In Temple Defense, Jeff Knowles, Temple Defensive Coordinator and Linebackers Coach, reviews the philosophies, fundamentals, techniques, and drills used by Temple University, and outlines how to incorporate them into your program. By emphasizing these skills, Coach Knowles shows how they translate to defensive improvement. Coach Knowles also discusses a variety of defensive techniques, drills to perfect those techniques, and provides video examples of proper and improper implementation of these techniques. Additionally, Coach Knowles provides videos of his practice drills and how they are run.
Among the topics covered:
• Pursuing the Football
• Creating Turnovers
• Tackling Fundamentals/Drills
• Defeating Blocks
• Angles and Running Lanes
• Beating Defensive Formations
• Translating Practice to Game-Day
• Scoring on Defense
