Football Knowledge Base Article Summaries

double wing for 10and11yr olds - COACH YAEGER (length=1941)
I have been coaching football for 12 years. In those years I have been trying a lot of different offenses, searching for the one that gave u ...

HOW DO YOU CREATE A SUCESSFULL OFFENSIVE LINE? - Coach Rob (length=757)
I help coach 7 th grade lineman. Our boys range from 140lbs to 200lbs. We had a lot odf problems with some of the bigger boys not being quic ...

Help coaching to be aggressive - Coach Wade (length=833)
I'm a big fan of half speed form tackling drills. My team ONLY does full speed tackling in games and scrimmages. With one exception: the bul ...

better blocking - NAK (length=1120)
I do not think there is a team out there that at some time or another has problems with blocking. If it is the case as Coach Wade suggested ...

sweeps - Coach JT (length=1107)
we DO practice that, coach, believe me....i have kids playing in high school now that i coached, and they still remember yelling about outsi ...

FORMATION SUGGESTIONS - Coach JT (length=1402)
Man I'm telling you....in the 7yrs ive been coaching, ive NEVER seen ANY team attempt to pull a lineman or even talk about it....till this y ...

DOUBLE WING CLINIC - JT (length=1138)
again, we re in two different worlds...there are only 4 teams in our league..(its expanding to 6 next year)...theres only 2 coaches per team ...

Passing - Coach Sam (length=1973)
To all who were posting on the subject of passing. I have been a youth coach for several years. I have always been a fan of the pass. ...

DOUBLE WING CLINIC - JT (length=1865)
i appreciate your take...and respect your views...thats what this is all about...but, you havent spent much time with 5th graders, have you? ...

Passing - JT (length=1118)
if im playing, im interested in stats...if im coaching pro sports, im interested in stats....if im coaching youth, the only stat i care abou ...

Passing - JT (length=2733)
if you got a parent that DONT think their child should be star of the team, and we re lousy couches, THEN worry....i mean no disrespect...an ...

Passing - JT (length=1116)
haha...sure...when i started coaching in 93, our league was 5th/6th...they dropped the 5th graders in 95...5th graders were allowed to join, ...

Passing - JT (length=1573)
you bring up a good point..as some that played from 6th grade till the age of 30 something, when i got into coaching, the hardest thing to l ...

Passing - GS (length=1729)
Sheila- What I did with mine was just tell him not to worry about being too big to play on a "young" league, and to NEVER give up and/or f ...

offenses - JT (length=1077)
Hey D, saw one of the best high school playoff games ever.... 2 Division 6 schools ( only 500 students...) one of the schools is fro ...

offenses - JT (length=1430)
hey Rob, saw a tremendous high school game the other day between two of the smaller division schools...my wifes alma mater lost 46-42... ...

Dayne or Warrick?... - JT (length=930)
KJ (Kevin Johnson..that syracuse guy) is cool...hes had to carry the load, for the most part...to team him up with a Warrick would give them ...

DOUBLE WING OFFENSE (out of hospital) - COACH BOB STONE (length=1132)
As some of you know, i spent the last 3+ weeks in the hospital. (colon surgery and then complications 2nd surgery) Thanks for the letters of ...

PULLING LINEMAN?... - JT (length=3962)
man, you need to send me a tape of your PRACTICE!!!! haha...we only practice 4 days...1 1/2hrs a day..fridays are only an hour..walk thru, n ...

Offenses - JT (length=1105)
just do a "search" on any of the search sites..yahoo, lycros, etc...thats how i found this place... we have 2 coaches per team,also...we h ...

Offenses - JT (length=1095)
football IS hard work....for everyone!!!..i had to learn that the hard way too...i went from ..screw practice, lets just play...to screw dri ...

ANSWER TO UNBALANCED LINE - WESCON CHAMPS (length=1121)
COACH MULE UNBALANCED LINES I HAVE DELT WITH OFTEN TRY THE QUICK PASS FAKE, WITH THE QB TRING TO SPRINT FOR A FIRST DOWN. ALSO DO NOT FO ...

Pay attention Coach!!!! - Gilbert (length=1760)
The "Twin I" formation" has "Twin" recievers on one side and the TE on the opposite side. the backs are Obviously in the "I" formation. ...

1st year DW play list - Jeff Oresik (length=1086)
There is the "old school" part of me that likes your minimal play list. I hope it is because you plan on focusing on fundamentals. You shoul ...

? for Calande and O-line guys.... - Dum Coach (length=1817)
"could you explain what a bucket step is and how to use it/teach it on the line..... " A bucket step is where a lineman, usually a t ...

AirRaid - Malcolm Robinson (length=1239)
Coach: Your answer might be sprintout passes. The QB gets to move away from pressure and if you have a couple of decent receivers and the ...

Archer, Clay, JB? - Malcolm Robinson (length=3972)
Guys: I think this can be run well at least by age 10. Here are several key points to teach: 1. The play is set by the sweep/power fa ...

Basic Wishbone Package - Dum Coach (length=6612)
I got an error message, so I'm reposting this. Pardon me if it appears twice. I think most of us will want to know if you want to run ...

Best Offenses for Light Weight Teams - Coach Dewey (length=952)
Question is whether you have speed or not. Time your players in the fourty. Two plays where size does not matter; passes and reverses. I use ...

Blocking Rules Free For All - Coach Gregory (length=6332)
DC, I have found if SAB is taught properly it is very effective with splits (ask Mike Mahonz and JC). The key is teaching that all impor ...

Blocking Rules Free For All - Dum Coach (length=3408)
Here is a "triple option" run from "area wedge" blocking run from my DC Wing T, "Super" formation. The area wedge is directed at the first d ...

Blocking Rules Free For All - Malcolm Robinson (length=4057)
Clark, Jack, et al: Nice discussion. Everyone is searching for the Holy Grail, the Fountain of Youth, the magic bullet - the blocking ...

Blocking Rules Free For All - caz (length=1562)
Ok, let's start a serious topic and see what kind of participation we can have. I am trying to decide on the VERY best, if there is such a ...

C-QB exchange - question - Malcolm Robinson (length=1669)
Sky has good tips here. Let me add that you have to decide more basically what type hand action the QB will use in receiving the ball on t ...

Can the veer work well as a youth offense? - Dum Coach (length=3218)
At one time my team was a feeder to a local HS program and they ran the veer (The HS coach was the former head coach of the University of Id ...

Coach Reece? - coach reece (length=1210)
coach the play that hurt the most was the bucksweep.what happened was they stack the line and blitz the 'a' gaps.thats the style of play ...

Coach Shine--DW - Coach Greg (length=2044)
Coach this is my third season running the DW. The first season I ran it Markham style and by the last season it was a mixture of Markham an ...

DC - Clarifaction of the Buck Sweep - Malcolm Robinson (length=1721)
Clark: I don't see much discussiopn here about a very simple series of the wing-t - the crossblock series -. You may title it something e ...

DC - Wing T questions - Dum Coach (length=2467)
"We had a decent full back, but he got injured and is out for the season. Our back up full back is a good athlete, but he tends to slow d ...

DC - Wing T questions - Dum Coach (length=2471)
The DC Wing T is a FB oriented offense. It says right in the manual that if your FB averages 4 yards per carry, you will lose. He needs to ...

DC Wing T Question for DC - Dum Coach (length=7393)
"What is the 46 quick? I was looking in your manual and did not see it (maybe I just missed it)." It's Malcolm's play. He runs it w ...

DC Wing T changes - Dum Coach (length=2034)
There are some changes we have made to our offensive manual. They are: 1) We are allowing all the backs to play from two point stances. Th ...

DC Wing T - Dum Coach (length=6499)
I basically "reverse engineered" the Delaware Wing T and Army's 1947-48 "T" office to produce a youth friendly offense that works on the sam ...

DC wing-t, DW, Single-wing, what to run?? - Dum Coach (length=9227)
Coaching is all about winning with "average at best". Anybody can win with "best". But walking away with the trophy with second best? Yeah. ...

DC's Offensive Playbook - New Coach (length=2427)
DC, I received your email yesterday. Thank you very much. I will be reading it over for the next few days. To answer your questions: ...

DC's WingT offense is available - Dum Coach (length=2969)
I can now send out my updated playbook. It's about 90 pages and has over 60 plays, all of which can be run from about 8 calls using seven fo ...

DC,Mahonz...others - Malcolm Robinson (length=3301)
BB: I mentioned my buddy with the 8/9 y.o. team who runs outside veer. Now, its not really outside veer because he doesn't allow his QB t ...

DC--A Wing-T question... - Dum Coach (length=1903)
No. I don't mean that. The strong side (TE side) is to the near hashmark. When the refs spot the ball on the hash, then call your fomation ...

DC--So your players can t block? - Dum Coach (length=2045)
You should open practice with "12 perfect blocks". They came to hit. This provides it. Do not hold the pole yourself. Get someone else to ...

DC-Pass Right Question: - Dum Coach (length=1541)
The DC Wing T Pass protection scheme is not designed for a "drop back passer." Drop him straight back and he will be dropped for a loss. ...

DC46 (Dum) - Dum Coach (length=5152)
A thousand words or less??? Well - OK. Bottom line is you've got to stop the plays your opponent can run. You don't have to stop the ones he ...

DEVELOPING A FRESHMAN QB - Dum Coach (length=8274)
At the youth level passing is a problem because, unless you have a lot of players, it's hard to have somebody who can throw and somebody who ...

DEVELOPING A FRESHMAN QB - JB (length=3615)
Coach Mike, My apologies for not getting back to you sooner. I have been working quite a bit lately. Some of this may be old hat to you; t ...

DEVELOPING A FRESHMAN QB - JB (length=5137)
Coaches, Lots of excellent stuff. I do not have the knowledge or expertise of you guys; but here are some of my thoughts on this topic. ...

Double Wing - NoHuddle (length=3257)
I've just finished reading "Successful Multiple Offense in High School Football" (1957) by Robert "Bob" Walker This is an offense that is ...

Dum Coach: Would like your opinion - Malcolm Robinson (length=1642)
DC: In the 70s there was a form of the crab block known as the "scramble block" that was popular for a time. The o-linemen used a 4 po ...

Efectiveness of a pulling off-side guard - Dum Coach (length=3654)
Sarnold had several interesting comments about pulling youth backside guards that I thought I would respond to in order to show how the DC W ...

Efectiveness of a pulling off-side guard - Dum Coach (length=2025)
The effectiveness of pulling at the youth level is generally of reduced value. If you look at the playoff teams, few are pulling. About the ...

Experimental Offense - Coach Tico (length=1652)
I saw Northwestern play about 5 times on ESPN 1 and 2 and ABC. When I first saw them run their plays, I was thinking to myself, 'How can th ...

FROM I- FORMATION AND WING BACK - Coach Wade (length=12337)
Coach Dino; First off, welcome to the rather exclusive fraternity of youth coaches that care enough about their players to want to improve ...

For those who have the DC wing-T - Dum Coach (length=6195)
I wrote this post on a DW board but it probably deserves to be over here. So I'm reposting it. It tells you how I coach my wing T fullback ...

Formations/Plays - Dum Coach (length=1963)
You don't need big blockers at the youth level. Most little guys can snot-knock a big guy. They have a faster step and are underneath the bi ...

GAM and the sweep - Malcolm Robinson (length=4875)
Derek: I have seen many defenses and some that mimic exactly what you are describing. If the DE takes that deep path he is doomed. He sim ...

Hands and Blocking? - Dum Coach (length=6692)
"I guess a better description is the palm of your hands going straight for the numbers of the D lineman and hitting the lower part of the ...

Helpful DW blocking drills and notes - Coach Greg (length=15000)
I caught a couple of mistakes and made some changes. I also added the Shoeshine drill which I forgot to put in. Blocking Training 1. ...

How about this for blocking - Malcolm Robinson (length=1070)
Steve: I have used a counting system for a long time now and it works fairly well. From the center out on the playside we simply count def ...

I HAVE SIZE AND SPEED - Coach Wade (length=2284)
Bucs, You need much more than a few plays or formations. You need an offensive system that is flexible enough to work with these strong, q ...

I don't know much about football fundamentals - Dum Coach (length=2440)
Coach Jim is right. All your coach succeeded in doing was make two kids not want to play their positions. But here is the solution to your p ...

I formation: Money where thy mouth is... - Rodney (length=1744)
I am a new coach to this site. I hope I am not jumping into the middle of a bees nest. I couldn't help but notice your comments on the I ...

Ideas on Offseason Evaluation of Tape - Malcolm Robinson (length=4152)
JB: Most importantly, the QB has to know which defender is the pitch key and he cannot pitch off anyone else. He must trust the offense ...

Inside Trap With Kids? - Dum Coach (length=3546)
Trapping the defense when they "send the house" may, or may not, be a good idea. It depends on how many defenders are actually coming. I've ...

Jet motion -- give me the play - Malcolm Robinson (length=2679)
Coach: Lots of ways to do this, maybe too many. I assume you need 2 set backs for your own purposes and I'll leave that alone. Obvious ...

Malcolm - Option from Jet? - Malcolm Robinson (length=1189)
We all have those problems - but some of us get to the solutions sooner. I think you have hit upon some good ideas. But, back to the play. ...

Malcolm, another option question?? - Malcolm Robinson (length=4466)
John: BTW, I responded to your email basically asking these same questions. The hard DE - one who attacks the QB RIGHT NOW, can be prob ...

Need Wing T Help! - Dum Coach (length=4620)
Double Wing coaches are fond of saying that the Double Wing is a system, not a formation. Well! The wing T is a formation, not a system. ...

New Wild Bunch playbook/installation guide -- Rocket Sweep+! - TedSeay (length=1156)
The completely revised Wild Bunch playbook and installation guide is now available for downloading from my Delphi forum: http://forums.del ...

No Offense - Dum Coach (length=5600)
Okay. I'll let you in on a little secret. The "I" formation is a waste of time in youth football. John McKay made it work at USC because he ...

O-Line Questions - JB (length=3205)
Appreciate the kind words DC. But, we do not have any special drills. We just really emphasize getting downfield. We hammer this into kids f ...

O-line Stance - Coach Fell (length=1212)
I love the Offensive line. It's what I played all the way through college. It's amazing the difference in a team with a well coached o line ...

Option Football - Dum Coach (length=5333)
I'm not trying to trash your idea. I'm just going to tell you how I'd do it. I'm used to dealing with little minds and making things simple ...

Option/Ropes - Malcolm Robinson (length=2148)
I whole-heartedly agree with DblWing Coach on this one - at least the thing about the pitch read. The QB MUST know who the pitch key is o ...

Our Season - Dum Coach (length=8730)
The "stupid notion" that they can juke a defender comes from TV. Nowadays, there are no Earl Campbell's. Everyone's a Barry Sanders. So they ...

Outside Veer from Wishbone - Malcolm Robinson (length=3600)
Coach: Yes, what you say is true. When in the wishbone (or I formation) with FB aligned behind the QB, the dive read on inside veer (with ...

Pass Blocking - drills - stonebreaker (length=1265)
Coach, I suggest you try what we call the seven second drill. You have an offensive and defensive lineman on the line of scrimmage, and y ...

Pass Protection: Training - Malcolm Robinson (length=1146)
Coach: Agree & disagree with fish here. We use a wedge-like protection with backside TE staying in and FB blocking playside (call side ...

Passing Game - Ed Wiggins (length=2249)
If it ain't broke don't fix it! But I understand your desire to improve. I'm a single wing coach so I don't pass much but I do have two very ...

Personnel for Wing T vs. DW - Coach Wade (length=1815)
VGC; Well, I can't really diagram it here, but I can describe it, although at first glance, you'll probably think I'm crazy; that this pla ...

Pitch - Malcolm Robinson (length=2710)
Maax: Earlier tonight I posted here on the pitch question, but cannot now locate it. Anyway, I include a portion of an article on optio ...

Preparing to play against 5/2 - my second response - Coach Reece (length=1127)
Dum Coach ,In this area for football they do come up the" a" gaps like that. You see I forgot to tell you this was the first year for alo ...

Pulling G versus T for DC and group - Dum Coach (length=2780)
It's pretty rare to have both pulling tackles and guards on the same team. DW teams do it because the pulling tackle only has to cover 3 yar ...

QB Practice / Scrimmage contact - BucsCoach (length=2716)
Hope all the great coaches here can give me some input/support/correction with a situation I am having. We just moved to a new area last sea ...

QB with no Ooomph - dsqa (length=6805)
Hey Coach I have read this thread with some interest and would like to offer some thoughts for your evaluation of your QBs mechanics. The ...

Question concerning beating double teams - Coach S (length=1228)
In The 5-3 He has OLB Help, The coach can give the containment responsibility to either player. So here's both senerio's He is DBLTM ...

Question for Coach Greg - Coach Steve (length=1063)
Coach I was wondering what you thought or if you could give me any insight on the DW. We have been coaching as a staff for 6 years and we r ...

Question for DC on PLayer Cue s and other - Dum Coach (length=4193)
"The TE has the following rule: On “Sweep” block down on right guard’s man. But if you look at Left 16 Sweep it's a reach and other sw ...

Question for Dum Coach - Dum Coach (length=12274)
Here's what I see you running: O O O 0 O O O O O O ...

Running Back Drills - Mark Harner (length=1246)
I will run one back with the quarterback and the center. The running lanes (holes) will be painted on the grass to the left and right of the ...

Should we toss the - Wes (length=1217)
The way I understand it, and this is by word of mouth through the commissioner of a town in our league I work with, you must have a two ...

Single Wing - Woo Hoo!!! - Coach SB (length=1111)
Hey Guys, I don't post here alot but I certainly read here alot. I am an assistant coach (o-line/special teams) for a Jr. Pee Wee team. ...

Single Wing - Woo Hoo!!! - Coach SB (length=1094)
Hey Guys, I don't post here alot but I certainly read here alot. I am an assistant coach (o-line/special teams) for a Jr. Pee Wee team. Th ...

Single Wing Offense - Ed Wiggins (length=1477)
I ran the single wing with great success in 1996 in the 10 to 12 age group. I disagree with the comment that you need pulling linemen. I hav ...

Split 6 - Dum Coach (length=6263)
Both Archer and Coach B are right. Archer is correct when he describes the play as taking the quickest, shortest distance to the goal line ...

Split Veer - Wes (length=2963)
DC, Actually I do have King Kong at Center. The absolute stud of the draft, IMO, is now on our team. I told the Head Coach I would ...

Spread offense - Coach K (length=5095)
Coach Wade, Your comments are most interesting and, in general, I am in violent agreement. I'd like to share an experience and get some ...

Thanks, also the laces - Dum Coach (length=2433)
This is a repost for the Knowledge Base. When I hear you stating concerns about ball exchanges, it suggests to me that there is a collision ...

The DC Wing T Fullback - Dum Coach (length=7011)
While we call football a game, the game is presently based upon the military strategies developed by the Germans in WWII for use against the ...

The Dive - Dum Coach (length=2701)
The Dive differs from the Quick Hit in that it is a slower developing play. It is usually performed with the runner four steps back from the ...

The Quick Hit - Dum Coach (length=5817)
Occassionally, I get asked why my HB is set ahead of the FB in my wing T playbook. The answer I give, of course, is so that he can run the " ...

The Sweep - Proud Papa (length=1313)
Wouldn't blitzing a corner on a sweep just put him totally out of position given the angle? I am not a coach but given the angle of a blitz ...

The - caz (length=2864)
DC, I may be setting myself up for criticism here but I will give it a shot. Seems to me that 36 Toss with SAB would be best against the 5- ...

To those who wanted my offense... - Malcolm Robinson (length=2403)
Derek: Climb off that high horse for a moment. Remember that the vast majority of youth football coaches in this country are around at mo ...

Trap/Cut - Coach Wade (length=1707)
FZ; Both of those six year old teams I've mentioned run the FB Cut straight from Vallotton's book. Like FZ and D C mentioned, it comes dow ...

Veer & Wing - Gilbert (length=1465)
Great, If they are picking it up quickly. BASICS and REPITITION are the key. I also have my pass plays from the veer. 1) What s ...

Veer Blocking - Malcolm Robinson (length=1720)
Fish: There are two ways that the mid-line is run. The QB can pull from the FB and hit (or "duck") into the LOS in the general area of th ...

Waggle of rocket sweep - Malcolm Robinson (length=1325)
Yes, I have. I love it. However, it takes a good fake by both QB & motioning sweep back. QB must get both depth & width after the full und ...

Wedge offense prototype with moving pivot - Dum Coach (length=3720)
"DC, My lineman are way behind. The coach the had never taught any progressions. Last year when I got them I didn't know much about ...

What do you look for in your Fullback or Tight End? - Dum Coach (length=10009)
JB and I run the same offense and so look for many of the same characteristics. But usually how fast he carries his weight is near the top o ...

Wing T alignment - Dum Coach (length=2306)
"I have noticed in some (not all) Wing T formation diagrams that the halfback is lined up closer to the L O S than the fullback. What ...

Wing T - Dum Coach (length=5789)
You probably notice a lot of Wing T discussion on this board because I'm here a lot. But this is not actually a "wing T message board". I ...

Wing t installation - Dum Coach (length=6498)
I basically "reverse engineered" the Delaware Wing T and Army's 1947-48 "T" office to produce a youth friendly offense that works on the sam ...

Wing-T or Single Wing and why? - Dum Coach (length=1358)
Generally, you select an offense no one else is running in your league and go with that. In this case, no one's running either of your choic ...

Wing-T vs. Deleware Wing-T - Dum Coach (length=4055)
Yes. The "T", the "I", the wishbone, and the wing T all require a beast at FB. When you hand the ball to the FB in the wing T he has to get ...

Youth Passing Game - Dum Coach (length=4761)
A good passing game usually requires you have more than one kid that can catch. Otherwise, the defense simply assigns their one kid that can ...

Youth Passing Game - Malcolm Robinson (length=1646)
Coach: What Clark says is good, but it overlooks a thing or two. The worst type of passing attack for a youth team is a drop back pass. ...

Youth Passing Game - Malcolm Robinson (length=1249)
Yes. Terminology differs, but most wing-t coaches refer to a "keep pass" as a boot to the same side as the fake is made. IOW, if in your 100 ...

a "TOSS" question - Dum Coach (length=4200)
The FB has the DE on his own with no help. At the youth level this is not a very difficult block once the FB learns his route. The WB has a ...

best play in youth football(pulling line man) - td (length=2311)
I have been coaching youth football for 15 years.All of these years I that I have been coaching I have not had any of my kids on my te ...

counting blocking - Calande - Malcolm Robinson (length=1423)
Obviously, coaches have been looking for the 'holy grail' of blocking rules since Pop Warner was an infant. We all want one simple scheme, r ...

double wing wedge - Dum Coach (length=1391)
How do you stop a wedge? I just asked that over at the DW forum a month ago and got no answer. However, in practice, I've always had trouble ...

interesting stuff from option central... - Dum Coach (length=3703)
I teach three different blocks (Actually 5). I use the shoulder block for a down block for the extra power as well as the increased surface ...

offense scheme - Coach Wade (length=6207)
Coach Wannabe; Thanks for the compliments. Those kids deserve every honor I can give them. They really busted their butts for me, and for ...

play sequence - Dum Coach (length=1505)
I use a play chart that looks like this: Play 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Wedge ...

single wing - Coach Rusty (length=1118)
Coach Wade, Just a side note: The college coach was Keith Piper from Denison University in Ohio. He was the last college coach to ru ...

teaching the long snap? - Malcolm Robinsoon (length=3919)
This is a skill that can be taught - taught to some people - like a lot of skills. but some will learn it with work, and others never will.< ...

using the GAM against superstud - cazsr (length=1251)
re. the idea of WB getting the DE, the problem is the DE is getting to sweep spot, but then if S is blocked down by the TE who is the best b ...

what is your opinion on the Wing-T offense? - Dum Coach (length=5487)
"How many push-ups should I start with? Stop the very moment you feel "poor form". This is about 3 pushups short of max. You want y ...

wishbone - Malcolm Robinson (length=5686)
Derek: Funny you shoud ask. I wrote an article that was published in Scholastic Coach magazine in the middle 80s about the dive read in t ...

youth offense - Coach Wade (length=2525)
Dino; In all honesty, I think the Single Wing is one of the absolute best offenses you could run at the youth level. It has power and misd ...