Let's say, for example, the scout team runs a wing-T belly. After the play, take your defensive tackles and show them via positioning why they should be in an outside shade instead of head-up or inside shade. Stop the play and show the defense the running alley that has been created. It does not take too many of these walk-throughs to get the defense to realize the utmost importance of alignments. Coaching in this way allows the athlete to understand why plays are successful, and if adjustments are made in the game, why they still work.
Assignment is the last component.
We break down assignments into two parts because of the style of 4-4 defense that Reedsburg runs. The two parts are keys and reads. We run gap responsibility defense, and it is predicated on specific keys and reads. With this style of defense, our defenders need a tremendous amount of reps. The defender needs to react instinctively to what he sees.