USD Team Football Camp

I don't know how many other coaches and their teams attend padded team camps during the summer, but I for one have been going with my present team to the University of South Dakota padded team camp.

This is a great opportunity for a team to go to. The kids go to clinics all day long to teach them to block and tackle and other position specific drills. This is not centered around any particular type of offensive or defensive scheme but are things to be able to help each player as an individual.

This is also a great opportunity for a team because you are able to work on your offense and defense during this camp. There is team competitions, such as king of the field, king of the dome, passing competition, lineman competitions, etc. It is a great way to measure the progress of your team against other teams from around the Midwest and even through out the country.

There are teams there from Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota,and Wisconsin. Plus it gives the coaches a chance to talk shop and to see who there hitters are going to be the next season.

What a better way to jump start your season.

How many other team camps are out there? Are they worth going to?

I can't wait for the season to start!!!!

Coach D

The 500 series - The Lead Iso

So Far we have covered the 200 series(buscksweep), 300 series(max protect of Buck sweep), 400 series(The Option) and now we will cover the 500 series(The Lead Iso).

The 500 series can be run out of serveral differnt formations. The only limitation is that you need to make sure you have two backs in the backfield. If you start out a single back all you have to do is make sure you motion into the backfield. I call this Fip(F in position) or Rip(R in position).

The line blocking is fairly simple also. It is baseblocking that sort of looks like zone blocking. However, if there is a man in the gap and it become difficult to block that man, than the lineman will make an "X" call or switch or what ever you want them to say. I shall demonstrate this in later diagrams.

When I discuss the 500 series I shall discuss it from a right or a Pro right position and I shall draw it up against different defenses.

Ramblings of Coach D

Every once in a while I feel like I need to ramble on about something. That is why I created my blog in the first place. What a better way for me to discuss football. It helps me from going crazy.

I don't want to turn my blog into a an advertisement for my playbook so I will only mention this once.

Everything you see on my blog is also in my playbook. There is also quite a bit more information in it. I cover philosophy, formations, each series (100's through 600's), The Jet and Rocket, Passing (3 step, 5step, and Play action)

I am willing to share my playbook and my knowledge with others. I have put quite a bit of time into making my playbook so I feel that I have to ask for some kind of monetary compensation.

What I have put together has come from my last 12 years of coaching the wing-T. It has evolved over the past several years and will probably continue to evolve. One way that I have found and really like to improve it is by talking to other coaches about it. That is why I have started up the Wing-T football forum. So please leave your comments there.(or leave them here on my blog)

I love to talk football and I can do that through my blog but now I am hoping that people will respond back in the forum. That is also why I have placed the poll wondering what people think about my blog.

I want to share my knowledge with others. I feel it a great honor when someone asks me for my advice or for when they want to have a copy of my playbook.

Just to show you a how my playbook is set up I have posted here what a typical page looks like.

I hope you have enjoyed what you have seen so far and I am thrilled that people are even listening to what I have to say.

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Wing-T football discussion board Created

I have created a discussion to talk about wing-t football. Just click on the link for this post or click on the link on the main page.

Once you are on the discussion board you can browse the board. To be able to post you must become a member.

On the board you can discuss each of the series (200, 300, etc.), discuss passing, The Jet and Rocket sweeps, view videos, and even ask coach Dillon questions.

There is also a forum for the buying, selling, and trading of materials.

I hope you enjoy the message board.

http://wing-tfootball.proboards85.com/index.cgi

Coach D

400 series - The Option Pass

In this series I shall talk about how we work the pass out of the option look.

In the option there is a diving back and a trailing back while the QB works his way down the LOS (Line of Scrimmage) See below:

418 Keep

However when we run the option pass we need to make it look like we are running the option until the very last opportunity. We will than drop back and throw a pass.

In our passing model (700, 800 and 900 series) we would normally tag the receivers with the routes that they would run. However out of the option we limit the patterns that the receivers would run.

When we refer to the receivers I would refer to them by the outside/In. So the #1 play side receiver would be the farthest receiver on the outside on the play side. Backside #1 would be the outside receiver on the backside. #2 receiver play side or backside would be the next inside receiver.

We have the receivers memorize what each would run for the play. That way the rule is always the same no matter what formation we would run out of. This shall be demonstrated later.

The rules are as follows:

PS #1 - Out

PS #2 - Flag

PS #3 - Post/Flag

BS #1 - Under

BS #2 - Post

BS #3 - Seam

If we are running the 418 option Pass out of a right formation the play would look like the following. (Remember that running the ball is always an option for the QB)

We can also run the same play out of a number of different formations. Here are a couple of examples:

Power Left 418 option pass

Pro Right 418 option pass

Red Rip 418 option pass

Right Slot 418 Option Pass

As you can see we can run this play out of many different formations. This holds true for all of the plays in our playbook. This makes it look like we are a lot more complicated than we really are. It will also force defences to try and prepare for so many different looks.

Even though I have mentioned so many different series already, I believe that if you master a few plays and run them out of a number of different formations you van still be very effective and win ball games. I have tried to simplify things for my players and coaches so that we can get down to the business of perfecting plays and doing what we love. PLAYING FOOTBALL

Coach D

Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere. It's a result of something... hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication. - ROGER STAUBACH

400 Series - The Option (post 2)

In my previous post I introduced my 400 series, or other wise called the option. This series gives the look like we are or could run the option. This means that we will often have a trailing ball carrier behind the QB.

In the 400 series I am often telling the QB what I would like him to run. If I wanted him to give the ball to the F. I would say 42? give. If I wanted him to make the pitch I would call 43? pitch. I would even tell him if I wanted him to keep the ball 41? Keep. In each play it is vital to make it look like we are running the same play.Each Play is shown below

Right 426 Give

Right 418 Keep

Right 438 Pitch

If I truly wanted him to have him read the play I would call it as a 418/419 option. This tells the QB to make two reads in the same play. The QB would have to first read if the hand off to the F is available or not (would he be tackled right away), He would then come down the line and read the corner. If the corner comes up to make the tackle he would than pitch it to the R. Notice that the play side guard is also pulling and looking to pick up the end. If we have a strong penetrating LB or D-line we would keep him in to block. We would then read the end man on the LOS. The Corner would then become a down field read pitch/option if the QB kept the ball.

Right 418 Option

In my next post I shall talk about passing in the option - Coach D

You have to play this game like somebody just hit your mother with a two-by-four. - DAN BIRDWELL

400 Series - The Option (post 1)

Over the years I have heard many coaches say that they either love the option or they hate the option. For me it is a love/hate relationship. I like to run the option but you have to have the right personnel. That means you have to have a quarterback that can think on his feet. If you try and run the option without the personnel you need than it can be disastrous.

I call my option series the 400 series. The only reason why I call it the 400 series is because when I was in high school the option was called the 40 series. So really no rationale behind it. The option is originally run as part of the veer but I, and several other coaches have adapted it to their offense. The option can be run out of numerous formations.

Out of the option the QB is moving down the line of scrimmage (LOS) and will either Fake or give the ball to the fullback diving through the hole. He will than continue down the line, read the end man on the LOS and decide either to keep the ball or pitch it to a trailing back. This is why the QB needs to be able to think on his feet. He has to make several reads on the same play.

The typical option would like like this:

Right 418 Option

Here is a video of Navy running the option out of a double wing formation

My next post shall be on other plays that I run out of the option series (400)

“Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck.” – Don Shula