lining up on level 3

Helmet on Center's belt!

Helmets on the centers belt buckle, you will never be wrong!

Coach Easton

3-5DC79,

I put in zone yesterday. We did some 2-on-1, then 2-on-2, then some 9-on-7 and the guys really got it. I think the toughest part is teaching the RB's, and they did well too.

Why do you have him that deep? We put our RB's HEELS anywhere from 5 1/2 to 7 1/2 yds deep (varies with the athlete, & with the play). That works fine.

See what Bill Walsh said at the 2003 AFCA Concention:

TAKEN FROM BILL WALSH LECTURE AT 2003 AFCA CONVENTION

“ I’ve notice a lot of coaches place the tailback at nine yards depth, even at eight and sometimes seven. We know that the tailback from that position can cut back or bend outside. The tailback has some options as he’s viewing the blocking in front of him. But we also know that the tailback has at least three or four more steps to take before he gets to the line of scrimmage. So the offensive lineman or lead back have to hold their blocks that much longer.

With that in mind, PROBABLY THE BEST RUNNING GAME I HAVE SEEN IN ALL OF FOOTBALL WAS THE REDSKINS WITH JOHN RIGGINS. His heels were at five-and-a-half yards depth. He would counter step if he needed to allow time for the pulling people to get in front of him. But what we do is give up three or four steps to linebackers’ pursuit if we line up especially deep.

I suggest that you run the same exact plays with your tailback five-and-a-half yards deep. If he needs to, he can counter step to allow blocking to form. But we don’t allow linebackers to get full pursuit on us. We don’t allow people to have three or four steps movement as we take three or four steps farther to get to the line of scrimmage”.

coaches,
Thanks for the replies. our guy was coached to be at 7 yards (take into account this is a 17 year old sophomore we're talking about). I coach the oline and actually had to come to the defense for my guys, because our backs (and sometimes critical backs coaches) were making it hard on my guys. after looking at it on film we all see eye to eye now. i would like to move them up myself anything to make sure that our inside zone hits vertical and that we get positive yardage on every play. thanks again. enjoy getting on this board, its like having a coaching clinic whenever you want it, minus the boozing and gambling HA.

DEFINITELY! If Alex Gibbs says so (AND Joe Bugel) - it's GOSPEL to ME!!!!!!!