Multiple Formations

Tiger-1's EMPTY would drive most people NUTS!

NOBODY in backfield except QB (USUALLY in "gun").

BILL,

Sure wish I was up to it, and if I were, I would come up and you and I would go to one of the coaches you help now that used to play for you and get them to let me put in just a series or two from my version of the 3 x 2. I think, of all people, you would really appreciate it if you could spend a day or two around it. We could put in that "ALL UP" series I posted on one day that you liked and perhaps one other one, just to be used as a change up from what they normally run. It would be fun to see them kick some butt with it.

Coach Easton-TIGER ONE

I have not tried this but if you wanted to run triple out of the empty set maybe this would work:

Y............T.G.C.G.T.................X
.....C...........................B....A
....................Q

B goes in late motion as if you are running speed option left. Just after the snap, B cuts upfield to become the dive man. On the snap, C sprints behind the formation to get into pitch relationship. Would be sort of a counter option. Might work as a compliment to speed option if defense is overreacting to the late motion.

To answer the poster's question, Agree that Coach Easton's empty would be tough to stop. Also, any offense that takes advantage of quick, late motion (e.g. flexbone, double wing).

ADDITIONAL THOUGHT:

If you can catch them in a single safety look in the middle of the field and you can run him off with a deep Post, it opens up the space between where he vacated and the dropping mike for a lot of diffferent sight adjustments by my receivers who are coached to get into the middle of the field if it is open!!! This is most often accomplished by # 3 trips side and #2 twins side when in the 3 x 2 who have sight adjustment privileges in my offense, while the WR's are taking them on the deep vertical routes.

Coach Easton-TIGER ONE

COACH TAPS,

I HANG MY HAT ON THE 3 X 2 BUT WE RUN AND THROW OUT OF SOME 25 FORMATIONS! WHEN DOWN CLOSE OR IN SHORT YARDAGE SITUATIONS I HAVE A POWER TEAM AND WE RUN IT RIGHT AT 'EM FROM
A STACK "I', A POWER "I", DOUBLE TITE FULL HOUSE, ETC.

CHECK THE ARCHIVES UNDER INSTALLING THE PASSING GAME AND YOU WILL FIND MY "ALL UP" SERIES.

Coach Easton

DREW DOG,

IS YOUR S BACK SIMILAR IN ABILITIES TO THE H BACK IN A ONE BACK SET? CAN YOU ALIGN HIM WHERE YOU WANT HIM, CAN HE CATCH, RUN, ETC.? CAN HE BLOCK??? WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU LOOK FOR IN THIS GUY?

Coach Easton-TIGER ONE

It really depends on our personnell for that season. We have a system that is pretty adaptable to talent and I have been able to feature the individual talents of our players. We look pretty different every year although we are running the same base system and plays. I try and keep things as complex as possible for the defense we are facing while keeping things somewhat simple for our offense. This usually requires quite a bit of teminology but we feel it is easy to teach the language and is worth it in the end. My first two years coordinating our offense our HB played Slot in one-back sets. We basically had the same personnell for 1 and 2 back formations. The past four years I have subbed out our HB for a WR to play Slot. This has given us more flexibility because we are able to get more complex without overloading each individual player. Our Z is our fly guy and he needs to know the passing game inside out. Our HB and FB are primarily inside runners and blockers. They each have two pass plays that they release on. Our Slot, Y, Z, and X are focused on the passing game and perimeter blocking.

This is a great site and I always enjoy hearing different approaches about this great game.

Thank you.

I do not like to see teams that motion backs out of the backfield. Any teams that can motion a back out of the backfield and go from a 2X1 to a 2X2 or a 3X1 instantly makes a defense have to adjust so fast. That's my least favorite thing to see.