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Run Fit Clinic
Run Fit Clinic
Run Fit Clinic
Stack
RUN
FITS
Why the Stack Defense?
Opportunity to commit maximum 1. STOP THE RUN
numbers to stopping the run
2. CONTROL THE PASS
while being flexible on the back
end. 3. TURNOVERS
◦It’s a great fit for the kids we have. We have a
4. HAVE FUN
lot
I like to have a true Mike LB in the run
of OLB type kids and lean / athletic DEs.
game. Vertical combos not as tough on DL.
KEEPS THINGS SIMPLE
◦VARIETY OF LOOKS WITH MINIMAL
TEACHING
◦CONFUSE OFFENSE WITH EASY MOVEMENT
◦ANTICIPATE HOW OFFENSES WILL ATTACK
YOU
Position Notes
Defensive Ends – Leaner more athletic kids, more LB bodytypes than true anchor
point DL (6’3, 230** & 6’5, 220)
N – Quick hands and feet, doesn’t have to be huge. Has to know how to
hold blocks and play their assignment. (5’7, 225)
M/S – ILB of our defense. Great if they can run but have to be great
communicators (6’0, 195 & 6’2, 205)
$/W – Our OLBs, walked down safety type kids. Can cover Man and fit ISO
(5’9, 165 & 5’11, 195)
DBs – 4-2-5 structure and personnel. CB = EYS, Bandit is our DUDE in the
secondary
Our Roots
Based out of the tite / mint front (4i 0 4i, 4 0 4)
Liked the angles an odd front gave us and the
flexibility on the backend to match formations.
Didn’t feel like we had the DL to play B gap in
base, down in and down out.
4i N 4i
Outmatched in the box by pure size and S M W
$
numbers. QB run game hurt. C C
2. Surf – stay square and squeeze, cut to keep player – allows for fast flow LBs
3. Dyno – blow up the mesh, still responsible for dive/inside threat
Gap Spacing
Vs. 1 back offensive formations, we are single gap spaced. Although we don’t teach fits in
terms of “GAPs”, we use “GAP” terminology to teach alignment and gap spacing with our
kids. Our 6 box players are going to take the A-C Gap on each side.
1 Back Alignment
DL – 5 0 5, S/W – “50” backers, M – 0
stacked M
We will do everything we can to keep the 6
man box attached and unchanged.
Our adjusters are our $ LB and our DBs. We 5 N 5
will adjust our W LB if needed but the $
basic structure stays intact. C S M W C
We feel like putting 6 in the box on defense vs
1 RB formations discourages the run game. FS
B
Either read (what we want) or QB run game.
TE Alignment
Against an odd front, people put a TE in the $ 5 N 5
game. We have played a TE mainly 2 ways. 9 5
0 5 and 6 4 0 5. C S M W C
FS
B
Run Fit Leverage
4i N 4i
Our run fits are based off of the 3-4 run fits W
that our kids were used to before we ran the C $ S M C
stack.
B
RED – FORCE / Contain Players FS
5 N 5
C $ S M W C
FS B
DL READS / FITS
DEFENSIVE ENDS
ATTACK THE OT, GET HANDS ON AND SQUEEZE
IS FIRST THOUGHT
BLOCK OUT / BASE / REACH – SQUEEZE B GAP,
MAINTAIN LEVERAGE
DOWN/ZONE AWAY – SQUEEZE AND
CHASE/SPILL
PULL – CHASE / SPILL
PULL & BLOCK BACK – CROSS OG
FACE
DL READS / FITS
NOSE GUARD – LAG / HALF GAP BACK
O O
ATTACK THE C, GET HANDS ON AND READ
“OFF GUARD”
ZONE – PLAY HALF GAP BACK
OG PULL – PULL WITH HIM
OG DOWN – GET SKINNY INTO DOUBLE
TEAM O O
ZONE
MIDLINE
ZON
E
N – ZONE, PLAY ½ GAP BACK
M – BUILD A WALL = BITE THE BALL
OT OG OG C OG OG OT
E S N N M W E
Coaching Staff
Mike Allison – HC – AllisonM@pearlandisd.org - @DawsonEagleFB
Jordan Rose – CB – rosej@pearlandisd.org - @CoachRose_
Jared Cox – SAF – coxj@pearlandisd.org
Mike Garcia – DL – garciami@pearlandisd.org – @CoachGarcia51
Kendall Ehrlich – OLB – ehrlichk@pearlandisd.org
Darrell Jimerson – Fresh DBs – jimersond@pearlandisd.org – CoachJimbo92
Jason LeDeaux – Fresh LBs – ledeauxj@pearlandisd.org - @CoachLeDeaux
Trae Grimes – DB/ILB – grimesr@pearlandisd.org - @CoachTGr