Fundamentals For Wide Receivers
FOOTBALL COACHES CAN help young players who want to be wide receivers by stressing a few fundamentals. You won’t turn everyone into the the next Jerr…
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Spurrier’s Play-Action Pass Tough To Defend
STEVE SPURRIER WAS hired as head football coach at the University of Florida in l990. In 11 seasons at his alma mater, the 1966 Heisman Trophy recipi…
How A No-Back, Five-Receiver Set Works
ASK OTTO ZEMAN to define total offense and you may get an entirely different answer that what you’d hear from other coaches. That’s because the coach…
Wide Receiver Middle Screen
DIAGRAM 1: This play works great against an aggressive pass rush. PLAYER RESPONSIBILITIES: Fullback: Block defender aligned on screen receiver. Half…
Teaching Your QB To “Steal” Yards From The Defense
THE QUARTERBACK in our offense has the freedom to change the play at any time. We teach our QBs to take what the defense is giving. Every good offens…
Open Things Up With A Solid Play-Action Passing Game
THE FUN AND challenge of building a successful program comes in a lot of dimensions. One of the things we have really enjoyed with our program is sta…
Get Open With 3-Step Passing Game Routes
THE 3-STEP PASSING game is an important part of any offensive package. By using the 3-step technique, your offense can quickly gain yardage and take…
Make The Belly Your Base Play
ALL FOOTBALL SYSTEMS eventually develop a base play to go to anytime, anywhere and with any type of personnel. At our school, the Delaware Wing-T Bel…
Smash-Mouth Football Still Gets The Job Done
FOOTBALL IS A GAME of cycles and trends. The hot trend in offensive football is to spread out the defense with 3, 4 or 5 receivers and air it out. Th…
Jet Sweep Soars Downfield
OFFENSIVE COACHES ARE always looking for plays where they can gain the most yards while blocking the fewest defenders. An intriguing play that fits t…
Developing A Big-Time Passing Attack
WHEN DEVELOPING a passing attack, it’s important to build a system that fits your athletes’ abilities and gets your 11 best players on the field. A c…
Nebraska’s 41 Pitch Still a Winner
WHEN TOM OSBORNE LEFT the University of Nebraska he was a legend. He finished his 25-year coaching career with a 255-49 record, which includes 3 nati…
Tight End Screen Moves The Chains
OUR TEAM RELIES heavily on running the option. We utilize the mid-line option, inside veer and lead option. To do these things correctly, we devote a…
Goal Line Offense (Power I Set)
DIAGRAM 1: Outside Pitch: Use this play on the goal line, placing tight end and split end on the same side, which makes the TE ineligible. Many times…
Try The Shuffle Option From A No-Back Set
IT’S TIME TO COMBINE the great equalizers of the passing game and option football. To accomplish this, we like to use a no-back set in our passing ga…
Putting The “O” In Your Offense
WHEN I FIRST BECAME a head coach, I used my experience as a defensive coordinator to put together an offensive system. I took the best and hardest of…
Creating A Flawless Center Snap
THE CENTER’S TECHNIQUE in conducting the snap is a skill few coaches pay much attention to. Developing this skill can make an average center good and…
'Go Sweep' - A Crushing Ground Attack
WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS, our offense turns to the “Go Sweep.” This play can be devastating to defenses at any level of competition. The “Go Sweep” evolve…