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Post by stud17 on Mar 29, 2007 23:13:34 GMT -6
I am experimenting with the spread offense and I encountered a question
Should I rather base my offense out of a 2x2 formation and have a player shift to the backfield (to a 2x1 set with two backs)
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Should I base my offense out of a 2x1 formation and have a player motion to a receiver (to a 2x2 set with one back)
I want a 2-back offense, so should I base it out of 2x2 to keep the defense honest to that and allow me to motion anybody into the backfield (which should cause problems for the defense)....or should I just skip all the B.S. and start with 2-backs in the backfield and no try to gain advantages by motions/shifts?
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Post by coachmoore42 on Mar 30, 2007 7:20:10 GMT -6
I would go with the 2x2 shift to 2x1. My thought is that you could snap the ball at any time during that shift because it would likely be a lateral or backward shift. With the other shift, the motion man would usually be moving toward the line at some point and you would have to wait at least one second after he flattens out his movement before you could snap the ball. Basically, I feel that there would be more opportunity for the defense to react/adjust to the second shift.
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Post by cqmiller on Mar 30, 2007 7:36:34 GMT -6
The one you will use more often should be your base...
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Post by CoachMikeJudy on Mar 30, 2007 7:39:28 GMT -6
2x2, shift to 2x1...more versatile- you can do more stuff with putting studs in the slot and getting them the ball in different ways.
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Post by CVBears on Mar 30, 2007 8:56:42 GMT -6
Defense will always have to honor the motion. If they don't and just line up where they think you will end up (2x1) and you leave the usual motion back in the 2x2 position, I believe you would have an open receiver. There are lots of little subtleties like this by sticking with 2x2 as your base and then motioning.
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Post by senatorblutarsky on Mar 30, 2007 10:09:14 GMT -6
Should I rather base my offense out of a 2x2 formation and have a player shift to the backfield (to a 2x1 set with two backs)
OR....
Should I base my offense out of a 2x1 formation and have a player motion to a receiver (to a 2x2 set with one back)
Base in this case meaning "main" set? If there is a lot of crossover with the play list, do both (there are advantages to both... why not use every advantage available?) and like cq said:
The one you will use more often should be your base...
But if may depend game by game what the "base" set will be depending on how the D adjusts/aligns and where you can take advantage of that.
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Post by stud17 on Mar 30, 2007 13:04:00 GMT -6
yeah how the d aligns is a big factor...i just figured if our base formation was 2x2, we'd be able to motion any receiver to the backfield that we wanted, which would make it a little more confusing for the defense
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