Essential MOF Linebacker Play in the 4-2-5

If your LBs lose control of the MOF, an opposing offense will shred that area all-day long and force you to abandon your gameplan, your preparation and all the strategies you counted on to win the game.Bryant University’s Jordan Frost-Dixon has put together a highly valuable instructional coaching video that provides the essential game plan for ensuring that the 2’s in your 4-2-5 Defense are prepared, capable leaders of your defense – and that those two middle linebackers act as a key lynchpin of your defensive scheme!

Linebacker Fundamentals & Technical Skills

Coach Frost-Dixon begins this presentation by going over the fundamentals that he teaches to his linebackers as a critical component of the 4-2-5 Defense.Critical middle linebackers skills covered in this segment include key 4-2-5 essentials: coverage-stance-positioning technique, keys-and-reads, footwork, block destruction and pass-coverage fundamentals. 

Coach Frost-Dixon places a high-priority emphasis on coaching tips to ensure that your MOF linebackers play under control, while maintaining the ability to change directions at any point during the play. Clips of drill work in practice and game footage are shown to emphasize several coaching points applicable to all linebacker positions, including:

• Linebacker Run Defense – fundamentals, skills and rules that apply to any defensive system.
• Linebacker Pass Defense – footwork and fundamentals for both inside and outside linebackers. (With examples of techniques applied in game situations.)

MOF Closed Coverage

Coach Frost-Dixon then covers MOF coverage concepts he uses successfully, beginning with an in-depth explanation on the philosophy of MOF coverage, when to use it, and some unique advantages that it provides the defense as a unit. Alignment rules and run fit responsibilities are also covered in detail and can be applied to a variety of different defense structures. 

Coach Frost-Dixon also includes run fits – used against several common offensive run schemes; they are diagrammed and examples are shown using game footage.This video by Coach Frost-Dixon is a thorough, complete overview of MOF closed-coverage concepts out of a 4-2-5 defense structure and a must-have instructional tool for any defensive coach!

Customer Review: 5 out of 5 Stars. ‘This is an excellent defensive video … loaded with lots of great information … worth owning even if you don’t run a 4-2-5 Defense!’

72 minutes. 2023.