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The Jet series is a great integrated series of

plays that helps your team stretch the defensehorizontally while still having the flexibility

of running much of the base plays your team

learned earlier. The caveat is, this seriesrequires a significant amount of time to put

in and you need at least two fast running

backs. This isnt a series you put in because

your team is struggling with execution ofyour base plays. If you arent executing your base plays well, this will only make matters

worse, as this series requires some pretty precise timing as well as executing blocks that

are in some cases are a bit more difficult than those required to run the base plays.

How the Series Came Together

In 2007 I was able to spend time at the Nike Coach of the Year Clinic in Northern

Virginia with my good friend John Minteer. John is a coach at Osborne High School in

Manassas Virginia. John is a big Single Wing enthusiast and has coached the SingleWing at several different High Schools, I had the pleasure of meeting John at the Single

Wing Coaches Conclave in Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania in 2002 and based on his

generosity, have been able to stay in contact with him since then. I run ideas past him

from time to time to get his thoughts and insight. In 2006 Johns team won their first everVirginia State High School Championship and they did it running the Single Wing with a

whole lot of jet motion plays.

His team had more speed and experience on it than they had seen for several years, so

they were looking for ways to utilize this speed and experience to stretch defenses. They

decided on the Jet Motion to do this and felt it played a major role in the teams success.The general rule is the more speed you have, the more you want to play the game in

space, the less speed you have the less you want to play in space. John and I had

traded a bunch of film and e-mails over the previous months so when we sat down inFebruary face to face, we were able to cobble together a youth version of what his team

had run, We adapted it to what my teams had run in the past and to the blocking schemesthat I know would would work at the youth level. That playbook for this series of playswould be the base we would use for my Jet Series. Over the next season we make a

number of adjustments and tweaks covered here to make it work well at the youth level.


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What You Have to Have to Run the Jet

My personal age 10-11 team was in a similar situation in 2007 that Johns team had been

in during his 2006 season. Our league changed the age groupings for the teams for that

season and when I looked at what I had for a team, over 70% of the kids on that team hadat least one year of experience and about 40% had at least two years. Of that group, we

had two running backs that were probably in the 95th percentile speed wise in the league.

My 2006 squad had gone 11-1 and averaged over 35 points per game. It wasnt going to

be difficult getting these kids back up to speed with the base plays. Adding in anadditional series was not going to seriously detract from us teaching the base.

I cant stress enough the importance of having the base play series down before you addthe Jet in and make sure you have the right grouping of kids for it. This isnt a Weve

tried everything else, maybe this will work type thing. With the limited amount of

practice time we had, even with this experienced group of kids, we didnt start working

on the series until week 4-5 of practice. We didnt really run the series much until game 5of the season. For some teams, this series will be something you wont put in at all, for

others it may be a late season addition for a playoff run or maybe for a specific gameagainst a team youve already played before. One outstanding Florida Pop Warner team

put was able to put it in about 2/3 of the way through the season, but didnt run it until

they made their playoff run to Disney. This was a very well coached age 9-11 team that I

had done a clinic for and had blown out everyone in its regular season and was executingto near perfection their base plays.


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The Base Set

In order to run this series at the youth level we had to develop a formation that would not

only accommodate the backfield action but allow for the right distances for key blocks to

be made.

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The tailback has been moved to directly behind the center and at a depth of 3-3 1/2 yards

from the butt of the center. He has to be this deep to accommodate the jet back motion

which will pass directly in front of the tailback. The blocking back or 3 back is in hisnormal spot between the right guard and right tackle. The fullback is put out as a flankeron the left side, split out 7 yards from the left end and at a depth of 2 yards from the line

of scrimmage. He is in a 2 point stance with his hands on his knees, facing the line of

scrimmage. Some coaches like their players in a 2 point wide-out stance with the insidefoot back, either will suffice, On the other side of the formation the wingback or 4 back

has the same landmarks, he is 7 yards wide of the power tackle and at a depth of 2 yards.

He is using the same stance as the fullback The right end is on the line of scrimmage andsplit another 7 yards from the wingback. He is in the same stance.

This formation will widen the defense out and make them defend the entire field, if theydont, you can run Jet Sweep after Jet Sweep for big yardage every play. Once the

defense widens, you can run all your base plays under the motion.

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The Base Motion

There are a number of keys to running the

Jet to its full potential, number one in my

book is that the motion HAS to be run atfull sprinters speed. If your motion backs

dont feel confident in their timing or

landmarks, or refuse to run at full speed asfast as they can, the play will not be very

effective. We teach the initial step as a

shot 6 inch drop step with the playersinside foot. As he drops his inside foot, he

should be facing the opposite sidelines and

in a dead sprint to his landmarks.

We ask the motion backs to leave on aspecific letter of a word in the cadence we

use. In our Shift, Down. Ready.. Seeeeeeet.Go, we ask the motion backs toleave on the R of ready. You may have to alter either the letter of the word the motion

back leaves on or his spacing from the widest lineman to give you the timing needed to

make the play work. This will take some time to figure out as you rep the plays. Alsoremember that your motion back will probably be running a full 20-30 yards at full sprint

on these plays, so come game time either have another motion back ready at that position

or make sure to alternate your play calling so you dont wear those motion backs out.


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Rocket 28 Sweep (The Base Play)

LE- GOD

LG- GOD

C- Steps play-side

RG- Pulls right to just past the Power Tackle. He comes off that edge and seals the

Linebacker that presents the biggest threat (first he sees) head on the outside. If any

leakage occurs he picks that up first.

RT- GOD, If he has an inside gap or down block, takes a very flat first step to

protect and cover for the pulling Right Guard.

PT- GOD, He looks to get his head inside.

RE- He stalk blocks the near defensive back.

WB- Blocks defensive end inside, the wingbacks head is on the outside.

BB- He runs a loop outside the Power Tackle, and behind the block of the defensive

end and looks for the Outside Linebacker or the near Backer/first threat. He

tries to seal the Linebacker to the inside with his head on the outside.

RE- He stalk blocks the near Defensive Back, attempt to gain outside leverage.

FB- Motions on the R of Ready to a landmark of the Tailbacks inside foot. He

wants to be at the outside shoulder of the right end on the G of Go. He

takes an inside handoff from the tailback, left arm down, right arm up, then

cradles the ball in his right elbow. He gains depth just after the handoff to a

spot just deeper than the tailback and runs to the boundary, looking to

outflank the defense. He looks to the far outside and runs off the block of the

outside receiver, if the end cant seal the corner to the inside, he looks to the

cut it up into space.

TB- After receiving the snap the ball goes to the midsection, waiting for the fullback

to arrive, hands the ball to the fullback, looking the ball all the way into the

backs belly. He then fakes a 16 power run keeping his body low and with his

hands in the faking position, left palm into right fist, elbows in.


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The Jet is a great series if you have the right combination of kids on your youth football

team. Either as a base part of your offense or a midseason surprise, the Jet Series is

something we will definitely keep in our playbook. It isnt a football play or a bunch offootball plays, the jet is a SERIES of football plays that can help you stretch any defense

and score points.

To get the entire Jet Motion playbook or get the detailed coaching points of how to run

and rep the series you will have to buy the book Winning Youth Football a Step by StepPlan . Or to see it live in action

buy the 2007 Season DVD at www.winningyouthfootball.com

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