Is The 5-3 Or 4-4 A Better Defense For Youth Football?

The defensive scheme you decide to use, with your youth football team

, will decide how much success you will have this upcoming season. If you use the wrong scheme or put players in the wrong positions you are destined to fail.

A new inquiry we received was " Is the 4 - 4 Stack OR Base 5 - 3 A Better Youth Football Defense? The inquiry is repeated lower in this post. In that respect, there are many different styles of defense to implement when running a pee wee football squad, nevertheless a coach should be practical on what type of scheme to install. At the real immature ages almost all teams cannot throw the football, thus you will want to run a basic defense that can shut down the running game. Below is the inquiry from our client.

I manage a pop warner football team comprised of 9-10 year olds. In 2009 we used the 5-3 and finished the season with eight wins and only one loss. Over a nine game schedule we allowed on seven touchdowns. The advantage of using the 5-3 is you overload the line but can also get your reserve players into the middle of the defensive line three players at a time. This helps you meet any minimum play requirements. I am thinking of changing to the 4-4 defensive scheme since I have two returning star players at OLB and 2 very good players to play the inside linebackers. I have returning defensive ends, but no returning defensive guards or nose tackles. How hard is it to teach the 4-4 as a base defense with gap assignments? As I stated above, I have eight players returning from last season's defense so when my starters are on the field as one unit we should be pretty good. I'm afraid if I use the 5-3 again I will not have one of my studs at a linebacker position. I know I can make him a strong safety or a monster and rotate him to the strong side, but I'm wondering if using the 4-4 may be a better option. Any help, thought or ideas will be appreciated.

My first reaction is if you went 8-1 and only allowed 7 touchdowns, why the heck would you change? I would much rather add a few wrinkles to my established defense before I would change the base scheme? Game plan extra hard for the squad that beat you and keep all veterans in their same spot as last year. I think the 5-3 is one of the best defenses you can run with new players.

by: Jim Oddo

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