Installing Today’s Hybrid Pistol Offense Run & Pass from Top to Bottom
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Does anyone have any playbooks using the Overtackle formation? also any thoughts on zone blocking out of this? Our Head coach ran this back in the mid 80's and was succesful with it, I just would like to have some ideas as we create this year's playbook
Coach, what is your meaning of the terminology "over tackle"? Do you mean bringing the backside tackle over to become unbalanced on the play called side or what? I have coached at 3 levels and am not familiar with that term, appreciate your response.
Coach Easton
J.C. EASTON<BR>HEAD COACH<BR>GA TIGERS FOOTBALL<BR>PROFESSIONAL MINOR LEAGUE
You are speaking of an "Unbalanced Line", & of course you can zone block out of it!
We like it as follows because it puts the defense in a bind. The strength of the PASSING game is to the right, & the strength of the RUNNING game is to the left. Defense has to make a LOT of choices.
We use a lot of Zone plays as well as Counter/Power series! NOTHING DIFFERENT FROM ANYONE ELSE ON THE "PLAYS"!
Thanks for your reply. Felt that was what you were referring to. We just always called it, as Bill says, going unbalanced. I do a lot of this in our goal line power play package. Bill has outlined the reason for the unbalanced set being so efective very well as usual.
Coach Easton
J.C. EASTON<BR>HEAD COACH<BR>GA TIGERS FOOTBALL<BR>PROFESSIONAL MINOR LEAGUE
Would the unbalanced look affect our discussion on the other thread?
It looks like you can still run counter gap to the unbalanced side, but if you pull both H and the guard, will the unblocked 9 be able to chase it down from the back-side?
POWER to Unbalanced side = EXCELLENT because if you "crease" the defense - there is NO SECONDARY RUN FORCE AVAILABLE. No problem with backside 9 as the backside 7 doesn't come (you can ALWAYS line Z up tight to H to take trhe 9 & let Y take the 7 if he was coming). H motions over to "kick out". Off G pulls & wraps. Backside Y stays to squeeze/hinge!
If you play COVER 1 (which MOST that run that defense do) your adjustenents are LIMITED!
Wish I had more time for typing but I don't. This is my busiest time of the year (playoffs)!
If you motion the H to run power, you get an extra blocker, but you will drag the WLB over to the POA (at least if they are in man). That seems like a wash. That is why counter seems better to me. I like the tight Z to account for the 9.
A solid plan to attack this Defense seems like unbalanced with a tight trips on the short-side, with primary running plays:
-Counter weak (vs. man)
-Power weak (H motion vs. zone)
-Counter strong (H motion vs. man)
Agree?
I also like:
-speed option weak
-X reverse strong (off speed option, X "intercepts" pitch)
What am I missing?
You mention OZ. How would that work against this look?
PLEASE NOTE, THIS IS NOT A PRESSING CONCERN AS OUR SEASON HAS ENDED.
Wish I had more time for typing but I don't. This is my busiest time of the year (playoffs)!
Phone if you need immediate help. 804-740-4479 or email billmountjoy@yahoo.com
PS: The 9 has not been a problem for us - due to the fact that no one tries to bring the 7 because he is M/M on Y (plus H & Y are our TWO BEST BLOCKERS). If 9 WAS a problem - we could THEN use Z!
PPS: We like to motion & make defenses run people all over the place & take advantage of what they do from there. We have MANY 1-Back Formations (unbalanced being but ONE of them) & many shifts & motions (but VERY FEW ACTUAL PLAYS). The "POWER-O" is HUGE for us. We boot weak off it quite a bit as well.
What you suggested sounds fine. Outside Zone to the overbalanced side = VERY GOOD. Teams INVARIABLY mis-align to the UNBALANCE for SEVERAL plays till they figure out WHAT IT IS! For that reason - a few basic plays are needed to take advantage of the weaknesses they give us (USUALLY the running game to the overbalanced side)!
CUT & PASTED FROM OUR PLAYBOOK:
“MOVEMENT”
MOVEMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR TOTAL OFFENSIVE SYSTEM.
THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS FOR MOVEMENT IN OUR OFFENSE; AMONG
THE MOST PROMINENT REASONS ARE:
1. To create a personnel advantage by creating mis-matches on our Receivers or Backs.
2. To create a personnel advantage by effecting changes in run support and force responsibilities.
3. To create secondary movement in an effort to better enable our Quarterback to recognize coverage.
4. To get our personnel in better position to execute their given assignment.
5. To create problems for the defense in Man under coverages when attempting to hold or bump Receivers at the line of scrimmage.
6. To create an opportunity for indecision, confusion, and/or mis-alignment by the secondary.
7. To cause movement on the part of the Defense in an effort to realign their personnel with the coverage calls and changes and not allow them to set themselves and react to familiar offensive patterns. Make the Defense “play on the move”.
8. To force opponents to spend practice time and effort on adjusting to movement patterns rather than improving defensive skills and schemes.
9. To create a visual complexity to the defense, yet be able to run the same basic plays from a variety of looks.