Using a run first, spread formation philosophy, Coach Derek Pennington has turned around the Zeeland East program. When he took over in 2008, the program was coming off 10 straight losing seasons. He has quickly produced five straight winning seasons (2009-13) and two conference championships. In the last three years, Coach Pennington's squad has averaged 40 points a game and have gone 32-1.
This two-back scheme is largely influenced by Rich Rodriguez and Rick Trickett.
Using coaching diagrams and game-action clips, Coach Pennington shows you six core running plays that you can incorporate into your spread offense. Building off the success of the run, he adds three perimeter screen plays to take advantage of the defense when they start creeping into the box to stop the run.
Spread Shotgun Core Runs:
Coach Pennington shows you how to run the ball and control the clock in the spread. Using these six core running plays, Coach Pennington has produced a 1,000-yard rusher in each of his six years at Zeeland. The runs you'll see include:
Perimeter Screen Plays for the Spread:
Make the defense defend the entire width of the field. Coach Pennington gives you a great overview of perimeter passes and runs from his spread formation or what he calls width plays.
From a 4-3 to a 5-2, Coach Pennington covers a variety of passing plays to exploit various defenses. He gives his quarterback the freedom to audible into a pass play to stop "cheaters" or players creeping into the box to stop the run. To take advantage of those alignments, he diagrams three perimeter screens:
In addition, Coach Pennington shares a couple run plays-the Jet and Spread Option-to help get a slot receiver on the perimeter and force the defense to make plays outside the hash marks.
This is a great presentation that provides a number of ideas to fine tune your spread offense.
Produced at the 2014 Louisville Nike Coach of the Year Clinic.
90 minutes. 2015.
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