Air Raid Offense – RPO’s to Enhance the Run and Quick Pass Game (Part II)
By Felton Huggins, Offensive Coordinator LaGrange College While we are predominantly reading the “Will” backer in our 2 x 2 Stick concept that is typically thrown into the boundary, the read changes to the “Mike” out of 3 x…
Air Raid Offense – RPO’s to Enhance the Run and Quick Pass Game (Part I)
By Felton Huggins, Offensive Coordinator LaGrange College This past offseason I was promoted from WR Coach/Passing Game Coordinator to QB Coach/Offensive Coordinator. I’m definitely a tried and true “Air Raider” having played for the legendary Hal Mumme in college, but…
The Hiram College Adjustment Passing Game (Part II)
By Henry Stanford, Head Coach and Adam Moses, Co-Offensive Coordinator Now, we take that same trail concept and we adjust the formation to a 3 x 2 set. With implementing the trail concept into this new formation (Example 2),…
The Hiram College Adjustment Passing Game (Part I)
Skip to Part 2 By Henry Stanford, Head Football Coach and Adam Moses, Co-Offensive Coordinator Over the years, teams have implemented various styles of passing. Some programs believe quick-short passing games that challenge defenses horizontally. Other programs believe in challenging…
Stealing Reps, Utilizing Quality Coaches, 21st Century Reality
The following article was written by David Buchanan, a high school head coach for over 25 years and a frequent contributor to AFM. This excerpt is from his book, ‘Black Shoes and White Shoestrings.’ You can reach Coach Buchanan at…
Blitzing the QB Run-Game with 2-High Safeties (Part II)
By Patrick Moynahan, Linebackers Coach Kenyon College Spy Match Coverage As previously stated we encountered issues with covering vertical route combinations with traditional 3-Deep, 3-Under zone coverages. To counteract these problems, we now play variations of our read quarters…
Blitzing the QB Run-Game with 2-High Safeties (Part I)
By Patrick Moynahan, Linebackers Coach Kenyon College At Kenyon College we try to counteract our light, but quick front seven going against larger offensive linemen by overload blitzing to the side of the back. Our favorite concept the past few…
In-Season Practice Plan (Part III)
Southwest Minn. State University In-Season Practice Plan (Part III) By Cory Sauter, Head Football Coach Penalty-Free Thursday We emphasize the Red Zone for our “No Sweat” Thursday practice. Everything is at half speed. To keep our player’s minds from wandering,…
Southwest Minnesota State University In-Season Practice Plan (Part II)
Southwest Minnesota State University In-Season Practice Plan (Part II) By Cory Sauter, Head Football Coach Positive Play Tuesday On Tuesday’s we emphasize 1st and 2nd downs. Essential they are the same down; we do not treat them differently. Our goal…
In-Season Practice Plan (Part I)
Southwest Minnesota State University In-Season Practice Plan (Part I) By Cory Sauter, Head Football Coach Every year I like to evaluate our weekly in-season practice plan. I want to make sure we are as efficient as possible with our time…