January 22, 2025

Defensive Stunts & Pressures with Coach Potthast

1 hour 10 minutes

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

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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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