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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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…
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…
AS A VEER-OPTION offensive team, the majority of our offensive practice time was previously devoted to perfecting option assignments and techniques.…
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…
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…
THIS SERIES IS basically pass-oriented, although running plays such as “Dives” and fullback traps can be incorporated to keep defenses honest. The fo…
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…
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…
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…
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…
THE QUARTERBACK POSITION is undoubtedly the most scrutinized position on the team. The QB is repeatedly analyzed — by every coach, player and fan. To…
DEFENSES ATTEMPT TO be comfortable with the formations and plays that an opponent may throw at them in any given situation. Defensive coordinators…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…