Ripon College Head Coach; winningest football coach in Ripon history;
2x MWC Champions; 3x Wisconsin Football Private College Coach of the Year; distinguished member of the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association (WFCA) Hall of Fame (2009)
From pee-wee football all the way up to the NFL, defensive coaches are always looking for ways to be creative on defense to slow down opposing offenses. With experience on both sides of the ball, Coach Ernst gives you his adaptation of how he runs the 3-3 defense to create pressure and force mistakes from the offense - specifically, the quarterback.
Ernst breaks down the philosophy and method to running a 3-3 defense. You'll learn the five basic defensive formations and how they're adjusted against pro, spread, deuce, doubles, ace, trips and trey offense formations. Finally, you'll see in-game examples of the basic 3-3 defensive formation utilized at Ripon College.
This video will help coaches at the high school and collegiate levels teach athletes how to maintain gap responsibility, line up properly, and make necessary reads and adjustments. This leads to turnovers and big plays defensively because opposing offenses are forced into making tough decisions.
Philosophy
Discover why the 3-3 defense might be the right fit for your program. The philosophy of why the 3-3 defense is such a unique and functional defense to use is presented, and Ernst gives you the benefits behind the 3-3 defense, which include:
- Gives the offense different looks without having to change personnel
- Matches up well against multiple offense sets
- Helps keep the game simple and gets players to play with confidence
Implementing a 3-3 Defensive
You'll see the easy and quick way that Coach Ernst installs the 3-3 defense. You will learn:
- What must be covered during pre-game walk-throughs in order to make sure players are on the same page
- How to limit your hand signals to communicate with players
- The three basic defensive fronts used to install the 3-3 defense
- How to make your a team a "field and boundary" squad
Defensive Formations
Using the five defensive formations (stack, steeler, hawk, under and over), Ernst shows how you can have a variety in formations while staying in the 3-3 defense. You will get to see diagrammed formations and adjustments that can be made out each formation, and how to adjust against six offensive formations.
Game Footage Breakdown
After showing alignment against a multitude of offensive formations with strengths to both the field and boundary, Ernst provides game footage discussion on gap responsibility, alignment responsibility, and situational adjustments with each defensive front and personnel package.
Coach Ernst has cultivated a straight-forward approach to building an aggressive 3-3 defensive team. You will love his simple approach, clear gap and alignment keys, which always put your players in a position to maintain leverage on the ball and play both the field and boundary to prevent giving up explosive plays.
62 minutes. 2016.
FD-05032B: with Ron Ernst,
Ripon College Head Coach; winningest football coach in Ripon history;
2x MWC Champions; 3x Wisconsin Football Private College Coach of the Year; distinguished member of the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association (WFCA) Hall of Fame (2009)
Run/pass options have become fashionable in football leagues across the country. Well-executed RPOs are effective at forcing defenses to break down as they scramble to cover the field.
Coach Ernst provides in-depth coaching points that will place your players in the best position to stop run/pass options. This includes explaining how RPO quarterbacks are supposed to read defensive lineman and if so, how a defense can respond to place pressure on an athletic quarterback.
You'll see how to analyze an opponent that uses the spread option offense. Then, once you've broken down your opponent, the principles Ernst shows will be what you need to make a great game plan with the 3-3.
Game Film Analysis
Coach Ernst provides well-executed examples of stopping RPOs, as well as examples of long offensive gains. He shows the positive and negative results his team has produced and the adjustments and coaching points you need to make in order to correct mistakes. From this footage, you'll see how having defenders in the proper position and angle while using the correct technique can stop RPO offensive attacks.
Coach Ernst gives you everything you need to know about stopping run/pass options. You'll learn the techniques, player mindset, defensive coverages, and communication methods that will bring RPO offenses to their knees!
50 minutes. 2016.
FD-05032C: with Ron Ernst,
Ripon College Head Coach; winningest football coach in Ripon history;
2x MWC Champions; 3x Wisconsin Football Private College Coach of the Year; distinguished member of the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association (WFCA) Hall of Fame (2009)
Most defensive coaches will tell you that stopping the run is the key to any good defense. With Ripon College's Ron Ernst, the all-time winningest coach in Midwest Conference history, you will see how playing the 3-3 defense can be effective against the best rushing attacks in your league.
Coach Ernst breaks down the philosophy and method to implementing a 3-3 defense. You'll see how breaking your defense into field and boundary surface reads will help keep it simple and open up easy lines of communications for your players. Included are 13 blitzes and five variations of Cover 3 defense that can be used to stop the run in a 3-3 defense.
Philosophy and Implementing a 3-3 Defense
Learn why the 3-3 defense is a unique and functional defense to use. Ernst gives you the reasons why a 3-3 defense might be the right fit for your program; these include:
- Limits personnel groups needed to play defense
- Matches up well against multiple offense sets
- Keeps the game simple and gets players to play with confidence
Some of the chief aspects of Coach Ernst's system are taught, including:
- How to limit your hand signals to communicate with players
- The three basic defensive fronts used to install the 3-3 defense
- How to make your a team a "field and boundary" squad
Field and Boundary Team
You'll discover how dividing your players into field and boundary players can help you stop the run. Eight live on-screen diagrams of what calls are made against various offensive formations are presented. Having players that only play the field or the boundary allows you to:
- Streamline communication
- Break down data depending on players being on the field surface or boundary surface
- Use special terminology for boundary and field players
- Easily adjust against motion
Blitzes and Coverages
Coach Ernst gives you 13 blitz packages and five different Cover 3 coverages. Some of the blitz packages you will see include arrow, bullet, slice and neck blitz. Cover 3 calls include: slash, shark and sink. Also included are:
- Live game situations of multiple blitzes and coverages
- Basic Cover 3 principles
- Breakdown of players' responsibilities in zone and blitz coverages
- On-screen diagrams of gap and coverage responsibilities
Coach Ernst gives you everything you need to stop the run in a 3-3 defense. No matter what level you coach, this presentation of the 3-3 run stopping defense will have your opponents scrambling to find a way to move the ball!
69 minutes. 2016.
FD-05032D: with Ron Ernst,
Ripon College Head Coach; winningest football coach in Ripon history;
2x MWC Champions; 3x Wisconsin Football Private College Coach of the Year; distinguished member of the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association (WFCA) Hall of Fame (2009)
With the implementation of air raid and spread offenses, the ball is being moved all over the field more than ever before. Coach Ernst believes that using the 3-3 defensive system can pressure and confuse every quarterback in the nation.
Ernst loves to blitz and to mix up cover schemes to help his defense be successful. In this video, he goes over the nine main zones he analyzes during preparation in order to take away his opponents' strengths. Once the strengths have been identified, he explains multiple coverages and blitzes he uses to apply pressure on the opposing offense.
Philosophy
You'll first be taught the basic principles of the attacking 3-3 defense. Coach Ernst explains why he chose to switch to the 3-3 defense and the impact it has made on his program. He discusses his philosophy on his defensive approach, which involves bringing pressure and allowing his athletes the freedom to make the right reads.
Blitz Packages
The best way to stop the pass is to get to the quarterback. Coach Ernst uses diagrams to illustrate his best blitzes to put pressure on the opposing team's QB. He uses different defensive line stunts with linebacker blitzes to confuse offensive linemen and impact the decision making of the quarterback.
Coverage Schemes
Coach Ernst discusses coverage schemes and the best times to use them. You'll see diagrams and video that illustrates his cover 0, cover 1, cover 2, and man/zone combinations. He uses game video to show the coverages against multiple formations, outlining the responsibilities of each player to ensure proper execution.
Coach Ernst will help you develop your defense so it's better at stopping the pass by getting players in the proper coverage and putting pressure on the offense.
63 minutes. 2016.