Youth Wing-T

Coach, we ran a bastardized Wing-T/Double Wing a few years ago and actually had a lot of success. Luckily, we usually had great guards who got in front of the Sweep very well. However, one year, we didn't. The first adjustment we made was simply a personel switch (we had 4 very good running backs, so we took one of them and made him a guard -- very effective). The second adjustment was a scheme adjustment (when our converted guard went back to HB, we ran our sweep off tackle instead of outside: WB blocked CB, PSG pulled and kicked out PSDE, BSG pulled and sealed PSOLB, everyone else down blocked).

As far as dealing with the CB on the TE/WB side, we did a few things. First, we loved to run our sweep weak by putting our weak HB out in a twin formation and motioning him in to crack. Then, we would use this same action, and run bootleg pass back to the WB/TE side, so if the CB didn't stay deep, we'd hit the TE on a flag for a TD. Once, he backed up, we would use the same formation, but run the sweep to the TE/WB side with the weak HB who started out in twins and motioned in. Second, we ran a lot of end-over formations: SE moves out wide on the TE side, then TE and WT switch. This forced the CB to go out and cover the SE on the strong side, which made it easier to run the sweep that way. We would then do the same thing, but also split the strong HB out, so we had twins on the strong side, and the OLB would have to go out and cover the strong HB, then we'd run off tackle to the area he vacated.