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.
well i was wondering how do do it w/o motion or bringing in a FB. best way i guess is to have the Z crack on the SS. do that a few times and then play action pass.
I may be wrong but on the Alex Gibbs clinic tape I have he talks about if you have to leave someone unblocked leave the corner unbloced and have Z go to SS or FS...in theory the corner is the worst tackler on the defense, he is a cover guy.
that is a philosophy thing. Some teams (WVU, Missouri, for instance) tell there blockers that their job is to get the ball to the Safety - largely because they want to keep their WR's spread out. Then they come back with playaction behind the safety. That is how they hold him.
If you are wanting to stretch - i.e. a true D gap play - like a truck play, you could fold the PST if the TE and PST can't zone to the next defender - in this case the strong safety.
If you are running outside zone as described above, you can't pull the tackle out because the ball may come inside. In this case, take advantage of what the defense is giving you and don't run into the teeth of the unblocked player. Make them adjust to you.
The way we respond to adversity is a direct expression of our character.
Outlaw92 - according to the diagrams you posted above:
Diagram #1 S/S = #3 so ON T & TE zone the 6/7 TO the S/S.
In Diagram #2, - the S/S is #4. The opposite side is the side to attack. You can "get a hat" on everybody!
As Howard Mudd - Running Game Coach for the Colts (who zone block as well as ANYONE) says: "Football is a NUMBERS game, & you use the COUNT to tell you WHERE to run". They number defenders exactly as we do.
NOTE: IF you want a good description of exactly HOW to implement the COUNT SYSTEM - email me at: billmountjoy@yahoo.com & I will forward it.
After just recently watching Alex Gibbs video he would block the ss with a receiver. The tackle and TE would zone the DE to the S LB. the center would step to the 3 tech, if the 3 didn't slant in he would climb off for backside inside LB. the LG would cut the nose and the tackle would release to second level.
Any thoughts on checking the play the other way. The 7/6 looks inviting but based on your counting system the better blocking combinations are on the weakside.
center-psg combo the 2i to M, T reaches 5 ( or keeps him stretched), Y on W ...BSG and BST combo the 3 to S, TE cuts off 6/7. FS is less of a threat than strong C in the counting system
quote: Originally posted by: voslos After just recently watching Alex Gibbs video he would block the ss with a receiver. The tackle and TE would zone the DE to the S LB. the center would step to the 3 tech, if the 3 didn't slant in he would climb off for backside inside LB. the LG would cut the nose and the tackle would release to second level.
Only problem is when SS is in the box you can't get to him with the WR unless you use motion or align the WR really tight. The defense is weakest on the slot side. Switch sides and run wide zone weak, or switch to a speed option, or use your playaction game to stretch the SS and get him back out of the box. Just my opinion.
The way we respond to adversity is a direct expression of our character.