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RPO Plays To Help Your Offensive Line | FBCP S10E18

RPO plays have changed the game on both sides of the football. Run Pass Option offenses are not just at the college level and big high schools, though. You can use these schemes in your small school football offense.

In this episode, we’re talking to back-to-back Oklahoma State Champion coach Lynn Shackelford from Cashion High School (Cashion, OK) about his evolution into RPO plays, how they helped his teams perform well above their expectations, and how he’s using them today to keep adding 1A state championships to his trophy case.

Transition from 8-Man Football

  • Coach Shackelford’s evolution started at the 8-Man Football level. Learn how the game is different and how the experience influenced his coaching.
  • What are some of the similarities and differences in the 8-man game? Coach shares the biggest challenges for 8-Man Football. 
  • We talk about how the move from 8-Man to 11-Man created the need for RPO plays in his offensive playbook.

Why RPO Plays

  • The best reason for running RPO plays: Help your Offensive Line. We look at why it is so beneficial for teams with a young, undersized Offensive Line.
  • Learn the benefits Run Pass Options had for Coach Shackelford’s offense when they implemented the scheme in 2015
  • Find out why RPO plays are not just about big gains and making the defense wrong. They are a safer call for your offense to control the football.

Adding RPO Plays To Your Offense

  • Get the basic RPO plays that Coach Shackelford used when first developing the offense.
  • We talk about how to play call and game plan your RPO plays to put the defense in conflict.
  • If you want to get started with RPO plays, find out how Coach Shackelford would start with just one Run Pass Option – and which one it would be.  

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