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What is a Offensive Tackle in Football? (OT Position Guide)

By Coach Martin | Football Positions

In recent years, offensive tackles have started to get the credit they deserve.

For years, offensive linemen in general have been the unsung heroes of an offense. Now they’re respected as one of the most important players on the field.

Offensive tackles have some skills and traits that are similar to those of other offensive linemen. There are also some that are completely unique to offensive tackles.

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What is 21 Personnel in Football? (Full Explanation)

By Coach Martin | Football Offense

Coaches in football give different offensive alignments different names, based on how many players at each position are on the field.

Doing this simplifies the call so that the defense can quickly recognize the type of offense they’ll face, as well as what’s most likely going to come at them as a result.

These are what’s known as personnel groupings, and one of them is the 21 Personnel.

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Pro Set Formation (Coaching Guide With Images)

By Coach Martin | Football Offense

The Pro Set formation was a very popular offensive alignment most teams in the NFL used for a number of years.

The fact that it was so popular in the NFL is where it got its name from.

While the Pro Set isn’t as popular as it once was, some professional teams still make use of it in certain situations — and depending on the skill level of the players.

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Singleback Formation (Coaching Guide With Images)

By Coach Martin | Football Offense

The Singleback Formation is one of the most popular offensive formations in football today.

Teams can use it at all different levels of the game, mainly because of all the different variations coaches can install with it.

This formation is very easy to teach, and there are ways that both run-heavy youth football teams as well as pass-happy professional teams can use it with great success.

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Slot T Offense (Coaching Guide With Images)

By Coach Martin | Football Offense

So many different offensive formations today rely on spreading the personnel out in the field to create mismatches with the defense.

Football nowadays has a lot to with speed, especially at the upper levels of the game where players are uber-talented and super fast.

That being said, there are still some offenses that like to go with bigger packages to give defenses a different look.

This is what the Slot T offense does.

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12 Unstoppable Youth Football Plays (U6 to U10)

By Coach Martin | Football Plays

Youth football coaches are always looking for new ways to attack defenses.

They might watch a lot of professional or collegiate football to take ideas that they can integrate into their own playbook.

However, a lot of the offensive plays called at the upper levels of the game don’t really work too well at the youth level.

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Inside Zone Blocking Scheme: Everything You Need to Know

By Coach Martin | Football Basics

Inside zone blocking is perhaps the most commonly-used blocking scheme in all of football today.

There’s a very simple reason for that — it works.

That’s obviously a very simplistic explanation of why the inside zone blocking scheme is so popular.

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What is a Halfback in Football? (Fullback vs Halfback)

By Coach Martin | Football Positions

In football, there are different names given to running backs based on their particular role in offense.

These names are typically given based on the offensive formation and style of attack.

The names help coaches and players identify the roles those lined up in the backfield.

One of those players is called a Halfback.

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What is a Checkdown in Football? (Full Explanation)

By Coach Martin | Football Offense

A checkdown is a generic term in football that refers to a quarterback throwing a short pass to a running back or tight end running a short route.

It doesn’t refer to any short route that these positions run, though.

Instead, it refers to when the quarterback opts to throw this shorter route because all of his other wide receivers aren’t open.

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Air Coryell Offense (Coaching Guide With Images)

By Coach Martin | Football Offense

Throughout the years, there have been many variations to offenses as teams adjust to all the new ways defenses approach the game.

As the game evolved, there have been many different offensive philosophies — but only a few have been truly ahead of their time.

One of those is now known as the Air Coryell offense.

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