Air Raid Questions

Rookie,

Email Coach Chris Hatcher at Valdosta State University where he was an All American for Hal in his playing days, and has been the Head Coach there now for a few years. He runs the Air Raid exclusively and is a great young man. Get it straight from the guy who knows! VSU is located in Valdosta, Georgia where I had a professional Minor League team, and made his acquaintence. The day I met him at his practice field, he invited me to make myself at home and go to whatever group of position players I cared to watch, etc. I took advantage of his hospitality and had a great afternoon. He is a very successful young college coach and will be moving up to bigger and better things.

Coach J.C.Easton

Airman,

In your first example, is the Z making a sight adjustment along with your QB reading the coverage the same way, or does he communicate his adjustment in the PSL to the QB? I am not familiar with the terminology "slant return". How is that to be translated? Thanks for your time, as always.

JC

he runs a slant but halfway he plants and returns toward the sideline. I do not use it I just have seen there playbook and a lecture.

on the stick you need the slant to hold the backer so he does not run with the stick route. if the backer does then you go to what they call stick special where they hit the slant backside.


the base play which mumme did the z ran a curl and the back ran a swing so you had a high/low on any flat defender.

a seam read is a old run and shoot term. it is based on the safety depth.