split back veer vs 4-3 cover 4

I know I'm not Coach Easton but I'll chime in here as well as we just played a 4-3 team last week and we were very successful.

We ran a steady diet of midline to the strong side and ISV to the weak side. We also have a Trap play off of ISV that we ran to the strong side.

Running Midline option against a 4-3 is like stealing in my opinion, I would do that until they stop you.

- Coach P.

Well if they do that then they're not really running a 4-3 anymore are they? If they stack the backers they're in a cover 3 and then we have all sorts of passing options open to us. If they go head up and I really want to run veer I'll just go at my best Guard vs. D-Tackle match-up. We also have typical I formation plays such as Iso, Power, and Toss to take advantage of teams that use funky alignments to combat the option. (6 Run plays in our Offense: ISV, Midline, Trap, Iso, Power, Toss)

Last week my gameplan was basically to stay in a 3 wide look (I-Formation Twins to one side and Split End away) in order to keep them in a 4-3. It was very successful last week as I said running midline to the 3 and veer to the 2i. Eventually they went head up on our guards but they still only had the middle backer.

I think the scheme was sound but the real reason we were so successful, which is usually the case when you have success, is that our players were better than their players.

HOG COACH,

Your right, of course, about it no longer being a 4-3 but in this day and time you had better be able to come up with these hybrid adjustments in order to win. Just my opinion as always. Your also right about it leaving you vulnerable to the pass, but on the high school level after 30 years of coaching it, am convinced that the GOOD passer is few and far between and I coached in Florida for most of a 42 year on field career. I would send the dogs on every play as that is what you do against a good passer and make him hurry into mistakes in order to help out the secondary. Just my way as always.

Coach Easton-TIGER ONE

AMEN to this brother. If you have ANY talent on the OL, the Midline vs a 4-3 is candy.

We'd run O Power and Counter OT to the 3 tech and weak B Iso.

Vs. "quarters" you need some GOOD play action passes to WR's on post routes when safeties come down hard if TE blocks!