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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By Coach Martin | Football Plays
The Power Play is among the most used offensive plays in football today, with more and more teams running it out of multiple offensive formations.
This adds a lot of versatility, as even teams that like to spread the field with multiple wide receivers will sometimes need plays to gain just a few yards every once in a while.
Though ideal for short yard gains, teams can also use the Power Play at just about any point in the game, and from any spot on the field.
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By Coach Martin | Football Plays
In recent years, a new play has taken the world of football by storm.
It’s called the Read Option — and it’s become so much more than a simple offensive play.
It’s now evolved into an entire way that offenses will attack defenses throughout a game.
The Read Option is rather simple in design.
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By Coach Martin | Football Plays
One of the keys to continued offensive success during a football game is being able to keep defenses off-balance.
By establishing a balanced offensive attack — with a good running game and passing game — defenses won’t know what plays will come next.
Offenses can further keep the defense guessing by integrating misdirection plays that can result in big gains.
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By Coach Martin | Football Plays
The Statue of Liberty play is one of the classic trick plays in football.
It’s not simply a misdirection play, as it’s extremely risky and doesn’t just involve a fake run or a fake pass.
There are many moving parts to this play, and it isn’t run all that much at all
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By Coach Martin | Football Plays
One of the great parts about football is that there are many different versions kids can play to learn the game.
If you don’t want them to get directly involved in full-contact, 11-on-11 tackle football right away, you can have them try Flag Football out first.
Flag Football is a great game for many reasons.
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By Coach Martin | Football Plays
Running a successful offense is contingent on confusing the defense.
Against good defenses, teams can’t just run the same few plays over and over again and expect to be successful every time.
Misdirection plays such as play-action passes and draw runs are great ways to keep the defense off balance and guessing at all times.
However, not all misdirection plays are meant to confuse the entire defense.
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By Coach Martin | Football Plays
The Cover 3 defense is one of the most popular base zone coverage defenses in football today.
Much like the Cover 2, it involves rushing four down defensive linemen on every play — with the remaining seven defenders dropping into coverage.
Where the defensive differs from the Cover 2 is that it will drop three defenders deep and keep the remaining four as “under” defenders.
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By Coach Martin | Football Plays
Cover 4 is one of the most popular defensive schemes in football.
Also known as Quarters coverage, it includes having four defenders deep and three-under in a zone-type defensive scheme.
At the same time, it’s very popular because defenses are able to use principles of man-to-man defensive schemes to allow either of the safeties to put double coverage on the offense’s big-time receivers.
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By Coach Martin | Football Basics
In short-yardage situations, a football offense will often change their playcalling approach to gain just a yard or two.
On third-and-2, for example, most teams will call plays that have the objective of only gaining those two yards necessary.
Instead of spreading the field out and calling a long passing play, for example, the offense may bring in extra offensive linemen, tight ends and fullbacks to power the ball forward a few yards on the ground.
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