I love looking through Andrew Coverdale and Dan Robinson’s The Bunch Attack: Using Compressed Formations in the Passing Game. Out of all of the books and DVDs I have, it is the one I understood the least. After a few more years doing this, I can finally understand some of the ideas those mad scientists ...…
Getting your football players to remember the playbook can be an excruciating task at times. Try as you might to make a simplified system for them, someone is going to mess it up. Have you ever watched an NFL game where the Quarterback and Receiver are not on the same page? Sometimes you can tell ...…
Did you play Offensive Line as a kid? Ever? If you did, you learned how to pull. We picked the foot up and stomped grass. We threw the elbow. And then you run down the line. You know that drill, right? The technique is great for kick-out blocks like a Trap or Counter. But for ...…
Need a little something to open up your Trap Play against well coached 40 Front teams? Check out the Pull Trap. The Pull Trap play will cause trouble for very well coached 3-techniques. When you play a good 4-3 Defense, you may run into trouble with the Trap. Every time your play side Guard blocks ...…
Offensive Coordinators are always looking for a new way to attack defenses. Putting a defender in a bind is the key to offensive success. That is especially true when you do not have superior talent. Working off of a well-designed running game based off the Zone Read, there are tons of other ways to put ...…
There is simply no other play that screams hard-nosed football than the Isolation Play, or Lead Play. The Iso is all about getting downhill, blowing someone up, and picking up what you can get. This is just an old-school, hard-nosed running play that can be adapted to fit most offenses. Whether you are in an ...…
There are a number of ways for your football team to block the Stretch Play, or Outside Zone, and most of them are perfectly good. Every offensive staff needs to consider the options when installing the play, and make their decision according to a few important considerations. What fits with your Offensive Linemen best? What ...…
I’m not really sure what the best term for this play is. But it is simple and effective if you’re already running a 2-back set, particularly out of the I Formation. With a Double Tight End formation, you can get a pretty good kick out to either side with the expanded edge. You’ll really like ...…
I really enjoy Twitter. At first I thought it was worthless, in fact my account was pretty much dormant for 3 years. But now I realize you can get incredible feedback, build strong relationships, find great Podcast interviews (okay that doesn’t matter for everyone… but try it), and even write an article for your blog ...…
The great thing about having a Quarterback who understands how to read the Option is that you can literally read anyone. You can attach a read element to most of your plays. Why do you want to read them? Because you can’t block ‘em. If you can just line up and blow everyone off the ...…
