Simple Defensive Answers vs Modern Spread & Tempo Offenses

About this episode

The episode discusses defensive strategies against modern spread offenses, focusing on adaptable rules and simplifying scouting reports.

On an Easter Sunday episode of The Coaching 101 Podcast, hosts Daniel Chamberlain and Kenny Simpson discuss simple defensive answers to modern spread offenses, focusing on defending space and tempo with rules-based systems. They emphasize having a defensive “home” with adaptable rules, simplifying scouting reports to key players and a few core calls, empowering select defenders to make limited checks, and using defensive timeouts when alignments are dangerous. To reduce mental busts, they st...

People in this episode

Hosts: Daniel Chamberlain, Kenny Simpson

Topics covered

• defensive strategies
• spread offenses
• football coaching
• defensive alignment
• tempo offenses

Keywords

• defensive answers
• modern spread offenses
• football
• defensive rules
• scouting reports
• defensive timeouts
• mental busts

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