Calculating football efficiency is important metric for understanding how your team if performing. If this is important for you, and you do not have an easy way to do it, keep reading for a link to an Excel file to help you with those calculations. Typical ‘efficiency by down’ metrics for offense are… For the… Continue reading Calculating Football Down Efficiency Easy
Category: Offense
An Air Force Football Staple Play: Cutback
Air Force’s answer to slowing down the inside linebackers: Cutback.
Triple Option Counter – How to ‘Slice’ an excessively shifting defense.
Triple Option Counter – How to ‘Slice’ an excessively shifting defense.
Four Creative Ways to Run Midline.
We all love midline triple and getting out to the edge. But what about good old midline with just the double read? Either a sweet give with the FB hitting the hole quicker than you can blink, or the QB pulling the ball and getting vertical in a huge gap that magically appears in the… Continue reading Four Creative Ways to Run Midline.
Shapes: Formations to influence Numbers, Angles and Grass.
Shapes? What is that? Maybe you heard John Gruden a few years ago call one unique formation ‘Star Wars’. Here is a link to that Bengals game where he described it as such. Gruden described it as being kind of crazy? But is it? Is there something legitimate to it? I am going to call… Continue reading Shapes: Formations to influence Numbers, Angles and Grass.
Coaching the Wide Receiver in the Triple Option Offense
Playing the wide receiver position when running the triple option offense is like fishing for Muskies in Minnesota. When fishing for Muskies it is going to take you a ton of casts, but when you finally hook into a Muskie, you are going to have some fun! When being that receiver in the triple option… Continue reading Coaching the Wide Receiver in the Triple Option Offense
Unbalanced Formations – Why Use Them?
To start with, what is an Unbalanced formation? Well, let’s look at one… So the offense has put both of its wide receivers, the Xs, over to the right. This is still a legal formation because the offense still has minimum required seven players on the line of scrimmage. The rule is also that only… Continue reading Unbalanced Formations – Why Use Them?
Chattanooga vs The Citadel – March 6, 2021 – Let’s NAG It!
Chattanooga jumped out to a big 17-7 half-time lead. But The Citadel’s Flexbone offense rallied with 10 unanswered points in the second half to force overtime. Chattanooga won in overtime by going for going for 2 to win 25-24. This blog post will look at six plays from The Citadel’s Flexbone offense that were affected… Continue reading Chattanooga vs The Citadel – March 6, 2021 – Let’s NAG It!
Flexbone Teams – The List
This page is about listing out which teams are running the Flexbone so that we can all find more examples and learn together. I will break each level up into two parts. Those that are currently running Flexbone and those who used to run Flexbone. I define Flexbone as being under center and running plays… Continue reading Flexbone Teams – The List
Coaching the Quarterback in the Triple Option
Coaching the quarterback who is running the triple option is such a fun challenge. You need a quarterback with the feel for running the triple option and the explosiveness to take advantage of a blown assignment. Let’s dive into it! Pun intended! The above formation is the base one we are used to seeing in… Continue reading Coaching the Quarterback in the Triple Option