| As a youth football coach when you begin to plan | | | | face it, if you lose contain you give them the |
| put the dynamics of your defence together you | | | | outside corner which usually results in a score. |
| should consider the following: Pressure, Contain, | | | | Filter - it's important that within the Pressure and |
| Filter, Force, and Cover. With these elements in | | | | Contain that every play is filtered back inside |
| mind and within your defensive system make | | | | where you have your strength and more help, its |
| sure that you have these areas or keys covered | | | | where your best tacklers are positioned. |
| and that your players know their assignments | | | | Force - it's important that within this filtration that |
| within the keys. | | | | you have solid run support and that your players |
| Let's cover each item: Pressure- it's important | | | | come in force, aggressive to the ball, some |
| that you pressure the offence into hurrying in | | | | coaches refer to this as gang-tackling. |
| order to take away their time and space and | | | | Finally, Cover- it's important that within the keys |
| possibly put them in a position with your pressure | | | | of your football defensive system that you have |
| that they make mistakes and as a result create | | | | good downfield coverage. |
| turn-overs. | | | | Regardless of the front or defensive football |
| Contain - it's important that within this pressure | | | | system that you want to play these elements |
| that you have good contain so that they cannot | | | | are the keys and your players should know their |
| get outside the pocket or the box and that | | | | assignments within the defence. |
| everything is contained or bracketed inside. Lets | | | | |
