Hammer Force Defensive Technique

“The new scheme, combined with our players’ great attitude, paid giant dividends for us in stopping the run last fall.” - Santa Cruz & Willmer In the spring of 2004 we made the switch from an even front to an odd for its recruiting advantages (since it is difficult to recruit four solid defensive linemen at our level) and for its aggressive nature. The new scheme, combined with our players’ great attitude, paid giant dividends for us in stopping the run last fall. Schematically, how we fit-up our outside force was one of the ways we were able to help our run defense. With offenses today becoming more and more creative in finding ways to run power schemes, we have found it beneficial to have the ability to change the force angle of our end man on the line of scrimmage (EMLOS). From the traditional outside shoulder free force support he changes to a wrong arm approach that we call