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How to Run a 5-3 Football Defense

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Learn how to play and run a 5-3 defense with expert football tips and advice from a former football player in this free football defense video series.

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Summary: The game of gridiron football is an icon of Americanism. From its roots in early versions of rugby football brought over the Atlantic from England, football takes it place alongside baseball as the most American of sports. Though its name is somewhat deceptive, and in fact logically unsound, football is the most widely watched sport in the United States, and its championship game, whose name is not known only to those who have been living on the moon for the last fifty years, the super bowl is the most watched television event in the United States. The sport is the caretaker of the Greatest Game Ever Played, the NFL championship game from 1958, which hosted 15 then future hall of famers and historic names such as Johnny Unitas, and continues to delight audiences with its mix of complex strategy and physical play.

In this free video series, our expert Billy Kidd will show you how to run a 5-3 defense in American Football. He will talk to you about personnel and purpose, he will talk about gap assignments and filling gaps, and he will talk about the objectives of the 5-3 defense. Billy will also teach about gains, creating confusion, and stunts before teaching you how to read the offense in your 5-3 defense.

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Expert: Billy Kidd played football for the University of Houston, from there he played professionally in the USFL and then to the Houston Oilers. After his time as a player, Billy became a coach, successfully coaching for several years at SMU and then onto Coaching a team in the Arena Football League. He shares his knowledge of defensive formations in this video series.

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