1. UW-Platteville FootballUW-Platteville Football 3-4 Fronts & Alignments3-4 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. AAC CBB Alignments 2 0 S h a d e 4 3 5 67 8 9 1 2 43 5 6 7 8 91S h a d e 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 TNE W FS M C HFSSS 7. Base Fronts Field Indy Okie Stack 8. Field Front 9. Field Front Strength Call: LOUIEField T W M S E N F 10. Field Front Strength Call: LOUIE Field T W M S E N F 11. Field Front 12. Okie Front 13. Okie Front Strength Call: LOUIEField T W M S E N F 14. Okie Front Strength Call: LOUIE Field T W M S E N F 15. Okie Front 16. Indy Front 17. Indy Front Strength Call: LOUIEField T W M S E N F 18. Indy Front Strength Call: LOUIEField T W M S E N F 19. Indy Front 20. Stack Front 21. Stack Front Strength Call: LOUIEField T W M S E N F 22. Stack Front Strength Call: LOUIEField T W M S E N F 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 TNE W SS C FS H Field Cover 2Field Cover 2 27. Basic Alignment F MS TNE W SS C FS H Field Cover 5Field Cover 5 28. Basic Alignment F MS TNE W SS C FS H Field Cover 7Field Cover 7 29. Basic Alignment F MS TNE W SS C FS H Field Cover 4Field 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. F MS TNE W SS C FS H Field Cover 7 vs. 3 X 1Field 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.