Sprint Out Protection, Part 2: Adding a Sprint Draw
I would like to pick up where I left off on from the my last blog and now talk about adding a draw play to the Sprint Out Protection described previously. I will talk about each position as if we were…
Shoring Up Your Sprint-Out Protection
If you run any sprint-out pass plays, you have probably run into the problem of the defense playing a wide DE or walking up an OLB to the edge so that the frontside OT or TE cannot reach him. There…
Great Boundary Pressure Beater To Your TE
What started as a boundary beater play became a great high percentage, quick pass play to my TE with simple reads for the QB on a three-step drop out of the Shotgun. The ideal formation for this play is to…
Make Your X-PT/FG Team Another Offensive Personnel Group
As a practice planner you are always looking for ways to optimize the time you have out on the field. For most, it seems that the Extra Point/Field Goal Team is a unit that is overlooked and/or not enough time…
Single Wide Receiver, Boundary “Read” Concept (With RB)
An often overlooked version of the vertical pass game is the 3 x 1 or 2 x 1 boundary “Read” involving the running back working into the boundary with a single wide receiver. Field Side: Whether a 3 x 1…
Why You Should Use A Tight End and/or Fullback (Or 3)
I was always told as a young coach that everything works in cycles. After many years of running a four wide receiver offense, I have in the last few years started using one, two, and sometimes three tight end’s in…
Gun vs. Pistol
There are pro’s and con’s for both the Shotgun and the Pistol alignment. Since we now use both alignments, I thought I would share a few of the good and bad I have found up to this point. Pistol Alignment:…
Play-Action Made Simple
The key to any successful play-action pass is the ability to sell the run. But, there are a few other things to consider when trying to maximize a play-action. First, make your routes simple enough so that they can be…
It Doesn’t Matter What You Know Until Your Players Know It As Well
By Jeff Hancock Offensive Coordinator Siena Heights University -Can he Recruit? -Does he know his X’s and O’s? -Can he teach? In my experience of hiring coaches over the years, these are the three most critical criteria to decide…