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: Theory
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.
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
Midline, Inside Veer and Outside Veer: Same Play / Different Gap
It is interesting how Inside Veer and Outside Veer seem to be more closely related for most people. I think that is because they have simply been around longer. Those two plays also had many years together from the split-back Veer teams. But as I will show Midline, Inside Veer and Outside Veer have the… Continue reading Midline, Inside Veer and Outside Veer: Same Play / Different Gap
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?
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
Coaching the B Back in the Triple Option
The B back is where it all begins! The defense has to fear him getting the ball, breaking a weak arm tackle and running down the middle of the field for a touchdown. In the triple option the offense will leave two defenders unblocked. After the snap the quarterback and the B back will then… Continue reading Coaching the B Back in the Triple Option
Andy Reid’s best play – Running Scrum and Kaizen
Andy Reid, the head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs, is receiving a lot of deserved praise as he prepares for the chance to win back to back championships. But what is his secret sauce? What has helped him to rise to the top? Coach Reid believes in an iterative process that will lead to… Continue reading Andy Reid’s best play – Running Scrum and Kaizen