Tag Archives: Offense
Spin Passes – Coaching Youth Football
Since my Spin Sweep post is receiving a large number of readers, I decided to skip my Special Teams post today and talk about two Spin Passes; Spin FB Screen and Spin TE Pass. Like the Spin Counter, these plays … Continue reading
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Spin Offense – Sweep – Coaching Youth Football
My 4th grade youth football team ran a variation of the Spin Offense last year. The Spin Offense was highlighted in American Football Monthly in 2007, and I bought the videos from AFM after reading the article. (You can find the link … Continue reading
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What’s Radar Blocking?
“What’s Radar Blocking you ask?” It’s one of the best books on offensive line blocking that I have read and many people agree. In 1986, the author, Leo Hand, published Attacking Football Defenses with RADAR BLOCKING. Radar Blocking combines Rule … Continue reading
Learning Offensive Holes, Gaps & Position Names
One of the first things I teach my young football players is the offensive holes, gaps, position names and formations. Once we establish our base offensive vocabulary, then it is much easier to learn running and blocking assignments. To do this … Continue reading
Football Principles and Play – Books
I recently bought four out of print football books: 1) Radar Blocking by Leo Hand published in 1985 2) Football Principles and Play by David M Nelson published in 1962 3) Sports Illustrated Book of Football published in 1960 4) … Continue reading
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Blocking Schemes, What to do?
I have been working on blocking schemes for my 5th grade team for the last 2 months. We had a great season last year averaging close to 40 points a game running a version of the new Spin offense, but … Continue reading
