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Simplifying A Multiple Defensive Package - Multiple Front Play
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- WN-08186
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About this video
Tony Lombardi's multiple defensive package at Washington High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa is designed to take advantage of offensive tendencies and personnel groupings without overloading his players. In this multiple defense coaching video, the first of his four-part defensive set, Coach Lombardi teaches the fundamentals of his defensive terminology and shows how four base fronts, with simple modifications, become 16 different front combinations.
What you'll learn
- How a simple defense can still be a multiple, effective defense.
- Taking advantage of offensive tendencies and personnel groupings.
- Basic defensive terminology you can apply to any defense.
- Using multiple fronts and adding modifiers so four fronts become 16 front combinations.
- Creating favorable match-ups against different personnel groups.
- Four- and five-man fronts built to stop the run.
Who it's for
High school defensive coordinators and defensive line coaches who want multiple front looks without a multiple-front teaching load.
About the coach
Tony Lombardi served as head coach at Washington High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he built the multiple defensive package taught in this set alongside his Fast Break Spread offense. He calls successful front play the cornerstone of any good defense.
Part 1 of Coach Lombardi's four-part defensive set. The session makes extensive use of game film. Runtime: about 55 minutes.
Frequently asked questions
What is in this multiple front video?
The base terminology of Coach Lombardi's multiple defense, how four fronts with modifiers become 16 front combinations, four- and five-man run-stopping fronts, and how to build match-ups that exploit an offense's tendencies and personnel groupings.
Will the terminology work with my current defense?
That is the intent. Coach Lombardi presents basic defensive terminology you can use for any defense, so a high school coordinator can layer the front system onto what he already teaches.
What does it cost?
$19.95 as a Buy Now, Watch Now streaming video, viewable instantly and without limit in your AFM Videos account on any device. Or stream it under the 1-Year All Access membership ($99/year), which includes every video on the site.
Is this the start of a series?
Yes. It is the first of Coach Lombardi's four-part defensive set, followed by multiple coverages from 2-deep and 3-deep, the Arizona Flex package and fire zones out of the dime.