The Youth 6-2 Shooter Defense - Gregory Double Wing

The Youth 6-2 Shooter Defense John Carbon
The “Youth 6-2 Shooter” defense is fun to run and to easy
install at the youth level of football. It is an ATTACK and
REACT defense. When that ball is snapped we are going to come
after you.
Making it streamlined for youth football it is fairly simple.
First, you will only use the “11”, “22” and “33” calls. You simply
add the tag “Read” if you want to turn off the blitz. You use
the tag “Gap” to get your goal line defensive fronts or bring
the heat faster.
As far as pass coverage, we used Cover 1 and Cover 0.
We did not involve the defensive ends in pass coverage so our
cornerbacks always had the first receiver to their side.
The strong safety always had the second receiver to the
strong side of the offensive formation. If we faced 4 verticals
then we would have the weakside linebacker to take care of
the second reciever to the weak side.
We used the nose men and tackles in 4-point stances but I
recommend going with whatever the player likes best and
gets the job done.
We did not use a box technique for the defensive end.
We used the “Stinger” technique from Coach Roark’s “Wide
Seven” defense. It is like boxing but from a 45 degree angle
from 3-5 yards out. The “Stinger” technique is identical to
Roark except we moved the defensive ends in from 5-7 yards
that Roark suggested to more like 3-5 yards. I guess we did it
mostly to get into the backfield a bit faster. No real secret to
it from that point.
We used this from the 8-year olds all the way up to varsity.
5
11
E T N N T E
B B
11 Read
E T N N T E
B B
22
E T N N T E
B B
22 Read
E T N N T E
B B
33
E T N N T E
B B
33 Read
E T N N T E
B B
Gap
E T N N T E
B
B