3-3-5 Defense Or 3-2-6? Hard To Get A Bead On.
Any football coach who has stayed current with football scheme knows that when it comes to defense, there are few boundaries these days. A good example are the variations of the odd or 30 defenses being played. Is it a 3-3-5 or 3-2-6? Where are they lined up vs different personnel groups and formations? FirstDown PlayBook has studied this a lot these days.
There are purest out there who will argue that the differences in a 3-3 Stack, a 3-3-5 or a 3-2-6 defenses are concrete. I will only say not to the Offensive Coordinator or Offensive Line Coach. A weed by any other name is still a weed if you are pulling it.
It reminds me of when as an offensive coach I sat in on defensive back meetings while at the Chicago Bears. What I learned that all of the specific route combinations we had on offense where condensed into about seven or eight concepts for the defense. This is the same deal.
The Difference In A 3-3-5 Defense And The 3-2-6 Defense Is Negligible
Having said that, FirstDown PlayBook understands that if you are coaching any one of these three defenses you need to be detailed to how you teach it. That’s why we offer help in all of these odd front defenses designed to beat spread offenses.
This 3-2-6 defense is an aggressive approach to defending the spread offense. It’s not written anywhere in the football rule book that you have to sit back and let a spread offense dictate all the shots. Regardless of if it is a zone read, an RPO or passing game read, sometimes you need to dictate the decision.
The FirstDown PlayBook Spread Beaters section is designed to help you do just that. We get you started with a variety of ideas on how to defend the spread offense from different personnel groups and alignments. This 3-2-6 defense and the 3-3 Stack Defensive sections is just two of several in the spread beaters section.
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After that we give you the chalk to draw and edit with the best football playbook tool out there. Here is a sample of what we mean. If you want to take a free look at it just click on the defensive play diagram below! You have to be careful but you can use this with your youth football defense too.
3-2-6 Defense Assignments
Call Side End:
Alignment: 4 Technique.
Key: Guard.
Run: If Guard Blocks You, Cross His Face. If Guard Blocks Nose, Come Off His Butt.
Pass: B Gap.
Away Side End:
Alignment: 4 Technique.
Key: Guard.
Run: If Guard Blocks You, Cross His Face. If Guard Blocks Nose, Come Off His Butt.
Pass: B Gap.
Nose:
Alignment: 0 Technique.
Key: Center.
Run: 2 Gap The Center.
Pass: 2 Way Go Pass Rush Vs The Center.
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To get the complete 3-2-6 defense coaching points & player assignments click on the defense below…
