Teaching Your Quarterback To Pass From The “Form-Throw” Position
BEING A CREATURE of habit isn’t always a bad thing. In fact, when you play quarterback in our program, habit is required. Good habits are just that —…
Receiver-Screen Package Racks Up Huge Passing Numbers
OUR TEAM HAS broken all of our school’s passing and receiving records, while leading our conference in passing in recent years. One key ingredient to…
Flawless Fundamentals For Productive Kick Returning
OUR RETURN TEAM uses a 2-deep return set, with the kickoff returner aligned at the 5-yard line, 3 yards outside the hash marks. The returner needs to…
43 Savage Special
This is an excellent 2-point play or short-yardage play that we have had tremendous success with over the years. Offensive Linemen: The entire line z…
Doubles Right Shot Gun, Quick 81
This is the perfect play to use against a defense who is attacking with the blitz. Your protection must be solid to the strong side, while the slots…
Guns Right, 435 Screen Left
DIAGRAM: This play has been very successful for my teams over the years. The QB uses play-action, rolls to the right looking at the receivers on the…
Goal-Line Special: 28 Sweep Pass (Throwback)
DIAGRAM: The left TE runs a route to the right wing corner, while the left wing goes into motion, secures the handoff (selling the sweep right). As h…
117 Waggle Solid
DIAGRAM: The QB makes a good sweep fake, pivots and reads the middle defender. If the defender jumps the TE, he should throw deep. If the defender co…
31 Cut Pass
DIAGRAM: This is a great play-action pass out of our double-wing formation. By running the Jet sweep to the left a few times, you can usually set up…
Focus On A Body Part: Critical Key For Punt, Kickoff Coverage
WHILE WORKING ON punt and kickoff coverage, many special teams coordinators become frustrated with players about maintaining their lanes. How many ti…
Stubborn Goal-Line Defense Keeps The End-Zone Door Slammed Shut
ALMOST EVERY COACH says that goal-line defense is the most important zone on the field and that your team needs to play great goal-line defense — but…
Watching Risk Factors For Summer Heat
SUMMER TWO-A-DAYS are coming up quick and you have a lot that you need to get accomplished. But as you develop your attack plan for summer practices,…
Proven Plans For Perfecting Your Practices
PAUL BROWN ONCE said, “Leave as little to chance as possible. Preparation is the key to success.” At Plainville High School, we know that football ga…
5 Ways to Improve Your Film Watching
WATCHING FILM IS a common practice at the high school, college and professional levels of football. The idea is that players improve their performanc…
Simple Bunch Package Is An Easy-To-Install, Yet Tough-To-Defend Offense
OUR TEAM’S PASSING GAME is divided into packages of plays. Each package requires a certain personnel grouping to execute. We’ve found that packaging…