Defensive Back Play in the 4-4 Swarm reviews the critical role that defensive backs play in a devastating defense and details how they can best defend against both the run and the pass in the 4-4 swarm defensive scheme. The DVD also explains how defensive backs can avoid giving up a quick score. In addition, the DVD covers how defensive backs defend the most common run and pass plays that they might see during the season. The DVD also features a discussion of a unique way of using the free safety against the run at the point of attack.
Among the topics covered:
Among the topics covered:
- Alignment
- Defending 4-vertical
- Defending the run
- Defending the pass
- Defending spread sets and trick plays
- Film cut-ups
- Tim Murphy is the head football coach at Clovis East (CA) High School, where he has been coaching the 4-4 swarm defense for nine years. During his tenure at the helm of the Timberwolves' gridiron program, his teams have accumulated an 89-17-1 record, while playing some of the best schools in the country. In his exceptional career as a head coach, his squads have appeared in nine straight playoffs, have won seven league championships, and have three California CIF championships. His defense is best known by its relentless pursuit to the ball and holding some of the nation's best teams to their lowest point totals of the season. Renowned for his working knowledge of both sides of the ball, Murphy is one of the most highly respected interscholastic coaches in the game.
