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Gap-Air-Mirror Defense for Youth Football
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The Contrarian Edge for Football Offense
Coaching Freshman and JV Football

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Defense with a complete owner's manual

Gap-Air-Mirror Defense for Youth Football provides an extremely detailed description of how to staff, install, practice, and troubleshoot the Gap-Air-Mirror defense, or GAM. Gap-Air Mirror is terminology invented by John T. Reed to describe the modern, more flexible version of what used to be called the gap-8 and 10-1 defenses. The gap-8 and 10-1 terminology was confusing some youth coaches into thinking they should always have that number of men on the line and behind the line. In fact, with modern offensive formations that vary considerably even at the youth level, terminology that more accurately reflects the way the defense aligns against various formations was needed.

The GAM defense is the only football defense in the universe that comes with a complete owners manual. The most popular youth defense, the 5-3-3, is not the subject of any currently in-print book. I do not like that defense at all, but even if a youth coach did like it, how would he know how to run it?

Can be used at the high school level

Even though this defense is designed for youth football, it can be used effectively at the high school level as well, especially freshmen and JV.

$29.95 68-page, 8 1/2 x 11, paperback

Youth football is also known by some as Pop Warner football or pee wee football or junior football. I am not affiliated with Pop Warner and never coached in that organization per se.