Run and Shoot

the run and shoot run game should be a compliment to the passing game. it should be like playaction is to the run game.

if you are going to run true run and shoot you only need a draw or trap especially at the h.s. level. the h.s. level you have to work so much on the passing game you just do not have time to worry about the run game. I see guys trying to use the run and shoot and trying to use the zone run game or the triple option.

smart coaches lean one way of the other. balance is impossible at the h.s. level unless you can platoon like they do in college.

say you are going to get 60 plays in a game. a ideal balance for the run and shoot would be 42 passes and 18 runs.

the run and shoot can be fairly simple.
5 plays total
2 balanced
3 trips

balanced route are switch and smash
trips routes are go and slide to trips
choice to the single rec side.
choice is almost its own package
choice
choice special
choice switch c
choice drag
choice balanced

some other which have been added
go/curl or hook trips route
curl/flat this can be a trips or a balanced route

you have to understand that when you are on the hash you should be in trips to maximize this offense. if you do this 75% of the time you are going to be in trips.

choice special we where the slots change roles. it can be the levels concept like hawaii runs.

choice balanced is run out of a 2x2 set. the slot to the choice side runs a control route(looks like a shallow cross) backside slot has his seam read and the bs wr has the go route.

There are several versions of the Shoot offense. The original, Tiger Ellison's version, is meant for high school teams. It emphasizes balance between the running game and the passing game. Mouse Davis' version is meant for more sophisticated players who might see several coverages per game.

I've been Shooting since 1977, and we seldom see more than three deep zone and some type of man coverages. Therefore, we need many fewer route conversions than needed at the college and pro levels of play. Its not black magic, and high school kids can learn it quite easily.

I have recently begun exploring R&S. It seems to me that a lot of the time the QB is running. I was recently hired as the QB coach for a wing T team and the QB is always faking boots or options, or actually running them (waggle, etc.). I'm not a huge fan of the base pass plays in the offense and was looking for some R&S options. Are most of the patterns based on a 3x1 receiver set or can we do something from the wing T look?

If you get it in your area, check out the ESPN Classic channel, occasionally they'll show old USFL games. The Houston Gamblers had a young Jim Kelly at the Q, were coached by Mouse Davis and it's all Mouse Davis classic R&S stuff. Of course, it is TV coverage so you'll get to see a lot of Kelly's footwork and very little of what is going on downfield (drives me nuts that football coverage still focuses on the ball) but it's still fun to watch.