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[...]... Prccee.linps STRATEGIES 8 FOOTBALLCOACHING ,li , i ,' Running Options Ftom the l-Formation ROYKID 'rr : rr t! i*l li Q O1lIofibnsehasbeenvar] productiveboth in yardase gained and points scorcd Much of the suc c€sshas been due to th€ athletes we\e been able to rccruit and becausethese young men are sold on th€ I-formation and our offensivophilosophy We are an option-odented football t€am In recent years... defender,q block them.Also,the angleblocksand double teams ofoption football help your linemen It makes the d.efense pl&r &$ignrnent foot6@rr In delending the option on €very play, the defensewill assign a man each to rhe dire, QB, and pirchphaspofour lprion on both sides of our formation This makes them play assignment football mther than reaction football The optioo uill help rour p(,ss offense dram.rticallst... body block him o g€t tough with other people.Our quarterbacks make a lot ofgood bJocksthat way We tell our fullback to take a slight step forward, and then go parallel tr the line and annihilate 4 FOOTBALL COACHING STRATEGIES the com€rback We don't want him to body block just run right over him Our Z-back's (flankers) job changes,depending on where he is set If he is set wide, we ask him to crack back... gives rhe us a misdirection play that helps hold our oppon€nt's linebackeft and enable8 us to get outside We block the hap several wayB depending on the fronl and lhe rypeofsrunis we re Eeeing 10 FOOTBALL COACHING STRATECTI]S FIGURE r',p **.",r,,, 7 r _."- 6 flouBE T r,"e*."s,_"""50 o 5 A Figur€ 6 shows how we would block tmp mnning strong versus a 50 defense.Figure 7 shows how we r-unit to the weak... Option Series DICK MacPHERSON i l l rl,ll i:,,:L r*':t'i t,' When we need€d to improve our ofiensive pro ductivity, we choseoption football We did so for these fbur reasons: O It's the best w@r for us to get the fimtball outside the perimeter of the defewe hl today's football, it has bocomeincrcasinsly diffrcult to establish a sweepor toss play as an oulsrdcpla) Ho$erer t\e upliun gi\es us a chancc... the years, we haven't changed much The things we do best are those things we know best and have taught for years 1973 P@eedinss Coach McKay uas htud c@ch at tha UniDersity of Southern Cdli.fomia 6 FOOTBALL COACHING STRITTEGIES * g 8 g' * i 6t 1} t * B t I' i i l t ]1c e ; i 1 '* E !] * * g :!& $ Big Plays From the l-Formation TOMOSBORNE i $ !1 * $ i $ i i ! : i i r g { * Q ac * *$ a $ t r* $B$ $ * ,d... Fullback-Run through the midline of ihe center.G€t a great mesh and drive to backside Iinebacker Ouarterback-Step back offthe midline and stretch the ball back to the fullback Gather STRATEGIES COACHING 12 FOOTBALL 3r FIGUBE Freeze oplionto TE sido FS ! c of cedain covemges that can give you an advantage in the perimeter, without changes {br your peopleup front P|ay-Action off of Freeze Option -{,... opponents to gain familiarity with in a week's prepamtion time, and an offense that doesn't require you to knock everybody off the lin€ of scrimmage, but aliows you to leaaf the defense'scommitment 18 FOOTBALL COACHING STRATEGIES For these reasonsthe olTense gives our players an excellent chanceto be srccessful,because nolrnally we don't measurc up to the physical standards ofour opponents must dependon... formation 1984 Sunmer Manual Coich DeBe.r! is head coach at the Air Fot@ Aedem! 20 FOOTBAI,L COACHING STRATEGIES t ; l*tllii'.,",t]i I t ll] i: t } : : iit ir : $lll : lilr , : ill The Double Wing.T Package (TUBBY' IIAROLD ill t* ll ilir:tr RAIMOND ', i: : : t Q t t The Delaware Wing-T has always been senes or Bequence football, thrcat€ning several points of attack as itflows toward a particular flank This... block the defensive tackle The quarterback executes the option on 4 of keeping upfield or pithing to the left half(see FiEure 8) FIGUREl-p"" pr* 8 6 TIGURE VV n \-/ - j-'r/ V r1n Tt \,/ \_,/ L l 22 FOOTBALL COACHING STRATEGIES The pass{iom this option play has beenequalb effectiveas the run The right halfrcleases with width and looks over his outside shoulder.The endmovestoblockdown, delaysiwo counts,then . WiEht Dich Sheridan 87 90 91 95 98 10 1 10 4 10 6 10 7 10 9 t12 11 4 11 9 12 1 12 4 24 13 1 13 3 13 5 -PARI III Special Teams 13 9 14 3 14 6 15 0 15 4 16 1 Kicking for the Winning. Mdson Bill Snydzr Don Nehl.en l6a 11 4 17 9 18 1 18 4 18 8 19 0 19 5 19 7 19 9 200 20L 205 FOREWOBD In 36 years of coaching football I relied heavily on frnding