Your favorite 5 plays

ON ANY LEVEL, IMO

1. POWER
2. MISDIRECTION (COUNTER, REVERSES)
3. TRAP
4. ISO
5. SWEEP * ALSO MUST HAVE DRAW TO DEFEAT BLITZ*

THIS IN REGARDS TO THE RUNNING SELECTION EVERY TEAM NEEDS. IT DOES NOT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION OPTIONS, ZONE PLAYS, ETC. BUT RATHER THE FIVE I FEEL EVERY TEAM MUST HAVE THE ABILITY TO RUN WITH AUTHORITY.

PASSING GAME

3 AND 5 STEP PATTERNS, PLAY ACTION PASSES, AGAINST BOTH ZONE AND MAN COVER SCHEMES.
* SCREENS TO DEFEAT THE BLITZ** IN MY OPINION, SCREENS AND DRAWS ARE STILL THE BEST
BLITZ BEATERS GOING.

Just my opinion, as always.

Coach Easton

A new twist to this theme...if you had to run only 5 plays in a game , what would they be?

Here is mine from a flexbone:
1: ISV

2: midline

3: reverse to the slot off of midline

4: WR slant/slot wheel off of ISV

5: Counter iso

Hey CT Option:
Sorry about the premature clicking. Please explain the formation you are running from and what you call Counter Isolation. The one thing lacking...depending on what you are doing with counter iso is a hard running play. If you are running a double slot or flexbone type of formation, I know they have a ZoneDive. Or would you just call a predetermined give off of midline or ISV? Also, would the slant on your slant/wheel combination satisfy the dump pass need?
Grace Alone,
Greg Bailey
(the amature)

Gotcha'
Counter ISO kinda' sounds like a counter or belly opposite....Well, actually just the old fashioned belly from wings or slots. Yeah, that is a hard running play.
Grace Alone,
Greg B

Here would be mine in order:

Formation - UB SingleWing


1) Power Off-tackle
2) BB Wedge
3) Fake WB reverse
4) WB Reverse (inside handoff)
5) QB trap (draw)

That is about all I run. Sometimes the above are ran out of the Spin Series to spice things up a bit.

the fantastic five of any offense

sweep
power
counter
trap
wedge

havent thrown a td pass in 4 years now...still scoring a point a minute.

LOL- coach, its 32 ppg, im coaching Jr high football.(8 min quarters) the question was asked what five plays to run at the middle school level we run tight dw and play the 46 on defense.

the dw is of course a team offense dependent on execution and ball control, not one or two players "playing catch" lol. every year, small, fat, or whatever, we can move the ball. since going to the double wing system that we use, we are 31-7(kutztown and boone jr highs Pa.). should be 34-4 but sometimes our corners cant cover folks ...what can you do? the cool thing too is that before bringing the system, both schools were big time losers trying to run "tv football offense".

ah, anyhow, keep in mind that the dw did produce outstanding results for Coach Markham in 1994 with 62 or was it 64 ppg.? i forget. think it was 880 points in 14 games. I read that 85% of the offensive records in Oregon and Cali were dw or "toss" teams. -Calande

I asked our high school coach this same question about four months ago. He said there are several reasons for this. First of all, if you run the other team's best play, your defense gets used to seeing it, and they get better at defending and recognizing it. Second, if a team is successful with it, especially against several other teams, why not include it in your playbook. We've done this over the past with different blocking schemes.

Calande,

Ran the DW in mid 80's at the smallest 3-AAA school in the state of Florida and did well! It is a great offense, imo, and I still use it somewhat out of the base formation of a flexed double wing when it can help us.

Coach Easton

Flex! Base formation of the DW as I knew it, both ends flexed off the ball a minium of 14 yds, with the two wings at an inward angle on the outside shoulder of the T's, with a FB at 4 1/2 yds off the ball and QB up under. Still use it today as part of my 26 formation multiple package, and we always shift to it most generally coming out in a dble tight full house. Our base play was the option and our passing game!
Ran the triple by putting the backside wing in motion to establish pitch and dove the FB. When diving the FB we would cheat up a 1/2 yd and his knuckles would be at 4 just like in the pro with "I" backs. Subtle change, not setting a tendency but to the sharpest eyes. We ran a wicked double reverse out of it and still use it every now and then today! Great play and no more natural formation to run it out of either, imo.

Coach Easton