Post by coachcalande on Jul 1, 2007 15:24:10 GMT -6
silly argument- no offense lasted as long as the sw so far. its back and its better than ever. when the offenses was phased out it was often sited that the tailback had to be too special to make it go...seems every spread option team in the nation is now using a single wing tailback at the helm...big strong, can throw or run the ball?...
single wing is a ball control power offense in most cases, typically the passing game is one from play action...pass to score! its not "pass to control the ball" typically. cant speak for every coach but I have run the single wing, everyone told me i was crazy, it absolutely made a huge difference for us. went from 23 ppg which wasnt bad to over 38 ppg with 23 different kids running the ball and 15 of them scoring tds. It is what it is, it starts with a devestating power, sweep, blast and counter game. If you cant stop those youre baked. (not unlike most offenses right?...but its just done with MORE BODIES at the point of attack. )
some of the real advantages that i saw
1) flip flop the whole formation, reduce total teaching time
2) two tight ends , balanced or unbalanced line, totally freakishly unbalanced backfield either way, teams had trouble figuring out how to line up without leaving themselves vulnerable to something we did well.
3) its a shot gun set, easy passing but if teams rush hard they get trapped easy in the run game.
4) pulling was never easier, 0 line splits and no qb in the way.
5) anyone could take the snap and run the ball, great way to involve the linemen in a few carries- great in bad weather, no indirect snap to drop in the mud. just lob it back there.
6) just being so different from everyone else..."what the heck is that, thats not football?" is music to my ears because i know the other guy has no clue how to stop us.
7) great power, because all 4 backs are compressed with one wing and one blocking back even trap plays often carry one or two extra blockers over say a wing-t trap play.
8) series football, the shotgun wing-t is kind of humerous to me. its a move toward the single wing without all of the real power of the swing.
10) play action passing is rediculously easy. the sweep pass (think half back option pass) is an every day thing for a swing team.
just a few of the advantages.
I can imagine that back in the 20s, 30s, and 40s with so many teams running Pop Warners single wing and direct snap double wing or running Rocknes shifting box t that it got to be "dull" in that everyone ran the same stuff....but look at NFL Europe...seems like every team had the same playbook. I like real power slobber knocker football so I collect those old grainy "flea race" football videos...yknow, with Pop Warner coaching or The General...Nylands teams were fun for me to watch. Each to his own.
not too long ago I can remember a job interview where I wanted to run the single wing, the guys on the committee said "its a dinasaur, it wont work in Pa"... The only two teams in the state that ran it last year both made the playoffs.
single wing is a ball control power offense in most cases, typically the passing game is one from play action...pass to score! its not "pass to control the ball" typically. cant speak for every coach but I have run the single wing, everyone told me i was crazy, it absolutely made a huge difference for us. went from 23 ppg which wasnt bad to over 38 ppg with 23 different kids running the ball and 15 of them scoring tds. It is what it is, it starts with a devestating power, sweep, blast and counter game. If you cant stop those youre baked. (not unlike most offenses right?...but its just done with MORE BODIES at the point of attack. )
some of the real advantages that i saw
1) flip flop the whole formation, reduce total teaching time
2) two tight ends , balanced or unbalanced line, totally freakishly unbalanced backfield either way, teams had trouble figuring out how to line up without leaving themselves vulnerable to something we did well.
3) its a shot gun set, easy passing but if teams rush hard they get trapped easy in the run game.
4) pulling was never easier, 0 line splits and no qb in the way.
5) anyone could take the snap and run the ball, great way to involve the linemen in a few carries- great in bad weather, no indirect snap to drop in the mud. just lob it back there.
6) just being so different from everyone else..."what the heck is that, thats not football?" is music to my ears because i know the other guy has no clue how to stop us.
7) great power, because all 4 backs are compressed with one wing and one blocking back even trap plays often carry one or two extra blockers over say a wing-t trap play.
8) series football, the shotgun wing-t is kind of humerous to me. its a move toward the single wing without all of the real power of the swing.
10) play action passing is rediculously easy. the sweep pass (think half back option pass) is an every day thing for a swing team.
just a few of the advantages.
I can imagine that back in the 20s, 30s, and 40s with so many teams running Pop Warners single wing and direct snap double wing or running Rocknes shifting box t that it got to be "dull" in that everyone ran the same stuff....but look at NFL Europe...seems like every team had the same playbook. I like real power slobber knocker football so I collect those old grainy "flea race" football videos...yknow, with Pop Warner coaching or The General...Nylands teams were fun for me to watch. Each to his own.
not too long ago I can remember a job interview where I wanted to run the single wing, the guys on the committee said "its a dinasaur, it wont work in Pa"... The only two teams in the state that ran it last year both made the playoffs.