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Quick Screens from Wing-T Offense By Darrin Sheffer                 When most coaches hear Wing-T Offense they usually don’t think about passing, however there are a few ways that a Wing-T coach can utilize his receivers on the edge.  Delaware Wing-T X-Now Screen One of the simplest ways to attack the boundary using the Wing-T is to use an X-Now Screen or Quick Screen.  Preferably, unless you have a QB with a rocket for an arm, I would rather use this play when the X receiver is to the boundary.  In the case of using the Right Formation we would like to have the ball on the left hash with the X lined up on or just inside of the numbers, this will give the QB a nice easy pass and the X a bit of room to maneuver.  I would teach my X to use the sideline and get as many yards as possible but you might have a different preference on the Now Screen. An idea that you could use (I learned this watching an online clinic from Coach Mc from Scott County HS, KY) is to have

Why I like… Unbalanced Sets (Photo by Coach Eien @bruceeien) If there is one thing that Dinosaur Offensive coaches love to talk about, besides running the ball, it would have to be Unbalanced Sets.  Old school Wing-T and Single Wing guys will hang their hat on being able to cause conflict with the defense by using Unbalanced.  However, it isn’t only old school coaches using it; many Spread coaches are seeking ways to use Unbalanced in their offenses.      Unbalanced Wing-T For my part I am most familiar with the Wing-T’s use of Unbalanced formations.  One common way to go unbalanced in the Wing-T is to simply go X-Over (See diagram below).  In the normal Wing-T formation the X is split off to the weak side of the formation, but in the X-Over we simply align him split to the Strong side/TE side.  One downside to this formation is that due to the alignment of the X, the TE becomes ineligible in the passing game which may limit you.  How do we fix this?  Well

Lessons I Learned From Football by, Darrin Sheffer Adversity https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Steinert_Football_Scoreboard.jpg                 Life rarely goes the way you want it to go, as a teenager that can be difficult to accept and hard to handle.  The same thing can be said about what happens on the Gridiron.  Excuse my language: Shit Happens.  Your coaches have a game plan, which in my opinion usually goes out the window during the first quarter.  How you as a player handles that adversity will show how mature you are as a person.  My coaches were amazing at teaching us how to handle this adversity like a mature adult and keep a calm, level head when the “shit hits the fan”.  Faith http://www.emtv.com.pg/nfl-rallies-around-protesting-players-denounced-by-trump/                 Now with this one we as coaches need to be careful, especially those of us who work in a public-school system.  I was reprimanded a few years ago because my player

Why I Like... The Trap Play from Empty Gun By, Darrin Sheffer Empty QB Trap If you are a team that uses a good deal of Empty sets and need a new run play I would consider using a QB Trap Scheme.  One way that I like using a Trap is as a Draw play paired with Bubble/Quick Screen or paired with a Jet Sweep Action (diagrams below).  Disclaimer: I have not run this formation or these plays myself, what you see below are concepts that I have come up with on my own.  If you run something similar but don’t do it the way I do it, please be civil.  If you have tips or pointers I would love to see them for my own learning.  Trap Vs. 4-2-5 Over Front Concept #1 In this concept I have an 3x2 Empty Set and I have a Jet motion going towards the 3 receiver side.  Let's assume that you have run Jet Sweep a few times hoping that you get the defense to flow over to the Jet motion.  I know that this looks a lot like a Jet Power Read, however in this set there is no read of