Untitled - Fast and Furious Football

SPEC1ALIEAMS 145
Vertical Retum
On the vertical r€turn, we are simply trying to
retum the ball north-south, wherever it is kicked.
Here the back wedse sets 10 yards in liont ofkick
rctumer and heads shaight to the oppon€nt's goal
line, blocking head-up to ouhide.
Misdircction Betum
Our main misdirection return fu oul throwback,
shown in Figure 5. As you can see, our fmnt people
attack the coverage people and wheel to 5 yards
outside the hash, setting the wall for the throw
back man. There should be a man every 5 yards
in the wall, beginning about the 1s-yard line. The
ends and fullbacks set the back wedge and attack
lhe righl numbers like a right rerurn.
The safetv that is to receive the throwback on
th€ kick should go to a point 5 yards ouhide the
hash and maintain l0-yard depth behind the
thrower The safety that is your thmwer want8
to rcturn the kick no matter how deep it is kicked
into the end zone. When h€ receives the kick, he
w6nts to run right to the numbem, trying to Cet
to the 15-yard line or until pressure forces him to
throw back to the other safety. The pass is backwards:
therefore. it's a lateral. so the ball can hit
the eround and be advanced.
1988 Sunme. MdnuaL Coa.h Setton is assistant c@ch dt Florida Stdte Uniuerci -