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For illustration and clarity let's say that my DL is the left DE in a 5 tech on the outside

shoulder of the offense's RT.

Old school traditional outside arm free1) Reach - don't get reached - you hae c ga!.

") Do#n - s$uee%e &ut ee! outside arm free. (ou hae c ga!.) *ase - hold your ground and the c ga!. +ush offensie lineman into the & ga!.

,) !ass - rush #ith outside leerage

*DD - *loc Do#n te! Do#n

1) Reach - don't get reached - you hae c ga!.

") Do#n - ste! do#n and #rong shoulder any icout) *ase - hold your ground and the c ga!. +ush offensie lineman into the & ga!.

,) !ass - rush #ith outside leerage

TO - T#o a! One a!

1) Reach - get reached - you hae & ga!

") Do#n - ste! do#n and #rong shoulder any icout) *ase - ing of the &oard and tae & ga!.

,) !ass - rush outside leerage

ED - End Do#n1) Reach - don't get reached - you hae c ga!.

") Do#n - ste! do#n and #rong shoulder any icout

) *ase - hold your ground and ri! into the & ga!,) !ass - rush #ith outside leerage

Difference &et#een ED and *DD is ho# you !lay the &ase. The difference &et#een ED

and TO is ho# you !lay the reach. The difference &et#een *DD and TO is ho#you !lay the reach and the &ase.

+ro's of traditional old school1) tried and true

") you al#ays hae c ga!.

) you al#ays hae outside arm free,) /o confusion for L*'s on #hat ga! they hae

+ro's of *DD

1) tried and true. 0sed for years starting #ith iami. ain difference &et#een *DD

and traditional old school DL !lay is ho# you handle the do#n &loc.") you don't allo# the offense to run #here they #ant on a !o#er and counter scheme

) L*'s scra!e e2change on do#n

+ro's of TO

1) (ou al#ays hae inside ga! 3after you &ull rush).") /o confusion for L*'s on #hat ga! they hae.


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+ro's of ED

1)(ou al#ays go o!!osite of #here the offense #ants you. 4f they try and reach you don't

get reached. 4f they try and ic out you #rong shoulder. 4f they try to &ase you out youri! inside. (ou are al#ays fighting their scheme.

") ood for lighter $uicer guys. (ou don't hae to hold your ground against a &ase and

!ush the OL in the ga!. (ou get to ri! inside. *ut you also get to use your $uicness tonot get reached.

The *asic cheme

The &asic TO system is ery sim!le. There #ill &e t#o one ga! linemen and t#o t#o ga! linemen

in the four do#n lineman system. There #ill also &e one of these to each side so that the defense has

a t#o ga!!er and a one ga!!er on each side of the foot&all. /o# let's loo at ho# you determine

#hich DL !lay #hich techni$ue.

The sim!licity of the system lies in the lac of s!eciali%ation. 4 used to &e a coach that eery !layer

had to hae a 6s!ecial6 7o& or $uality &ut hae $uicly found out that this leads to a large teaching

!ro&lem. !eciali%ation though it sounds cool can and #ill frustrate you as a coach. The more

generic you can &e #ith your coaching the more you can accom!lish #ith your !layers. This is the

old tri!le o!tion coaches a2iom of 6ulti!licity through sim!licity6. 4n DL terms this means haing

t#o ends and t#o tacles not a strong end #ea end nose and tacle. *oth the tacles and ends

should &e interchangea&le meaning that these !layers should &e a&le to !lay &oth the strong and #ea

sides of a formation e$ually.

O so no# that the lac of s!eciali%ation has &een addressed #e can no# focus on the first !art of

!laying DL alignment. The alignment in the TO system is ery im!ortant. The one ga! lineman

aligns in a 6looser than normal6 alignment. o for the DE this #ould mean that if he #ere to

normally align in a fie techni$ue he #ould align in a seen techni$ue 3een if there #asn't a tight end

!resent). The t#o ga! lineman aligns ery tight almost head u! on the OL. o if a DE #ere to &e in a

fie techni$ue he #ould align #ith his nose on the outside eye of the offensie tacle 3OT). The

reasons for this ariation in alignment #ill &e discussed later.

The #ay the

TO system

#ors is ery

sim!le. For the

interior linemen

if you are in a

t#o techni$ue or

higher you t#o-

ga!. 4f you are

in a t#o-eyetechni$ue or

lo#er then you

one-ga!. o in

our &ase oer

front the

#easide tacle

is in a one

techni$ue and he is a one ga!!er meaning he #ill more than liely align in the 8 ga! 3#ider than a


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normal one techni$ue) and is only res!onsi&le for the 8 ga! getting u!field and #recing haoc. On

the strong side the strong tacle is in a three techni$ue so he is a t#o-ga!!er. The t#o-ga!!er #ill

align much tighter than a normal three techni$ue and #ill utili%e the t#o-ga! techni$ue. 8ll the DE's

hae to do is as themseles this sim!le $uestion 64s the ga! inside of my alignment acant or

occu!ied 3you can use o!en or closed either one #ill suffice). 4f the ga! is o!en then the DE is a t#o-

ga!!er. 9o#eer if the ga! is closed then the DE is a one-ga!!er 3as sho#n a&oe).

The one ga! lineman is $uite sim!ly summed u! in one !hrase...!ass rusher. :hen you coach the one

ga! lineman the main goal is to get off the foot&all get u! field and disru!t &locing schemes ia

!enetration. /o# 4 no# many of you die-hards are going 6Oh yeah #ell 4'll 7ust tra! your ass6.

:ell it isn't $uite that easy ho#eer that is the main focus of coaching the one ga! !layer. The one

ga! !layer should aoid &locs and get u! the field. 4f the !layer is the one techni$ue thin

!enetration and disru!tion. The DE is sim!ly turned loose and allo#ed to rush around the corner.

/o# 4 no# #hat you are thining ho#eer there are &loc reactions.

The one ga! DL is ery sim!ly !ut to maintain the ga! they are aligned in. The reaction to the &ase

reach and !ass set are all the same get u! field and rush around the corner. The only thing that

changes on the do#n &loc is the angle of attac that the DL #ill tae to the foot&all. :hen the OL

do#n &locs the one ga! DL #ill get into 6chase6 mode and come flat do#n the LO. 4t does notmatter ho# the one-ga!!er handles the tra! &loc. :hen in dou&t he is to s!ill if he can ho#eer if

he &o2es this is not a !ro&lem either. That is the &eauty of the system let the one-ga!!ers go and

#rec haoc. That's it; The one ga! techni$ue is ery aggressie and ery sim!le #hich allo#s you

to teach &oth the one ga! and t#o ga! techni$ues to your DL.

1 ga! DE reaction to &ase reach and !ass set

1 ga! DE reaction to do#n &loc 3chase)

The t#o ga!!er is also eery &it as sim!le as the one ga!!er. The t#o ga!!er is only a t#o ga!!er on

!a!er meaning he aligns in one ga! &ut is res!onsi&le for another. :hen coaching the t#o ga! DL

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" ga! DE s. &ase reach and !ass !ro &locs

" ga! DE s. do#n &loc

The only t#ea to this scheme is that of the t#o ga! DE. The t#o ga! DE against a !ass set #ill still

&ull rush &ut #ill not #or inside until he's on the same leel as the foot&all. This allo#s this DE to

still ee! contain on the =* if he #as to roll or scram&le to the t#o ga! DE's side. Once the DE sees

the foot&all and can react to it then he maes his inside moe.

:hen the defense aligns regardless of the front the DL no# their assignment &ased on the status of

their inside ga!. 4f their inside ga! is o!en then they are a t#o ga!!er. 4f the inside ga! is occu!ied

then they are a one ga!!er.

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