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CONCLUSION
There are many defenses that are good versus various offensive formations. The important point is to have a defense you and your players believe in, and which is sound in all respects. Each player must take pride in himself and his defensive ability. He must personally feel he is not going to permit the opposition to score. He must accept it as a personal challenge to himself. He must eliminate the long run and/or the long pass for the “easy” touchdown, pursue relentlessly and tackle viciously in order to be sound both individually and as a team while on defense.
Other phases of defensive football, such as defending against the on-side kick and the field goal attempt, will be discussed in detail in [Chapter 6], “Our Kicking Game.” The drills which we use for our defensive ends, interior linemen, linebackers, the secondary, and for the team will be illustrated in [Chapter 11]. Pass defense will be discussed in its entirety in [Chapter 5].