Chris before mike leach or dana holgorsen, there was john jenkins of runandshoot fame as maybe the original airitout southwest mad scientist other than dutch meyer of tcu, of course. For qb jake fromm, its about running ugas offense, not passing. This is a very quirky kind of grouping of plays in that it utilizes long and complicated passes and also short and simple runs. When a quarterback prepares for a football game, he wants to be able to read the defense look at a specific defensive alignment and instantly know which offense will or wont succeed against it. It is a hybrid offense consisting of formations and plays from various other schemes including the prostyle offense, spread offense, and. Uzomah and jay prosch were excellent blockers, but this is the kind of job that a jake butt or maxx williams could be counted on to execute while still spending most of his developmental energies on mastering route running. This devotional compliments our study on the bait of satan by giving us an excellent. Brown writes and edits smart football, which is dedicated to football analysis, strategy. The run and shoot offense also known as run n shoot is an offensive system for american football which emphasizes receiver motion and onthefly adjustments of receivers routes in response to different defenses. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The other modern run and shoot variation thats achieving success at the high school and college level is the triple shoot offense, which combines the run.
Now then, after that really long history lesson, let us finally delve into the plays and meat of the run and shoot offense. Examining nfl offensive philosophies buffalo rumblings. Nov 04, 2007 taking offense article today i received a devotional from life today called taking offense by randy robison. Sunday, november 4, 2007 taking offense article today i received a devotional from life today called taking offense by randy robison. In describing this package in his excellent book coaching run andshoot football al black says. Why you must commit to the flexbone offense part one it. Coach black does a great job explaining the run and shoot passing plays and the play action off of the veer fake. Dec 30, 2008 run and shoot is about a single back, slots and receivers that are freed up to adjust their patterns.
During each offensive play the receivers and the quarterback will. The future of the prostyle spread football study hall. The run and shoot go concept using te formations and a qb. The run and gun offense is a further evolved school of thought. Another name for the run and shoot offense, an offensive system in american football. The multiple offensive is an american football offensive scheme used by several teams in the national football league and college football. They use the same offense and defense as everyone else, or at least an accepted, popular offense and defense, because if they dont, and the one they use does not work, they will be highly criticized and probably fired. I know the coach and dont know shit about football.
But the majority of highschool football coaches are conformists. For qb jake fromm, its about running ugas offense, not. Call tells the sback to align 1 yard outside of the tackle and 1 yard off the football. Whats the difference between the run n shoot and the spread offense. Whats the difference between the run n shoot and the spread. Oct 04, 20 why you must commit to the flexbone offense part two it neutralizes your opponents defensive line flexbone association october 14, 20 the first part of this four part series took a look at why the systematic flexbone offense was system based, and why system based offenses should appeal to you, as well as what it would mean to. Everyone who seriously considers passing offense should study the run and shoot. The eagles as a defense had come to full fruition as a unit originally put together by buddy ryan and now run by defensive coordinator bud carson.
Coach al blacks excellent book, coaching runandshoot football harding press, 1991, details how he joined the powerful runandshoot offense of coach darrel mouse davis. One of the primary factors that helps a football coach decide what offense to run and what plays to call is how the defense sets up. Here at xs os football we want to take a look at a very popular offensive style. Why you must commit to the flexbone offense part one its. We have found, though, that just running the basic version of this is not enough to be successful. Based on the defense, the quarterback may hand off to a full back up the middle dive, hold on to the ball and run himself to either side of the field keep, or pitch the ball to a. In this video mouse davis explains the explosive run and shoot choice route along with special tags to the route. In high school, i would tell my friends i was grounded and couldnt go to parties because i wanted to stay home and watch june jones hawaii team sling the ball around. Coach al blacks excellent book, coaching run and shoot football harding press, 1991, details how he joined the powerful run and shoot offense of coach darrel mouse davis with a triple option attack. Whats the difference between the run n shoot and the. The passing revolution john jenkins and the run and shoot the roundup is examining the shift in offensive football by going back in time and through the lens of the revolution that occurred here in the state both at the high school and collegiate levels, starting with the dark ages of aerial assaults, the 1960s and moving into the modern. You throw long bombs to open up the running ability of the qb. The option offense is most frequently utilized in the high school and collegiate ranks. Here are some basic running plays used in all of football.
It was conceived by former high school coach glenn tiger ellison and refined and popularized by former portland state offensive coordinator mouse davis. Run and shoot series part 1 a simple approach to the. Spread offense simply opens the field by spreading the offensive line and adding more receivers. In fact, many teams run some form of zone read option play as a part of their offense. Tracing the history of the explosive run and shoot offense. John jenkins houston run and shoot tuesday, 12 july 2011, by. The ball control run n shoot is a short, conservative, ball control ran with run n. Teams also use a sugar huddle a huddle that is positioned 3 to 4 yards from the line of scrimmage, which allows the offense to run to the line when the quarterback spots the defense trying to. Its easier to be simple and emphasize execution of a few base concepts if you adapt them to spread formations and tempo and thats what prostyle spread teams aim for.
It was modified and popularized by mouse davis with portland state and in the usfl with the houston gamblers. All of the text in quotes was pulled from john jenkins 1985 qb manual. I am certainly pleased to add this to my collection. This is the source the only text available to most coaches that lays out the still revolutionary mouse davis run and shoot offense.
Because the run and shoot doesnt involve much running, if at all, most formations are out of the shotgun, or where the qb is 5 yards back, not under. You dont really see it much anymore in its traditional form, but run and shoot passing concepts are scattered throughout all levels of football. The go package is often the first passing concept installed by run and shoot teams and is the base on which the entire trips passing game is built off of. The characteristics of this offense match up with what the elite teams in college football have been running in recent years. It will stun the reader to find out that almost every modern offense directly stems from glenn tiger ellisons original run and shoot football book. The story of mouse davis and the run n shoot offense. Kirby smart on his offensive philosophy uga football and. Taking the option game to the next level with jerry campbell taking the option game to the next level is a manual dedicated to 287 pages on how to install multiple options from multiple formations. A terrific resource for understanding the run and shoot passing offense. This devotional compliments our study on the bait of satan by giving us an excellent, reallife example of how people often perceive that they are being offended when they really are not. He defied the football world by simply observing children playing football. The run and shoot offense was first developed in the 1960s by glenn tiger ellison from middletown, ohio. Second, option quarterbacks are hit and tackled frequently.
Why you must commit to the flexbone offense part two it neutralizes your opponents defensive line flexbone association october 14, 20 the first part of this four part series took a look at why the systematic flexbone offense was system based, and why system based offenses should appeal to you, as well as what it would mean to. This is the fan page for a movieinthemaking about the triumphant story of darrel. Traditional running football of the 1950s and 60s underwent some. It is rarely used in the national football league for several reasons. Usually, a coach will have a run and shoot offense.
Tfp 41 talking run and shoot offense with coach wayne. The passing plays the offense was initially predicated on motion, half rolls by the qb ending up behind the ot, and being under center with 1 rb. Brown writes and edits smart football, which is dedicated to football analysis, strategy, philosophy and history. A monday night matchup where the houston oilers hosted the philadelphia eagles. Coachup nation the basics of the zone read offense. I am lucky to have this book along with tiger ellisons and both homer rice books. Mar 17, 2016 gutfoxxs guide to the run and shoot offense madden 16 march 17, 2016 march 21, 2016 gutfoxx this is the hardest playbook to master in madden and you will throw a lot of interceptions when you are learning it. Many quarterbacks are taught to read the free safety, or the safety. Various defenses call for different strategies to beat them. First, the speed and athleticism of nfl defenders negate the advantages of an option offense. It is named run and gun for its use of both run plays and shotgun plays. Despite mitchells erratic performance, jones has been unflappable in his support for the kid. The most famous game that involved a team running the run and shoot offense was one where that team lost. Glenn tiger ellison is one, if not the, most innovative coach in football history.
Jan 28, 2016 but the majority of highschool football coaches are conformists. Uptempo offense catching on as quick path to nfl success. The shoot as a specific, delineated system with the four wide receivers or two split ends and two slots, a single back, halfrollouts, certain run plays, the protections, the screen, and the like was countered. Dec, 20 now then, after that really long history lesson, let us finally delve into the plays and meat of the run and shoot offense. This system makes extensive use of receiver motion having a receiver suddenly change position.
Do not expect quick results but do not be discouraged. Football offenses, whether in high school, college, or professional games, uses a certain set of running plays. This is a discussion on air raid or run and shoot within the ncaa football forums. Atlanta, detroit, houston, and seattle deployed 4 receivers who ran their routes according to how defenses were playing them. How a quarterback reads the defense in a football game. In the past ive used the label prostyle spread to describe offenses that are running pro concepts and still emphasizing the use of a te while also using spread sets and perhaps tempo to augment those schemes. Padron at qb and the offense takes time to get down. However, instead of a specific play in mind, the offense has several options of how to proceed. The passing revolution john jenkins and the run and shoot. The run and shoot offense was designed by a high school coached named glenn tiger ellison. His very popular version of the offense averaged scoring a touchdown every ten plays and once scored 98 points in a single game. The runandshoot, as all pro football fans are aware, is a half.
He is the author of the art of smart football and the essential. The run and shoot offense by greg mccallum on prezi. Athens georgia coach kirby smart seized the question or more accurately, the questioner. An option offense is a style of offense in american football that is predominantly based on a running play. Usually led by a blocking fullback, the running back takes a quick handoff from the quarterback and hits a hole. Why dont more nfl teams run the run and shoot offense. The run and shoot offense origins of the run and shoot. Wide open football route conversions double slot, can be called the original flexbone. The run and shoot starts from a oneback set with two receivers on each side of the formation. The run and shoot offense is run out of spread formations and it relies on receivers adjusting their routes based on coverage and movement of the defense. Jan 25, 2017 the run and shoot is one of the most prolific, high scoring offenses of all time. Tracing the history of the explosive run and shoot offense in. Gutfoxxs guide to the run and shoot offense madden 16.
Run and shoot football pdf the run and shoot starts from a oneback set with two receivers on each. So does that mean a pro style offense, or a spread, or something else. Jan 19, 2016 mouse davis explains the run and shoot. Run and gun basketball, a style of play in basketball run and gun game, a subgenre of the shoot em up video game genre. Aug 14, 2014 teams also use a sugar huddle a huddle that is positioned 3 to 4 yards from the line of scrimmage, which allows the offense to run to the line when the quarterback spots the defense trying to. Since coach davis never got around to writing such a book, we should be very glad that al black decided to do so. Thoughts on the spread and run a nd shoot offenses hemlocks comment. The purpose being to uncover the intentions of the defensive secondary. The ingenuity and brilliance of this man cannot be understated.
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