double slot FB

Coach -

3 pt stance is fastest off the ball so why stand him up? Midline is a quick hitting play. Sprinters come out of the blocks because it is faster than standing up.

Why toss the ball to your FB when you can tail motion and toss the ball to a faster ball carrier ie slot?

I hope this helps!

My FB is 4 yds off the ball. I have seen FB's really crowd the QB and be effective with the midline... but i think it takes away from other plays. I will let our FB stand up at times. We off-set our FB at times and still run trap, draw and screen. In our pass-pro, he is closer to the DE in the off-set look. I will allow him to make that decision, and i tell him to mix it up so we dont have tendancies. He is down most of the time. He has more vision when he is in the up position. He is never up for midline. We are in double slot and run belly, midline, trap and draw with our FB. Draw has not been very effective. The belly has been a great play for us.

you can run stretch and zone with the same guy
POBA rules would work, full zone it
you might have to use the puller scheme for the toss though, and if you put that in, then you might as well just use that as a two way go for the guy

do you want him set at the same spot every time?
i know some people cheat their backs around (slot t teams, texas coast offense) and it makes it easy to tell what they are going to do

since it is something that you are hybriding yourself into your own thing, I think you will have to play with it to find the right spot for your stud

4 might be a good place to start, starting a little farther back should make the read easier for the qb on the mid too shouldn't it?

Groundchuck,

We have a team that runs the midline in our league along with some other stuff out of the double slot. They had a STUD FB over the past few years. This guy hurt us as a freshman! This past year, he was 4 yards back in double slot getting the football on midline, veer and trap. He was 6 yards back in a double tight getting the football on toss and zone. he was a TB in the wishbone and was getting the ball. We knew he was getting the ball based on where he aligned. The first play of the game was a 80 yard TD run by that kid. As Tiger One suggested, if the kid is that good, put him whereever it makes sense and give him the ball and let him do his thing! It sounds like his talent is greater than any tendancy you may give away! By the way, they beat us!! We stopped everything buy HIM.