FB Aiming point and Path for I/V

I have always taught six feet from the ball (outside hip of the guard). This is what the new coach at Air Force is teaching as well. Teach him to hug the wall and get north!

ADDITIONAL THOUGHT: I always taught my dive back to run the veer angle to the hash, to the numbers, to the boundary, same as I always taught my QBs when in the zone of the 20 to the 20. Never saw the sense of running into the teeth of the defense when it is not necessary.

Coach Easton-TIGER ONE

Duke,

We teach the centerline of the PSG as the aiming point of the RB. We aim tighter than the outside leg because we have a tendency to audible to midline against a 3-tech.

In terms of path, we teach a "veer, square, cutback" progression. The RB is coached to stay on his veer path as long as possible, staying tight to the inside seal formed by the PSG and PST, then run to the hash, numbers, sideline, endzone. If the veer path gets cutoff, then the RB squares his shoulders straight up the field. He stays on this new path as long as possible. If the new path gets cut off, then the RB cuts back looking for the BSWRs crackback block on the deep safety. A concern for us is the RB squaring up before he is out of the mesh. So, we drill it up in every drill we do so the RB understands to square up after he is out of the mesh.

Just our way.

kc

I was with new coach Troy Calhoun two weeks ago and he told me PERSONALLY that he plan to run the inside veer about 18 times/game. The triple returns to Colorado Springs!

Its great to hear that AF will continue to run the triple.

Lou,

Does this coach have Option experience or is he getting it from retaining the old staff or?

Tks.