WING-T OUT OF NEVADA PISTOL FORMATION

Interesting concept-- I'd love to see it.

Can someone explain what the "Pistol" formation is?
Metz

Coaches,

For those of you interested in this SHOTGUN SPREAD-WING T MARRIAGE, I recently received in the mail a complete breakdown of Coach Lew Johnston's version. It was six pages long and after digesting it thouroughly I feel it is a viable pairing of the two offenses. I received the copy of the offense from Coach
John Butler who posts here on JCFB on a regular basis. If you are interested, I would contact him for further information.

Coach Easton

Coach Easton.

I'm also interested in seeing Coach Johnston's version of the offense.

Yes, Coach Johnston has a 3 video set. Check out Championshipproductions.com. It's all about his gun wing-t offense. Also check out American Football Monthly. That magazine did a couple of articles on his system. Good luck.

I think one of the major advantages of performing the offense out of the gun is to keep the secondary backed off, because it gives the appearance that you are going to throw the ball. There are a few reasons why we run it:
1. If we want to use the QB as a runner.
2. Helps the QB with his passing game, because it is catch and throw.
3. Facilitates in having the defense watching the backfield. By the ball being off of the line by four yards now the defense is more tempted to watch the backfield. Which is what we want in the Wing offense.
I disagree with quicker is not always better. I believe the exact opposite. I want to hit the defense as quick as possible. I want to establish a flow in one direction and force the defense to run with us. Once that flow is established it is then time to counter back with:
Screens
Counters and reverses
These are our big plays for TDs.
In wing T speed is everything. GO GO GO GO GO!!! When we have speed on the OLine and the backfield combined is when we have had our most success with the wing T. There are different styles of running the wing t. This is just my style with the offense.
Hope this helps,
Karjaw

Coach do you have anything that you could email me about the pistol and the wing T

Not pistol related, but shotgun wing-t related. Coach Johnston's shotgun wing-t, based on what I've seen in the film clips on championshipproductions.com, has a back to either side of the QB, a WR on one side, and two WRs on the other side. (I don't which guys are the wingbacks, or who the fullback is, or whatever.) Anyway, I've also seen the shotgun wing-t run with the wingbacks at 2 & 2 off the EMLOS, and only the FB next to the QB. That would be the normal alignment, except that the QB is back with the FB next to him.

Any ideas of advantages when it comes to running the wing-t out of the shotgun?

I have recently developed an offense that is derived from the Wing-T, Single wing and pistol. Its major difference is that it is from shot gun and it’s very innovative. It’s called the “spin offense.” I am speaking on it this Saturday at the Gun-vention at Iowa Wesleyan in Mount Pleasant Iowa. Text

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Originally posted by: trojan
Not pistol related, but shotgun wing-t related. Coach Johnston's shotgun wing-t, based on what I've seen in the film clips on championshipproductions.com, has a back to either side of the QB, a WR on one side, and two WRs on the other side. (I don't which guys are the wingbacks, or who the fullback is, or whatever.) Anyway, I've also seen the shotgun wing-t run with the wingbacks at 2 & 2 off the EMLOS, and only the FB next to the QB. That would be the normal alignment, except that the QB is back with the FB next to him.

Any ideas of advantages when it comes to running the wing-t out of the shotgun?

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The head coach at Backersfield HS in CA runs this as a pistol as well as a single back behind the QB. It looks great on film. I heard him speak at the Dallas Glazier this year. I have also seen a cutup (can't remember where) of an inverted wishbone look off this pistol concept.