Deep Dive: The Engine of the Single Wing – The 16 Power

📱 Deep Dive: The Engine of the Single Wing – The 16 Power

Want to know the secret weapon behind a 132-18 coaching record? It’s not a trick play—it’s the UBSW 16 Power! 🚂🏈 Get this play in his legendary youth football coaching ebook Winning Youth Football.

The 16 Power is the foundational off-tackle play in Coach Dave Cisar’s unbalanced Single Wing offense and is considered the absolute key to the system’s success. Your kids need to understand one simple truth: if this play does not work, the offense doesn’t work. This is why Coach Cisar recommends prioritizing it in practice above all other plays.

Here is why the 16 Power is the ultimate weapon in youth football:

🌟 It is the “Miracle Play” of the Offense
Coach Cisar considers the 16 Power the “single best play in football” and the hardest play for a defense to stop. Forget needing a massive playbook—he notes that “if you teach it right you will not need anything else”. In fact, highly successful coaches in this system have run the 16 Power as many as 42 times in a single game!

📖 It Sets Up the Entire Playbook
The 16 Power acts as the engine for the rest of the offense. Successfully running the 16 Power directly sets up the other devastating plays in the core “Sainted Six” series, including the 18 Sweep, 43 Reverse, 31 Trap, and 32 Wedge. Once the defense bites on the power run, it perfectly sets up the highly effective 16 Pass, which can yield massive touchdowns.

💥 It Forces Defenses to Over-Adjust
The philosophy behind the 16 Power is to ruthlessly pound the defense with it. Coach Cisar will sometimes run it two, three, four, or even seven times in a row to start a game. This relentless approach completely frustrates the defense and forces them to over-play the 6-hole. Once they over-shift, the field perfectly opens up for complementary misdirection plays.

🛠️ It is Highly Adaptable
If a frustrated defense commits their best players to stop the 16 Power, you don’t need to abandon the play. The system offers simple, one-word tags and adjustments to out-leverage the defense against nearly any front:

• Nasty: Widens the split of the Right End to stretch the Defensive End.
• Tunnel: Changes the blocking angle to wash the Defensive End outside.
• Super / Omaha: Shifts the backfield to bring extra blockers or flank receivers to the play side, neutralizing defensive overloads.

🦍 It Utilizes Simple, Overpowering Blocking
The play relies on the highly effective G.O.D. (Inside Gap, On, Down) base blocking rule for the offensive line. Because the line follows this simple rule, you naturally create devastating “accidental double-teams” at the point of attack. This is combined with an athletic pulling Right Guard who leads through the 6-hole to obliterate the linebacker. It creates immense power and a numerical advantage without ever confusing your players.

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