Post by senecablue on Dec 31, 2007 10:12:55 GMT -6
I wanted to share our highlight films for the last three seasons. I have learned a great deal from this site and I don't have much to give back but maybe someone can use something from this post.
First off, we are one of the smallest schools in Wisconsin. We usually get 50% of the boys in our school to play football, which amounts to 25-30 kids for grades 9-12. I became head coach in 2004. Before this we were a power wing t team on offense and ran a 54-man defense. We had a lot of big tough farm kids, so they fit this system. Now we don't have the same personnel. In 2005 we ran a lot of rocket/wing t offense and a 50 defense. On offense this really opened up our fullback running game. Our best play was down with rocket motion. Defensively we stayed with the 5-4.
In 2006 we switched to the shotgun spread for a few reasons.
· Personnel- we weren’t big or strong, we had basketball type players.
· Stud Running back - wanted to open up the running lanes for him.
· Help offensive line by removing people from the box – less blitzes
· Best QB in school history – found he was much more comfortable in shotgun
Everything I read when researching the one back shotgun spread used zone run blocking. The problem was that we didn’t know zone blocking. We decided that the GT would be our bread and butter play. We were comfortable pulling our smaller lineman. To keep things simple and save time teaching, our dart play told our kids that the QB was keeping it with GT blocking. We also put in the inside veer double option with our QB reading the DE to keep or give. We then put in the I for short yardage. Out of the I we ran ISO(which we basically blocked like the veer), GT (same as Gun but with a TE), and Toss.
In the end we were 5-5 in 2005, 10-3(state semifinalists) in 2006, 9-2 in 2007. In 2006 our runningback had over 2000 yards rushing and in 2007 our QB had over 2000 yards passing. Now both of these kids were studs for our level of competition and would have done well in any offense. I do feel that the Shotgun fit our kids and put them in position to have success.
I couldn't figure out how to embed the video in this post so here are the links:
2007 season
video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5791087067200809838&hl=en
2006 season (four playoff games)
video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8515882960002426539&hl=en
2005 season
video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2632942649467132697&hl=en
First off, we are one of the smallest schools in Wisconsin. We usually get 50% of the boys in our school to play football, which amounts to 25-30 kids for grades 9-12. I became head coach in 2004. Before this we were a power wing t team on offense and ran a 54-man defense. We had a lot of big tough farm kids, so they fit this system. Now we don't have the same personnel. In 2005 we ran a lot of rocket/wing t offense and a 50 defense. On offense this really opened up our fullback running game. Our best play was down with rocket motion. Defensively we stayed with the 5-4.
In 2006 we switched to the shotgun spread for a few reasons.
· Personnel- we weren’t big or strong, we had basketball type players.
· Stud Running back - wanted to open up the running lanes for him.
· Help offensive line by removing people from the box – less blitzes
· Best QB in school history – found he was much more comfortable in shotgun
Everything I read when researching the one back shotgun spread used zone run blocking. The problem was that we didn’t know zone blocking. We decided that the GT would be our bread and butter play. We were comfortable pulling our smaller lineman. To keep things simple and save time teaching, our dart play told our kids that the QB was keeping it with GT blocking. We also put in the inside veer double option with our QB reading the DE to keep or give. We then put in the I for short yardage. Out of the I we ran ISO(which we basically blocked like the veer), GT (same as Gun but with a TE), and Toss.
In the end we were 5-5 in 2005, 10-3(state semifinalists) in 2006, 9-2 in 2007. In 2006 our runningback had over 2000 yards rushing and in 2007 our QB had over 2000 yards passing. Now both of these kids were studs for our level of competition and would have done well in any offense. I do feel that the Shotgun fit our kids and put them in position to have success.
I couldn't figure out how to embed the video in this post so here are the links:
2007 season
video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5791087067200809838&hl=en
2006 season (four playoff games)
video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8515882960002426539&hl=en
2005 season
video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2632942649467132697&hl=en