Trick plays

Z............O.O.Y.O.O............X
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.................F.....T.................
.................Q........................
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.....................P....................


PUNTRUSKY OPTION: Snap the ball to F, he takes ball and puts it between his legs far enough so Q can get it and run an option right with the P. Once a team (or a team scouting you) has seen this, the play I really like (PUNTRUSKY) is for the F to keep the ball, the option is faked right, and the F stays in his stance, counts 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005 (this will take 3 second since they are always quick) then pulls the ball up (very cautiously) and runs left. Blocking play 1: inside zone right... blocking play 2: inside zone left. I have run the Puntrusky Option before for a 20 yard first down and I have run the straight Puntrusky twice. Once successful for 15 yard first down, once tackled in the backfield (oh well).

We do swinging gate (lonesome polecate) as well.


...X.O.O.O.O.O....................Y....................
.........................................................Z.....
.........F...............................Q....................
..........................................T....................


White (for clouds )= Pass Y- out Z- Corner T- Flare
Green (grass)= Option Right Y- zone block right Z- Crack
Orange = Qucik pass to F
Black= Line marches down and kick

PUNTRUSKY? Do you try it more as a fake FG or as a 2 pt conversion attempt?

I had great success with the Swinging Gate/Lonesome Polecat last season (12-13year olds). Used it exclusively for our conversions. The only failed conversions were dropped passes. This set up drove the other coaches crazy. Like lblonsy said, I saw opposing coaches eating into their practice time to solve it, with no success. Later in the season as our XP kicking game progressed we kicked a few extra points (2pts instead of 1) but when we needed the point I never hesitated. I put the SG/LP in from the first practice, the kids were a little iffy at first but going 4/4 extra points in the first game they loved it and they really thought they had the upper hand on other teams.

Punt formation:

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Snap to the Personal Protector (the 3rd man back), the upbacks pull to the right. The RE, RT, RG all block down. The first up back will kick out any outside defender. The second upback turns up and looks for a defender to the inside. On his heels is the PP who sweeps right and cuts inside the first Up Back's block.

Pass Variation: Everything is the same, except the RE downblocks for a 1-count and releases on a short corner route. The Up Backs pull right and pull up to pass block. The PP fakes sweep, pulls up and throws the ball to the RE.

We had a very athletic kicker who was one of the fastest players on the field and we put in a fake FG/PAT that really slowed down our opponent's willingness to rush.

We lined up in a normal FG alignment (double tight, double wing). As soon as the holder got the ball, the kicker (from his soccer style right footed starting point) sprinted to his left and the holder just threw him the ball. He could pretty much beat anyone to the corner for a 2 pt. conversion, but we also released the wing on that side into the flats giving him a run/pass option. In our 10 game season we scored 4 two-point conversions and one touchdown using this fake. It also won us a game later b/c one our opponents refused to rush our FG team and we made a game winning FG on a low kick.