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ksquare
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Basic Offense May 27, 2005 18:45:52 GMT

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Post by ksquare on May 27, 2005 18:45:52 GMT

Coach Campbell, First off, I'd like to thank you and all the other coaches on your site for al the great info I've gotten recently. I'm in the running for my first Varsity Head Coaching job, and a lot of the organizational info has helped me greatly. I have a HUGE question, not sure how exactly to ask it, but here goes. The school is only in it's second year of having a FB program and most of the athletes are in their first or second year playing. There is no junior high program as of yet and we're only looking at 600+ kids in 7th through 12th grade. Needles to say, the new coach is going to have a big job ahead of him when the decision is made. The new coach is to be announced in the first week of June, and they already have a scrimmage set for the last week of June. Needless to say, there isn't much time to get things in order! Just in case, I'm trying to come up with an offensive plan that will be simple enough to teach a small team where most kids will play both ways. I really like your Option on Me series and the zone blocking in order to compensate for being under-sized and inexperienced. I have your entire Option on Me video series and some offensive line stuff from you as well. Do you have any advice on proceeding with this plan to implement this system in such a limited timeframe and without mentally taxing the players? I run a basic 4-3 defense that should be solid and should not be overwhelming for them to learn. I would greatly appreciate your thoughts and advice. Sorry for being so long-winded.

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lblonsky
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Basic Offense May 27, 2005 21:34:31 GMT

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Post by lblonsky on May 27, 2005 21:34:31 GMT

I'm not an offensive coach. I've been mainly on the defensive side of the ball for the last 20 years. I think you need to ask yourself some basic questions.
What is your philosophy?
What offensive system do you know the best?
Which system can you teach the best?

Good luck.

ksquare
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Basic Offense May 28, 2005 6:46:39 GMT

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Post by ksquare on May 28, 2005 6:46:39 GMT

My philosophy is mainly a ball control offense, doing a few things very well versus a lot of things mediocre. I like the quick passing game (3 step) both out of gun and under center. Up to this point, I had teams that I could run power schemes (ISO, Belly, etc.) with a little Toss and option look thrown in. I feel very comfortable with this approach.

My concern is this potential new team is considerably smaller and less experienced than most teams in their league. I don't feel that the Power and Belly stuff is something we'll be able to hang our hat on. The option gives us a little advantage up front and makes the other teams take up practice time preparing for it. Most of the other teams are small as well, number wise, so practice time is a valuable commodity! Also, it meshes well with our zone blocking schemes.

Going to a primarily option-based attack is going to be a little new to me, so my concerns there are implementing the proper drills, fundamentals, reads, etc. to teach the team.

Thanks for the advice!

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ksquare
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Basic Offense May 28, 2005 6:47:24 GMT

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Post by ksquare on May 28, 2005 6:47:24 GMT

Ib,

Defensively, how do you teach your DE's (or whoever is Read key) to play the option. Do you have them play agressive assignment defense putting a solid hit on QB every play or do you play them soft (some call feathering the end I guess) and attempt to confuse his read? This may help me understand how the other teams will be preparing for us.

Thank again.

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lblonsky
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Basic Offense May 28, 2005 13:02:24 GMT

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Post by lblonsky on May 28, 2005 13:02:24 GMT

Ksquare,

I agree with your philosophy about the option, especially in your situation. In our defensive scheme we attack and read our keys on the run. Against a down block (veer scheme) we will squeeze down and tackle the dive. An arc release would take us outside and he would take the QB.
We now attack the quarterback each time. We used to mix up the attack or slow play, but our whole scheme is based on attacking and reading keys on the run. This is especially effective if the QB is the main runner. It gets the ball out of his hands and spills the play to the sideline where we can run it down. Also the # of hits on the QB will add up.

ksquare
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Basic Offense May 28, 2005 13:15:14 GMT

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Post by ksquare on May 28, 2005 13:15:14 GMT

lblonsky,

Your way seems to make the most sense to me. Seems like playng the end slow goes against what most defenses are taught to do, aggressively attack and swarm to ball. Plus, forcing the pitch you're adding the variable of whether the ball will be pitched/received cleanly. I like my defense to play aggressive and if they're going to make a mistake, I want it to be an aggressive mistake, not sitting back on our heels letting someone bring the game to us! A lot of teams around here seem to be going to the slow play lately, but it makes me a little nervous and I've never really used it a whole bunch.

I appreciate you thoughts and help, it's good stuff!

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Post by ksquare on May 27, 2005 18:45:52 GMT

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