I Need Help With Inside Zone?

Coach Campbell,

We are mostly a one back offense. We see the over front with a 9 and 3 strong and a 1 and 5 weak and we see an under front with a 9, 5 and strong shaded nose and a 3 and 5 weak.

We had fits blocking a penetrating strong shaded nose against the under front and a penetrating 3 and backside 1 against the over front. They stuffed our inside zone alot.

Here is how we blocked the two fronts:

Over = TE try to reach outside shoulder of 9 tech, OT stretch step and look to get inside shoulder of 9tech, OG stretch step on 3 tech to outside shoulder, Center stretch step to get to inside shoulder of 3 tech, backside OG stretch step to playside shoulder of 1 tech and backside OT stretch step to backside shoulder of 1 tech.

Under = TE stretch to base 9, OT stretch to outside shoulder of 5 tech, OG stretch to inside shoulder of 5 tech, Center stretch step to playside shoulder of shaded nose, backside OG stretch step on 3 tech and OT stretch step on 3 tech's backside shoulder

Coach,

So you DON'T stretch step when running the inside zone againt an over or under front?

Coach,

When running the inside zone, use base and combo calls and use the near ear rule. That way you get the first level blocked and pushed vertically with hippo. If you stretch the inside zone, penetrating 3 and 1 techs will blow the play up many times. Especially shaded on the center. If you run stretch and outside zone, that is a different story but not on inside zone, you have to get the first level penetrators picked up with combos.