Power Running

Game Out of the

Spread Offense

By: Bruce Miller, Head Football Coach

Gainesville High School
Where we got our information

 Gus Malzahn – Offensive Coordinator at

Auburn
 Herb Hand – Offensive Coordinator at Tulsa
 Tony Franklin – New Offensive Coordinator at
Louisiana Tech
 Offensive Staff at Gainesville

 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

 We work on different runs each day of the

Week.
 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 ?

 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

 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
 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
 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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x Y

H Z
Stack Power w/ Q
Utah Motion vs.
Even F
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Z
F H
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Split Power vs. Even

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H Z
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Power vs. Odd F

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H Z
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Power vs. Odd Stack F

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H Z
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Stack Power vs.
Field Blitz F
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H Z
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Power Option
F
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3. H Z
Q
1. Flat (3-5 yds)
2. Y Drag (10 yds), F
3. Run Power Boot
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x Y

H Z
Q
Seminole F
Read Safety on Post; if safety comes up throw post;
if he drops throw dig to unders
Counter
 Rules are the same for Power
 Only thing different is that the H back and the
Guard exchange responsibilities
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H Z
Q

F
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H Z
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Counter Pass
F Same read as Seminole
 Conclusion

 The Power and  The things that a

Counter gives us defense has to do to
something else to use prepare to play us
vs. Defenses  Screens
 Quick Passing Game
 Deep Passes
 Run Game( Options)
 Trick Plays
What Coaching means to me

 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

 Bruce Miller
 Head Coach, Gainesville High School
 Bruce.miller@gcssk12.net
 770-287-2039