Easy, Yet Effective Perimeter Screens For An Option Offense Keep Defenses Second-Guessing
WE’RE A 2-SLOT spread option team. The practice demands of running the option are great, therefore, our team likes to use perimeter screens because o…
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Trickology 101: Using Trick Plays While Remaining True To Your Offensive Concep
MANY TIMES, YOU’LL hear commentators during pro or college football games express amazement when a team uses a trick play. They act as if this is suc…
Drop-Back Passing Series Perfectly Complements Option Attack
AS A VEER-OPTION offensive team, the majority of our offensive practice time was previously devoted to perfecting option assignments and techniques.…
5 Pass Plays Every Offense Should Employ
WHILE ALL OFFENSES strive for a balance between the run and the pass, each offense has its preferred way of moving the football. You can really defin…
Down Belly With Variations Powers Offense Downfield
ONE OF THE principles on which our offense is based is to have a “series approach” style of attack. A series, to us, is a package of plays comprised…
“Predator Series” Preys On Defensive Weaknesses
THIS SERIES IS basically pass-oriented, although running plays such as “Dives” and fullback traps can be incorporated to keep defenses honest. The fo…
Incorporating Quick-Passing Routes Into A Sprint-Out Series
THE 3-STEP DROP series allows for easy blocking schemes and simple quarterback reads, while a sprint-out series allows you to move the QB out into sp…
Counter-Boot And Stretch-Pass Series Threatens Run Or Pass While Moving The Poc
USING BOOT LEGS and play-action aids our protection schemes by moving the pocket and slowing the rush, all while maintaining the threat of the run. F…
Veer-Angle Offense Keeps Defenses Guessing
THE VEER ANGLE offense is a 3-pronged attack based upon a combination of options. Its purpose is to combine option and power football and add in a qu…
“13-Quarterback-Iso” Catches Defenses Off-Guard
STARTING A NEW football program from scratch can be a difficult task for any coaching staff. Our staff has been in place since Fort Zumwalt West high…
3 Points To Immediately Improve Your Quarterback
THE QUARTERBACK POSITION is undoubtedly the most scrutinized position on the team. The QB is repeatedly analyzed — by every coach, player and fan. To…
Double-Dive Series Springboards Offense Downfield
DEFENSES ATTEMPT TO be comfortable with the formations and plays that an opponent may throw at them in any given situation. Defensive coordinators…
Running The Single Wing In The 21st Century — Part 3: The 30 Fullback Series
ANY COACHING STAFF implementing the single-wing offense must decide what the role the fullback will play in the overall offensive scheme. In the Sing…
Off-Tackle Power Play A Dangerous Multi-Threat
OUR OFF-TACKLE Power Play serves as eight plays in one. The backfield action and linemen rules apply for the five running plays and the play-action p…
“Power” Series From A Two Tight-End Set Keeps 5-2 Defenses Honest
ONE OF THE very best formations to use — especially in high school football — is the two tight-end set. This set gives you the ability to balance the…
Running The Single Wing In The 21st Century — Part 2: “The 40 Tailback Series”
THE FIRST INSTALLMENT in this series (see June/July 2004 issue) covered the 20 Series, the most productive series from a “big-play perspective” in ou…
Turning Your Quarterback Into A Running Threat From The Shotgun
COMPARED TO THE other teams in our conference, our squad is generally undersized year in and year out. To counter this, our coaching staff needed to…
Running The Single Wing In The 21st Century — Part 1: “The 20 Series”
AS A 22-YEAR-OLD head coach fresh out of college in 1970, I attempted to use the single wing as my primary offensive system. I’d always been intrigue…