Defense

Keeping Your Defense Adaptable and Unpredictable

Eric Kasperowicz, Branden Jakubcin, and John Rice share advice for how to handle the what-if scenarios and make plans slightly ahead of your schedule that will pay off in late-season, must-win situations.

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Evaluating Defensive Performance and Making Adjustments

Eric Kasperowicz, Shane Dierking, and Ty Gower give us their approaches to adjustments to their defensive units. These mid-season evaluations are crucial to remaining on the right track or getting back on the right track when necessary.

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Continuous Improvement on Tackling During the Season

Our tackling expert Vince DiGaetano focuses on improving tackling in the early season and offers suggestions to help improve this important fundamental.

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Early Season Game Planning Tips

Mike Judy, Dan Carrel, and Dante Bartee share insights into early season game planning. While their focus is more on the defensive side of the ball, their approach works in any phase of the game.

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Game Planning the Run Game – Chris Lorenti, Linebackers Coach, University of Rhode Island

In this Lauren’s First and Goal segment, Chris Lorenti gives an overview of Rhode Island’s game-planning process and the important questions they ask themselves when defending the run game.

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Accelerate Everything – Dante Bartee, Analyst, University of Oregon

In this “Accelerate Everything” episode, Dante Bartee discusses undressing a defense, why the B gap is the fulcrum, third down strategy, and must-have formations and concepts.

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Organized Chaos: A Philosophy and Strategy for 3rd Down – Ola Adams, Defensive Analyst and Coordinator of Analytics, Penn State

In this segment from Lauren’s First and Goal, Ola Adams gives his approach to this critical down, sharing insight both on what he likes to do as well as highlighting what offenses like to do in each third down category.

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Creating a Top Defense – Mike Fox, Defensive Coordinator, SUNY Brockport

In this episode from our archives, Mike Fox shares his coaching tips for stopping the run, creating turnovers, and performing well in the red zone.

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The Art of Creating Turnovers – Scott Shafer, Defensive Coordinator, MTSU

In this segment from Lauren’s First and Goal, Scott Shafer shares his culture of success, as well as techniques and drills that turn athletes into turnover-producing machines.

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Components of Making the Right Call – Ron Roberts, Defensive Coordinator, Auburn University

In this episode, from the 2nd Annual Lauren’s First and Goal Clinic, Ron Roberts, now the defensive coordinator at Auburn, talks about multiple defenses and the different pressures they utilize. He shares the three things required to play great defense, the analytics of scoring, how to deal with difficult formations, and more.

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