7-on-7 for first time

Disclaimer: I've never done 7x7 on the younger level, and looking at the rules it's a bit different than what I'm familiar with from Fla. adult flag ball. The biggest difference I've seen is a clock as opposed to a rusher. Adult flag in Fla. has a rusher at 5 yards or 1/2 the distance from a first down or touchdown, no clock. In that scenario defensively you have 4 choices: 3-3, 4-2, man, or some kinda combo.

Havind said that, my favorite play was from a 5-across spread (center in the middle of the 5 was eligible). I'll call it from the right. Ends fade to the hole between L1 (linebackers) and L2 (safeties). Right slot runs a 5-yd Post, the left slot shallow crosses landmarking 6 yds. or so on the other side line. Center holds then crosses shallow to the left side.

Reads: Slant side LB drops, wait on the cross. Safety jumps fade, skinny the post up. Safety stays post, hit the fade. Nothing there, center shallow (may not be an option in HS 7x7 rules). We could get on the LOS and just run this all day long. Worked whatever D they were in. I think it would still work against a 4-3 or 5-2, it's just the holes will be smaller.

Valdosta State's Mesh might be good also. Flags on the outside, one slot landmark 6 yds ahead of the ball, the opposite slot cross underneath the landmark. Run against man (look to the opposite slot, if somebody is chasin' him, it's man), settle in a hole vs. zone. Credits to Coach Hatcher for that one.

One last possible wrinkle. HS rules allow as many passes as you want behind the LOS. This allows a final option: dump it to a back, who can throw it again downfield. Working against the clock might not permit this, but it puts enormous pressure on the defense. Chase receivers and let the back pick a lane all day or pressure him and leave a hole? Or maybe spy him and show a 4-2 or 3-3 downfield? I'd imagine that might make for a nice wrinkle sometime.

The most important thing to remember in summer passing leagues is that you are preparing for the season. Winning is nice, but if you waste your time by practicing stuff you'll never use in-season, why bother? We typically play in 3 tourney's each summer, and I like to use each one as a building block or layer. I start out with our playaction game and add the concepts (delta, curl-flat, mesh, whatever you use) I feel will work best for us in the fall. It is important that you cover every aspect (route conversions, BLS, etc.) of each concept before you move on, and passing tourney's are great for that.

Sure, but that's just the beginning, but you can take the concept much farther if you want to. That's why I think passing tourney's are so important, b/c you can advance from just the basics of your passing game that you don't necessarily have time for in-season.

I agree with you about passing leagues.

In what ways do you take this concept farther?? I'll be familiar with some I'm sure.

Curl/flat/sit.... Curl/flat no prob, but whatsa sit? Sit in a hole between the curl/flat as the 3rd man to the curl/flat side?

The sit is basically a route where an inside receiver sits over the ball (center) at about 6 yards depth. So as part of a curl /flat progression the Sit is included to give you a triangle of receivers for the QB to read. Works really well against zones because if underneath defenders take away the curl and flat then the sit should be there.