4 most asked questions about the Spread - ANSWERED!

In this article I will attempt to answer the 4 most asked questions I get about what we do in our offense.


Question 1: On twitter you have talked a lot lately about 12p quickly becoming your favorite personnel package why is that?

12p cleans up the box for your Quarterback and allows RPO's to become 1 on 1 games between wide receivers and cornerbacks. Those are the match-ups we are looking for.

We used two 12p RPO's heavy last year. I want to talk about the one that was apart of my one-word calls!

With 7 lineman you force the defense to put 8 in the box if they intend to stop the run. 8 in the box means that our pre-snap slant or out becomes open and if not we can read our post snap glance. Of course because we want to run the ball we are hoping that the defense decides that 7 defenders is enough in the box.

Understand the picture for RPO's.......

Is the APEX defender attached? ✔️
Great result! Wrong Read by the QB...
Never turn down Pre-Snap reads, they are free get out of jail cards.... 🗃️
S/N love 12p

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— Terrance Banks (@tbanks1906) April 6, 2020

To Learn more about how I use RPO's  Click Here --> Game Tested RPO's 

Question 2: Teams are doing a better good of playing zone stick from 10p how have you adjusted to keep this play working in your offense?

As I answered in Question 1, 12p made the box clearer for us. Here is video of us running Zone-Stick from 12p

If 12p is hard for you to get into, but 11p or 20p isn't then here is one of my favorite ways especially vs 3-4 and 4-2-5 quarters defenses.

To Learn more about how I use the Stick Route In the RPO Game Click Here --> Stick RPO's

Question 3: How are you controlling tempo in your Spread Offense?

1 WORD CALLS!

I tell people all the time, my offense is a No Huddle Offense, that doesn't mean we always go fast. It means we don't huddle.

If we want to increase the tempo at will, this is where the use of one word calls come into play....

Example

Call: Broom
Play: Jet sweep toss to the Boundary
Called: when ball is on the hash closet to our sideline
Clip:

To Learn more about how I use the Tempo Plays and 1 Word Calls Click Here --> 1 Word Calls

Question 4: How do you game plan the Red Zone?

Whew. I just updated a new article on Red Zone play.

1 tip I will give about the Red Zone is this.

It's Ok to use a RedZone package....

Here is my favorite a single wing formation I got from Rick Darlington we call it Tebow

To Learn more about how I game plan the Red Zone Click Here --> Score In The Red Zone

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Tempo Plays and One Word Calls In Your Offense

Tempo Plays and One Word Calls In Your Offense

Watching a Nike COY clinic video on Dana Holgerson and he said the following.

If you are fast all the time defense loves it.
If you are slow all the time defense loves it.
If you vary it, then defense not so happy......

When I was a young play caller, I had the attitude of tempo meant everything! I wanted to go fast! I wanted to run as man plays as I could, I thought it didn't really mater what I called on 1st and 2nd down, the only down where slowing it down could matter was 3rd down.  As I have progressed I can tell you that is not the same philosophy I have today! Varying tempo and knowing when to use it is important as ever.

A few years ago, I heard Neal Brown at a clinic talk about his Blur package a collection of plays that he would run to use tempo anywhere on the field. Basically, the were base plays packaged and ready to go on a moments notice.

Here is a sample of the Blur package we used in the past as HC.


Blur 1

Blur 2

Blur 3

Blur 4

One thing I wanted to do was combine Tempo with the ability to run downhill. Coach Steve Addazio said it best.

So what did we evolve to you ask?

This is a question I have answered in my new CoachTube class, named Tempo Plays and One Word Calls in Your Offense.

The ability to use one word plays to control tempo. We have about 7 or 8. We call them when most convenient for us.  If you have followed this blog, you know I am a huge fan of zone-stick. In this class I show how it became a one word play for us, where we would rotate the formation to best fit us weekly.

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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Digital Scouting Reports & More

Digital Scouting Reports

If you are a member of the No Huddle Tempo Practice Page, then you saw the post earlier this summer about what do you give your players for scouting reports during the season.

I like to make my digital and share.

All you end is a Screen Recorder, HUDL and YouTube.

Using Screen-O-Matic, I record a walk-through on HUDL, going through formations and plays, then I upload to YouTube and share with my team in our group chat.

Below is a Sample.

I encourage you to look at this option for the upcoming season for your players....

Score In The Redzone

As the season approaches make sure you have a plan!

Read The Article Here --> CLICK ME
More Info & Plays on Scoring In The RedZone --> CLICK ME

Using The Stick Route in The RPO/Game Tested RPOS (Updated)

Read The Article(s) Here --> CLICK ME & THEN ME
More Info On Both --> CLICK HERE

Also What Did Your Offense Do This Summer??

"We believe the offseason is where you have an opportunity to take a deep look into your playbook."

Coach @tbanks1906 talks about making the most of your summer preparations.#USAFootball https://t.co/rWGXA6E5fg

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What I learned from hearing Brent Dearmon LIVE at the Atlanta Glazier Part One

I had the pleasure of listening to Brent Dearmon at the Atlanta Football Glazier Clinics. He was worth the FULL CLINIC. I fully hope Kansas uses what he knows!

If you know me, you know I am a RPO lover. We ran a lot of RPOs at Newton High School and over the last 8 years starting with my favorite stick-draw to the most used one for me Stick-Zone.

But Brent Dearmon has taken RPO, playcalling, development and understanding to the next level.

In part one, I want to give you what I learned from him to make the Zone game better.....


#1 - That he plays with Field and Boundary Wide Receivers. He plays his best WR to the boundary and that his Field WR is his best blocker

#2 He teaches the H-back to duck walk 3 steps, with eyes on the LB, who is the run fitter, before going on to the safety.

#3 He installs IZ for the 1st 2 days because his team is in Helmets he wants to make sure he gets the base of his offense right.

#4 He spoke about how to use the Zone Read Bubble with 2 RBs 1st

A little Bye Week RPO Action. 10 pers RPO using Motion to help block scrapping LBs. #EvolutionOfTheRPO pic.twitter.com/oLmaAkHUbU

— Brent Dearmon (@BrentDearmon) November 2, 2018

#5 How to use Tight Ends...

The TE will take a jab step 1st. With  9 tech 1 step outside & vertical

12 Personnel

11 Personnel

#6 He also tells his RB to Chase the center butt on Zone runs

#7 How do you deal with *man coverage * ??

You can by his book Evolution of the RPO by Clicking on the Picture

If Video is your thing you can Purchase his Coach Tube Class as well

If you coach HS Ball and you want RPOs that have worked and been used for the past few seasons at the HS level, look into my Coach Tube Class Below

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Game Tested RPOS: Explosive Plays & Quick Game Attachments

During Wednesday’s practice, Newton head coach Terrance Banks said that he knew what he wanted to do regarding his two-man quarterback race, but wasn’t ready to share it. We found out Friday night as senior LT Stowers trotted out for the first series of the game, and stayed in throughout, and what a difference it made, starting with the Rams’ first series of the game. It was a 77-yard scoring drive that took all of 47 seconds. The pace looked good. His throws were crisp. It looked as if Newton had been working on the execution of that specific play during the entire bye week and preparation week.

THIS was the start of an article from a game we played this season, when things started clicking! It wasn't that we had been working on a "specific" play all week, it was that our quarterback in his first full time start finally started to understand  HIS options in the RPO game!

XO Clinics all month of February posted a play a day. One of the plays that shared was one of our best RPOs from the past 2 seasons.

We have been able to create explosive plays in our offense by advancing the teaching of our RPOs.

By giving our quarterbacks a pre-snap answer and post-snap answer. Also by attaching quick game tags such as double slants and seam-fin, we have been able to eliminate the need to call quick game or a run play. We are now about to do both, RPOs make up approximately 40% of our offense.

To understand how we got here, let me take you back eight years to the first RPO we used in our offense and still is one of my favorites, go-to plays and crutch.

Stick-Draw, this is what it looked like then.

We still run this play, especially in the 3rd and medium range and if you have a Mobile QB it is great from Empty variations.

From there our RPO Game expanded to what is the #1 ran RPO today, Zone-Stick we still run it and use several variations. Examples are shown here..

I want to share with you a few of our game tested RPOs that you should look at adding to your catalog these plays have really CHANGED and expanded what we do and helped us create more explosive plays plus streamlined our passing package.  


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The Bash Concept

I have been reading and received a number of comments about the bash concept that is currently being employed by offenses across the football landscape.  I thought I would take the time to put my thoughts about the play to paper. But before I begin on my explanation of the bash play I think it is important to speak about the zone read.

ZONE READ RIGHT 

 (Figure One)

ZONE READ LEFT

(Figure Two)

In both of these examples, you can see diagrams for the outside zone play to the right (Figure One) and the outside zone play to the left (Figure Two) both of these examples call for the uncovered offensive linemen to pull into the first vertical seam they can find along the line of scrimmage (LOS).  Please note the red triangle is the presnap read key for the quarterback on the outside zone play.  The number two wide receiver on the backside of the run is running a bubble route.  (Coaching Point-Make sure you have your backside wide receiver chop their feet in place prior to extending on the bubble)

ZONE READ QB PULL LEFT

(Figure Three)

ZONE READ QB PULL RIGHT

(Figure Four)

In both of these examples, you will see the quarterback reading the backside defender. In the two examples (Figure Three and Figure Four) the quarterback reads the backside defender.  In both of these examples, the backside defender comes upfield and is on a path to disrupt the outside zone play to the running back. Upon observing the defensive end and his post-snap movement the quarterback pulls the football. Immediately after the quarterback pulls the ball he needs to get his eyes on the defender over the number two wide receiver (blue triangle).  If the man over number two attacks the quarterback he throws the ball to the wide receiver who is running the backside bubble.  If the man over number expands with the bubble the quarterback puts his foot in the ground and get vertical in the void that has been created by the vacating defender.  

As defenses have evolved they have become pretty good at defending the aforementioned zone read play. Obviously the longer you run the zone read play the more iterations of defensive alignment and backside exchanges you will see defenses employ.  The four examples above were a brief explanation of how to run the zone read play out of the 2x2 formation. Throughout the rest of this article, we will examine the bash play which is an excellent complement to the zone read play. 

There are a number of reasons to run this play but one of the main reasons I employ it into my offense is it does not change the assignments for the offensive line. As you will see in all of the figures in this articles the offensive line is blocking the play the same exact way based upon our outside zone rules. Below you will see an everyday drill we use in our system to teach our offensive linemen to pull on our wide zone play.

BASH PLAY QB KEEP RIGHT

(Figure Five)

BASH PLAY QB KEEP LEFT

(Figure Six)

The primary difference on this play is the quarterback and the running back have switched roles on the outside zone play. The quarterback now will run the outside zone play exactly as the running back runs the play. The quarterback will read the blocks the same way the running back reads the blocks of the offensive linemen. The quarterback’s read key is still the defensive end (red triangle).  After the ball has been snapped the quarterback will place the ball out in front of their body to mesh with the running back. It is important to note, that the quarterback’s eyes need to be on the backside defender.  It is the running backs responsibility to mesh with the quarterback.  In both figures five and six, the quarterback would keep the ball and run the outside zone based upon the post-snap movement of the defensive end.

BASH PLAY QB GIVE (RUNNING BACK LEFT)

(Figure Seven)

(Figure Eight)

As you can see if both figures seven and eight the defensive end (red triangle) crashes down and will disrupt the quarterback outside zone. Therefore, the quarterback will give the ball to the running back as he is crossing his face.  Again, it is important to note, that the quarterback will have his eyes on the backside defender (red triangle). After the ball has been given to the running back we generally ask them to get outside the tackle box before they start to work up the field.   

In the video clips you will see my team running the bash concept with both the outside zone and counter run game. 

Bash 2x2 Outside Zone

Bash 3x1 with fly tag and counter run game

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