Transcript Power Running Game out of the Spread Offense

Power Running
Game Out of the
Spread Offense
By: Bruce Miller, Head Football Coach
Gainesville High School
Where we got our information
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Gus Malzahn – Offensive Coordinator at
Auburn
Herb Hand – Offensive Coordinator at Tulsa
Tony Franklin – New Offensive Coordinator at
Louisiana Tech
Offensive Staff at Gainesville
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Quarterbacks – Myself
Outside Receivers – Tyler Perry (X and Z)
John Kemp and Lyn Marsh – Offensive Line
Michael Perry – Running Backs (H and F) we do
this to cross train both backs .
Matt Shirley - Y Receiver
The Way We Organize Our Run Game
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We work on different runs each day of the
Week.
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Monday – Inside Zone and Outside Zone
Tuesday – Gap schemes Power/Counter
Wednesday – QB Sweep/Lead Option and
any other runs that we have not worked on for
the week.
Thursday – Review
Why the Power and Counter ?
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Looking for a way to attack defenses down
hill from the Spread Offense. It builds power
into our Offense. Be Physical!!!
Great Play Action possibilities!
Let Defenses know that we will use 2 backs
and come at you.
Set up a lot of options off of it.
It makes defenses keep people in the box.
Counter and Power
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If you play to stop the power you give us the
Counter but both of them use a gap scheme
We run power option when the DE is wrong
arming or really crashing hard on the back.
We try to keep things simple for Linemen (
Zone, Gap, Lead Option) and then Pass and
Screen Blocking
Power Blocking Rules
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PST -- B gap to #2 backer
PSG – A gap to #2 backer
C – Block Back
BSG – Pull for Front side LB ( keep shoulders
square towards LOS )
BST – Step and Hinge ( no run throughs in B
gap!!! )
H back – block C gap
RB Alignment and Assignments
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F is 7 yards deep with his inside foot on the
outside foot of guard ; takes off hugging
double team ; square shoulder entry is a
must!
H is an arm length off OT; H’s outside foot is
aligned on the OT’s Inside foot; H has C Gap
not a man!!
H’s blocking assignment discussed later vs.
field blitz call
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Stack Power w/ Q
Utah Motion vs.
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Split Power vs. Even
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Power vs. Odd
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Power vs. Odd Stack
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Stack Power vs.
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Power Option
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1. Flat (3-5 yds)
2. Y Drag (10 yds),
3. Run
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Power Boot
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Seminole
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Read Safety on Post; if safety comes up throw post;
if he drops throw dig to unders
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Rules are the same for Power
Only thing different is that the H back and the
Guard exchange responsibilities
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Counter Pass
Same read as Seminole
Conclusion
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The Power and
Counter gives us
something else to use
vs. Defenses
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The things that a
defense has to do to
prepare to play us
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Screens
Quick Passing Game
Deep Passes
Run Game( Options)
Trick Plays
What Coaching means to me
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Coaching to me is a Mission Field that God
has put me in. I hope and want to make a
difference in each person’s life I touch.
A person does not care how much you know
until you show them how much you care!
Develop a Philosophy of why you coach and
work at that each day.
Galatians (6:9) “Let us not grow weary in
doing good, for at the proper time we will
reap a harvest if we do not give up.
The Builder
I saw a group of men in my hometown
I saw a group of men tearing a building down,
With a heave and a ho and a mighty yell,
They swung a beam and the sidewalk fell.
And I said to the foreman, “Are these men skilled,
The type you’d hire if you wanted to build?”
And he laughed and said, “Why, no indeed,”
He said, “Common labor’s all I need,
For I can tear down in a day or two
What it took a builder ten years to do.”
And I thought to myself as I walked away,
“Which of these roles am I going to play?
Am I the type that constantly tears down
As I make my way, foolishly around?
Or am I the type that’s trying to build with care,
In hopes that my organization’ll be glad I was
there?”
Contact Info
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Bruce Miller
Head Coach, Gainesville High School
[email protected]
770-287-2039