Jet Sweep w/ Full Zone (Stretch) Blocking Playside

we've never tried it. We reach with tackle and pull the guard...if he can't run then he is a wasted blocker on the play....we don't care how big our guards are but they better be able to run.

That's how Andy Coverdale runs the jet sweep @ Castle High. We have run it for the last 2 seasons w/a pulling OG, but I may take a look at it this fall with the full zone blocking.

Coach, I've authored two pamphlets on the Jet Series and I'll be honest. You need to pull the onside guard. If you want to reach w/ the tackle-- good, but you need to get that guard walling off the linebacker. If you don't he will eventually make the play. Love to talk more about this.

my understanding of it is that if you are pulling a guard you are committed to running the play outside. The sweeper must be full speed 100% with little opportunity for a cut back (this is what we do). A true fly sweep team will run a variety of sweeps i.e. redlight, yellowlight, etc utilizing zone blocking up front....the sweeper cannot be a full 100% speed because the opportunity for cut back is emphasized more. Just my take on it.

Coaches,

I don't get see how a guard can pull and be effective on a Jet sweep if the ball carrier is really moving when he takes the handoff. How does that work? And I would think the backside doesn't matter much - if they penetrate up the field much at all, it seems they would have a tough time pursing unless they get into the backfield very quickly and can really fly themselves. Maybe one day I'll understand this darn play....

So your saying the sweep guy takes a lateral step away from the LOS to buy time for the guard... Yea, I could see that working but the guard is gonna have to really be on his horse. I like that idea, though, it always seems like some extra guy to the sweep side would blow it up, so I'd rather have the sweeper get there with some help.

One of the main reasons I wanted this play to work was to set up some play action off of it to the backside. Anyone have any success with that?

Just my 2 cents, but we have used outside zone blocking with the fly very successfully. If you're spread (2X2), you just stalk with the 2 onside receivers. Then the line just uses the next man over concept, so:

(1) if the next man over to the playside is covered you bucket step and hinge (first two steps like a traditional pull directly at the sideline, which should put your backside foot perpendicular to the DL's playside foot; third step 180 degree rotation with the play side foot, rotating on the planted backside foot, and get butt to the sideline).

(2) if the next man over is uncovered, you are most likely covered, so you bucket step and get to the second level (first step like a traditional pull directly to the sideline, second step at 45 degrees, which should put your backside foot almost parallel to the DL's playside foot, and at the same time, you punch your backside arm through the DL's playside shoulder to pin him inside to help your partner who is trying to hinge him; third step upfield looking for the first LB scraping across from the backside.

A couple slight adjustments we've made.

(1) If the PS DE is wide, we have the PST just drive him to the sideline and our runner reads the butt of our playside tackle as to whether to turn it up inside the B-gap or to continue outside.

(2) If there is an overhang (PST covered and one more man is outside of him - like a 50 look), we'll offset the TB playside and let him hook block the overhang whichever way he wants to go (the runner will read this block). If this is the case, we lose the dive fake, but get an extra blocker, which is OK with us. We then run a trap back the other way to the offset TB similar to the one coachjd described above.

On the action pass, we just use our normal turn back blocking, fake the fly, and give the FB the PSILB.

We have been trying to run the sweep out of a double slot look. Against a 4-3 cover 2 the hard corners ate up our sweep. Anybody have any suggestions?

We attempted to offset the fullback and kick out the corner and sent the SE to the safety, but our fullback couldn't get there fast enough and it had to cutback too early.

We tried having the split ends get wide and to run underneath the corner with minimal success. We threw some corner/smash concepts but our QB is not real good at passing the football.

Any thoughts ??

Hi coach
I have had a bad experience attempting to put zone in at the HS level. We need to have guards and tackles that run. Most of the time we pull both of them on our jet and double crack. That was our staple play and we averaged over 35 pts. a game. I need help with coming up with different formations to run the jet with. In our last game we moved our fullback behind the tackle and led him on the jet. What a great look that was. Our base formation is the flexbone. 2 WR. 2 wings and one back.

out of the gun

reach the end

all else just get to the second level

maybe try and reach a 3 tech if he is a total stud, but how is he going to catch the jet from the gun anyway?

We run the flexbone with a 1x1 split with our wing and always has first man to the inside whether it be DE or a C gap defender. The WR will crack the next man to the inside. Both guard and tackle lead the play to kick corner and seal off alley defender. We have had great success with this..

we do not advocate a bucket step, we always take a short 6" angel step toward outside number of defender covering our team mate. This insures no penetration thru playside A, or at least puts us in a better position to make the choke if necessary on a shaded nose.

Coach Easton

Hey Tog,

Appreciate you sharing your opinion.

Coach Easton