Installing Today’s Hybrid Pistol Offense Run & Pass from Top to Bottom
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Post by coachkmullprovchargers on Aug 7, 2007 3:09:39 GMT
There is a coach who is using what he calls a one step,two step and a three step gap for an offensive line.I have never seen or heard of this and was wondering if anyone else has?I am not comfortable with this as at that level i have seen many times players just rush in.If anyone has seen this at this level how did it work?This is what it looks like
x_x_x_o_x_x_x this is a one step gap to him
x__x__x__o__x__x__x this is a two step
x___x___x___o___x___x___x this is the three step
Does anyone else see the concern with this line?He is relying on his backs to pick up anyone who rushes the gaps.I always keep an open mind and i am always willing to see and try new things,but this just seems to much of an open gap and i feel it could hurt more than anything.I think the one step is not bad and might not hurt,but then again he has 3 weeks of pratice before the first game(round robin).Any help would be great you could also email me at coach_kmull_prov_chargers@yahoo.com
- What is your base blocking scheme for the running game? (man or zone, better to man at that level, the zone concepts are hard for kids that age to grasp) If it's man and the defense widens with the bigger gaps, that's good for the inside run game. Expand to run inside, contract to run outside if the defense takes their alignments with you. Now whether or not they do depends on how they are coached, the better coached they are the more predictable their response, but at that level I've seen more good plays blown up because a kid on defense has no idea where he is supposed to be and gets in just the right spot to mess with the call.
- How quick are your lineman? If it's a good D coordinator you'll open up the inside running game with those wide splits until he figures out he needs to have his DL line up on the outside shoulder and spark inside, if your kid aims at his original alignment he will whiff and the DL is blowing up the backfield. That's where the zone can help, but you can't zone combo very well from wide splits.
Tighter is safer for penetration, but clogs up the inside run game. I'd say try it and see how it goes, if it confuses the kids (a distinct possibility) go back to the number 1 rule of coaching youth football, do the simplest thing that will work. If the kids get it, start with the wide gaps for the inside runs and bring the splits down if they start to spark or loop into the gaps.
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