Youth Wing T

Coach
I am a Varsity Head Football coach. Prior to being a head coach I worked under a great former head coach who ran wing T at least 20 years. We ran it with our Modified programs which was 12-13 yrs old. It is a VERY EASY OFFENSE to execute and learn. The most difficult thing is the kids remembering their rules on each play. The national Wing T clinic is a GREAT place to get wing T stuff. Coach Herman and his staff have some great stuff to share about the wing T. The only problem they will try to sell you everything under the sun. Every one today is about making money on this great game. It seems more and more people are selling manuals, books and videos on something or another. There are very few coaches (like Oneback) who give things to other coaches for free. Listen here is what you want to run with the wing T.
Formations:
Red/Blue
100/900
slot 100/900

80 series:
**83/87 Belly
**83/87 Belly Keep Pass
**82/88 Down


20 Series:
**121/921 or 129/929 Buck Sweep
**124/ 926 Trap and On
**121/921 or 929/ 129 Waggle
Waggle Solid

30 Series:
**131/939Lead Sweep
**137/ 933 Counter Criss cross
134/936 HB Counter Tackle Trap
132/ 138 Power
This probably too much. What has an asterisk next to it is what we ran with our modified kids.
If you want more info Email me at KRogerson@hvc.rr com
Hope this helps
Coach Wright

Coach
We run a hybrid double wing offense. We have about over 200 formations. We will bring in about 30-40 different ones a game. Imagine you are the defensive coodinator and your job is to make sure your kids are aligning correctly to each of the formatons, because if you do not the offense may out flank you and/or out number you at the point of attack. Now imagine you have to draw up each play up for Defense. Now you have gotten three scout films and there 30-40 formations for each of those films. Now you are drawing up 40X3 game films= 120 formations X 8 different run plays= 960 run plays that you now have to draw up in one week. Now take 120 formations X 4 screen passes= 480 screen plays. Now take 120 formations X 4 play action plays = 480 plays. Now take 120 X 4 dropbacks = 480. Add it all up and you are around 2400 different plays. Now take what we ran last year which was: 960 runs + 480 screens + 480 play action plays= 1920 different plays to draw up. How are you going to get your scout team to do that in one week. Here is the kicker. You do all of that work and now you do not see any of the 120 formations you practiced all week.
This a summary of what we run:
Outside runs:
Rocket
No mo Rocket
Nub Rocket
UNbalanced Rocket
Jets
Nub Jets
Unbalanced Jets

Inside Runs:
Ice (ISO PLAY)
Base (Inside Zone)
Counter
FB/WB and QB
Power
FB/WB and QB
Sally
off of sprint action
Off of Rocket action
Trap
FB/QB

Passing Game:
Screens:
A back All of them are executed off of Rocket/Jet or Sprint action
C Back
B Back
TE

Play Action:
Boot pass (waggle)
Hash Pass
Keep pass
TE seam Pass

Sprint out
Flood
Mesh

Drop back
Choice/GO/Streak/Switch

Quick Game
Slants
Mics
Hitches

How do we get it all in to our kids?
We do not. We believe our offense is a tool box. You have many tools in the box and you may not need every tool in the box to get the job done. So you choose what tools you are going to use to get the job done and do the job well with those tools. In other words, we adapt our offense to the personnel we have. For example, this year we did not have a QB. We then spent a great deal of time on our run game and focused on execution of our run game. We only used screen and play action passes to keep the defense honest and off of us. We had two rushers who did very well. My WB had 1000 yds and 19 TDS (14 Rushing). My FB had 700 yds rushing and 10 TDS (all Rushing). This year I lose those great backs and now I have small fast kids with a good QB. So we are spending a great deal of time on the passing game and our base run game.
Where do we ge the time?
We run off season practice sessions twice a week.
How DO defense defend us then?
What they do is they try to defend just the running game plays and break down the blocking schemes. They also come up with schemes:
1. Follow and cheat with motion
2. Use safeties to attack rocket/jet and counters
3. How more guys outside then we do.
4. BLITZ/BLITZ/BLITZ
5. STUNT/STUNT/STUNT.
6. Use CB Blitzes into the B or C gaps. Safety Blitzes into the B or C gaps
7. Fill every gaps with defenders.

Because we expect these things to happen we practice these on DAILY BASIS. We have our kids so ready for these defensive adjustments we can still dictate what we want to do no matter what the defense does.
Finally
When we commit to something we commit to it. We believe in this offense 150%. (VERY IMPORTANT)
Hiope this helps
Karjaw

Coach: E-mail me HERE and I will send you some ideas I have on adapting the modern Wing-T to youth football...

Regards,

Ted Seay
Vienna, Austria