Formation System

I think you're thinking too much. Don't get too complicated--no matter what level you coach at. If your system worked, stick with it. If you need to tweak some things, go ahead, but a full-out change in offense is often a tough thing to do. The kids can pick it up, yes, but your coaches need to know it inside and out as well. As far as formations go, have several, yes, but once you find the couple that either you are most efficient with, or the defense has the most trouble with, stick with them. Make your job easy--and don't overload the kids. There's a reason why the Wing-T has been around for so long and has been so successful. They run 10-15 sound plays out of a handful of sound formations that have good logic behind them. Be careful not to just run formations to run formations. They should have a specific key or two that you are looking for in each formation. For instance, in a pro twins set (2 WR's to one side TE to the other), I am always looking for two things. How is the defense covering the slot reciever (is it a LB, S, or do they roll the CB). And what are they calling strength for thier linemen. Are they still calling to the TE or are they using the 2 WR side (which now actually has numbers)? Like I said, use formations, but use them so that you can exploit a specific weakness and/or create a strength.