Untitled - Fast and Furious Football

8 FOOTBALL COACHING STRATEGIES
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O1lI ofibnse hasbeen var] productive both in yardase
gained and points scorcd. Much of the suc
c€ss has been due to th€ athletes we\e been able
to rccruit and because these young men are sold
on th€ I-formation and our offensivo philosophy.
We are an option-odented football t€am. In recent
years we've utilized our fullback more to
enhance productivity but have not gone away
from our basic I-formation principles.
We believe the I-fonnation gives us a mirrored
oflense where $re can run all our plays to either
side. It cuts down on our teaching time because
our fullback is always the dive back or blocking
back, and our tailback is always ihe pitch back
on option plays, allowing both to g€t many more
repetitions in a given pe od of time. We like the
option coume that we get from the I and feel that
we can get on the corner easier than Split Back
or Wishbone teams. The I also allows us to run
the isolaiion and sprint draw series, which hav€
b€en extrcmely important in our success the last
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Th€ past seven yearu we've l€d the Ohio Valiey
Conference in scoing and six ofthose Eeven yeam
we've also led the conference in rushing.
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lsolation
One ofthe first plays we put jn our offense each
fall is the isolation. With it, we're trying to play
one-on-one football and give our tailback the opporlunity
to run to daylight. Figwes 1 and 2 show
the ways we block ihe isolation shong versus a
50 defense and weak versus an overshift.
The quarterback drop sets to the call side, rcverse
pivots, and hands the ball as deep as possible
to tbetailback. H€ then fakes a quick scrcen
pass opposite the play.
The fullback lead st€ps to th€ play-call side and
blocks the linebacker at the point of attack. His
keyjsth€ first downlineman pastthe center, and
he blockB opposite his charge.
The tailback drop steps with the foot opposita
the call side, keys the first down lineman past
the center, and runs to daylight opposjte his
charge after rcceiving the ball.
Sprint Draw
The sprint dlaw is a change-of-pace play for us
and is the basic backfield action for most ofour
passing attack. ll hai been a big play for us in
passing situations, and becausc of the success
w€'ve had running the play, it helps us hold the
linebackprs when re throq nffihrs aclion. Figure
3 shows our basic manner of blocking this
play versus a 50 def€nse.