PAT NARDUZZI
I have been going to clinics for a long time now, and enjoy all of them that I go to, feeling that I am always learning something. The AC Nike Clinic at the beginning of February proved to be the best one yet, for the simple fact that Coach Narduzzi is the single best clinic speaker I have seen to this point.
I think the ultimate compliment is this.....me and a few of my coaching brothers looked at each other as soon as it was finished and the resounding statements was, "Damn, I wish I could go back and play for that guy". There are very few people I have seen, and as you can see from past posts I have seen alot, that left me feeling this way.
It is widely known that he keeps the scheme and adjustment simple, so that his players can play fast...but what really stuck out to me was his emphasis on technique. For a long time now I have believed that technique trumps scheme a lot of the time, especially as a high school coach, and to hear his emphasis on it made me feel like I was doing something right.
Below are the notes I took, with a few other things mixed in. I would love to start a conversation about it, so feel free to comment below.
Spartan’s Identity
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SPARTAN DAWGS
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“A focused group of vicious brothers, forever
bonded together, to wreak havoc upon all oponents”
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Core Values: Big Plays, Relentlessness, Swarming
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Force Turnovers, Be Hungary, Have SWAG
**This is created by the players for
their identity
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| Spartan DAWGS 2011 (I believe) |
Defensive Philosophy
Defending the Run Game- Defensive
Philosophy
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Stop the Run- Build A Wall
o Make
offense one dimensional
o Defend
Opponents favorite runs in practice
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FUNDYs
o Coach
the Little Things
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SPEED
o Evolution
of the 4-3 Defense
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KISS
o So
they play fast
o No
thinking
o BONE
HITS- Chart Big Hits
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Disguise
o Always
look the same pre-snap
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Zone-Blitz vs Man Blitz
o Zone
blitzing is safer and easier
BASE DEFENSE vs. 2x2 (OVER CVR 4)
PRINCIPLES OF BASE DEFENSE
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Alignment Rules
o Allow
for easy adjustments
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Nine Men in the Box
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Bounce Inside Runs Out (Spill and Chase)
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Make Outside Runs Cutback (Force)
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DL
o Attack
and React
o Get
a great takeoff and work from there
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LB
o Key
Read and Run
o Read
the “Guys that don’t lie”- Uncovered Players
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Safeties
o Read
Key
o Play
Run to Pass
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CBs
o Press
o Play
great technique
WHY COVER 4?
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Gets 9 Men in the BOX
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Allows LBs to RUN
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GREAT against Shotgun/QB Run
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GREAT for Screens
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Takes away all underneath throws
o Forces
LOW % throws
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Easier to predict the release in WR routes
REASON FOR CB PRESS TECHNIQUE
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Attacking Mentality
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Forces a bubble in the WR release
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Keeps the WR off safeties
o Safeties
are generally the force players
o The
inside press tech of the CB keeps WR from having clean crack on $ on their way
down to play run
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Forces throws to the opponents secondary WR
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Easier to Coach
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PLAYERS LOVE IT
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Restricts the routes that a WR can run
o WR
can only run 5 routes against an inside technique press Corner
CORNER PLAY
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Press the #1 WR
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Align to the Inside Eye of WR
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Shadow Tech
o Shadow
first step with inside foot
o Give
a little ground
o Once
WR breaks cushion, offhand JAM
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Gives the Illusion of FULL PRESS
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Routes CB will see
o Fade
o Hitch
o Post/
Post Corner
o Corner
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Play Run Support 2nd
Safety Play
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9x2 of #2
o Outside
alignment if TE
o Inside
alignment if removed
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Stick Feet (Flat foot read)
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Read QB to #2 to #1
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Vs. Trips play YO-YO (trips side safety rock down, away safety
MOF)
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Beat the CRACK BLOCK
o Read
MUST be fast
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Key the QB- “Key the guy that throws picks”
LB Play
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Heels at 5
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3 match LB (ILB) plays Out to Vertical
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2 match LB (OLB) plays Out to Vertical to In
LBs/Safeties
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LBs can run in the run game. Attack read. Safeties have force and
BCR/Windback
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In PASS game, Safeties get help from LBs
rerouting WR
vs. TRIPS
All-22 Michigan St. vs Illinois- 2013
