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.
Coaches, I am a young D coach starting out and play against some really good 2back running teams in ALABAMA. Just want to look at the Robber. Maybe something we could use. IF anyone has any information please email me along4046@yahoo.com. Thanks and God Bless
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Pass Responsibility: Must stay inside #1 (C.P. – if you are Corner to FS side, you can play much tighter because the free safety is controlling #2. The split side corner must be aware of #2).
FREE SAFETY:
ALIGNMENT: 8 yards deep, inside foot back. Cheat over OT to #2 side late.
KEY: #2
RUN RESPONSIBILITY: 1. TE blocks down – fill outside. Think toss or power. 2. TE blocks out – think ball away. 3. TE cuts off DE – think A gap.
PASS RESPONSIBILITY: 1. #2 vertical – FS must lock on. 2. #2 drag – FS work over top. Look up #1 – opposite side. 3. #2 flat – look up #1 for curl or post.
ADVANTAGES OF “ROBBER”:
1. Able to get FS to both sides of the ball ("9 in the box").
2. Able to get control of #2 deep on any vertical routes.
3. Lets inside LB play run because #2 is always controlled vertically to TE side.
4. Able to use 5 DB’s as a base package, which gives us better team speed.
5. Alignments blend in with playing our other two coverages (Cov. 0, and Cov. 1).
OUTSIDE AND INSIDE LINEBACKERS: (“ROBBER COVERAGE”)
OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS (ROVER & WILL):
ALIGNMENT: 2 yards outside TE & 2 yards deep (if NO TE – 2 yards outside OT & 2 yards deep).
KEY: Triangle (flow-TE-QB).
RUN RESPONSIBILITY: 1. Flow to – sky support. 2. Flow away – check reverse, then fold.
NOTE: On split end side if both backs flow into B Gap, then you must fill B Gap. Flow away, B Gap.
PASS RESPONSIBILITY: Once you read pass, work the #’s. You have flat, and any #2 receiver that goes flat and up.
INSIDE LINEBACKERS (SAM & MIKE):
ALIGNMENT: Sam is in a 30 technique (straddle outside leg of OG) 4-5 yards deep. Mike is in a 30 technique (straddle outside leg of OG) 4-5 yards deep.
KEY: Flow, to Guards.
RUN RESPONSIBILITY: (Sam): 1. Flow To – stack C Gap, unless both backs are in A Gap. Flow Away – A Gap front side. (Mike): 1. Flow To: - B Gap. Flow away: - front side A Gap.
PASS RESPONSIBILITIES:
A. Sam: Read #3 (back). Back expands – Sam expands to look up #1. Back goes vertical – Sam must take him man to man. Back blocks – Sam works to front side hook zone.
B. Mike: Read #2 (back). Back expands – Mike expands to look up #1. Back goes vertical – Mike must take him man to man. Back blocks – Mike works straight back to hook.
NOTE: IF they play 2 TE/2 RB - use the CORNER on the side away from the WR as a ROBBER also. This gives you "10 IN THE BOX".
Hey Jerry and Bill... I'm back on the board. I guess I couldn't stay away forever! Thanks for your help Bill on the scouting thing and Jerry, thanks for your help with everything.
Lou Cella
Head Varsity Football Coach
Greater Nanticoke Area High School (PA)
coach oneback, i would like to see how you adjust to the slot look above. If you bring the corner over you have to be in man correct, what if the robber you play is corners have deep halves? does your olb bump out and you keep the corner on the backside TE with the fs robbing #2 slot ,from allignment over the tackle? (OUT OF THE 3-5) Ilike to keep my f/s the robber and extra run support as corners tend not to be great tacklers.
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.......................................F
............z.........................Q
.....x.......................OT.G.C.G.OT.TE
..............................E.......N.......E....
............B................B.......B........B......B
.......C............................................C...
...............................F/S
Is your f/s reading the G from this alligment for run pass?
THanks alot coach
Rose - email me at: billmountjoy@yahoo.com and I'll sed you our ROBBER adjustments from a 4-2-5, & Air Force's Robber adjustments from a 3-5 Stack (which you apparently run).