Introduction:
One of the things I love about this blog is that I get to pick a couple of topics and research them. The challenge is always trying to find enough good video share. In this weeks post I am going to share a few thoughts that I have on Gap Schemes. I was very lucky to find some great schemes that I had in my HUDL RPO LIBRARY. The film clips that I am sharing with you are just a few of the 1,500 that are in the RPO Library.
Concepts Breaking Down:
-Buck Sweep (part 1)
-Power (part 2)
-Trap (part 3)
-King (part 4)
Concepts Breaking Down:
-Buck Sweep (part 1)
-Power (part 2)
-Trap (part 3)
-King (part 4)
Advantage Boundary
If you have followed me for awhile you know there are two things that I love; Out number the defense in the boundary, and unbalanced formation. I will share a few of these with you. On Twitter there has been a lot of RPO chat on taking the low hanging fruit on the single receiver side. On issue I have is I don't always want to make that throw in the boundary. The reason I started running the spread offense in 2005 was so I could get my athletes in space. I want to use my run game into the boundary early, so that I can get my best athlete one on one to the wide side of the field later in the game.
Buck Sweep Boundary
The first two clips I am breaking down are Buck Sweep runs into the boundary. Clip-1 is a 3x1 set in the boundary using motion, and Clip-2 is a 3x1 closed set into the boundary. If you look a Clip-1 you will see that the defense is playing 3 defenders on 1 offensive player to the field. As an offensive coordinator you need to take advantage of this and make the defense pay. Once they start adjusting by adding defenders into the boundary then you can attack the field. Be patient big plays will come.
CLIP-1
CLIP-2
Buck Sweep RPOs
Now that we have set up the defense and forced them to rotate defenders into the boundary we can now start to keep them off balanced by running our RPOs to the field side for some explosive plays. In Clip-3 you will see an offense take advantage of the single receiver side using the slant to defeat over rotation in cover 3 by the defense. Because there is a single safety I would like to see the single receiver adjust to a skinny post instead of a slant. In Clip-4 you see the offense will run Buck Sweep "Pop". This is great play call because the defense has over rotated into the boundary and is playing press man to man.
CLIP-3
CLIP-4
Conclusion
Using these simple concepts can pay off huge rewards in the course of a football game. Using tempo and multiple formations will continue to force the defense to miss-align. Using simple box count rules, and taking advantage of one on one opportunities will help ensure that you will get more bang for your RPOs.
Next Blog: Using Power/RPOs
This is just a few of the 1,500 plus clips you will find in my RPO Hudl Library. If you would like to see or learn more click the button below.
Next Blog: Using Power/RPOs
This is just a few of the 1,500 plus clips you will find in my RPO Hudl Library. If you would like to see or learn more click the button below.