Roger VanDeZande - Coaching the Eagle Defense

Coaching the Eagle Defense, by Coach Roger VanDeZande provides an overview of the key factors involved in this pressure defensive scheme.

Coach VanDeZande details the whys and hows of the defense, as well as outlines the position-specific skills required to execute the scheme.

Coach VanDeZande also discusses the pass coverage principles underlying the scheme and points out the secondary adjustments utilized in the defense.

Among the topics covered:

• Personnel selection
• Fundamental skills by position
• Rules of alignment
• Nine top offensive formations
• Fronts: moving the chess pieces
• Aligned properly: now what?
• Top pass coverages
• Stunts/blitz
• Timing/disguising
• Secondary adjustments
• Video cut-ups