Stick Game: Rules & Ways To Dress It Up
Our quick pass game has evolved over my six seasons as a head coach. We now rely heavily on the “Stick” pass in our game. Stick has become our QB’s most reliable concept and easiest to install. It is a…
Use the Proper Tool – Pulling Technique
I would like to thank our offensive line coach Tony Neymeiyer for his assistance with this article. Most offenses use schemes that require a lineman to pull and block a defender on the first level or second level. I’ve heard…
CUT BLOCKING
Cut Blocking plays a huge role in our offensive blocking schemes. The B-Back and both A-Backs are taught to be great cut blockers in order to give the ball carrier a chance to take it to the house. When executed…
SLIPS, SHALLOWS, NAKEDS AND BOOTLEGS
We really liked how the Baylor coaching staff got RGIII involved in movement passes while he was there and so we call our movement series “Baylor.” There are a variety of ways to get the ball to athletes in this series…
Evolution of the Use of the Quick Passing Game
In their book “Football’s Quick Passing Game: Fundamentals and Techniques” (1998), Andrew Coverdale and Dan Robinson write, “An accomplished coordinator in the NFL was recently heard to say in a clinic presentation, “I don’t know of any place I’ve been…
Making the Chip Shot (Part III, the Holder)
We often are tasked with coaching a position or skill that we’ve never had to play or perform. “Holding” for a field goal or extra point is a skill that was completely foreign to me, yet as a new special…