simply smashing

8/6/2019 Simply Smashing

1/62


2/62

AD

oubleW

ingOf

fensive

Playbook

ByCharlieEaton


3/62

Allplayscanbestopped!

CantheystopourO

ffense?


4/62

TableOfConte

nts

Overvie

w

Introduction

Influenc

e

Philosophyofthesystem

SmartF

ootball

Play-callingPhilosophy

OffensiveStructure

PlayCalling

Motion

PlayCallingPartTwo

MasterPlayCalls

AuxiliaryPlayCalls

TheFor

mationsSystem

Teachin

gtheSystem

GOT3System

Extende

dFormationExamples


5/62

Overview

Thisis

acompleteoffensivesystemthatisverylogical

andsim

ple!

Easytounderstandandeasyforplayer

sandcoachesto

learn

Simple

toinstallinashortperiodoftime

Allowsateamtomake

adjustmentsat

anytimeduring

a

game

Extrem

elyflexible

R

eturntoTableofContents


6/62

Intr

oduction

Webelievethatanyfootballplayerwh

ohasanydoubtin

hismindwillplaythegameslowandtimid.Wealso

believeourOffenseisuniqueenoughanddifferentenough

fromw

hatdefensesseeregularlythatweputdoubtinto

theirm

indspriortothe

cointoss.Whatwedoasan

Offens

eafterthecointosswilleitherc

ompoundthatd

oubt

thedef

ensehasinitiallyorcreatedoubtforourOffense.In

ordertoeliminateasm

uchchanceasp

ossiblefordoub

tto

setinf

orourplayers,w

ekeepourOffenseassimpleaswe

knowhow.Wedrillou

rkidstorecogn

izedefensive

alignm

entweaknesses

andtechthemtechniquestoemploy

thatwillcreateleverag

eadvantagesin

ourfavor.The

techniquesweusetoexploitdefensive

weaknesseswillbe

explainedasthoroughlyaspossiblein

thefollowingpages.

R



7/62

In

fluence

Thisplaybookandthe

systemdescribedhereinwith

its

manyreferencestoquotes,comments,

terms,techniques

andsty

les,aswellas,ahostofotherpropertieshasbeen

gatheredovertheyearsfromavariety

ofcoachesIhav

e

hadtheopportunityto

meet,read,watchorpersonally

know.

Itakenocreditfortheinformationpresentedhe

re,I

onlyta

kecreditforthe

compilationof

informationinto

this

manual.

Howev

er,thesinglemostnotableinflu

enceonmy

coachinghasbeenDonMarkhamfollo

wedbygreatssuch

asJohnDaGrosa,Woo

dyHayesanda

futuregreatnam

ed

TimM

urphy

Othercoachesofinfluencewouldbetheentirelistof

coache

sontheDelphi

forum:

http://f

orums.delphiforums.com/dwing

ers/start

R



8/62

P

hilosophyoftheSystem

Runth

efootball

Runth

efootball

Runth

efootball

Beabletophysicallyruntheballeffec

tivelybycombo

blockingatthepointofattack

Havethecapabilitytomakeimmediateadjustmentsdu

ring

agame

Create

anoffensethatishardtopreparefor

Takew

hatthedefense

givesusallofthetime

PlayS.M.A.R.T.Football

Spendqualitytimeteachingindividua

ltechniqueevery

practic

e

R



9/62

S.M.A.R.T.Football

S=SIMPLE,OurOffenseissimplebydesign

andsimply

overwhelmingwhenproperlyexecuted.

M=MIS

TAKEFREE,Our

kidsarerequiredtoknowbutonlyaf

ew

easyrule

sinordertorunev

eryplayinourboo

k.Bykeepingitsim

ple

weexpectourkidstobeabletoplaymistakefreefootball

A=AGGRESSIVE,Sincewhatwedoissosimpleandourkidsh

ave

theconfidenceinthemselve

stoplaymistakefr

ee,theyshouldnot

have

anydoub

trestrictingtheirplay.Therefore,they

willmoveimmediately

totheira

ssignmentswithgreatspeedandmalic

iousintent.

R=REL

ENTLESS,Ourkidswillberelentlessincarryingoutthe

ir

assignmentsuntiltheechoo

fthewhistle.

T=TEA

M,OurOffenseis

thedefinitionofaTEAMOFFENSE!

We

willhavetenblockerswitho

utafootballandoneblockerwitha

footballoneveryplay.Weallblockandwheth

erwewinorlosew

eall

blockedandrantogetheras

ateam.

R



10/62

P

layCallingPhilo

sophy

MostO

ffensesdependon

oneortwoblockersmovingdefenders

away

fromth

epointofattackin

ordertoadvanceth

efootball,theDou

ble

Wing,however,reliesontheteamconcept.

Makes

uretheplayersare

fundamentallysound!

Iftheyarenotimmediatelyblockingatthepointofattacktheyare

requiredtobetakingdefenderswiththemastheymoveintheplay

by

carryingoutproperfakes.

Putthe

ballwherethedefe

nseisvulnerable.

Runthepowerofftackle

orsmashplayasthelaunchingpointforan

ove

rwhelmingbarrageofcomplimentaryplay

s.Runthesmashuntilthe

defensedoessomethingunsoundorunfamiliartothemtostopitthen

atta

ckthemwheretheyh

aveleftthemselvesv

ulnerable.

Doeve

rythingwecantop

utthedefenseontheirheelsandkeep

them

there.

Joh

nHeismanoncesaid,Whenyoufindyou

ropponent'sweakspot,

ham

merit.

Keeptheballfromthedef

ense(aball-controloffense)

The

ycantwiniftheyca

ntscore.

ReturntoTableofContents


11/62

OffensiveStructure

OurOffenseisnumberedandcalledverylogically

OurBaseFormationisabalancedt

woTightendandTwoW

ingbackFormation

Thisfo

rcesdefensestoplayabalancedfrontandforcesthemtodefendtenrunning

lanesa

crosstheentireOffensivefront.

FromTightendtoTightendthereis

zerospacebetweenlinemen

Thisallowsourlinementoeas

ilyprotectourinsidega

ps

Itshortensthedistancethepullinglinemenhavetoruntomaketheirinterference.

Itcreatesavirtualblitzproofwallofblockersonthep

layside.

AllowstheOffensegreatereaseatamassinggreaternumbersofblockersatthe

pointo

fattackthandefenders

OurFullbackisupwithininchesfromtheQuarterbackand

downinathree-pointstance

ThisenhancestheangletheFu

llbackusestokickoutadefender.

IthelpstohidetheFullbackm

akingithardforlinebac

kerstoseehimuntilitistoo

late.

Increasestheeffectivenessoftheinsidetrapsandothe

rrunningplays

OurWingbacksareupwithininche

softheTightendswith

theirhelmetsfacingthe

Tightendso

utsidehip,downinthre

e-pointstancesandangledinwardat45degree

angles.

Thisa

lignmentiswhatforces

thedefensetohavetod

efendtengaps

Italso

allowsourwingbackto

quicklygetintopositiontocomboblockordow

n

blockadefender

R



12/62

OffensiveNumb

ering

Wenumberourlinemenandnotthegapsbetweenthem.

The

exceptionbeingtheCenterwhohaseachhipnumbered

Wedo

notnumberourrunningbacks,howev

er,wedoassignthema

lette

rforidentification

purposesandroute

assignmentsinthe

passinggame.

R


0

1

2

4

6

8

35

7

9

Q

A

B

C


13/62

PlayCalling

Weusea

TwoDigitplaycallingsystemthateliminatesanyconfusionanallowsforeasy

understan

dingofourmisdirection

playsbytherunningbacks.

TheFIRS

Tnumberintheplayca

lltellstheB-Backor(fullback)whichblockers

tailpad

toaimatandblockthefirstdefen

dertoshow.

TheSECONDnumbertellstheentireteamatwhichblockerstailpadthefootballis

goingtob

eranat.

Ourruleofthu

mbfortheballcarrieronall2-digitplaysisthis,

the

backfarth

estfromt

hepointofatt

ackcarriestheball.

Soin

thecaseofaplaycallwiththenumbers36thebackfieldactionwould

beas

follo

ws

OurSnapCountisalwaysReadySetHUTHUT

withtheballbeinghiked

onthese

condhutandmotion

beginningonthefirstHUT.

R


2

4

6

8

3

5

7

9

Q

A

B

C

0

1


14/62

PlayCa

llingContinued

TheB-Ba

ck(fullback)willcarry

theballonanySINGLE

-DIGITplaycall.Ther

eason

forthisis

hegoestothefirstnum

berandsinceitisalsothelastnumberheMUSTcarry

theball.

Sointhecaseofaplaycallwithonlythenumber2theb

ackfieldactionwouldlo

okas

follows.

TheQuarterbackwillKEEPtheb

allandrunwithitonallplaycallsthatendinK

EEPor

BOOT,re

gardlessofthenumbers.

R


2

4

6

8

3

5

7

9

Q

A

B

C

0

1


15/62

Motion

Themotionweusewillbecalled

byashortword(RIPo

rmotiontotheright,an

dLIZ

ormotion

totheleft)isaslighttw

o-stepquickmotionby

oneofourwingbacksinthe

directionoftheB-Back(fullback)

.Themotioningwingba

ckwilltakeacrossoverstepin

frontofth

emwiththeirinsidefootwithtoespointedatth

eB-Backfollowedbya

nopen

stepwith

theoutsidefoot.Thism

otiongetsthemmoving

andkeepstheirshoulde

rs

squareto

theQuarterbacksothey

canbebalancedandreadytoacceptapitchora

handoff.Wedonotuseadeepmotionwewantourmotio

nshallowandaimedat

the

fullbacks

heels.

R


2

4

6

8

3

5

7

9

Q

A

B

C

0

1

1stcrossover

step

2ndopenstep

RIP

LIZ


16/62

MotionContin

ued

OncethebackhastakenhisTWO

motionstepstheballshouldbesnappedandth

eplay

shouldbe

setinmotion.Iftherun

ningbackistoreceiveapitchhewillcontinue

to

movetow

ardthepositionoftheB

-Backsheelspriortoth

esnapandstayundercontrol

untilhehasgatheredthepitchfro

mtheQuarterbackandsecuredtheball,onlyth

enmay

heaccelerateintothelineofscrim

magetryingtostayasclosetohisblockersas

possible.Iftherunningbackisno

ttoreceiveapitchbutahandofforalongtoss

orhe

istocarry

outafakehewillupon

completionofhisfirstTWOstepsaccelerateona

planealongthesamelinetoward

theB-Backsheels.

R


2

4

6

8

3

5

7

9

Q

A

B

C

0

1

1stcrossover

step

2ndopenstep

Gatherand

securepitch

Nonpitched

play

acceleration

path


17/62

PlayCallingPart

Two

Weu

seasetofMA

STERplayc

allsorwordthat

follow

ournumbers

toalerttheentireteamtothe

typeo

fplayweare

running.Wemayfromtimeto

timea

ddanauxiliaryplaycallto

accompanythe

mastercall,apassin

gplayoradrawisconside

red

anauxiliaryplayca

ll.Sincetheb

ackfieldactio

n

hasbe

enestablishedbyournumberingsystem

and

motionallweneed

todonowisalertthe

Blockersofthety

peofplaywe

willrun.

Them

asterblockingtermsareas

follows:

R



18/62

MasterPlayCalls

SMASH=Tellsthe

BacksideGuardand

T

ackleaswellasth

eQuarterbacktolead

blockthroughthepointofattack.

G

=TellsOnlytheBacksideGuardto

le

adthroughthepointofattack

Thiscallmaybeusedinconjunction

withAnyothercall.

G

T=TellstheBacksideGuardand

T

ackletoleadthrou

ghthepointofattack

O

=TellsOnlythePlaysideGuardto

pullandleadthroug

hthepointofattack.

TheOisfortheGuardONthe

playside,isareminderweuse.R



19/62

Auxilia

ryPlayC

alls

C

OUNTER=Tells

thebackCLOSES

T

to

thepointofattacktocarrytoball

K

EEP=TellstheQ

uarterbacktokeep

th

eballandcarryit

throughthepoint

of

attack

R

EVERSE=Atwo

playerballexchange

in

thebackfield.

EitheraPITCHthenaHANDOFFon

a

smashreverse

OraHANDOFFtoHANDOFFonag-o

reverse

R



20/62

Formations

TheFormationsweusewillbecalledbyaw

ordorwordsthep

recede

themoti

onandnumbersin

thehuddlecall.T

heFormationswe

useare

asfollow

s:

PresetFormation

Wewillalwaysbeginin

thisformationandasthe

Quarterbackreadieshimself

behind

centerhebeginsthe

cadencewithReadythisis

when

weshifttothecalledformation

BaseFormation

Anocallalignsth

e

teamin

thisformationALWAYS

R



21/62

FormationsContinued

BEAR

Formation

BULL

Formation

R



22/62

FormationsContinued

BROW

NFormation

BLACKFormation

InYouthF

ootballwecombineBROWNBEAR

intojustBROWN,andBLACKBULLintojust

BLACK

R



23/62

Teachin

gtheSystem

Onceou

rkidsunderstandhow

toaligninourformati

ons,howtointerpretthe

numberingsystemandunderstandtheplaycallsweb

eginteachingeveryplayeron

theteam

thefollowing:

Stance

Eve

nthoughnoteveryplay

erwillusea3-pointstanceweteachittoeveryone.All

footballoriginatesfromastance,theproperstance

mechanicsareaninvalu

able

com

moditytoafootballpla

yer,especiallyonourO

ffense.Wewillworkonthe

stan

cemechanicsdailyinpractice.Ifaplayerishavingtroublemakingablockor

runninginterferencethefirstplacewecheckisthestancethenthefirststep

.

We

usebothrightandlefth

andedstancesinourOf

fense.Playersontherig

htside

ofthecentermusthavetheirlefthandsdownandplayersontheleftsideof

center

musthavetheirrighthands

down.Moreonhandplacementlater.

Feetwillbenowiderthans

houlderwidth,wewant

tosqueezeourstance,a

ndthat

mea

nstheoutsideofthefee

twillnotextendpastth

eoutsideoftheshoulde

rsnot

theshoulderpads.

The

insidefoot(footneares

tthecenter)willbeslightlybehindtheouterfootwitha

slighttoetoinstepstagger.

Aplayersweightshouldbe

evenlydistributedbetw

eenthetwofeet(50%oneach

foot)withtheweightonthe

insideoftheballsofth

eirfeetwiththeirheelsslightly

raised.



24/62

Teachin

gtheSystem

Stance

continued

The

insidehandshouldbeo

ntheground,however,

theyneedtobeabletopick

flow

erswiththeirdownha

nd.Ifacoachshouldhappentomoveaplayers

down

handthemovementshould

notaffecttheirstanceatall.

The

outsidehandmustbedownwithfingersapproximatelyevenwiththew

ristof

thedownhandandtheoutsidearmmustbecocked

andreadytospringbackwards

towardthehipsuponthefir

ststep.

Playersmusthavepowerpr

oducinganglesintheirhips,kneesandankles.This

coiledpositionisthemosta

dvantageouspositionfo

rgeneratingexplosive

striking

pow

er.Oncethebodyisrap

idlyuncoiledthepowerstoredinthecontracted

musclesofthehips,thighsandcalvescanbeunleashedintoveryexplosive

contact

byt

heblockers.

Playersshouldachievethis

coiledpositionbykeepingtheirbuttdown,theirback

straightheadandeyesup.T

heymustbeabletosee

theirtargetandmovetotheir

targ

etwithasmuchexplosivenessastheycanmust

er.

We

believethisstancewillfacilitatethebestcontro

lledmovementwithout

theneed

forafalsestep.



25/62

Teachin

gtheSystem

Steps

Weteachourplayersseveraldifferentstepsa

stheypertaintoou

r

BlockingTechniques

PositionStep,ashort4to6inchfirststepwiththetoespointedatthet

arget

SideStep,ashortposi

tionsteplaterallyinord

ertogainwidththisstepcanbe

eitheraninsideorouts

idestep

CrossOverStep,Alsocalledapullstepsome

times,thisisaflatfirst

position

stepinwhichonefoot

ortheothercrossesoverinfrontoftheotherin

an

attempttogainlateralmovementandaccelerationdownthelineof

scrimmage.Thecrossoverstepallowstheplayertokeephisshoulderssquare

tothedefense

DriveStep,averticalfirstpositionstepusuallydirectlyatadefenderaligned

infrontofablocker

PowerSteps,shortcontrolledchoppystepsfollow

ingthepositionstep

that

contact

thedefenderandmov

ethedefenderaway

fromthepointofatta

ck.

FinishSteps,Fastlongerstridesusedtorunadefenderwhohasbeenpower

stepped

offbalanceinordertorunthedefenderintotheground.



26/62

Teachin

gtheSystem

Aimin

gpointsor(landmarks)

Weteachourplayersseveraldifferentaimingpointsw

hile

blocking.

Ins

ide/OutsideArmp

it,wewantourblo

ckerstohavetheirface

maskinthearmpitofthedefenderandde

pendingontherela

tive

pos

itionoftheOffensiveandDefensivep

ersonnelinrelation

tothe

poi

ntofattacktheOffensiveblockermay

aimforeitherarmpit.

Ins

ide/OutsideHip,thisisusedmainlyf

orteachingthecenters

cutoffblockonadefenderhewillblocka

lonebutitalsopertains

toanyblockerwhomustblockadefenderoneononewitha

cut

blo

ck.OurOffensiveblockerwillaimateithertheinsideor

outsidehipofadefend

erastheymaketheirpositionstep.



27/62

Teachin

gtheSystem

B.E.E.F.Blocking

Onceo

urplayersunders

tandandarecapa

bleofexecutingth

e

proper

stance,stepsand

aimingpointswebeginteachingthe

mthe

followingprogressionof

whatitmeansto

makeablock!

B=

BLASTOFF,Getofftheballasfastaspossible,makeyourpositions

tepas

quickandashardasyoucanwhilesimultaneouslypullingyourarmsbacktoa

pointwhereyourhandsare

evenwithyourhipsgettingreadytostrikeyour

opp

onentasviolentlyaspossible

E=

EXPLODE,Explodeintoyouropponentwithyourshoulder,whilekeeping

yourheadandeyesup,ony

ourfirstpowerstepand

simultaneouslybringy

our

arm

sforwardandstrikeyou

ropponentwithasmuc

hupperbodyviolencea

s

possibleacrossthefrontof

thedefenderschest.

E=

ELEVATE,Elevateyo

urdefendersshoulderswithyourinitialexplosi

ve

contactandcontinuetoliftthedefenderschestuntilhisbodypostureisupr

ight.

You

dothisbycontinuingtorunyourfeetwithpow

erstepsandrollyourhips

forw

ardintothedefender

F=

FINISH,Finishyouropponentwithaferociousrunningofyourfeetw

ith

finishstepsandstrivetoputthedefenderoffbalanceandontheground.Th

is

fin

ishisthedifferencebe

tweenaGreatblockera

ndaGoodblocker.



28/62

Teachin

gtheSystem

Oncetheindividualtechniqu

esaremasteredw

e

teachourBlockersthefollow

ingblocks:

DownBlock,Thedownblockalsocalledagapblockis

usedto

blockad

efenderwhoisalignedinsideoftheoffensivep

layer.

Theoffensiveplayermustdeterm

inewhetherthedefend

erisan

attacking

playerbentonpenetrationintothebackfield,ifso,then

theoffen

siveplayermustaimfortheinsideshoulderofthe

defender

inordertocutoffthepenetration.Ifthedefend

erisnot

anattack

erbutareader,inthath

ewillattempttoslidedownthe

lineofsc

rimmagefollowingthe

flowoftheplay,theblo

cker

mustaim

fortheoutsidearmpitofthedefenderinordertodeny

thepathdownthelineoranyattemptbythedefenderto

spinor

rollouto

fthepindown.

The

positionstepisasidestepwiththeinsidefootdown

thelinewiththetoespointedatthedefender,theblocker

mus

thavehiseyesupandb

eabletoseethetargett

o

dete

rminewherehisfootplacementmustbeforthe

first

pow

erstep.Thepowerstep

willbedownthelineif

the

defe

nderattacksoroutinto

thepathofthedefender

should

thedefendersitandread.



29/62

Teachin

gtheSystem

Oncethe

individualtech

niquesare

mastered

weteachourBlockersthe

following

blocks:

DriveB

lock,Thedriveblock

isusedtoblockade

fender

alignedinfrontoftheblocker.Theoffensiveblockerwill

aimhisfacemaskfortheplay

sidearmpitofthede

fender

andthepositionstepwillbeadrivestepwiththep

lay

sidefoot.Whilepowersteppingthedefenderbackwards

offthelineofscrimmagethe

blockershouldstrive

for

relative

positionbyeversoslightlyworkingtoposition

hisbody

betweenthedefenderandthepointofattack.

Thiscan

notbecompletedinoneortwostepsandthe

blocker

needstoknowthis.



30/62

Teachin

gtheSystem

Oncethe

individualtech

niquesare

mastered

weteachourBlockersthe

following

blocks:

ReachBlock,(outsidegap)T

hereachblockforusis

usedtogainrelativeposition

onadefenderaligne

d

outsideoftheblocker.Inthe

caseofthereachblock,the

defenderwillinitiallybeclos

ertotherunninglane

than

theblocker,thus,theblocker

mustaimattheoutside

armpito

fthedefenderandtakealateralpositionstep

downth

elineofscrimmagew

ithhisoutsidefoot.The

secondstep,orthefirstpowe

rstep,mustbeaimedatthe

crotcho

fthedefenderthenth

eblockermustrunhisfeet

andwor

ktogainoutsideleve

rageonthedefender.



31/62

Teachin

gtheSystem

Oncetheindividualtechniquesare

masteredweteachour

Blockersthe

followingblocks:

ComboBlock,AComboblockistheBLOCKW

E

WANT

ASOFTENASPOS

SIBLE,thisblockbe

ginsas

adoubleteamblockonthed

efenderwhoisalignedasto

setuptheinsideoftherunninglane.Again,westriveto

getthis

blockeveryplay,itisnotalwaysfeasible

butwe

repthis

somuchinpracticethatthisiswhatwew

antto

see.W

henourlinemencom

boblockthetwoblockers

willbegintoblockadefensi

vedownlinemanand

work

todrivethedefenderbackoffthelineofscrimma

geand

intothe

pathofthepursuing

linebackers.Howeve

r,the

twoblo

ckersaretaughtthat

acomboblockisjustthat,a

combin

ationblock,madeup

ofadoubleteamand

a

linebac

kerblock.WeteachourblockerstoFeelthe

double

teamandSEEthelinebacker.



32/62

Teachin

gtheSystem

Oncetheindividualtechniq

uesaremasteredwe

teachour

Blockersthefollowingblocks:

Combo

BlockContinued,Weusewhatwecallahalfman

doubleteam,oneinwhichtheinsideblockeristhepost

man

andtheoutsideblockeristhetu

rnman,however,wedo

not

wantthepostmantocenteruponthedefenderwhileth

eturn

manstaysontheoutsideofthedefenderasinatraditional

doubleteam.Ourhalfmantechniquehasourpostmantakethe

insidehalfofthedefenderandtheturnmantakestheoutside

halfofthedefender.Thetwoblockersworktodrivethe

defenderbackwhilekeepingtheirhipstogetherandkee

ping

theireyesonthefirstlinebackerinsideoftheirdoubleteam.

Thepos

tmanisthekeytokeepingthehipstogether,he

must

workto

feelthepostman.Ifthe

linebackercomesinsidethe

doubleteamthepostmanwillp

eeloffthedoubleteam

and

workto

cutoffthelinebackerspathtopenetrationwhilethe

turnmanpinsthedownlineman

insideofhim.Ifthelin

ebacker

scrapes

overthetopofthedoub

leteamtheturnmanwi

llpeel

offandworktopinthelineback

erinsidetherunninglanewhile

thepost

manworkstogainrelativepositiononthedown

lineman

movinghisfacemasktotheoutsidearmpitofthe

defenderandsealhiminsideof

therunninglane.



33/62

Teachin

gtheSystem


masteredweteachour

Blockersthe

followingblocks:

Pullan

dDestroy,Thisisablockusedbyanoffe

nsive

playerwhouponcompleting

hispositionstepand

getting

hiseyesaroundimmediately

seesthedefenderwh

oishis

target.Thisisthetechniqueusedbyaplayerina

trappingplayinwhichadefenderwillbeblocked

outside

therunninglanebyaplayerpullingfrom

far

insidethepointofattack.Th

epullanddestroyblock

beginswithacrossoverpositionstepwhiletheblocker

keepsh

isshoulderssquaretothedefensiveteamand

withhiseyeshewilllocatehistarget.Oncelocatedthe

blockerwilldestroyhistargetasifhewereaheat

seeking

missileThepulling

destroyerwillcontac

tthe

targetd

efenderwithhisouts

ideshoulderandplac

ehis

facema

skontheinsidearmp

itofthedefender.


First

cross

overstep


34/62

Teachin

gtheSystem


masteredweteachour

Blockersthe

followingblocks:

Pullan

dSearch,Thisisab

lockbyanoffensiveplayer

whousesacrossoverpositionstepandpullsdow

nthe

lineofscrimmagetotherunninglaneandturnsupfield

intothe

runninglanesearchingforthefirstdefenderto

show.Suchtechniqueisusedintrappingplaysan

d

powerplays.Andonoccasio

nleadplays.


First

cross

over

step


35/62

Teachin

gtheSystem


masteredweteachour

Blockersthe

followingblocks:

Boxing

Technique,Thetechniqueofboxingade

fender

issimilartoanothertechniquecalledchipping

howeverboxingiscarriedoutdifferently.WeBoxa

defenderwhenablockerwhobyruleistoblocka

linebac

kerbuttheblockerhasadefensivedownlineman

aligned

inhisimmediateinsidegapwhoistobek

icked

outbyapullanddestroyblo

ck.Accordingtoour

rules

anydefensivedownlineman

leftalonebytheoffensive

linemenmustbekickedoutbyarunningbackorpulling

lineman.Alsobyruleourlin

emenarealwaystold

to

blocka

nydefenderwhothre

atenstheirinsidegap

.Soin

thecaseoftheoffensiveblockerwhoistoblocka

linebac

kerbutthedefenderwhoistobekickedoutis

threateninghisinsidegaptheblockerwillBoxthe

defenderjustbeforethedestroyermakescontact.



36/62

Teachin

gtheSystem


masteredweteachour

Blockersthe

followingblocks:

Boxing

TechniqueContinu

ed,ToBoxadefenderthe

offensiveblockerwilluseaflatsidepositionstep

with

toespointedatthedefenderwithhisnearfootand

upon

contactwiththedefendertheblockerwillboxthe

outside

shoulderofthedefenderwithhisinsidefo

rearm

inordertotryandturnthedefendersheadandshoulders

toward

him.Thisoutsideshoulderboxshouldbefierce

enough

toelevatethedefend

ersshouldersandfor

cethe

defendertoattempttofightoutside.Immediately

upon

thecom

pletionoftheboxtheblockermustmaneuveras

toescapeanyfurthercontactwiththedefenderan

d

proceedtothelinebackerlev

el.


Firststep

Inside

forearm

punchto

shoulder

then

outside

release


37/62

Teachin

gtheSystem


masteredweteachour

Blockersthe

followingblocks:

KickO

ut,Anothertermfor

apullanddestroyblock R



38/62

Teachin

gtheSystem

Oncetheindividualtechniq

uesaremasteredwe

teachour

Blockersthefollowingblocks:

CutandScramble,Ablockusedbyanyoffensivelineman

whenne

ededtostopaggressive

movementbyadefensivedown

lineman

.ThecutblockisusedmainlybythebacksideTightend

whenhi

sinsidetackleispulling

awayfromtheline.Th

e

position

stepisaflatsidestepd

ownthelinewiththefo

ot

nearestthedefenderandtheblo

ckerwillextendhisfar

armand

reachit

acrossthefarhipofthe

defender.Theblockerw

illaim

hisfacemaskatthefarhipofthedefenderandworktocrosshis

farshou

lderoutsidethedefende

rsfarkneeuponcontact,thus,

takingthedefenderoffhisfeet.

Ifthecutblockfailsfor

any

reasontheblockeristaughttoscrambleorbearcrawlto

ward

thedefe

nderinordertotieupth

edefenderslegsandcausea

tripping

effect.Legwhippingorintentionaltrippingisnot

allowed

byrulesbutscrambling

intothelegsofadefenderis

legalandeffectiveiftheblockerisaggressiveandwork

shis

waythroughthedefendertowar

dthelinebackerlevel.



39/62

Teachin

gtheSystem


masteredweteachour

Blockersthe

followingblocks:

Lineba

ckerSquat,Anytimeanoffensiveblockeristo

blocka

linebackerbyruleweteachourblockersto

approachthelinebackerand

breakdownwithfeet

moving

andpowerproducinganglesinthehips,k

nees

andankles.Weteachthemtoletthelinebackercometo

you,donotchasealinebac

keranddonotattack

a

linebac

ker,theyaregreatathletesandaretaught

to

makeyoumiss.Ifyouchase

youlose!Oncethe

linebac

kerhascommittedan

dcontactismade,the

blockeristosealofftheline

backerusingatechnique

verysimilartoabasketballp

ick.



40/62

Teachin

gtheSystem


masteredweteachour

Blockersthe

followingblocks:

Safety

Stalk,Thesametech

niqueasalinebacker

squat

butdon

efurtherdownfieldonasafetyandtheblocker

mustconcentratemoreonblockingthevisionofthe

Safetythanactuallystalling

himwithapick.



41/62

Pu

ttingthe

Techniq

uesand

FootworkTogether

G.O

.T.3

System

Weuseasy

stemforblockingourplaysthatisverysim

ple,logicalandvery

effective.Oursinglesystemcomplieswithallofourrunningplaysexcepto

ur

Drawplayw

hichisdesignedtom

imicourpassblocking.Thefactthatourrule

progression

worksforallofourrunningplaysourlinemenbasicallyrepthe

same

progression

everyplayinpractice.Somemayfindthis

tobeboringandstagnant

butIremind

youthatwiningisnotboring.Wefeeltha

tthisrepeatedworkallows

ourblockerstobecomeveryvery

comfortableandveryveryaggressive.Th

e

confidenceandknowledgeourblockersgaininpractic

eallowsustogivea

large

amountoffreedomtoourlinemen.Ourlinemenarepe

rmittedtochoosethe

techniqueth

eywishtouseatthe

lineofscrimmageperplaybasedontheirpersonal

involvementinthegameandtheirbreadthofknowledgeintheproperuseo

fangles

andleverageinblocking.OurlinemenknowiftheyfaceafirebreathingDivision1

defensivelinemantheywillgeth

elp,andifthedefend

ermovesdownthelinethe

nextblockerwillgethelpaswell.Thiswayourlinemenknowthattheywillnever

beinforalongnightalone.Oursystemalsodemands

communicationand

teamworkamongtheblockersandtherunningbacks.Thispromotesourtheoryofa

teamoriente

doffense.Thesystem

weuseisatwofold

systemofruleblock

ingand

linecalls.



42/62

Pu

ttingthe

Techniq

uesand

FootworkTogether

G.O.

T.3

System

RuleBlocking(ourBASERULE)

G.O.T.,Anyblockerwho

isontheplaysideoftheCenterwh

ois

betweentheATmanandtheCenterwill

blockusingtheuse

G.O.Tprogression.Whic

his:

G.=Gap,orthefirststep

intheprogressionistolooktoyour

insideg

ap,ifthereisath

reatyoustoplookingandblockhim

.ReturntoTableofContents


43/62

Pu

ttingthe

Techniq

uesand

FootworkTogether

G.O.

T.3

System

RuleBlocking

G.O.T.,Anyblockerwho

isontheplaysideoftheCenterwh

ois

betweentheATmanandtheCenterwill

blockusingtheuse

G.O.Tprogression.Whic

his:

G.=Gap,

O=ON

,Ifthereisnothr

eattoyourinside

gapyouthenlook

tosee

ifthere

isadefenderony

ou,Betweenyour

insidefootandyo

ur

outside

partnersinsidefo

ot,



44/62

Pu

ttingthe

Techniq

uesand

FootworkTogether

G.O.

T.3

System

RuleBloc

king

G.O.T.,Anyblockerwhoisontheplaysideo

ftheCenterwhois

betweentheATmanandtheCenterwillblockusingtheuseG

.O.T

progres

sion.Whichis:

G.=Ga

p,

O.=On

,

T.=Track,Ifnooneisthreateningyourinsidegapnoristhere

anyone

onyou,youstepin

sidewithyourfirststepandcheckfor

new

threats

ifnotthenyoutracktothelinebacker

level.



45/62

Pu

ttingthe

Techniq

uesand

FootworkTogether

G.O.

T.3

System

RuleBloc

king

Ifforanyrea

sonalinemanfeelsthreatenedfromhisinsideg

ap

andhehasadefenderonhimaswellhecancallDOMIN

O

whichalertseveryblockeronplaysideto

blockdowninorder

toprotect

ourinsidegaps.



46/62

Pu

ttingthe

Techniq

uesand

FootworkTogether

G.O.T.3

System

LineCalls

Sincewen

umbertheblockersandnotthega

psweknowweare

runningth

efootballatapa

rticularlineman.

Wecallthislineman

theATM

ANthelineman

wearerunningAT.Andourline

calls

aredirectlyrelatedtohimandhisimmediateoutsideoffensive

partner.T

heATMANis

responsiblefortellingthepartner

ship

betweenhimselfandhisbuddywhatparticulartechniquetheywill

usetobloc

ktherunninglan

e.TheATMAN

hasonlythree

choices,th

eyare:

(X,

SPLIT,

or

CO

MBO)

Allotherb

lockersoutsidethepartnershipbl

ockFirstBacker

Inside.B

oxingisveryeffectivefortheseb

lockerstouseon

their

waytothe

linebacker.

ThePulla

ndDestroyorKickoutBlockerwillblockthefirst

DefenderoutsidetheATM

ANorReadtheATMANSb

lock

todetermi

neifheistoSEARCHinsteado

fDESTROY



47/62

Pu

ttingthe

Techniq

uesand

FootworkTogether

G.O.

T.3

System

LineCalls

X=Acro

ssblockbetwee

nthepartnersh

ipconsistingof

a

Downblockbytheoutsid

epartneranda

PullandDestroy

blockbytheATman



48/62

Pu

ttingthe

Techniq

uesand

FootworkTogether

G.O.

T.3

System

LineCalls

X=

SPLIT=Thiscalleffectivelysplitsupthepartnership

and

tellsthetwoblockerstor

evertbacktoth

ebaseG.O.T.

progression



49/62

Pu

ttingthe

Techniq

uesand

FootworkTogether

G.O.

T.3

System

LineCalls

X=

SPLIT=

COMBO

=Acombinatio

nblockbetween

thetwopartne

rs.

THISWH

ATWEWANT

IFWECANG

ETIT.



50/62

Pu

ttingthe

Techniq

uesand

FootworkTogether

G.O.T.3

System

Freedom

withinthesys

tem.

Initiallywebeginteachingou

rblockerstousethebaseGOTrule

insideofth

eATMANand

theATMANtomakeoneofthre

ecalls

depending

ondefensivealign

ments.

HOWEVER

,Thebeautyofoursystemliesinourabilitytogiveo

ur

blockersFreedom.

Freedomm

eanstheyhaveth

eoptionstogiveu

ptheirpositionas

the

ATMANtothenextoffensiveblocker.Wed

othisinordertogeta

guaranteed

comboblockonastuddefenderwhomaybemoving

aroundthe

lineofscrimmage.Ortoprovideth

ebestblockingforour

teamssuccess.

WegivethisFreedomtothelinemenbecauseT

HEYareupfrontand

involvedev

eryplay.Theykn

owmorethanwedoascoacheswhe

ther

theycanH

ONESTLYblockadefenderaloneo

riftheyneedhelp

.And

webelieve

ifweteachourlin

ementotrustthem

selvesandeacho

ther,

WEasateamwillbemuchm

oreeffective.



51/62

Pu

ttingthe

Techniq

uesand

FootworkTogether

G.O.

T.3

System

Freedom

withinthesy

stem.

ExamplesoftheFreedomin

oursystematwor

k.

Suppose#55isaSTUDand

theOffensiveCoord

inatorhascalleda4hole

play.Th

us,theOffensiveTa

ckleistheATMA

Nandhewillcalla

techniquebetweenhimselfa

ndhisBuddytheTightend.


Herewewantacomboon

#55,sothe4man

wouldpasstheATMAN

statustothe2

man.ThusgivinghimtheCall.Thiscan

eitherjustbecalledbythe

Tackleintheform

of(2COMBO}orhecantellthe2manto

callithimself.

Herewewantacomboon#55,sothe

4

manw

ouldkeephisstatusandcallou

t

{4CO

MBO}

Herewewantacombo

on#55,sothe

4manwouldpassthe

ATMANcall

tothe6man.Andallow

himtomake

thecallorthe4manco

uldjustcall

out{6COMBO}


52/62

Pu

ttingthe

Techniq

uesand

FootworkTogether

G.O.

T.3

System

THEPLAYS

MasterPlay

List

AuxiliaryPlayList

Smash

SmashKeep

GT

CounterSmash

G

SmashReverse

GO

GOReverse

GTO

GOKeep


53/62

Extende

dFormations

BROW

NBEAR

Forma

tion

BLACKBULL

Formation

InYouthF



BLACK

R



54/62

Extende

dFormations

BLAC

KBEAR

Forma

tion

BROW

NBULL

Formation

InYouthF



BLACK

R



55/62

ExtendedForma

tions

RHINOFormation

LIONFormation

R



56/62

ExtendedForma

tions

BLAC

KRHINO

Forma

tion

BLACKLIONFormat

ion

R



57/62

ExtendedForma

tions

BROW

NRHINO

Forma

tion

BROW

NLION

Formation

R



58/62

Extende

dFormations

TIGER

Formation

R



59/62

FormationsContinued

BEAS

TFormation

R



60/62

FormationsContinued

BLAC

KTIGER

Forma

tion

R



61/62

FormationsContinued

BROW

NTIGER

Forma

tion

R



62/62

R


simply smashing

Documents