practicing the shotgun read

stick,

we also read the backside 5 on our zone read play. we really only run it at teams who reduce their fronts against our base set (gun, 3 wides, 2rb's). If the front is reduced, we don't need a back to block the force on inside zone, so we run our FB on inside zone, read the backside 5, and loop our tail over the top to set up for pitch relation with the QB. It works very well for us, because we don't have to double read the 5 and WILL. Sometimes we run it against teams who leave seven in the box, because our FB is 220. He knows that he will have some tough yards ahead of him, but we are probably calling it because the end has been crashing. Coach Campbell is exactly right, it is the reps that teach. Teach the tail the exact way you teach the full on veer, with the QB helping out by being distinct with his pressure. Also, if you insist on your QB selling his fakes every play, you may not have to worry about the 5, unless the other teams use their WILLs as contain instead of the 5's (like we do!). Hope this helps, any other questions, feel free to write me @ silverback1125@hotmail.com. We run a no-huddle, shotgun offense with a very learnable scheme.

JR