1. UW-Platteville Football 3-4 Fronts & Alignments Tom Watts

2. 3-4 Fronts & Alignments Why the 3-4 Alignments Base Fronts Base Coverages Formation & Front Adjustments

3. Why the 3-4 Defense? Play your best players, put athletes on the field Simple scheme but multiple looks Create confusion through movement / disguise (slant, stem, roll coverage) Pressure the Offense Unfamiliarity with the scheme can lead to Offensive confusion

4. AACC B B Alignments 20 ShadeShade 43 5 67 8 91 2 43 5 67 8 91 ShadeShade

5. Positions in the 3-4 Three D-Linemen – End (E), Nose (N) and Tackle (T) Four Linebackers – Sam (S), Fox (F), Monster (M) and Will (W) Four Defensive Backs – Corner (C), Strong Safety (SS), Free Safety (FS) and Half (H)

6. Defensive Huddle Organization TN E W F S M C H FSSS

7. Base Fronts Field Indy Okie Stack

8. Field Front

9. Field Front Strength Call: LOUIE Field T W M SE N F PositionAlignmentRun RulesPass Rules NOSEShade to FieldTo: A Gap Away: Cutback Gap Rush E6 to FieldTo: C Gap Away: Seal & Chase Contain Rush T3 to BoundaryTo: B Gap Away: Cutback Gap Rush

10. Field Front Strength Call: LOUIE Field T W M SE N F PositionAlignmentRun RulesPass Rules SAM9 to FieldTo: D Gap Away: Shuffle Coverage FOX30 to FieldTo: B Gap Away: A Gap Coverage MONSTER20 to BoundaryTo : A Gap Away: Shuffle Coverage WILL8 to BoundaryTo: C Gap Away: Seal & Chase Contain Rush

11. Field Front

12. Okie Front

13. Okie Front Strength Call: LOUIE Field T W M SE N F PositionAlignmentRun RulesPass Rules NOSE0To: A Gap Away: Cutback Gap Rush E4 to FieldTo: B Gap Away: Cutback Contain Rush T4 to BoundaryTo: B Gap Away: Cutback Gap Rush

14. Okie Front Strength Call: LOUIE Field T W M SE N F PositionAlignmentRun RulesPass Rules SAM8 to FieldTo: D Gap Away: Cutback Coverage FOX20 to FieldTo: Bounce Away: Shuffle Coverage MONSTER20 to BoundaryTo : Bounce Away: Shuffle Coverage WILL8 to BoundaryTo: C Gap Away: Seal & Chase Contain Rush

15. Okie Front

16. Indy Front

17. Indy Front Strength Call: LOUIE Field T W M SE N F PositionAlignmentRun RulesPass Rules NOSE0To: A Gap Away: Cutback Gap Rush E6 to FieldTo: C Gap Away: Seal & Chase Contain Rush T6 to BoundaryTo: C Gap Away: Cutback Gap Rush

18. Indy Front Strength Call: LOUIE Field T W M SE N F PositionAlignmentRun RulesPass Rules SAM9 to FieldTo: D Gap Away: Cutback Coverage FOX30 to FieldTo: B Gap Away: Shuffle Coverage MONSTER30 to BoundaryTo : B Gap Away: Shuffle Coverage WILL9 to BoundaryTo: D Gap Away: Seal & Chase Contain Rush

19. Indy Front

20. Stack Front

21. Stack Front Strength Call: LOUIE Field T W M SE N F PositionAlignmentRun RulesPass Rules NOSE0To: A Gap Away: Cutback Gap Rush E5 to FieldTo: C Gap Away: Seal & Chase Contain Rush T5 to BoundaryTo: B Gap Away: Cutback Gap Rush

22. Stack Front Strength Call: LOUIE Field T W M SE N F PositionAlignmentRun RulesPass Rules SAM8 to FieldTo: D Gap Away: Cutback Coverage FOX20 to FieldTo: B Gap Away: Shuffle Coverage MONSTER20 to BoundaryTo : A Gap Away: Shuffle Coverage WILL8 to BoundaryTo: D Gap Away: Seal & Chase Contain Rush

23. Stack Front

24. Cover 2 Concept – Cover 2, Quarters Cover 3 Concept – Roll Coverages, Cloud Cover 0 – Man to Man Fire Zone – Cover 3 or Cover 2 Concept Coverages

25. Basic Alignment

26. Basic Alignment F M S T N E W SS C FS H Field Cover 2

27. Basic Alignment F M S T N E W SS C FS H Field Cover 5

28. Basic Alignment F M S T N E W SS C FS H Field Cover 7

29. Basic Alignment F M S T N E W SS C FS H Field Cover 4

30. Formation and Front Adjustments Adjustments to formations: – Backers and DBs adjust Front adjustments: – DL and Backers adjust – DL Tilt is off when there is a TE – DL&LB even coverages: play gap aligned in; odd coverages: gap assignment depends on coverage

31. FM S T N E W SS C FS H Field Cover 7 vs. 3 X 1 “Slide” call

32. Fire Zones – Any combination of 5 rushers Blitzes – Any combination of 6 or more rushers Goalline package 3-4 Pressure Package

33. Camp Information 7 on 7 Team Passing Camp (Grades 9-12) – June 16, 2007 Kicker & Punter Camp (Grades 7-12) – June 20-21, 2007 QB & WR Academy (Grades 7-12) – June 23, 2007 OL &DL Academy (Grades 7-12) – June 23, 2007 All-Position Passing Camp (Grades 9-12) – July 24 & 25, 2007 (Commuter or Over night)

34. University of Wisconsin- Platteville Tom Watts Assistant Football Coach Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs wattst@uwplatt.edu 608-342-1472 Please send an email to request any information regarding this presentation.