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.
If we win this weekend we will likely face a team that beat us 28-0 earlier this year in the first round of the play-offs. They have exceptional team speed and are also bigger than our guys. Not very disciplined, but talented and well motivated. The tough thing is, I thought our kids played hard in that first game (it was 0-0 at the half).
Looking for general advice.
Offense: Come out in something they have not seen? Try some trick plays? Try to grind it out and "shorten the game" to keep it close and hope for a break or two?
Defense: Bend but don't break? Gamble to try and create turnovers?
Practice philosophy: Keep it loose, nothing to lose? Get after them?
I am sure some of you have been in an analagous situation. What has worked? What has not?
We had a similar situation last year. We lost to a team in week 1 28-21 and made every mistake in the books. We went into the second meeting, first round of playoffs, telling our kids that we lost the first game. They did not win it, we lost it. We talked all week about what we were going to do on offense, defense, and special teams. We never said if they do this, then we do this. We made them believe that we were going to control the game. We did control the game and won 29-14 and rode that win to the state finals.
I also agree with oneback. Do not invent something new, but perfect what you have. We looked at film and found what we thought was their weakness and picked on that weakness all night long. Good luck to you.
Coach, we upset a team last year using the following method. It is of course predicated on gaining first downs, but if you feel you can do that against them go for it. What we did was have a coach on the sidelines watch for the ref who spots the ball and therefore starts the playclock. Once he blew his whistle, our coach started a stopwatch. The QB got the play call and then found that coach on the sidlines. We wore all black, so we put this coach in orange for this game to make him easier to find. Once the coaches playclock got to fifteen, he motioned with his hand, the QB called the play to the rest of the huddle, they sprinted up to the line and ran the play. You could also have the QB watch the refs hands, but not all refs signal the last five second like they are supposed to. Anyway, we were outtalented in this game, but we could run the ball. I know some feel time of possession is overrated, but I feel you can't score if you don't have the ball. We won the time of possession battle something like 34 minutes to 14 and the game 26-14.