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Historical Perspective of the Single Wing Offense

by: John Becker
Football Coach
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Historical Perspective of the Single Wing Offense

By John Becker, Football Coach

Often times we think that a new offensive formation or scheme is innovative and has never been seen before.� As a young man in the 1970�s, my father would often recount stories of his 1948 undefeated and untied (untied was very important) mythical state championship team in Marshalltown, Iowa.� He would tell my brother and me about this strange offense where the center had to be especially skilled as a long snapper because he had to lead the running back to the play-side when snapping the ball directly to him.�� My father played weak-side guard in an unbalanced line.� I always thought this offensive scheme to be outdated and would never work with modern athletes.� However, the use of the single wing offense in recent years has chan....The full article can only be seen by subscribers.
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