Follow Us on Twitter       

Good Scouting Grounds The Double-Wing Attack

Back  |  Printer Friendly

© December, 2001


by Bruce Eien
Head Coach, Brethren Christian High School, Huntington Beach, Calif.

Double-wing teams everywhere are running up scores, racking up huge rushing gains and embarrassing many opponents who have no idea on how to stop this potent offense.

Here are some ideas for scouting the double-wing team. Hopefully, you’ll be able to take these new ideas and put them to work within your defensive packages.

Identify The Star
When scouting a double-wing team the first thing you have to do is identify your opponent’s best running back. Even though the offense is designed to be evenly spread between the three backs, most teams tend to have one featured back. The main priority for stopping the double wing is to stop the featured back.

Identifying this back is usually easy as he comes into the game with huge yardage and touchdown statistics. You have to focus your defensive game plan on stopping him and worrying about covering other aspects of the double wing later.

That philosophy isn’t any different from defending a team with a star featured I back or a good option quarterback. That player must be stopped ...The full article can only be seen by subscribers.
Subscribe today!

   User Name    Password 
Password Help
Current Subscriber first time here? Click Here to set up your password.
 NOT A SUBSCRIBER?
Subscribe now and get Gridiron Strategies Digital magazine PLUS get INSTANT unlimited access to over 10 years of back issues including over 1000 articles and 3000 diagrams ONLY available at www.GridironStrategies.com Subscribe Now

**SUBSCRIBERS ONLY**
NEED PASSWORD HELP
Subscribe online or call 800-537-4271 and get your password today!



Sign Up for the Play of the Week Newsletter
 






Home |  Magazine |  Back Issues |  Shopping |  Subscribe |  Contact

Girdiron Strategies
PO Box 14041
North Palm Beach, FL 33408
p. 561-355-5068

Copyright 2024, Gridiron Strategies
a division of
AFM Media, LLC.
All Rights Reserved.