3-3 Darkside Defense Part 2 - Football Toolbox

This is part 2 of this series. You can access part 1 at this link: Darkside Defense Part 1

by Chad Hetlet Head Football coach at Glenbard West High School (Illinois).

Coach Hetlet has been a defensive coordinator for 22 years and has never suffered a losing season.

Chad has been a Head Coach for 12 seasons at 3 different schools; he has a career record of 130-28 and has been one of the quickest coaches to reach the 100 win mark in Illinois history.

This outline is taken from the Championship Systems “3-3 Defense System.”

You can find out more about the program at this link: 3-3 Defense System

Darkside Alignment Gaps

                                                HEAD UP = (0,2,4,6)
                                                OUTSIDE SHADE = (1,3,5,7)
                                                INSIDE SHADE: (21,41,61)
                                                FRONT LINE=SINGLE DIGITS
                                                LB’S=START WITH 2 (EXAMPLE 24 TECH)
                                                DBS=START WITH 3 (EXAMPLE 34 TECH)

Darkside Positions

Strong (Call) Side Tank–Strong Tackle Sword–Strong ILB Rifle–Strong OLB Fire–Field Corner		Quick (Opposite of Call) Dart–Quick Tackle Whip–Quick ILB Pistol–Quick OLB Bullet– Boundary Corner
	Middle Nuke-Nose Mallet–MLB Stealth–Free Safety
	Huddle Stealth Mallet Tank Nuke Dart Fire Rifle Sword Whip Pistol Bullet
	Mallet gives Call from band Stealth–Calls D & D plus coverage from band Darkside–Gives strength call; stay in middle of field till certain

DARKSIDE FRONTS

DARKSIDE BASE

TANK = 5 NUKE = 0 DART = 5
SWORD/WHIP = 24I….HEELS AT 3 1/2
MALLET = 20…..HEELS AT 5
RIFLE/PISTOL = 3X3
FIRE/BULLET = 1X7 INSIDE
STEALTH = 30…..HEELS AT 8

DARKSIDE GAP RESPONSIBILITY

The 6 defenders in the box have “C” gap to “C” gap
NUKE will play both “A” gaps “2-gap”
MALLET will be free!!!
The “D” gaps are covered by RIFLE and PISTOL

DARKSIDE TIGHT

TANK = 5 NUKE = 0 DART = 5
SWORD/WHIP = 24I….HEELS AT 3 1/2
MALLET = 20…..HEELS AT 5
RIFLE/PISTOL = 1X1 (Only Change)
FIRE/BULLET = 1X7 INSIDE
STEALTH = 30…..HEELS AT 10

DARKSIDE GREEN

TANK = 5 NUKE = 0 DART = 5
SWORD/MALLET = 24I….HEELS AT 5
RIFLE/PISTOL = 3X3
FIRE/BULLET = 1X7 INSIDE
STEALTH/SS = HASHES…..HEELS AT 10-15

DARKSIDE STORM

TANK = Loose 5 DART = Loose 5
SWORD/WHIP = 24I….HEELS AT 5
MALLET = 20 HEELS AT 5 OR RATTLE/JAM ON LOS
RIFLE/PISTOL = 3X3
FIRE/BULLET = 1X7 INSIDE
STEALTH/SS = HASHES…..HEELS AT 10-15