Maximizing Protection & Coverage with the Shield Punt

with Courtney Messingham,
Iowa State University Assistant Coach;
4th in the nation in Punt Return Yardage Defense at 2.19 yds/return (2009)

Using the shield punt scheme, you can get seven players down field quickly, swarming to the ball and smothering any return before it gets started. Using this system, the Cyclones finished 4th in the nation in 2009 in yards per return (2.19) and 12th in the nation in net punt yards (38.3).

Iowa State Assistant Coach Courtney Messingham uses PowerPoint diagrams, practice footage and game footage to take you through an in-depth breakdown of the shield punting formation.

Use this formation to simplify your protection scheme and technique, put your better athletes on the front line, get your best long snapper on the field regardless of his size, and cut your coverage area down to 1/3 of the field.

Messingham gives you key teaching points and strategies for:

• Choosing the best players to put at each position
• Stance, alignment and splits for each position
• Protection techniques and drills for each position
• How to identify and number the defensive front to make the appropriate blocking calls on the field
• Coverage lanes and responsibilities for each position.

In addition, Messingham shows you the three basic coverage schemes to use, complete with primary protection responsibilities. Game footage of each coverage scheme allows you to see how the scheme works.

The shield punting formation works against an 8-, 9- or 10 man front.

This in-depth presentation gives you everything you need to install shield punting into your special teams arsenal.

73 minutes. 2010.

 

The 3-3-5 Defense: Basic Schemes

with Joe Lee Dunn,
McMurry University Defensive Coordinator;
Joe Lee Dunn is considered to be the pioneer of the 3-3-5 Defense. Using the 3-3 scheme, Coach Dunn has produced top-ranked defenses at Mississippi State, Memphis and South Carolina.

If you have an abundance of linebackers and DBs, but not many defensive lineman, the 3-3-5 Defense can help you put a stingy defense on the field using the personnel you have. Dunn admits "you can usually find linebackers' and defensive backs, it's rare to find defensive lineman that are good enough to win."

3-3-5 Overview
Joe Lee Dunn delivers an extensive marker board presentation on the alignments, assignments and reads for his 3-3-5 defense. Dunn discusses the necessary traits and skills for each position including the defensive line, linebackers, cornerbacks, strong safeties and the free safety.

Dunn provides three calls and four alignments to form the base of this multiple look defense.

Build your 3-3-5 defensive skill sets using three of Dunn's favorite conditioning drills. Each drill provides a conditioning element while working on alignments, pursuit skills and pass drops.

Dunn discusses the versatility of the 3-3-5 defense, the personal needs and the reads for each position. He gives you a look at his weekly practice schedule breakdown for teaching the 3-3-5 and building the needed skill set into your players.

Stopping the Spread Offense
The 3-3 defense provides a variety of advantages for stopping the spread:

• Multiple blitz options
• Puts enough DBs on the field to cover all of the receivers
• Allows you to put quicker, faster players on the field for coverage, pursuit and tackling is space

Dunn diagrams eight strategies for taking on an empty backfield formation and describes the characteristics your athletes need to make this defense effective.

He finishes the spread offense segment by taking you through an alignment variation that has been successful against the spread. The "Wild" defense has seven variations, which Dunn diagrams and he explains the defensive line movement, linebacker movement and secondary responsibilities.

Teams that lack depth at the defensive line should take a look at this 3-3-5 defense to give them a competitive edge against today's offenses.

A bonus section features game footage showing the defense in action.

57 minutes. 2010.

 

The 3-3-5 Defense: Stopping the Run

with Joe Lee Dunn,
McMurry University Defensive Coordinator;
Joe Lee Dunn is considered to be the pioneer of the 3-3-5 Defense. Using the 3-3 scheme, Coach Dunn has produced top-ranked defenses at Mississippi State, Memphis and South Carolina.

Joe Lee Dunn shares his wealth of experiences in attacking some of the most common offensive formations and systems in football.

Coach Dunn delivers an extensive marker board presentation that shows how to effectively use the 3-3-5 defense to defend these formations:

• Wing-T
• Spread
• Shotgun formation
• Power I
• Triple Option out of the I Formation
• Triple Option out of the Wish Bone
• Double Wing
• Pistol
• Wildcat
• Split Backs

For each offensive formation, Coach Dunn shares four 3-3-5 defensive calls and takes you through player movements, reads and secondary coverages.

The 3-3-5 Defense is versatile enough that you can effectively slow down an offense you don't see a lot. This DVD will give you insight and a variety of ways to stop many of the offensive formations you team will come up against.

A bonus section features game footage showing the defense in action.

42 minutes. 2010.

 

The 3-3-5 Defense: 42 Blitzes to Stop the Passing Game

with Joe Lee Dunn,
McMurry University Defensive Coordinator;
Joe Lee Dunn is considered to be the pioneer of the 3-3-5 Defense. Using the 3-3 scheme, Coach Dunn has produced top-ranked defenses at Mississippi State, Memphis and South Carolina.

In the presentation, Joe Lee Dunn explains and diagrams 42 blitz options he uses in his defensive system to disrupt an offense.

These blitzes come in various forms:

• One-, two- and three-linebacker blitz
• One safety/one linebacker blitz
• One safety/two linebacker blitz
• One safety/three linebacker blitz
• Two safeties/two linebacker blitz
• Two safeties/three linebacker blitz

Coach Dunn shows the defensive line movement, the blitz movement as well as the coverage used with each blitz. Dunn runs his 3-3 using cover 3 man coverage.

This DVD will give you numerous options to use to put pressure on the quarterback and make big plays on defense.

A bonus section features game footage showing the defense in action.

45 minutes. 2010.