MIDLINE OPTION
Midline Option is a great play when you are facing a very tough 3-tech DT. QB reads this 3-tech and either gives the ball to the diving B-Back or keeps it himself as he replaces the 3-Tech who has pinched…
Rob Taylor’s interview with Baylor Strength and Conditioning Coach Chris Ruf
Chris Ruf joined Baylor University’s Department of Athletic Performance in January of 2008. He previously was the assistant strength and conditioning coach at South Florida and also coached at Iowa State for eight seasons. Ruf holds a Bachelor’s Degree from…
Defending the Big 5 Run Plays
When installing or designing defenses, all of us line up our defenses vs. an assorted number of formations. That is, formations specific to our opponent’s offensive tendencies. We do this to make sure our defense is sound vs. the formations…
Four Keys to a Successful Four Vertical Package
Four verticals has become a staple in many offenses. It’s a great plan of attack versus any eight man box whether that is something that the defense aligns in or rotates to. Executed correctly the defense is stressed horizontally. We…
TRIPLE PASS
Triple Pass is called when your coaches up in the booth find that the defense is starting to either stuff the tackle box with 9 defenders or their safeties start to cheat up in order to lend run support. When this…
Bracketology: Breaking down the Final Four
It is that time of year for sports – March Madness with its brackets and the road to the “Final Four”. Just think of all the games, the teams, the excitement and bracket busters! With that in mind it brings…
The Philosophy of the Air Raid Offense
The basic philosophy of the Air Raid Offense when it was created was to “throw the ball short to people who can score.” The offense has always prided itself on being a pass first system of offense that develops a…
Just Wing It
In his book “Scoring Power with the Wing-T Offense” (1957), Forest Evashevski, the father of the wing-t offense wrote: “The wing as a basis for an offensive attack goes back to the earliest days of American football and was popularized…
PISTOL-FLEX BASE FORMATION
The majority of plays that we run from the Pistol-Flex will be out of our base formation. Notice that it is a balanced formation that has the potential to have four receivers out for a pass immediately after the snap….
Interview with Dan Dalrymple, Director of Strength and Conditioning for the New Orleans Saints
Dan Dalrymple was hired by Head Coach Sean Payton of the New Orleans Saints when he first became head coach in 2006. Payton and Dalrymple had worked together at Miami of Ohio in the mid-1990’s. Dalrymple produced a set of…