Installing Today’s Hybrid Pistol Offense Run & Pass from Top to Bottom
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Coach,
Do you use the TAG only when you have a TE? If so why? When you say hash, numbers, sideline your using those landmarks for the kickout then back to the sideline? Like running the ladder that is what I teach. Dip in and then bounce after the kickout.
Yes, you cannot use the TAG scheme without a tight end because against certain defenses, you will not be able to block everybody and that unblocked defender is in prime position to blow up the sweep.
All hash, numbers, sideline is, is a more specific way of telling the slotback to run to specific spots. Bounce it outside may be too unspecific. Quite honestly, I think your way is pretty good overall though.
Lou Cella
Head Varsity Football Coach
Greater Nanticoke Area High School (PA)
Coach,
Against a 40 front other than a blitzing, (timed perfectly) ILB who could cause problems using TAG type of blocking w/o a TE. Assuming the wing is blocking down and the SE is cracking, correct.
Warrior- anybody outside the B gap will kill your sweep. As long as they are in the B gap to the backside, you won't have any problems. But draw the TAG scheme up against a 3-3, 3-4, 4-3, 4-4, 5-2 Eagle, 5-3, 6-1, and 6-2. You will then see how the TAG scheme doesn't work against all defenses unless you have a tight end. Don't run TAG without a tight end. You will regret it, trust me! I hope this helps.
Lou Cella
Head Varsity Football Coach
Greater Nanticoke Area High School (PA)
Warrior, are you talking about the TAG scheme without a tight end? Usually the receiver will stalk the corner on the Jet Sweep. If you can figure out how to effectively run TAG without a tight end against all the fronts you could possibly see, you better show me, because I'll be running it in 2006.
Lou Cella
Head Varsity Football Coach
Greater Nanticoke Area High School (PA)
Coach,
I am by no means saying that you can run it against all fronts. WE may have had success with it because not many teams run it where I am from. We were able to run the tag scheme all last year against any 40 front and most 50 fronts. Our rule is that the DL can not cross your face and if he can you need to block him. Our jet is like yours full speed with some depth after the hand off. Our line was very fast and able to get out and lead as the SE cracked the OLB/INVERT/SS. Wing would block DE if able to based on alignment.
Teams have done their research and become better at defending it so this year we had more trouble running the TAG scheme. We would always try to run that scheme with the plan of keeping the tackle home if need be.
3-5 and 5-3 gave us the most problems pulling the both guard and tackle so we held in the tackle but still cracked with the wide out.
Who are your concerns when running TAG w/o a TE? Other than a DT who is head up to outside shade on the tackle.
Warrior, like I said before, there are times that a C gap player can bust up the play. Plus, if you play against a 9 technique who aligns outside of the slotback, if he comes upfield, the tackle has to pick him up, the guard has to turn it up, and the ball carrier has to turn it up. Jet Sweep is run best when the ball carrier can run hash, numbers, sideline. If he has to keep turning it up, he's running right into the defense. I assume that your tackle kicks out the corner and the guard has the next immediate threat, and if there is no immediate threat, he turns upfield and picks up the linebacker or the strong safety? Right? Show me your blocking rules for Jet Sweep using TAG scheme, and I want to see if it can work for me. Post at your convienence. Thank you Warrior.
Lou Cella
Head Varsity Football Coach
Greater Nanticoke Area High School (PA)
Coach Cella,
You are exactly right. Any 9 technique playing outside of the Slot that the slot can not handle gets either cracked by a SE that has decreased his split or combo with both guys and the SE moving to the next level. My only concern with someone outside of the B gap is if he is on the line. We may hold tackle in on this case but many of the DL are not fast enough to catch our backs. We also put in Red light this year and would block down with slot and tackle and kick that 9 tech with the guard. This slowed him down alot.
I know you have ran jet for a long time, so teams have had a long time to scheme to defend it. Jet is relatively new for our league. Other teams have run it before not as a staple like we do. Since we have been running it we have went 6-3, and the last two years 20-2 with both losses coming in the state play-offs to a power house that won the state championship this year.
I am hoping your knowledge will help put us over the hump.
Warrior, I hope so too. I've made plenty of mistakes with it too, but it can be run effectively. However, if you have no talent like I have year-in-and-year-out, the TAG scheme out of Red/Blue make it a great, great play! I saw it run in enough state title games this year (I watched at least 20 between television and in person) that I do believe it is still a difficult play to stop. Just make sure you have compliments, because teams will stop it if you don't!
Lou Cella
Head Varsity Football Coach
Greater Nanticoke Area High School (PA)
Coach Cella,
Out of the double slot do you run the buck sweep, if so do you pull both guards, with or w/o motion or both.
We have found this to be a good play when the teams start to widen the flank to stop Jet. The defensive ends start pinching a little more.
Warrior, let me give you the updated Jet Offense as I will have published sometime in 2006:
Sweep (D Gap)
Power (C Gap)
Belly (B Gap)
Midline (A Gap)
Counter (A Gap)
Reverse (B Gap)
Waggle Keep (C Gap)
Waggle
Belly Pass
The following are our rules on Buck Sweep:
PSE- Stalk
PSB- Down
PT- Down
PG- Trap 1st defender past PSB
C- Base-Playside Gap
BG- Pull/lead
BT- Wedge
BSB- 3-step mo, Sweep Path (HUG THE WALL!)
BSE- Crack
FB- Dive Steps
QB- Buck Series Steps (Dive, SWEEP, Waggle)
I look forward to discussing this further.
Lou Cella
Head Varsity Football Coach
Greater Nanticoke Area High School (PA)
Coach Cella,
Just a few questions
Sweep = Jet
Power = Iso or down down kick out with the full back,
Belly = following the jet motion (some call it down)
Midline = dive off from jet motion up the back of the center
counter = Trap?
Reverse = Criss cross? or sally
waggle keep = do you pull any one or do you give false pulls and keep it the same as buck
what is your belly Pass
You do not run red light or stop? It was a decent play for us this year off from jet motion. Tackle blocks down with the slot coming down too and kicking with the guard.
Power is when the jet motion man kicks out the first defender past the slotback's block. We use a down scheme to run power. The QB flat reverses (like the Wing-T Down) and gives the ball to the FB, who hugs the wall and runs to daylight.
Belly is when we jet motion and run traditional wing-t belly to the same side. What happens is the 5-technique usually flies to the sweep. So we cross block, bring the near slotback through the hole to the inside linebacker, and give the ball to the fullback.
Midline- we run jet motion and then run regular midline option to the motion side.
Counter- Jet motion with the slotback to the one side, tackle trap to the other with and inside handoff to the other slotback away from the jet motion. We trap 1st defender past the A gap.
Reverse- Counter-Criss Cross... we trap B gap with the tackle. If the trap man stays flat, the slotback can bounce the play outside.
Waggle Keep- Same as waggle, just keep the ball!
Belly Pass- fake the belly, slot runs a post-corner, split end runs a speed out... hit the post-corner. One of the two guys are ALWAYS open.
Waggle- Just like traditional wing-t waggle except with jet motion.
Red Light/Stop- sounds similar to the down play. I don't like running down unless I have a tight end. Then I would run it. You can get outnumbered running the down without a tight end to the red/blue side.
I hope this helps and look forward to discussing this further.
Lou Cella
Head Varsity Football Coach
Greater Nanticoke Area High School (PA)
Coach Cella
With the red light play we were out number at the point of attack and I had a real problem with that concept. However, after a lot of thought and studying film the one guy that we can not account for was flying out to stop the JET. That was what they as a defense said they were going to stop.
The red light play never broke it long for us but we averaged 5 yards a pop and helped us run the jet. Defense was a little slower getting out.