To those of you who have been able to play this season. I am excited for you, here in Georgia the playoffs are in full swing we made the 1st Round before bowing out.
For those of you who will be playing in the spring. I hope that some of the things we learned during the quarantine plus the season that some of us have had is useful to you this season.
As I start to go back and watch film and see what teams did that worked. Here are three plays that caught my eye early in the season.
Play One - Counter Screen
I was introduced to this play by Coach Conder this off-season because like him Counter GT is a scheme that we both love a lot! But it wasn't until I saw it in action on film vs a team that we were preparing for that it stood out. The guard and tackle away from the screen will pull to simulate GT and the center, guard and tackle show a down block before blocking the screen. Here is a clip of the play.
Play Two - Boot Throwback
I saw this play twice from the team that won our region watching film, they called it on third down twice. A boot (semi-roll) TE throwback. Fake Zone and boot opposite, TE leaks backside for a big pass. If you are looking for something to add to your third down menu, look into this. I will be studying this play this off-season.
Play Three - Shallow Screen
If you know me, you know I am a huge Screen guy. The one that was the best add and the most used was the Shallow Screen ran by several teams. However, notes from Josh Herring help us perfect it and run it probably about 20 times this season and complete 14 of them. We get called for holding on this clip. But I will show you later on how we make this play even more successful later in the year.
Also if you haven't check out this video on Play-Action Shots in the Power Spread. Best Video on creating explosive plays on my channel.
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Coach Peters continues his assault on offenses everywhere. He lights up Twitter with plays upon plays upon plays. I had to see what was going on... I secured a copy of The 2019 San Francisco 49ers Complete Offensive Manual. This thing is HUGE! More like the WAR and PEACE of manuals.
It most definitely passes the "flip test."
Well over 50 sections of plays. He details the plays and diagrams from Just Plays Sports. But wait that's not all! He tags all the plays and where to find them on NFL GAME PASS. First, find out what you want to study... my first choice was SLANTS.
Fifteen diagrams to study...then a Down and Distance breakdown.
And finally the hidden gem: film markings! We love film. This is how to find it!
WOW.WOW.WOW. How about a little REVERSE! Flip to page 141. Find 6 diagrams.
It took me less then five minutes to find the plays!
Probably the question I am asked the most and definitely have
been over this break is how do we practice this offense. First let me say each
year is a learning experience in itself. My practice schedule philosophy has
been influenced by Josh Herring, Dub Maddox and John Konceki. Men who have either won a state championship
or played for it multiple times. Included is our No Sweat Wednesday practice
that we started to use a few years ago. So, let’s start there, here is the
practice script for Wednesday’s.
We go for about 75 minutes on Wednesday. We start off with
Punt Team because to me Punt is the most important Special Team in the game
followed by PAT. We do 5 minutes of best on best Red Zone 7 on 7 from the 13
in. We spend 25 minutes in individual thought we are 1.5 Platoon team we find a
way to work it out if kids need reps on both sides, but on Wednesday they go mainly with there primary position group.
On offense we spend 5 minutes going over handoffs with RB’s.
Those handoff’s include under center, jet sweep, etc. From there we do our
screen drill, which you have heard me talk about and post the clip of before. You
can watch it again HERE. We finish Indy with our Zone Read Drill with various
Bubble Screens. You can also watch that video HERE.
OL/DL walk through Inside Run Fits. While they are doing that,
we are going Goal line 1 on 1’s. Outside WR’s focus on slants and fades. Inside
WR’s focus on corner and fades. RB run outs and angle routes.
We finish with ten minutes of team, follow by the 2-minute
drill.
Because we have a few players that go both ways we practice
like a 2-platoon team.
Monday is an offensive focus so we get an hour (55 minutes)
of practice and Tuesday is defensive so offense only gets 40 minutes.
We begin both days with best on best competition. We either
do coming out of the end zone, ball starts on the 2 or Goal Line starting on
the 5.
Monday
We spend 15 minutes doing Indy. The Quarterbacks and Running
Backs get together. We then do RPO Drill
(10), where we work on mesh with the RB and throwing the post snap manipulation.
Our offensive lineman takes this time to go through pods working on run game
combos vs the defense. We do have Half-line pass concepts (15) working on PUP
with half of the OL and DL as well to simulate rush and QB escape techniques
followed by Team (15).
Tuesday
Skill players go through install/team take off (8), then we
move to Pass Under Pressure (9) , followed by perimeter drill with WR and DBs
working various bubble screens and lineman working 1 on 1’s (8). Then we follow
with team with a focus on 3rd downs on Tuesday.
This is a question I have answered in my new CoachTube class, named Tempo Plays and One Word Calls in Your Offense.
To find out more about our one word plays and how we use them to control the tempo in our power spread offense click here.
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