The Base 8-Man Front Defense

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Price: $40.00

Author: Paul Rhoads (University of Pittsburgh)
Length: 63 minutes
Published: 2006
Format: DVD

Product Code: 827008140497

Description

The Base 8-Man Front Defense reviews the philosophy of the base 8-man front defense and explains why this particular defensive scheme is appropriate for coaches who want to stop the run and shut down the four verticals passing game. Featuring a defensive scheme that is designed to work in all down-and-distance situations, the DVD details the basic alignments and assignments of the personnel involved in this defense.

Among the topics covered:

Base defense—beliefs and convictions
Base defense—alignments and assignments
Teaching and installing the defense
Position group keys
Defending the twin offensive set
Defending the 1-back offensive set
Defending the 3-by-1 offensive set
Defending the pro I formation

Biography

Paul Rhoads is the defensive coordinator and secondary coach at the University of Pittsburgh, a position he assumed in 2000. Since his arrival in Pittsburgh, Rhoads has molded the Panthers into one of the nation’s top defensive units. Rhoads joined the Panthers after serving the previous five seasons (1995-’99) at Iowa State, where he was the secondary coach for his last four years after coaching the inside linebackers in 1995. Prior to that, Rhoads spent three years at Pacific (1992-’94) as the Tigers’ defensive backs coach. Before that, he served as a graduate assistant at both Ohio State (1991) and Utah State (1989-’90). A 1989 graduate of Missouri Western, where he was a three-year letterwinner as a defensive back, Rhoads is widely respected as one of the top young coaches in the game.