Installing Today’s Hybrid Pistol Offense Run & Pass from Top to Bottom
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Would anyone like to discuss how to approach facing a no huddle team that gets to the line early to force you to show you hand and then call a signal in a play against that front/coverage?
Do you increase your stemming/hide your coverages/bluff your blitzes.
Has anyone had any success (or failures) against this type of offense that you can share?
If your BASE has 1 safety deep - he is the man they look at. Don't vacate center field (such as going from Cover 1 or Cover 3 to a Cover 0) until the LAST SECOND!
If your BASE has 2 safeties deep, Cover 2, Cover 2/Man, Cover 4, etc. they can be easily be made to look the same!
If the offense uses a false cadence and looks to the side line for a play could you as a DC teach your signal caller to wait 'til the QB looks to get a call to give your true defensive call? That way they've signaled in a call based on a look and then you change as they call in their play.
Could you possibly get good enough at this to dictate to the offense what they run based on showing a pre-cadence look that will set them up to call a play that will run right into the teeth of your true call.
I know when Pittsburgh play the Indianapolis they move, stem, and prowl a lot while Manning is trying to read the defense - to screw up his reads that help him call the right play.
One thing that has worked for us is moviing all over the place. As soon as the QB looks at the defense, linebackers are moving forward and back, corners are moving , safeties are moving, and the d-line is stemming.
With this, we actually keep it very simple. We run no more than three coverages vs a spread team and they are mainly formation dictated.
We blitz like crazy and this makes all the movement worthshile. We even have our DEs stand up and walk 6 inches left and right when the QB begins cadence, stops, looks to his sideline for the actual play.
We move, disguise and attack.
If you can "stop the run", the offense becomes predictable.
Coach,
In 2 weeks we face a spread team and I'm looking for some adjustments that we can install into the game plan.
Would you mind send me any information that you have which could help me/
thanks,
harry73
Watch your scout tape on them and time the number of seconds it takes for the qb to get the snap after the center has initially touched the ball. See if they are pretty consistent. We then stem everyone all over the place during this time. We have our backers/D-line make a "4" call (or whatever # of seconds we deem safe) when he touches the ball to alert everyone. This has worked for us even when the qb peaks back over to check the play with the coach or when the back flops (for us the count started back over on the flop).
I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU PLAY YOUR BASE AND STAY WITH IT, WITH OCCASIONAL CHANGE UPS OF COURSE. WHEN YOU START STEMMING AND MOVING AROUND ON THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, I AM OF THE OPINION THAT YOU END UP LEAVING WAY TOO MANY HOLES IN YOUR DEFENSE. IF YOU STAY IN THE SAME PSL LOOK THE OPPONENT WILL SHOW YOU QUICKLY HOW HE THINKS HE CAN BEAT YOU WITH HIS PLAY SELECTION. SURE YOU MAY HAVE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS THE GAME GOES ON, BUT THAT'S YOUR JOB RIGHT??? Just my way.
Coach Easton-TIGER ONE
J.C. EASTON<BR>HEAD COACH<BR>GA TIGERS FOOTBALL<BR>PROFESSIONAL MINOR LEAGUE
We tried doing all the moving around stuff one year and got caught with our LB's backing away from the LOS at the snap, we stopped doing it before the end of the 1st scrimmage. We just had too many other things to coach up that we didn't have time to coach all the moving around too. It might be different against a gun team where there is not a real "quick hitter" type play because everyone is 5 yards off the ball, but against an I type team I think its too easy to get caught moving around. I think a power I type team with the fullback right up the qb's butt could torch you with dive if they snap it while your moving around.
Sorry to double post, to answer the original question, if you set up your defense to take away their best plays by tendency you should be alright with whatever they call. Most base defenses are fairly sound against most plays, if your kids play their assignments you should be OK.