Installing Today’s Hybrid Pistol Offense Run & Pass from Top to Bottom
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Coach: I think most coaches will tell you that running a few plays from a variety of formations would be the way to go. It simplifies teaching/learning for your players and at the same time makes it difficult for your opponents to get a good read in scouting/preparing. tm
Post by Coach Campbell on Nov 30, 2003 10:20:30 GMT
I agree with tm. Best case scenerio is to run a few plays from multiple formations. Mutiple formations can put you in best situation and limit the number of defenses your opponent can run against you. Coach CAmpbell
I also agree.....it is much more complex to teach a new play than to align in a new formation. You may need to adjust a ball exchange or make other minor adjustments when running a play from a different formation, but it is much less time consuming than introducing an entirely new play. pdow
I agree as well. It is alot better to run a few plays from alot of formations. Think for instance in how many different ways you could run trap or iso. You could likely come up with 15 different formations or variations to each of these plays and I would be willing to bet they could all be effective.
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Thanks for the feedback. I'm about to enter my 3rd season as head coach and OC. I've always believed in being multiple in formation and simple in play calling, but it's nice to have others (more knowledgeable) reinforce what you believe.
I hate to be the sqeaky wheel, but I'm kinda of the opposite approach.
Let's say you're a multiple I/Oneback team, and your base running plays are Inside Zone, Stretch, and Counter Gap.
It doesn't matter what formation you run them out of, they are the same plays. The defense stops them the same way.
Also, if you aren't very careful and mindful of what you're doing, you could show serious formation tendencies.
To me, I'd rather run a few formations, but run all my plays out of those formations. You never know what play is coming, you don't have any dead giveaways based on formation, and it cuts down on the terminology in the huddle.
Just my opinion.
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Very good point. I have gone through what you stated. When you have so many formations you tend to favor certain ones for certain plays. And then your offense becomes predictable. This is exactly the trap that I fell into. We got it fixed but it took some work.
I think we are of the same minds on that one. As your call name indicates you read defenses and might use option on me techniques. We like to read the defense and take what they give. Everyone knows we will run midline, veer, and speed. My job is to figure out how they are trying to stop those plays in their base defense and give my QB options to uise in beating it.
As a result, we start in our base formation and several different motions to give us advantages for certain plays versus certain defenses. When you run option like we do, you never know if you will see the same defense you prepared for all week. We like to have people see the same formation and get in the habit of lining uo their base defense. That defensive configuration gives us our play call. When we figure out what they are trying to do we will through some different motions or unbalanced looks at them to see what they will do and indicate weaknesses.
If we were an I or Power running game team we might be able to predict the defense they will line up in and use formations to dictate and gain an advantage. Multiple formations may cause the defenses to adjust. Putting those formations into your play script on wed/thur is essential, and if not varried my lead to tendencies that give the opposing DC a heads up.