JDFB Quick Clinic #78 – How to Defend Speed Option from Trips Formations

Every football defense needs to have a plan for defending trips formations. In fact, you need more than one way.

There should be a base plan for defending trips formations. The way you’ll handle these sets when all else fails. Your fall back, and the most solid and comfortable plan.

Then there’s a blitz plan. A way to get pressure on teams lining up in 3×1 formations.

The third way could involve a number of methods, but it’s usually based on game plan. You need to know the strengths of your opponent to do this.

Whatever you decide to do when defending trips formations, you have to make sure that it’s sound. And there’s one simple rule to follow when you figure this out.

Can you defend Speed Option to the weak side? If they run Speed Option and read your Defensive End, or anyone else over there, can you still stop the play?

I see a lot of teams leaving this open to the weak side. And that’s OK, if you’re sure your opponent can’t run it. But if they can, you’ll be in trouble.

Listen to this episode of The Joe Daniel Football Quick Clinic to hear how we are defending trips formations. I’ll talk about some simple alignments from the 4-2-5 Defense System, and how you can be sure you are able to handle Speed Option to the single receiver side.

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