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John Torres, Head Coach, Santa Clarita (CA) Wildcats, AFM subscriber since 1998.

We would immediately go into an attack mode. We run the Double Wing-T so there is no doubt that the opposing team has scouted and prepared for us to run our base power plays, a wedge or toss. With that in mind, misdirection plays this close to the goal line work extremely well. We would run what we call Tight Rip 47 C Criss Cross.

Our A back/left wing would go in short motion. At the snap of the ball the quarterback would turn to the motion side, but as he is turning, hide the ball by seating it to his stomach. The A back will continue by faking as he gets the ball. The quarterback will make a 180 degree turn and hand the ball off to the A back. The quarterback then rolls away to playside, faking a bootleg. The A back will take the ball like he is holding a ‘platter’ but does not grab the ball. The A back then hands off to the C back/right wing on the inside. The C back will take the inside hand off and aim for the 7 hole. The playside tight end will double team with the tackle to block down on the defensive end. The playside guard will base block the defensive tackle. The center will down block on the defensive tackle. The backside guard pulls and will kickout the force player or Will linebacker. The backside tackle pulls and blocks the cornerback. The fullback will fill the 4 hole or the void left by the pulling lineman. The C back will insure that he does not cut back in towards the linebackers. He also will make sure that he puts his non-ball hand on the back of the pulling tackle to insure he has an escort as he makes his way into the end zone.

Tight Rip 47 C Criss Cross


Joey Sulkowski, Assistant Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator, Greensboro College (NC). AFM subscriber since 2004.

In this specific situation I find it a perfect time to be aggressive. Our defense came up with a big stop and then had a huge play out of our special teams with the blocked punt. In my play calling I would have to say that I have the tendency to open drives as well as games with our bread and butter play which is the ‘power’ play. Offensively we average over four yards on every power play. In this particular situation I feel it is a great time to be aggressive with our play action power pass. Because this is a pass and we are in a critical location on the field we would not pull the guard as we would on the normal power play.Versus the 4-3 our offensive line has a very easy blocking scheme by just gapping down. The play suits us better by taking advantage of the strength of our offensive line. Since this is the right side, our play will be run to the right side of the defense. The left tackle is responsible for any edge pressure, while the left guard and center are dual blocking and are responsible for the nose back to the Will linebacker. Finally, the right guard and right tackle are responsible for the three technique back to the Mike linebacker. The offensive line will utilize our turn back style pass block with a hinging motion and then gather to deliver a blow to the defense.

The quarterback has a tough job on this play. He will start by reversing out and opening up to six o’clock and driving back to the hand off point and faking the hand off underneath to the tailback. After the quarterback makes his fake he must get his eyes to his progression. The quarterback’s read is normally the box defender (Sam linebacker) but due to the Cover 2, the read now becomes the corner. The play now turns into a three level read for the quarterback. If the corner drops, the quarterback will dump the ball to the fullback in the flat. The second scenario is having the cornerback drive on the arrow route which would put the ball to either the pivot route or corner route, in which the strong safety will determine if the tight end keeps his route high or breaks it off flat.

Versus the current situation, we anticipate the ball going to the wingback with him catching the ball near the goal line, hopefully for the touchdown. He can afford to take his route a little deeper since the ball is located on the seven-yard line. Sudden change provides a great situation to become aggressive. The player assignments and play diagram for the 'Wing T Power Pass':

LT: Responsible for edge pressure.
LG: Responsible for the nose to the Will linebacker.
RG/RT: Responsible for the tackle to the Mike linebacker.
Y: Runs a corner route breaking at ten-twelve yards towards the back pylon.
W: Runs a six-yard choice route. He pushes to the near linebacker, reverse pivots, and works to the open area.
F: Pushes to the EMOL as if he were going to kick him out and then slips into the flat.
T: He slides and gathers playside and fakes a power hand off. He carries out the fake and handles any edge pressure frontside.
X: He runs a deep chaser route to occupy the free safety.
QB: He opens weak at six o'clock and drives to the hand off point. He then fakes the power hand off and immediately sets his eyes to the corner to pass.

Wing T Power Pass





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