Tackle Over
I am a formation junkie! I love being able to come up with new and exotic formations that coaches are not used to seeing. I usually like to bring in 10 to 14 different formations into a single game. The reason for this is I want to run our "Identity" plays as many way as possible. One of the toughest things to do is to run an unbalanced formation and still run your best plays. If I create a formation and cannot run one of our "Identity" plays we throw it out. I am going to share a few of our unbalanced sets and some concepts that we have had a lot of success with the last few years.
I get asked how we run our Spartan Spread No-Huddle with unbalanced formations. One of my favorite things to do is to use a variety of tempos to get into our unbalanced sets. We can go fast in our NASCAR tempo or Sugar huddle so that the defense doesn't have time to adjust and align properly. Other times we want to let the defense align and adjust so we can check with me and run one of our counter plays. We will signal in our formations with a picture board or a single hand signals. You can find out more about that on our Spartan Spread No-Huddle website.
I get asked how we run our Spartan Spread No-Huddle with unbalanced formations. One of my favorite things to do is to use a variety of tempos to get into our unbalanced sets. We can go fast in our NASCAR tempo or Sugar huddle so that the defense doesn't have time to adjust and align properly. Other times we want to let the defense align and adjust so we can check with me and run one of our counter plays. We will signal in our formations with a picture board or a single hand signals. You can find out more about that on our Spartan Spread No-Huddle website.
Outside Zone/Stick
Tackle over is a great set because you force the defense to make a decision on whether they want to commit to stopping the run or the pass. With one of our "identity" plays being Outside Zone Y-stick, Tackle Over was a perfect fit. Our staff loves the fact that the defense needs to play with at least 3 defenders to the 3 receiver side taking away a linebacker or a safety from the run game. On the tackle over side we can block outside zone like we have a TE. The beautiful thing for our offensive line is none of the rules changed. They all zone step for the first defender to their outside shoulder. The defensive end is the read and if he sits and doesn't chase the running back, then the quarterback will give the ball to the running back on the outside zone. If the read defensive end chase hard down the line of scrimmage then the quarterback will pull the ball, and begin to move up field and read the overhang defender. If the overhang defender chases the speed out then the quarterback will throw the hitch route ran by the number 3 receiver. If all receivers are covered the quarterback will hold the ball and pick up what he can with his feet.
Quick Pitch
One of our counter plays is the quick pitch. If we see that the defense is overplaying our outside zone we will run a quick pitch away from the tackle over. The toughest block is for the guard to hook the defensive end to the play side. If he struggles with this you can have the TE chip the DE before he climbs to the inside linebacker. The number one receiver can climb to the safety, or block the corner depending on what coverage the defense is in. This play was a great addition when we got into the state playoffs and teams start breaking down as much film as they can on you.
Down below are the images of the next three formations that I will be talking about. I am planning to release this over the next 4 weeks. If you have any questions please leave them in the comment box. If you are interested in more things that I run please feel free to check out my resource page.
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