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Defensive Stunts & Pressures with Coach Potthast
Welcome back to The Board Drill Podcast! This week, hosts Kyle Bradburn and Matt Dixon are joined by Coach Calvin Potthast, head coach at Triad High School (IL), to break down defensive line stunts, blitz packages, and pressure schemes that disrupt offenses and create big plays.
🔥 Topics Covered in This Episode:
✅ D-Line Stunts: Pirate, Shin, Blood & more
✅ Linebacker Blitzes & Gap Exchanges
✅ How to Defend RPOs & Zone Reads
✅ Gameplan-Specific Pressures (including strategies for shutting down elite WRs)
✅ Teaching Aggressive Yet Disciplined Front Seven Play
Coach Potthast shares film breakdowns, practice insights, and real-game applications of these concepts, giving you actionable strategies to implement in your defense immediately.
📂 Download Coach Potthast’s Presentation: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MHQccGHJPx__OjC_eTvsz87d4ip8PsVk?usp=sharing
🚀 Don't forget to LIKE, COMMENT, and SUBSCRIBE for more X’s & O’s deep dives every week!
0:00 Intro
0:30 Guest Introduction
1:20 Defensive Philosophy
3:00 Base Defensive Structure
5:45 Why Defensive Stunts Matter
8:30 Pirate Stunt
10:05 Shin Stunt
11:50 Blood Stunt
14:10 Cross Stunt
17:00 X Stunt
20:20 Sam Lightning
23:00 Mike Blast
25:15 Willmo Blitz
28:30 Crash Blitz
31:45 Angel and Trick Blitzes
34:00 Cincy Pressure
37:15 How to Teach Stunts in Practice
40:00 Film Breakdown
45:30 When to Use These Stunts
48:00 Coaching the Details
50:15 Closing Thoughts
Defensive Stunts and Blitz PackagesBringing Pressure with LinebackersGameplan-Specific Stunts and AdjustmentsFinal Thoughts and Takeaways
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By Kyle Bradburn, Matt Dixon
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Welcome back to The Board Drill Podcast! This week, hosts Kyle Bradburn and Matt Dixon are joined by Coach Calvin Potthast, head coach at Triad High School (IL), to break down defensive line stunts, blitz packages, and pressure schemes that disrupt offenses and create big plays.
🔥 Topics Covered in This Episode:
✅ D-Line Stunts: Pirate, Shin, Blood & more
✅ Linebacker Blitzes & Gap Exchanges
✅ How to Defend RPOs & Zone Reads
✅ Gameplan-Specific Pressures (including strategies for shutting down elite WRs)
✅ Teaching Aggressive Yet Disciplined Front Seven Play
Coach Potthast shares film breakdowns, practice insights, and real-game applications of these concepts, giving you actionable strategies to implement in your defense immediately.
📂 Download Coach Potthast’s Presentation: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MHQccGHJPx__OjC_eTvsz87d4ip8PsVk?usp=sharing
🚀 Don't forget to LIKE, COMMENT, and SUBSCRIBE for more X’s & O’s deep dives every week!
0:00 Intro
0:30 Guest Introduction
1:20 Defensive Philosophy
3:00 Base Defensive Structure
5:45 Why Defensive Stunts Matter
8:30 Pirate Stunt
10:05 Shin Stunt
11:50 Blood Stunt
14:10 Cross Stunt
17:00 X Stunt
20:20 Sam Lightning
23:00 Mike Blast
25:15 Willmo Blitz
28:30 Crash Blitz
31:45 Angel and Trick Blitzes
34:00 Cincy Pressure
37:15 How to Teach Stunts in Practice
40:00 Film Breakdown
45:30 When to Use These Stunts
48:00 Coaching the Details
50:15 Closing Thoughts
Defensive Stunts and Blitz PackagesBringing Pressure with LinebackersGameplan-Specific Stunts and AdjustmentsFinal Thoughts and Takeaways
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