Hawkoption 33 v. WingT

Coach,
This weekend I was at the Las Vegas clinic. The New Mexico coach (Guru of the 3-3) was speaking, some coaches next to me were wing t guys. All they talked about the entire time was how they would smash the 3-3. One of them asked him to stop the buck sweep.. He asked them for the blocking schemes.. They had no clue how to block it versus the 3-3. They continued to bash the 3-3..

My opinon of the wing t
1) It is a good offense if you know how to run it... (Know how to defend it)
2) Great offense if the defense is not use to seeing it
3) Need 2 TWO good wings

If you want to stop the wing t you need to know the wing t. Know what plays go to wing side. Motion side etc.. Know guard pulls, is waggle pass 100% away from motion etc... What you will find is the wing t is a good offense but an offense you can take advantage of.

Our kids believe they know the wing t better than the oppoents coaches. When we play the wing t our kids already know what they are doing and trying to do. they know the counters off the motion and know that we will never be out numbered at the point of attack, and know we have to stop the trap, counter, reverse, waggle coming back.
The 3-3 is the best defense I have seen versus the wing t because of the balanced attack it gives.

during spring and summer we go over wing t rules with our kids. Buck sweep center playside fb backside etc.. we tell our kids who gets the down block where pull goes etc.....

This is a start. please ask about anything else specifically.
PGOLLA

Coach,
If I understand you have a TE wing to one side, and a wing and wide out to the other... Great thing about this offense is they have to motion a lot to get into what they want to run.

It does not matter really what defense you use. We use the 3-3 and love it. Here is what our keys and reads are.

Motion to the right. Know what plays they run to the right and what plays come back. For example one of the wing t teams we play run belly option, power, trap, sweep to the motion. Away from motion they run counter, reverse, trap.
Keys:
Motion to the right
1) Yell red anything with a R so we alert what plays to expect and blocking scheme.
2) Tackle or ends (whoever) key through to the fb. Backside, fb down midline guards pull away trap sweep get qb on boot.
FB down the mid-line guard pulls toward you Waggle Pass!! FB goes away check opposite wing for no pull reverse. FB goes away pull to you counter or reverse.
Playside= motion to me fb down mid-line guard to me trap sweep. FB down mid-line guard pull opposite of motion waggle pass. FB wide to me counter going back or power to me. Etc...

Nose gets red motion slant to right guard he pulls right get 2 yards in front of where the fb was and 2 yards deep to tackle the sweep.
Left tackle gets red motion slants to the guard if guard pulls right takle the fb on trap. Rules for wing t= center playside a gap fb backside a gap.
Right tackle slant to TE if he arcs shot gap if down rip over the top.

Watch your teams in the off-season find what they do with motion and what they do coming back then break it down for your kids. Hope this is a good start.
PGOLLA

Coach G-
Rather than a TE/Wing on one side and SE/Slot on the other, we see a SE/tight slot on both sides, creating a balanced formation on each play. This presents 2 concerns for me with this defense:
First, from an alignment standpoint, it seems that base alignments create downblocks for everyone on the offense and good kickouts for the guards.
Second, reads become difficult because the ball is snapped so quickly after the slot goes in motion, post-motion calls are not practical. Any suggestions v. this formation?
Also, do you rotate the secondary to a 2 deep and roll the corner up toward motion?
Thanks,
JJM