I have a VERY important question from one of our listeners for today’s episode. How do you teach your players to use the helmet and/or facemask in blocking? It’s interesting because this got me a little riled up. That may not take much, but this one is really important. Not because I think the … [Read more...]

This week’s question comes from a Youth / Middle School Football Coach who wants to run a Zone blocking scheme. Interesting question. I’d be a lot of coaches would say no. You may need to tweak some things, but you can absolutely do this. One mistake I learned on Zone blocking, was trying to … [Read more...]

Today’s Quick Clinic is in response to a question sent by Alaric to me on Facebook. He wants to know why more coaches aren’t running the Wing-T Offense. It’s a great question, because this offense has been so effective over the years. The answer? Some of it may surprise you. Some of it won’t. … [Read more...]

The Trap Play is one of the oldest plays in football. It’s a great play to use in any 2-back offense. In the Inside Trap you’re going to be kicking out a Defensive Tackle most of the time. Check out this video for more on running the Trap Play: https://youtu.be/Anznn8oqm9I The Trap is a great … [Read more...]

Sprint Out Passing is a great way to change the launch point for your Quarterback. It adds another dimension to your offense, and it also really helps out a struggling offensive line. Any team with an athletic QB can benefit from sprint game. But you’ve got to get the Quarterback outside for it … [Read more...]

Before you decide how deep the running back should be aligned in your offense, you have to understand the purpose of depth. It’s all about timing. Which means your running back depth will be determined by a number of factors. What offense do you run? How fast does your blocking take to … [Read more...]

This the third Quick Clinic on the different styles of old school option attack. In previous Quick Clinics, I’ve talked about the Inside Veer and Outside Veer as well. The Midline Option might be my favorite football play. Though we’ve run it at times, and with some success, it never became a … [Read more...]

The Outside Veer continues to expand on your Option package. This play hits one man wider than the Inside Veer we talked about in the Quick Clinic on the Inside Veer Option. The Outside Veer is great to use when you need to expand your attack and option a wider defender. It is particularly good … [Read more...]