Read and React 425 Bundle

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The BASE defense has headup D-Line in 6-4-0-4 techniques.  The two D-Tackles step weak as soon as ball is snapped, so this defense starts off in a 3-4 alignment but becomes a traditional 4-man front as soon as ball is snapped.  

EASILY go from 4-4 to a 4-2-5 to a 3-4 Defense !

Matchup Cover 2, 3, and 4 using pattern reading and robber concepts.  Violent re-routes of the #2 receiver.

HEAD UP ALIGNMENTS

The READ & REACT Multiple Front Defense has a 0-tech NG and a 4-tech DT who slants weak, putting them in the same position as traditional 1 and 3-techniques once the ball is snapped.  The philosophy is that head up defenders create more confusion for the blockers since they can slant into either gap.  The 0-tech alignment makes for an easy transition from 4 man to 3 man front.  The uncovered guards give very clean run/pass reads to the defense.

DIVORCED FRONT and SPLIT FIELD

The “Front 6” consists of four DL and two ILB who align to a run strength.  The “Back 5” align to the multiple receiver side.  This separation of the run and passing strengths is referred to as a “DIVORCED FRONT”, which allows the defense to have multiple looks while remaining simple to learn (multiplicity with simplicity).  Formation recognition is also easy to learn by splitting every formation in half, effectively reducing every offensive formation to 6 alignments.

INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS

Section 4 has “Every Day Drills” (EDDs) that are used in practice to teach the positions and explain every position’s Alignment, Assignment, and Responsibility.  In the defensive line chapter, the STUD and END techniques are not the same as the TACKLE and NOSE techniques.  The Outside Linebackers are actually HYBRID SAFETIES and their techniques are more similar to the defensive backs.

RUN FIT DEFENSE

This defense is a contain and turn it back inside philosophy.  The goal of every run play is to force the running back into a very narrow “alley” in which he will be outnumbered 3 to 1.   The beauty of the Read & React 4-2-5 is that each player’s job remains the same regardless of whether you are in the 3-4 or 4-2 fronts.

Backfield actions are broken into fast flow, split flow, and counter flow.    The 2 inside linebackers play 20 technique and read the uncovered guards which allows clean reads and aggressive reactions.  The defensive line primary job is to “sting” their man and keep the offensive lineman from blocking the linebackers.  They are taught to react, not read, to the five things an OL can do: reach, fire out, escape inside, pull, and pass block.  The secondary provides the force, alley, and contain players as the Falcon (FS) is an aggressive run defender and the corners provide secondary run support.

PASS COVERAGES

            As previously mentioned, the Read & React method of teaching divides the field in half, thereby narrowing the teaching of 4 coverages (man, 2, 3, 4) versus 6 alignments (pro, solo, tight, wing, twins, & trips).  These chapters start with 1 on 1 route defense and progresses to multiple route recognition based on our “+1” rule:  Always have 1 more pass defender than they have receivers.  This section has 4 chapters dedicated to pass defense.

GAME PLANNING and SCOUTING

Section 6 takes you through how Stewart starts scouting his opponent in the spring and takes you up through “Saturday to Friday” game week preparations.  There is detailed explainations on how to use HUDL most efficiently.  Practice organization and how to fit everything into a 75-minute practice Mon – Wed is also detailed.

EDITABLE FILES THAT YOU DOWNLOAD.

Email coach Stewart for game playsheets, wristbands, scouting reports, and player evaluation forms that can be edited with Microsoft Office.  There are also 10 spring practice, 6 summer, and 20 August practice schedules that you can customize to your needs.   All the tackling drills, pursuit drills, and individual position EDDs are in pdf printable form.  There are also powerpoints to show your staff and players.

A Defensive System Can Line Up to Any Formation Without Checking

This allows kids to play fast

Coach Stewart has taken four awful programs (0-24, 0-27, 8-42, and 7-43) to playoffs, including two 12-0 section title teams.

And he has done this without EVER coaching a scholarship player!

The READ & REACT is a stimulu based defense built on muscle memory reactions.

Their are FOUR basic components to any CHAMPIONSHIP defense:

1. Line Up
2. Know Your Assignment
3. Great Pursuit
4. Know How To Tackle When You Get There

The READ & REACT easily transitions from a 4-2-5 to a 3-4 because of it's unique 4-0-4 alignments.

The DIVORCED concept keeps the front 6 independent from the Back 5

That's right...the COVERAGE does not have to be married to any blitzes!!!

The SPLIT FIELD teaching puts every formation into 7 basic boxes, making it super easy for kids to learn:

• How Do I Line Up?
• What Are My Run Fits?
• How Do I Cover Pass?

The right side is completely seperated from the left side, so it makes teaching simple and thinking even simplier.

There is a reason Stewart nicknames it the BRAIN DEAD defense.....

It is so simple, you would have to be brain dead, on life support to not learn this defense.

EASILY go from 4-4 to a 4-2-5 to a 3-4 Defense !

--> Why would you Spill the RB to the sideline or "Funnel" him back into the other defenders?  Do you spiill just because all the college guys do? 

--> Great detail of how D-Line react to every block, followed by Linebacker reads, and then they are tied together.  This ties together Ch 9 & 10 of the Drills Manual.  Iso, Option, Counter, Guard Trap, Jet Sweep, Inside Zone, Outside Zone...every offense is covered.

--> How do Outside Linebackers fit when playing up in Sky Alignment and how do they fit as Quarters Safeties?   How do they defeat all the edge blocks?

DEFEND WING T, DOUBLE WING, AND FLEXBONE

--> Can you defend these out of your base defense or do you make the mistake of putting in a "special" defense that week?  One your players are not used to running?

--> Stewart has ran the Wing T for over 20 years and shows you all the keys and read blitzes you need

RUN FITS vs ZONE & POWER BLOCKING SCHEMES

--> Inside Zone vs odd front (6-4-0-4 tech) and even front (double 2 techniques)

--> Zone Read Option

--> Power, Power Read, Counter, and Dart out of Shotgun

--> How do you defend the Pistol formation with Horn, Midline, Veer, & Jet when there is not strength call since the offense is balanced?

This 14-page pdf is CHAPTER 18 of the READ & REACT 425/34 Combo Front Defensive Playbook

TACKLING PROGRESSION to teach your players how to tackle safely in shorts.

9 Tackling Drills and 4 Turover Drills used in a Tackling Circuit

5 Pursuit Drills to use at end of every practice

At least 5 tackling drills for every position

FUNNEL DRILL -- which is the old Oklahoma Drill with the DBs and WR added

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