Play call progression

Coach,

The spread passing game, as most any passing game, is predicated upon secondary cover schemes being utilized to stop you. The fronts are inmaterial as far as I'm concerned when it comes to the passing game in relation to the secondary looks. My 3 x 2 spread passing game is predicated upon locating the inverts in the PSL, and deciding what do we have in our aresnal of plays to be successful against a particular covrage most often. At our level, we pay little attention to the CB's anymore, other than to take a quick glance to see if they are showing man or zone coverage in the PSL. The safties tell us what we need to know, along with the Mike Backer of course. AS the HC/OC I am going to see what matchups we can win right off the bat. Running a 3 x 2 empty gun with the QB at 6-8 yds deep it is mearly a matter of spreading them from side line to side line horizontally in the PSL and then vertically, as well as horizontally, after the snap. If they are attempting to put more than 6 in the box in the PSL, that means someone is uncovered and that is the very first thing the QB looks for. We will make them pay for trying to send the house or to load the box! I run a progression package that has been very good to us over the years to see if the opponent really came to play or not. We simply call it the ALL UP series and it progresses like this: open with ALL UP (TRY TO HIT THE HOME RUN RIGHT OFF THE BAT!) #1'S RUN A BOUNDARY RELEASE GO. #2'S RUN A STRAIGHT GO. #3 TRIPS SIDE RUNS AN 18 YD POST. This is intended to get them back on their heels and thinking about giving an adequate cushion so as not to get beat deep. Then, I come right back with : ALL UP B STOP ( THE RECEIVER DESIGNATED AS OUR B RECEIVER IS THE #3 TRIPS SIDE. All others run the same route as in ALL UP but B pulls up at 7 yds and hitches back to QB. This is usually wide open! Then I come back with: ALL UP ALL STOP (all receivers run 7 yd stop routes and we work on route discipline to where I should be able to lay a yardstick across each receivers helmet in a perfectly straight line across the field as they stop and hitch back to QB! Then, the final progression is: ALL UP, ALL STOP, ALL GO They run the same thing as in All Stop, BUT THEY ACTUALLY NEVER STOP AT 7 YDS BUT RATHER PIVOT IN A FULL 360 DEGREE TURN AND THEN RUN THE SAME ROUTE AS IN ALL UP. The spread is all about passing to me, not about running. We have some designed runs, but 99.9% of our running plays from the spread occur naturally when the QB senses his best choice is to pull it down and run it! I only recruit QB's who can run! I know on the HS level that is not possible, but you can find one and get him trained if your of a mind to do so. Just my way as always.

Coach Easton