Installing Today’s Hybrid Pistol Offense Run & Pass from Top to Bottom
This manual provides you with the full offensive line, receiver, and quarterback mechanics for installing each offensive play presented. Coach Campbell has left no stone unturned for implementing today’s Pistol Offense into your program.
We would like to run our 52 this year with man and man-free as much as possible. We have a ton of speed, but no linemen over 200lb. we figure on sending the extra man and make them throw to beat us. Our league is mostly running and wing-t teams. Any ideas? Thanks BTW, I have your 52 book.
Coach Nick take the 5-2 and move yourself into a 5-3 stack look. The 5-3 is now called a 3-3 stack and gives you more flexibility with the run and pass game. Will be glad to help you further with this. Coach CAmpbell
So in the look you are talking baout for coach nick, he would just bring the SS up into an ILB position? Now what are you doing with the ends/OLB. Are they to play like in a regular 50?
Coach Campbell, Does the nose line up head up on the center and the Dt's outside shades on the guards? Can this be used vs wing t teams that come out in red/blue and te/wing formations with man and man-free coverages? Thanks
Coach Nick, 5-3,3-3 stack is great for small d-line because of the movement you can do with them. Our d-line this year are linebackers, they love it and is very difficult for the big o-line guys to t off on. PGOLLA
Coach Campbell and others, we are running the 3-4 Cover 2 shell. My question pertains to defending I-Pro. Our secondary will read the backfield and we have built in Sky / Cloud depending upon field alignment. The coverage we run with this is called "Auto". With 2 back flow to either side we will Sky it in this case, with 1 safety taking the flat to the flow side in pass and also forcing run while the other safety is rotating to middle 1/3. CB's have automatic deep 1/3 with 2 back flow. If backs split it becomes cover 2. Naturally, one OLB is a rusher and one is a dropper. For conversation sake we are Skying on both sides based on flow of 2 backs. My question is as follows: We have designated the strong side OLB to be the dropper and split side to be the rusher. As the strongside OLB gets 2 back flow to his side and the TE does not release but rather locks on to him and blocks he must read this as run, the safety is coming up because he also sees to backflow which we read as run. The split side safety is taking middle 1/3 and again with 2 back flow (regardless of side) the CB's will bail into 3. Remembering that the split side OLB is coming, there is nobody in the flats if they run a 3 step 5 yard hitch. How would you solve this vacancy in the split side flat caused by the combination of 2 back flow to the TE and the split side OLB being the designated rusher in this case? Thanks Coach K
Why not have your 2 OLB's and your 2 safeties read QB / ball for their rotations / drops instead of backfield flow? We run a very similar scheme to what you have, and we run it like this:
SAFETIES:
QB / Ball comes to: - Run support - Flats coverage
QB / Ball goes away: - Rotate to middle 1/3 for pass - Rotate and transition to inside-out force for run
QB / Ball goes on straight drop back: - SS plays flats and run support - FS (open side) rotates to mid 1/3
OLB:
QB / Ball comes to: - Rush force
QB / Ball goes away: - Check counter / reverse - Drop to flats
QB / Ball goes on straight drop back: - Crash (Strong OLB) plays rush force - Rover (open OLB) drops to flats
Now, you have a perfect redundancy between your secondary and your OLB's in the 3-4 scheme. As your safeties rotate one way to cover the flats, the OLB's rotate the other to cover and rush. This also puts your OLB on the side of waggle / rollout ALWAYS in the position to attack the QB without fear of any coverage responsibility (because he will always have a safety in the flats to his side).
Why not have your 2 OLB's and your 2 safeties read QB / ball for their rotations / drops instead of backfield flow? We run a very similar scheme to what you have, and we run it like this:
SAFETIES:
QB / Ball comes to: - Run support - Flats coverage
QB / Ball goes away: - Rotate to middle 1/3 for pass - Rotate and transition to inside-out force for run
QB / Ball goes on straight drop back: - SS plays flats and run support - FS (open side) rotates to mid 1/3
OLB:
QB / Ball comes to: - Rush force
QB / Ball goes away: - Check counter / reverse - Drop to flats
QB / Ball goes on straight drop back: - Crash (Strong OLB) plays rush force - Rover (open OLB) drops to flats
Now, you have a perfect redundancy between your secondary and your OLB's in the 3-4 scheme. As your safeties rotate one way to cover the flats, the OLB's rotate the other to cover and rush. This also puts your OLB on the side of waggle / rollout ALWAYS in the position to attack the QB without fear of any coverage responsibility (because he will always have a safety in the flats to his side).
lochness, Thanks for your response. I got a few more questions based on your response. We need to slant / angle our guys cause we aren't real big so given that we predetermine our movements - do you play your guys as 4's or 5's? How do you maintain contain on the split side if the Rover is dropping with ball straight back? Lastly, does play action hold that Rover long enough to allow an offense to attack his intended cover area? Look forward to your input.
Post by Coach Campbell on Sept 19, 2004 17:29:39 GMT
Most 50 schemes are now known as 30 schemes giving the basic foundation of this well known defense the ability to put 6 cover defenders in passing situations to adjust to spread formations with both 4 and 5 receivers. Coach CAmpbell