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Adapting The Offensive Attack To Your Quarterback
Adapting The Offensive Attack To Your Quarterback
own team. In order to insure lack of confu- mal complement of I plays. We get
sion and to be sure we are within the 25 extremely multiple with our passing game.
second clock, we signal the formation and We plan to throw the ball to help set up the With a quarterback who can run, naked,
send in the play. The quarterback has the run. We want offensive balance but won’t quarterback draw, hard sprint and option
formation in mind by the time the play be pigheaded if it isn’t there. We aren’t are important in our attack.
arrives. good enough to get in one formation and With a non-running quarterback, more
Once we have mastered in our minds knock people off the line of scrimmage. emphasis is on drop-back, shot-gun, and
the formation and motion concepts, we Also, we believe we can recruit people to play-action pass.
then look carefully at what our quarter- throw and catch the football because size I honestly don’t think you can win at our
back can do. The basic offense stays the is not a prerequisite. level unless your quarterback can escape
same but the emphasis changes from One very important concept that has or take the 18 side step to bide time versus
quarterback to quarterback. We would helped us this year is our “Naked” concept. a good pass rush.
look the same but there would be signifi- This plan illustrates how we adapt our I sincerely hope that some of these
cant differences depending on who our attack to our quick, little quarterback. ideas can help you as you plan your
quarterback is. Our offensive line coach, Mike Maser, offense. If I were coaching any level, I
We are basically an I team with the nor- loves this play because his line can’t make would use the same concepts.
Avoid Teaching
Blind-Side Blocking
Below The Waist
Even though blind-side and peel-back blocks are legal near or behind the neutral zone in
certain instances, the AFCA Ethics Committee reminds the membership that teaching play-
ers to block below the waist in those instances is ethically improper and should be avoided
because of the high possibility of serious injury.
The Football Code states: “Teaching or condoning intentional roughing, including blind-side
blocking an opponent below the waist anywhere on the field, is indefensible.”