SPREAD CONCEPTS IN THE WING-T Brad Bush Chelsea High School 734-368-7765 bbush@chelsea.k12.mi.us

OFFENSIVE GOALS: Be balanced on offense 2. Win the Turnover Battle 3. Win on 3rd Down 4. Win in the Red Zone

RUN GAME

PASSING GAME

SPREAD FORMATIONS IN WING-T PHILOSOPHY: RUN MULTIPLE FORMATIONS WITH LIMITED RUN GAME ABILITY TO RUN FORMATIONS FROM UNDER AND SHOTGUN ALL WING-T MOTIONS ARE DONE BY THE HEEL OF THE QB…THIS IS USED WITH A NON-RYTHMIC CADENCE STRETCH THE DEFENSE BY FORMATION TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE BOX

FORMATION FAMILIES WING 2X2 3X1 Unbalanced ALL FORMATIONS WITH A TE /WB COMBINATION 2X2 ANY FORMATION WITH 2 RECEIVERS / HB TO EACH SIDE VARY THE ALIGNMENT OF THE TE, SE, AND HBS 3X1 ANY FORMATIONWITH 3 REC / HB TO ONE SIDE SOLO REC / HB / TE TO THE ONE REC. SIDE Unbalanced

WING EXAMPLE QB can be under or in gun Y Z R L TB L and R 2x2 off OT / TB align 5 yards from football

2X2 EXAMPLE QB can be under or in gun Y Z L R TB L and R 2x2 off OT / TB align 5 yards from football

3X1 EXAMPLE QB can be under or in gun Z Y L R TB L and R 2x2 off OT / TB align 5 yards from football

Unbalanced Example Y Z TB R L LT RT Z TB R L QB L 2x2 off OT / TB align in normal flanker position

PASSING GAME THE ENTIRE PASSING GAME CAN BE RUN FROM ANY FORMATION ALL PLAY ACTIONS RUN FROM MULTIPLE FORMATIONS AND FROM UNDER OR GUN ROUTE CONCEPTS IN 3 AND 5 STEP DROP ARE TAUGHT BASED ON THE THREE ROUTE FAMILIES EX: CURL IS MIRRORED ROUTES…LANDMARKS ARE TAUGHT BY WING, 2X2, AND 3X1 EX: 3 STEP ROUTES ARE BASED ON 1, 2, OR 3 REC. SIDE ANY PLAYER CAN LINE UP IN ANY POSITION

BASE RUN GAME PLAYS FROM UNDER AND GUN PLAYS FROM GUN ONLY JET, BELLY, TRAP, JOKER(CTR), BUCK SWEEP, CRISS-CROSS, TOSS…ALSO TAG WITH U FOR QB RUN QB RUNS: BELLY, TRAP QB READS: JOKER, SWEEP (GUN ONLY) PLAYS FROM GUN ONLY DART ANY PLAY TAGGED WITH Q / QB RUN PLAYS FROM UNDER ONLY DOWN / DOWN OPT.

PRACTICE PRE-PRACTICE QB / RB TIME UP TEAM CENTERS MUST WORK SHOTGUN AND UNDER SNAP FORMATION ALIGNMENTS REVIEW: Hash / middle /Hash QB / RB TIME UP WORK READ ON END TIMING IN GUN AND UNDER TEAM MIX FORMATIONS / UNDER AND GUN WITH BASE PLAYS GAMEPLAN BY PUTTING BEST PLAYERS IN MULTIPLE POSITIONS!

SELF SCOUT RUN GAME PASS GAME RUN GAME BY FORMATION RUN GAME BY PLAYER RUN GAME RIGHT AND LEFT PASS GAME DIVIDE PASS GAME IN TO: 3 STEP 5 STEP PLAY ACTIONS SCREENS / DELAYS

2 X2 SHOTGUN ABILITY TO RUN WING-T AND SPREAD SCHEMES FROM UNDER AND SHOTGUN HBs ADJUST ALIGNMENT TO SPLIT DIFFERENCE WITH OUTSIDE REC. TB ADJUSTS BASED ON PLAY / 5 YARDS FROM TIP OF BALL…NORMAL AND “GAP” ALIGNMENT

2X2 SHOTGUN

3X1 BUNCH CAN RUN FROM UNDER OR FROM SHOTGUN TE ALIGNS 1-3 YARDS FROM TACKLE ON THE BALL HBs ALIGN 1 YARD AT MAX FROM TE GREAT FOR PLAY ACTION / BELLY / RUN ROUTES/ QUICK GAME

3X1 BUNCH

2X2 TIGHT HB ALGINMENT HB ALIGN 2X2 OFF THE TACKLE TE OR 2ND SE FLANK OUT CAN RUN ALL WING-T AND SPREAD CONCEPTS FROM THE FORMATION CAN RUN UNDER OR SHOTGUN

2 X 2 TIGHT ALIGNMENT

TE 3X1 HBs OVER HB MOVE FROM TRADITIONAL WING ALIGNMENT SHIFTING TO A FLANKER AND WING SE SOLO OPPOSITE TE HB IN WING ALGINMENT IS STILL 2X2 OFF TACKLE MAY RUN FROM SHOTGUN OR UNDER

TE 3X1 HBs OVER

PRO 2 X 2 FORMATION HB BECOMES FLANKER HB 2X2 OFF TACKLE TB ALIGNS BASED ON PLAY IN SHOTGUN

PRO

SPREAD 3X1 / SOLO Z/Y/HB #2 FORMATION IN 07 AND 08 BEHIND TRADITIONAL TE/WB GREAT FOR BELLY SERIES, TRAP GAME, AND 3 STEP PASSING GAME ABILITY TO ISOLATE BEST PLAYER TO 1 RECIEVER SIDE

SPREAD 3 X 1

DART PLAY ONLY RUN FROM THE GUN GREAT COMPLIMENT TO THE WING-T RUN GAME ALLOWS FOR THE QB TO BE A RUN THREAT CAN BE RUN FROM ANY FORMATION ALLOWS FOR ALIGNING THE HBs WIDER THAN NORMAL SAME READ AS BUCK FROM GUN EASY TO INSTALL

DART MECHANICS TAILBACK ALINGMENT AT 5 YARDS BEHIND THE TACKLE TB IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MESH QB AND TB PRE-SNAP READ QB READS END MAN ON LINE OPPOSITE THE PLAY WANT TO RUN THE BALL TO THE 1-5 SIDE PULL THE GUARD AND TACKLE VS. 50 FRONT…BECOMES THE WING-T JOKER PLAY

DART PLAY CONT… PLAY CAN BE RUN WITH MULTIPLE VARIATIONS DART OPTION DART BACK DART BUBBLE MUST WORK BACKFIELD ACTION VS AIR COACH BECOMES THE END READ FAKING BY QB AND TB IS IMPORTANT INCORPORATE HB WITH BUBBLE PLAY OFF THE DART

DART PLAY