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The 3-5-3 Defense uses a lot movement making it perfect for disguising your defense point of attack. Movement after the snap from the 3 down linemen and prior to the snap, movement from the linebackers and safeties. We will start with the basics of the 3-5-3, the Base Front using 3 down linemen. Two ends and nose guard are the down linemen, the nose guard lining up directly over center and the ends line up directly over the offensive tackles. The front three alignment is always the same, preventing the offense from getting a read how you will rush the quarterback or which gaps you will fill on short yardage situations. Your corners are lined up outside the receivers, shoulders at a 45 degree angle towards the quarterback while the safeties and outside linebackers are directly behind the defensive ends, also at a 45 degree angle towards the QB, making it a stacked defense. A stacked defense is very difficult to scheme for and to read, use it to your advantage. Quarterbacks will have a …

There are many basic skills that a defensive end will need to grow. This article only points out three: Endurance, Strength, and Strategy. Endurance Endurance is the name of the game when it comes to football, and running will help you endurance grow. Though dull and sometimes boring, these running drills will help you play your hardest until the end of the game. Even with all of these benefits you will notice that most of the complaints in practice come from running drills. Just remember that in the end it is the fastest that win games. Another benefit that you will not see at first is the ability to push yourself past your limits. Strength No practice regime would be complete without lifting weights. The effects of weight lifting will add muscle to your body and increase strength, this straighten will add to your maximum power. Maximum power is different from strength because it is the power that you exert on the field during a play. It is the quickness and exertion that will enable …

Defensive Ends Coach Foge Fazio, of Notre Dame, teaches defensive ends how to make a critical difference in every game. Along with the coache’s personal comments on his own winning philosophy, this program features: effective drills and containment techniques; the Mirror Dodge; block protection; open field tackling; reading the triangle; pass rush techniques; option play-cat and mouse; pass drop weave, and many more drills and techniques for defensive ends.