This article was originally posted on the Glazier Coaching Blog.
Ty Gower, Former Defensive Coordinator for high schools in Oklahoma and Texas shares some thoughts on what teams are looking to do with 11 personnel and how to defend it.
His entire clinic on “Multiple Ways to Defend 11/20 Personnel with the Tite Front & Hybrid 3-4 Defense” is available only on Glazier Drive.
We have some key takeaways from the clinic below the video.
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Why the offense uses 11 personnel
- Gives them the ability to add another gap.
- Ability to utilize a 1 back or 2 back run game.
- Ability to isolate the “X”
How Coach Gower defends 11 personnel
- Find a way to fit more than they have. There is more than one way to do this.
- Rep 1 back run game vs. 2 back run game.
- Find a way to defend the “X.”
- 3 x 1 coverages.