Zone on the Goaline

Yes we run it on the goalline. You are right that we are not looking for the cutback. We move our TB up to 5 yards from his normal depth of 6 1/2 to 7. Using the West Virginia terminology of bend (cutback) bang (shove it into B gap) or bounce (off tackle to outside) we tell our backs and OL that on the goalline it is bang or bounce. We will use a wing off of our TE and have him lead up into C gap for the Lber as well.

On the goalline we like to use fake jetsweep or fake reverse off of the zone handoff to help slow down the defense.

JD

The vertical push of the OLM in inside zone blocking, IMO, is great if the LB's are not stacked REAL TITE IN SHORT YARDAGE AND GOAL LINE SITUATIONS. If they are, I prefer a power back configuration (stack"I",
Power "I", etc.) with TWO LEAD BLOCKERS, NOT JUST ONE, RIGHT BEHIND THE DEUCE. That puts 4 blockers in the hole before the RB gets there! No, that isn't to many" arses in the hole" if you have a line that can block and keep their feet moving and the same goes for the 2 lead blockers! I coach my RB's to hit the hole like a freight train and if the OLM's and the leads are not moving and driving forward, they are going to get thumped in the back real hard!!! It only takes one of those to make a blocker move his feet really quick and not stop until the RB is in the end zone!

Coach Easton

When LEADING the "H" back (actually a 2nd TE) - we EITHER zone block it & let him lead thru (the blockers who zone can stay on the block a little longer - and even if ONE doesn't get off on the LBer - you have "H" for added insurance), OR, pure ISO block it all the way. We have done BOTH.

We like to spread the defense out on the Goal Line (still believe in ONEBACK sets rather than the "I") because it is less bunched up in the "box". We get "H" in as a lead blocker from a ONEBACK set - by starting him in motion ACROSS the formation (which we do FREQUENTLY) but coming under control in the B gap to "LEAD" (which SOMETIMES catches them bhy surprise).

Another way to do it WITHOUT motion is to "fold" him around the OT into the B gap from THIS 3x1 set:


X-------------------------O-O-C-O-O-Y
---------Z-------------H-------Q

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Buckeye75,

West Virginia uses 3 terms with their zone schemes for the running backs. The 3 B's: Bend (cutback) Bang (stick it up into B Gap) or Bounce (play hits wide off or outside tackle) When the TE coach from West Virginia spoke at the Glazier clinic in Minneapolis he said they like to use the terminology when they watch film with the backs and it created a laungauge that was consistent with all coaches and players.

JD