hole

Dime Numbers 12 Torpedo

E S L C $

N M

Low Hole

Numbers 11 Tiger (Swap)

E S L C $

M
F C

Numbers 12 Tiger (Swap)

E S L C $

M
F C

Numbers 11 Ox (Swap)

E S L C $

M
F C

Numbers 12 Ox (Swap)

E S L C $

M
F C

Dime Numbers 11 Red

E S L C $

N M

Coaching Point: Very High Risk

Dime Numbers 12 Red

E S L C $

N M

Coaching Point: Very High Risk

Dime Numbers 11 Cross Plug

E S L C $

M
F C

3-3 Coaching Resources

A partial list of coaches who either run the 3-3 now or have experience running it Joe Lee Dunn, Def. Coor. U of Memphis Contact: : 901-678-2341 Charlie Strong, Asst Head Coach, Florida Contact: 352-375-4683 x4100 Todd Graham, Head Coach, Rice University Contact: 713 348-6900 Bronco Mendenhall, Head Coach, BYU Contact: 801-422-2916 Dean Campbell, DB Coach, Air Force Contact: Dean.Campbell.ctr@usafa.af.mil Rocky Long, Head Coach, New Mexico Contact: 505-925-5700 Vic Shealy, Defensive Coordinator, UNLV Contact: vic.shealy@unlv.edu Jeff Casteel, Defensive Coordinator, WVU Contact: (304) 293-5621 Dave Doeren, Defensive Coordinator, Kansas Contact: ddoeren@ku.edu Taylor Burks, Def. Coor, Georgia Military Contact: (478) 445-2690 Richard Bell, Def.Coor., Air Force Academy Contact: Richard.Bell.ctr@usafa.af.mil Brad Lambert, Linebacker Coach, Wake Forest Contact: lamberbl@wfu.edu Ron Roberts, Def. Coor., Delta State U (MS) Contact: rroberts@deltastate.edu Paul Golla, Head Coach, Bakersfield HS, Bakersfield, CA Contact (661) 324-9841 John Rice, Def Coor.,Canyon Springs HS, Moreno Valley CA Contact: zacoach102@aol.com Jerry Campbell, HC, Victoria Memorial HS, Victoria, Texas jerry.campbell@visd.com. George Contreras, Def Coor, Rio Mesa HS, Oxnard, CA gcontre@ouhsd.k12.ca.us

3-3 Media Resources

DVD by Jeff Casteel, WVU

http://www.championshipp

DVDs by Vic Shealy, formerly of Air Force Academy

http://www.championshipproductions.com/

roductions.com

Video by Buck Roggeman (Pacific Grove High School (CA) coacheschoice.com

Series of eight videos By Georgia Military staff http://www.championship productions.com/

All seven John Rice 3-3 defense video programs on one DVD. Includes 3-3 Defense: Understanding the Basics, 3-3 Defense: Applying Pressure, 3-3 Defense vs. The I formation, 3-3 Defense vs. Spread Formations, 3-3 Defense vs. Empty Formation 3-3 Defense vs. Two-tight End Formations, and 3-3 Defense vs. Defending Special Formations and Plays. Also available individually on VHS

30-Stack videos by Todd Graham, Head Coach, Rice University (formerly of Tulsa). Call (918) 5957945 ASK FOR PENNY GRAHAM.

www.coacheschoice.com

Websites books, & articles about or with content dealing with the 3-3 defense

Manual by Jerry Campbell http://www.jcfb.com/

Coaching Nickel & Dime Defenses Defending the Spread Offense *Both have sections on the 3-3 defense Books by John Rice http://www.coacheschoice.com

Coaching Footballs 3-3-5 Defense By Leo Hand and Rick Molina 101 3-5 Stunts By Leo Hand http://www.coacheschoice.com 30 Stack Forum (Coach Jerry Campbell Website) www.jcfb.com
MULTIPLE 3-3-5 DEFENSE ...HARDING UNIVERSITY STYLE By Ronnie Huckeba, Defensive Coordinator/Defensive line, Harding University

Articles online: Georgia Military Colleges Devastating 3-5 Defense By Bert Williams, Head Football Coach
http://www.americanfootballmonthly.com/Arena/NS_Magazine/Current/GMC.html SHARKS IN THE WATER COACHING LINEBACKERS TO ATTACK IN THE 3-3 DEFENSE By Ron Roberts http://americanfootballmonthly.com/Subaccess/Magazine/2005/mar/delta.html

Command of the Line Georgia Military Colleges Applications of the 3-5-3 Defense By Taylor Burks Defensive Coordinator, Georgia Military College http://americanfootballmonthly.com

http://americanfootballmonthly.com/Subacces s/Magazine/2004/feb/multiple_335_defense.ht ml

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Contact Info: JOHN RICE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR CANYON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL MORENO VALLEY, CA (951) 537-9902 zacoach102@aol.com