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Post by coachbw on Sept 12, 2007 11:21:10 GMT -6
I am interested in how you guys decide when to call trick plays. I know that sometimes a trick play builds off of somethign else you do and you wait for the defensive reaction you want before calling it.
What about those of you who run them early in the game . . . are there benefits to running a trick play on the 1st play of the game as opposed to the 3rd or 4th play? Why do you run a trick play when you do?
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Post by coachbdud on Sept 12, 2007 11:56:13 GMT -6
our 2 best trick plays are all based off of our base fly sweep. one is a reverse. Z gets the ball like a regular fly sweep and then hands it off to the X receiver going the other way. and th eother is a fly pass. give the ball to fly like normal then he bubbles back and throws it deep. Both are pretty siccesful for us and we like to call them early in games
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Post by cqmiller on Sept 12, 2007 14:11:08 GMT -6
Another good one for you coachbdud is to run that reverse, and have the reverse man throw a pass...works great for us after we get safeties up in the box
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Post by midsfan on Sept 12, 2007 16:47:06 GMT -6
We just put this in this week. Reverse off Jet Sweep and have the reverse guy (X) pitch it back further to the QB. Flea Flicker!!!! OLine must hold there blocks, send initial jet sweep guy on a wheel route. We call it "Around the Horn". Awesome play!!!!
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Post by ryp3 on Sept 12, 2007 19:00:03 GMT -6
In my opinion I think it takes a bit of self scouting.
When are the times that you feel a trick play might be coming at you. I know I tell my players a lot of the time something along the lines of, "This team knows it can run its base set at you an win so watch for them to run a trick play on the first play of the game."
Other times I am thinking about it is...
after a turnover
second/third/fourth and forever
a play where our Counter/bootleg/reverse man pursuing the play took a bad angle
Not that these aren't good times to give one a shot, but I feel most coaches and players are aware of the possibility of a trick play during these times.
So...
3rd/4th down and short in your territory
after a long injury/equipment time out
any other time to break a tendency...i.e. on 2nd and short you run base runs to pick up short yards and keep the chains moving, hit the home run
I coach small school football, so maybe some of these situations are not the best to run a trick play, but in my experience they seem to work, both for us and against us.
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Post by mitch on Sept 13, 2007 8:06:25 GMT -6
I've alway found a trick play on 3rd or 4th and long really suck.
In my opinion, you need to run them in a normal situation for the best chance at success. As a general rule I look for a normal situation (1st and ten, 2nd 1-6) on the opponents side of the 50.
I also like to wait until the 2nd or 3rd series to run them. We play some guys who are very predictable about running a trick play on the first 2-3 plays, and I don't want to be that predictable. I feel like after the first drive the defense get a feeling of security, and are then most succeptible to the specials.
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