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| Emmus C
February 21, 2020
9:30:44 PM
Entry #: 4284759
| Here we can discuss all aspects of the Double Wing Offense.
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| Emmus C
February 22, 2020
7:00:10 PM
Entry #: 4284766
| PART ONE
Since 2006 I have been absolutely in love with the double wing offense. Its what I know, Its what I love, Its what I do!
Why? What is it that makes me so passionate ( obsessed) about a silly looking formation that has no line splits, a hidden sniffer of a fullback and a pair of wingbacks and a blocking quarterback? What is it about this offense, so unusual and different that it will NEVER be seen on Monday Night football?
Some say there is no such thing as a "Magic Bullet" offense. That may or may not be the case FOR THEM, however FOR ME personally, I do strongly believe that the Double Wing offense gives me the best chance to win games.
I love smashmouth power football, a meat grinder of an offense that presents an attitude, swagger and never say die approach to running the football.
What I like about the double wing offense can be explained by first examining the formation itself.
I love the 10 gaps that we give the defense to defend. I love the threat of four immediate receivers and something I really like is BALANCE and that balance includes TWO FLANKS. The two flanks (two wings) and complete balance is what separates the double wing from the single wing and creates my passion for the double wing offense. I love single wing football however the double wing has that balance and the extra flank giving it the final nod when it comes to my personal choice of a favorite offense.
Another thing I really like about the double wing is the team approach, its not the quarterback and 10 other guys, nor is it a tailback and 10 other guys...its a true 11 man TEAM offense where everyone has a big role and every player is important to our success.
I feel strongly that this offensive package more than any other can be executed by very average athletes because its got more to do with the sum of the players than individual talent. I love the fact that we can put four runners, 4 blockers, 4 fakers and even 4 passers in the offense. I love the fact that I dont have to deal with the NFL ego types that play wide receiver. I enjoy seeing unselfish players win championships!
I really like the playbook I have put together as well. I have a very strong, well conceived rushing attack that can attack any of 10 gaps with brute force, great angles and superior numbers. I love the fact that I can get there "first with the most" and i can get there with "ankle breaking" misdirection and deception. "Trickeration" isnt gimmicky or grab bagging in my offense, its built right into my core tool box of plays.
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| Emmus C
February 23, 2020
5:23:55 PM
Entry #: 4284776
| PART 2
...Back to the playbook or "Tool box" as I like to refer to it ...Its imporatant to actually be able to execute the plays in the playbook! I personally feel that too many guys rely on clinic speak and rely too much on what LSU and the Colts do when they design their own playbooks. I dont recruit or coach Division I athletes and I dont get to draft and trade like the Colts. I design my offense according to what I really believe high school and youth players can do! I design it knowing full well what youth and high school players can be expected to defend as well.
Now, I know that my double wing system is different from some of the others, That is simply because any coach that designs an offense will put his own spin on things. Its an art form every bit as much as it is a science. Our own personal "taste" and playing and coaching experience shape our vision for our offense. My offense hasnt changed "much" since 2006 however I would say that in the last three years that I am more open to a few things that were not in my original 2006 system. I have expanded my study in pass protection, the spread offense passing game and put a much greater emphasis on using "log" tag and/or option off of the counter play to put defenses in a bind (particularly at the high school level)- I am also now a much bigger fan of the screen game then I was back in the early part of the decade. One thing I have never lost sight of is the concept of STICKING TO THE CORE and always remembering that the players knowledge and ability to carry the tools (execute the plays) is what is most important- way more important than having a huge playbook !!!
now, that said...
Its great to know that every time I design a play that I am actually designing TWO PLAYS if we choose to run it to both sides of our balanced formation! That ability to attack each side of the defense, forcing them to balance up is really a huge part of what I love about the basic double tight double wing set.
Its great knowing too that when I draw a block I know full well that my kids can ACTUALLY MAKE THAT BLOCK because my splits are not wide and the defense is already aware of how difficult it is to blitz our set successfully.
speaking of the line splits... I take advantage of the defense being bunched and maximize their frustration with our cramped formation! I think the absense of line splits is a HUGE ADVANTAGE for the offense when it comes to preventing penetration, sealing the line of scrimmage therfore trapping backers and blitzers. I also find it to be a huge advantage for the offense in that our pulls are so short even if the linebackers successfully "READ THE GUARDS" they are walled off so much faster than if it was a long pull for our linemen. Lets not forget that every play we run we can more than likely get a double team SOMEWHERE due to those tight splits! What I find is that teams are going away from loading the line of scrimmage (primarily due to being sealed off so fast on the powers or burnt so bad on traps) and going to more 4 man lines...this only facilitates our ability to create more double teams. We can often get our "double double" on the playside when we run our powers vs a "fourty" front. The double teams are a great equalizer for us, if our kids are not overpowering drive blockers, big strong and bad...then the double teams give us two average kids against their player creating one super block at the point of attack! This of course is the very reason the GOOD GOD blocking system was conceived. I simply wanted to ensure that I would get that desired double team at the point of attack and secondly I wanted to be sure that I could pin point WHO was in the double team as well as WHO we were double teaming and trapping! The system wasnt developed in a matter of hours but in a matter of years!!! In 2006 I used the GOOD rule only on counters...then over time and with some adjustments I finally decided to change my hole numbering system to allow the complete GOOD GOD SYSTEM to take form in 2008. Since that time I think my double wing system and playbook has really gone to another level. I am even more passionate about it today than i was in 2006 when I shared it with the world.
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| Emmus C
February 24, 2020
12:22:29 PM
Entry #: 4284788
| PART 3
...In the future at the high school level I can see the use of four different types of motion..
ray and lee, that quick two step arc motion
rocket and lazer- the one step flat sprint motion to set up the split flow series
roar and loud- orbit motion for orbit sweeps(Mensing is talking me into it) and puts us in trips!
bruiser and blister- to help the fb and qb run game
but for now I am convinced that the core full flow and split flow plays are perfect!
I feel strongly that the double wing offense can put all eleven defenders in conflict like no other offense. I am sure the spread guys, the wing t guys, the option guys and the multiple I guys or west coast guys or run and shoot or air raid guys, power t, single wing guys etc all say that same thing. I would like to give some examples of how I can put guys in conflict very quicky with just my full flow muscle plays and my split flow series. I really feel that this is a complete attack that any high school can master and certainly many youth teams that have good coaching.
lets examine for a moment the full flow plays of the double wing versus a 6-1 cover two defense. (some might refer to it as a 63).
The defense shown has defensive guards aligned head up on our guards, perhaps they sltant to motion, pinch or even cross some downs. perhaps sometimes they go to the b gaps with the mike attacking the center. No matter, they are aligned head up on our guards in "2 techs". The defensive tackles are aligned from loose 5 techs to 7 techs or in the C gaps (you really cant expect youth and high schoolers to align in the exact spot every down even when they are instructed to!) - the defensive ends are aligned on the outside shoulder of our tightends initially but My guess is that before we are done here they will be outside or head up on our wings. Lets just say they are going to vary their alignment depending on the assignment (contain vs squeeze and spill for example), the corners are 2 yards outside of our wings and playing the flats and will also be in contain unless stunting. They may vary their depth from on the los to 5 yards off the ball, we expect that. The safety on each side aligns roughly over the tes 8 yards deep up to 12 yards deep depending on down and distance. The mike backer typically aligns 3-4 yards off the ball over the center and will stunt to motion or blitz the A gaps or simply scrape and flow. We will put him in a bind just like any other player.
We will start our assault on this defense (like any other) with an attack off tackle running our "Lee 34 Power" and "Ray 25 Power" plays.
The power off tackle play of our double wing attack brings more punch than any other offense known. We are going to get a double team on the inside edge, a great kickout on the defensive end and a seal block on the mike backer- and then three lead blockers thru the hole to either side. The single wing offense simply cant do it that way with the same kind of conflict for the defense because it has only one wing. The single wing is poetry in motion, our offense is ROCK AND ROLL in motion! Ill take rock and roll over poetry any day. :) No offense to my single wing brothers but lets face it, the ability to threaten the defense with this play, the hub of the offense is a real selling point of the double wing. The "riding the wave" image of our wings catching the toss and being led thru the off tackle power alley by those three lead blockers (backside guard, tackle and QUARTERBACK) is artwork in action for sure.
So, right away, we have the defense seeing quick two step motion...right, then right again, left and back to the right, left again, and again...over and over again, ...4 yards, 8 yards, 8 more...2, then 6 then 19...they cant stop the bleeding. The defense begins to cheat...the defensive tackle is being hammered and driven into the Mike backers path every time. The tackle becomes weary and tired of being on skates ...he puts his head down and begins to fight and claw and scratch the earth to hold his ground...The coaching staff and defensive captains are yelling at the defensive tackles (who yell back out of frustration over being cut blocked or double teamed repeatedly) and defensive ends for allowing the gashing of the defense at the C gap. The safety on each sides begin to chase motion like a kitten chases string and they begin to crash the c gap when it comes to them...The defensive end, tired of having his ribs bruised and battered will begin to hesitate at the line of scrimmage...the defensive guards, completely out of the action begin to play lighter on their hands hoping to stand up more quickly and pursue with more effect...
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| Emmus C
March 1, 2020
11:19:40 PM
Entry #: 4286871
| Part 4
We have created conflict without even running anything other than the powers left and right. The quick motion is what I call an "alarm" for the linebackers, corners and safeties...they see the motion and without a doubt that "holy crap here it comes again!" alarm goes off in their heads. The younger the kids, the more likely that they have NO CHANCE of shutting off that alarm and they will be reacting to it faster and with more wreckless abandon.
the kids mean well, afterall they simply want to please their coaches and show that they have heart and guts. In the end, we will use this against them. Lets explore just one way to take advantage of the conflict caused by the repeated pounding, embarassing butt kicking from the off tackle toss power plays. The trap...Uh oh, that same defensive tackle who is being screamed at by his coaches and teammates for being driven into the secondary is fighting harder than ever to hold his ground and split the double team (just as he is coached to do!) Suddenly we exploit that effort and use it against him. These tackles might be Hercules out there and really are able to hold their ground versus a double team...but can they do that and also react quickly enough to squeeze the trap? We are going to find out. My focus remains on the off tackle area on the playside. lets just say that we are running "Ray 42 quick trap" now and what that does to this defense is a) puts a double team on the defensive guard that started to play light on his hands so he could chase the powers b) fakes the double team and traps the hard charding studly defensive tackle...worse, allows him to use his own low hard charge to fall flat on his face in our backfield as we run right under him where he once was. c) continues to stimulate that alarm but muddy the picture for the backer and safety and defensive end and corner. yes, here it comes again but not to the same spot! Now the fast flow is too fast and can lead to the safety and linebacker running right by the ball carrier. The way the system traps are designed allows us to attack the CORNER with the trapping guard if the dt falls on his face. We teach that READ for our pulling guard. he simply continues to the second level. In addition, we do the same thing with the pulling tackle. So, as I look at this defense, I am getting a double team on the dg, into mikes path, he cant come under or the guard simply plugs his path, he can try to go over but is rudely greeted by my playside tackle and tight end who are both blocking "FBI" as he is the first backer inside. the playside wing attacks BS and "blinds" the playside safety with a high block, momentarily causing him to lose sight of the ball. he in fact has no clue that it was EVER HANDED OFF to the hidden fullback...just like the backside safety whos "alarm" had him on his horse running to help stop the power toss play...I think this play scores early and often if we block it well. On the backside the center has an angle on the dg, the backside dt is once again frustrated with yet another cut block by our tightend. he is purely disgusted and asks to be replaced for a down. how can he be asked to charge hard and low to penetrate a double team and also be asked to be harshly cut down this way. He feels wasted and out of the defense altogther when we run traps and powers the other way. When he sees the motion quickly going away this sets up an alarm in his head "Ill just wait for the cut block then hop over it, or Ill just play light on my hands and pursue the play"...conflict is developing...that simply little motion and the use of the cut and double team have him frustrated early on.
The coaching staff didnt do a good job of preparing him or the other dt for the abuse they are taking. they simply didnt explain that "chasing the pullers" wasnt enough coaching to get it done this week and the scout offense certainly didnt cut or double team any where near the way our offense does. The enemy simply could not duplicate our attack. Not even the basic toss and trap.
Now, lets talk about the Mike backer for a moment. He is "learning" that our center will block back on the toss and traps. He is in fantastic position to read this block and can quickly pick up on the pulling guard and tackle. Here however is his delema. How far does he scrape? How fast? He might scrape hard and fast and have the fullback run the trap right up the gut where he vacated, he might scrape too slow and get a shoulder pad in his ribs from the wing on a power or the tackle on a trap. He simply must be protected by the 6 men up front or he is ineffective. We will further cloud the picture for him later with the false key provided by our playside center blocks on the sprint sweep and shock and awe sweep. At the high school level we might even toss in a "wrong way" pull by one of our guards. (not really my style but Im always entertained by it)...
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| Emmus C
March 9, 2020
4:52:16 AM
Entry #: 4287961
| Part 5
...already you can sense my confidence (its not arrogance, its confidence) in my offense. I am CONVINCED that I can block this or any other front with very average kids. What I need to do well is BE ANALITICAL when things dont go well. I need to quickly diagnose where the defense is being successful and find out what they are doing quickly. If I am sharp with my eyes and can tune out all of the random play call suggestions that the typical assistant throws out there ( "coach they got 9 in the box you gotta loosen em up") ("coach, we got to get outside") then I can make a decision to run the next play knowing exactly what I am trying to accomplish (other than score)- who are we putting into conflict and why? IF I am running anything other than my "lee 34 power" and "ray 25 power" plays then I had better have a darned good reason as to why! Why would I run anything less than my very best play at the defense??? Are they stopping it? if so, how?
I firmly believe this...and perhaps this will lead to me being the most hated online personality in the history of the internet...I firmly believe that this offense cannot be "stopped" when its coached correctly AND (dont forget this part) play calling is accurate based on what is happening on the field. I completely get that the offense can stop itself...ie fumbles, penalties, missed blocks, poor execution..thats true of any offense, any team, anywhere and any level.
What I am trying to say is that with roughly even talent (even if we are a bit slower) we should score on every posession. I feel that if we dont shoot ourselves in the foot we score. Sure, sometimes theres competing with the clock. That can be a problem. I have faced that many times in my coaching career, long drives...suddenly we are at the 25 yard line and theres only a minute and thirty on the clock...the attack has to change or we arent going to score. Not sure where to put that in the "getting stopped" file? Maybe I should say that I firmly believe that this offense can always move the chains.
Ill bet all coaches feel that way? I am not sure but I think that double wingers are just wired differently though when it comes down to play calling, clock management, and down and distance especially. For example, third and seven just means I only have to get 3.5 yards on each of my next two plays...not seven on my next. Know what I mean? I wake up in four down territory baby!
anyhow, back to the trap for a moment. Even our trap plays put a hurting on the defense. The fullback is a bull in a china shop with the big ol guard and tackle leading the way thru the alley now. hes got the advantage of deception too created by his hidden sniffer alignment and the assistance provided to him by that quick two step "alarming" motion.
now, to really drive a nail in the coffin we have added a bit of razzle dazzel to our trap play in that we teach and coach the fullback to PITCH THE BALL TO THE MOTION WING later on!! We teach it and I cant wait to see it actually happen. (Kids did it all of the time in practice but hang on to that ball like it was their baby in a game)...its about as crazy as I get with the football.
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