John Thompson - Teaching a Multiple-Front Defense

Teaching a Multiple-Front Defense, explains how teams can incorporate a wide range of fronts into their defense.

Whether the defense involves an odd or even front, over or under, or 3/4/5 man, Coach Thompson explains how coaches can integrate the various fronts into their team's base package and then effectively teach the package to their players.

Coach Thompson features a simple progression for teaching a multi-front defense and details methods for implementing such an approach, regardless of what defensive system a team employs.

Among the topics covered:

• Reasons for the multiple-front defense
• Aligning the defense
• 3-4 defense
• Base looks for the Okie defense
• Bite and whip change-ups
• Base 4-3 package
• Eight base looks from the 4-3
• 4-3 half-fronts
• 3-3 stack
• Code names