Untitled - Fast and Furious Football
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152 FOOTBALL COACHING STRATEGIES<br />
Punting Frcm Deep in Own<br />
lenitory<br />
When punting inside ofour own 3-yard tirre, r,ne<br />
punter witl never get closer than 2 feer from the<br />
back of the end zone.<br />
The tullback will move up 2 feet closer <strong>and</strong> then<br />
move up on the punt so that the punt€r do€sn,t<br />
kick him, but neyer closer than 4 yads from the<br />
puntingspur. LrnemFn wilt.to6edown qptrls ro I<br />
foot <strong>and</strong> release after makine good hit.<br />
Punt Block <strong>and</strong> Return Teams<br />
Th€ personnel fbr ourpunt block (score) t€am will<br />
bp the bcsr srhlples on our rpam. Our firsr prior_<br />
ity is speed, but beyond that, w€ search for play_<br />
eft with a knack for btockins kicks. We try to dis_<br />
cover this knack with a simple kick block d tl<br />
that we do thmughout spring <strong>and</strong> fall pmctice<br />
(se€Figure2). The pmctice ofthis unittakes pre,<br />
cedenc€ over all other ddlls.<br />
flounE 2 l-;;;""dbb"kd,i,l<br />
Our punt btock <strong>and</strong> punt rctunr t€ams look ex_<br />
actly the same. Our philosophy is to use the block<br />
tn.pl up L,uror um. We do e!eM hing wp can do b<br />
bluck a h-ick fmm anywhcre nn LhF dctd. Unc" \,,e<br />
Cet our oppon.nt ro orercmphasizprcrpcrion. we<br />
have a great chance to set up our retum.<br />
We<br />
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operate from one type offront in our punt<br />
defense. In order to simplify our comrnunication<br />
we refer to ou. positions as nun1beru 1 10.<br />
Punt Beturn leam Alignment <strong>and</strong><br />
Issr'gnrrents<br />
We call our punt rcturn team ,Jesse James,,, to<br />
emphasizc rhe need lo -hold Lrp rhe co\Hrage.<br />
I rgxre J shos s ho$ wc align in our lo-man .ronr.<br />
Dllring the course ofthe s€ason, we wilt have<br />
variations ofthe Jesse James retum to take ait_<br />
vantage ofouroppon€nt,s peNonnel on punt cov_<br />
erage structure (see Figure 4).<br />
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l-Force or block kick. If ball is purted, peel<br />
around to block punter or FB.<br />
2 <strong>and</strong> g-Attack #4 using pop technique <strong>and</strong><br />
rctuln position. Releas€ him ortside.<br />
3 <strong>and</strong> 8-Attack #3 using pop technique <strong>and</strong><br />
return position. Release him out6ide.<br />
4 <strong>and</strong> 7-Attack #2 using pop tecbnique <strong>and</strong><br />
retum po8ition. Release him outside.<br />
5 <strong>and</strong> e Attack #1 uBing pop technique <strong>and</strong><br />
retum position. R€lease him outside.<br />
to-Make sure ball is kicked, then tuln <strong>and</strong><br />
sprint back to the ball <strong>and</strong> block firct thrcar.<br />
You are a 'personal protector,, for retum rrar.<br />
Returner-Go nortlvsouth right away. Ger ar<br />
least 10 yards.
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