THE ‘PISTOL’ Run Game – Zone & Gap Schemes Kyle Hockman Head Football Coach Campbell High School, Smyrna, GA

ALIGNMENT QB 4yd RB 6yd Must adjust dept according to your scheme, speed of TB, snap speed

Overview all from Pistol Inside Zone – Read Middle Zone – Slant Outside Zone – Stretch (Speed Option) Gap – Power O Gap – Counter Trey (Read?) Inside Trap – Trap Veer - Wedge

Read Backfield Action Aiming point Inside leg of Guard QB steps - 1 step foot away from RB steps forward Reach and ride Transfer weight to front foot and accelerate of mesh Mesh point Give = slide belly hand out pressing with other Keep = pull everything

READ OPTION

Slant Backfield Action Aiming point Inside leg of TE QB steps – 2 steps lateral and crossover Push back off crossover Mesh point Reach and stick Pull naked hand quick to belly

SLANT

Stretch Backfield Action Aiming point 2yd outside of outside leg of TE QB steps - 3 steps Crossover, lateral, crossover Push back off crossover Mesh point Reach and stick Pull naked hand quick to belly

Stretch

STRETCH OPTION

Stretch (TE) Slip Slip Slip W M S E E T T Cut backside Slip Slip Slip W M S B or any lead blocker inside out = chip through DE if you see wrong color as you go up to support. E E T T Aiming point 2 yds outside of TE’s outside foot. Lead step and GO! This is an outside play, make vertical cut off TE or FB block at the butt of the blocker.

Stretch (TE) ‘Zoom’? M S W M S R W E T T E B E N E B 44 33 Bear ‘Power Slip’ ‘Zoom’? ‘slip’ M S W M S R ‘Slip’ W E T T E B E N E B ‘Slip’ ‘M’ Zoom=zone w/ RB & TE 44 33 Bear Wk eagle W S ‘Power Slip’ W M R R E T N T E E T N E S ‘Slip’ ‘Slip’ ‘slip’

Stretch (SE) Slip S M W E E T T ‘Power Slip’ S M W B or any lead blocker inside out = chip through DE if you see wrong color as you go up to support. E E T T ‘M’ Cut backside Aiming point 2 yds outside of TE’s outside foot. Lead step and GO! This is an outside play, make vertical cut off OT or FB block at the butt of the blocker.

Stretch (SE) M S S M W W R E T T E E T N T E 44 33 Bear Wk eagle S W ‘power combo’ ‘zip’

STRETCH OPTION

Read (SE side) Pitch SS S M W Read E E T T

Read (SE side) M S S M W W R E T T E B T N T 44 33 Bear Wk eagle S W

Read (SE side) M S W M S R W E T T E E T N T E 44 33 Bear Wk eagle W S W M R R E T N T E E T N E S

Power O Backfield Action Aiming point Step, Shuffle Butt of the Guard Attack vertical A/B gap Bounce, if needed, following Puller QB steps Spin –’Reverse out’ Fake Set up Mesh point Reach and hand deep

POWER O

Counter Trey Backfield Action Aiming point Step, Shuffle opposite Butt of the Guard Attack vertical A/B gap Bounce, if needed, following Puller QB steps Spin –’Reverse out’ Fake Naked Boot Mesh point Reach and hand deep

Power O (TE side) W M S E E T T B or any lead blocker kick out = Step with inside foot on bananna course. Use outsie shoulder, run through EOL. W M S E E T T Aiming point – Butt of G, stay A/B gap if possible, bounce following 2nd puller if need to.

Counter Trey (TE side) M S W M S R W E T T E E T N T E 44 33 Bear Could ‘out’ call TE 44 33 Bear Wk eagle W S W M R R E T N T E E T N E S

Counter Gap(SE side) W M S E E T T B or any BS blocker, Cut-off EOL. E E T T QB must make hand-off in BS A gap. Step, Shuffle opposite. Aiming point is Butt of the play side G. If clogged, bounce following 2nd puller.

Counter Gap(SE side) M S W M S R W E T T E E T N T E 44 53 Bear One removed by formation 44 53 Bear Wk eagle W S W M R R E T N T E E T N E S

Trap

Veer