Installing Today’s Hybrid Pistol Offense Run & Pass from Top to Bottom
This manual provides you with the full offensive line, receiver, and quarterback mechanics for installing each offensive play presented. Coach Campbell has left no stone unturned for implementing today’s Pistol Offense into your program.
Post by Coach Nicholson on Jul 1, 2005 12:41:58 GMT
Coaches,
I have played and coached on the OL all my life but never played center. I am wondering if any of you coaches could explain the techniques you teach to your Centers and Longsnappers when teaching them to snap??
Make sure the centers practice their snaps before and after practice with the quarterbacks. Also, make sure the centers step and snap at the same time and do so going both ways. Not a lot of technical advice, just make sure the quarterbacks are comfortable with how they do it.
Long snappers and center's are two different animals. Each job is equaly tough. When teaching our C. I look at his arm length. For some I have them straight arm the ball back for others I make them have more of a bend. I want the ball to hit them at bottom of their sack if there was no QB under neath them.A drill I do is have the QBs or another C put the top hand underneath. Then I have the C snap the ball w/o a step if the ball hits the QBs top hand and falls staight down to the ground then it is a good sanp if not then adjustments need to be made. I think I got that drill from somebody on this message board (Bill Mountjoy?) or from Coach Tom Bass' book "How to play football the NFL way" Next I progress to the snap and step, then to the snap, step, and punch, lastly to the snap, step, and pass set. By the way, I love your site!
Post by Coach Campbell on Jul 7, 2005 19:11:31 GMT
A deep snapper will use a kick start on the snap a center will when snapping the ball step forward where as deep snapping will kick back when snapping the ball. Coach CAmpbell