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Introduction
every league had at Teast one ight
‘out of his book. The basic principe ofthe attack was “run whete
{hey aren't.” This revolutionary concept was a sigificant change
from the numbered or named routes thet counted steps and did not
vary asthe coverage change
to the forefront again in the
began piling up huge passing
iss version of the Run-and-Shoot had
attack, Receiver routes
le the muliple running
fewer physical demande wererefes to the singleset back a fullback, and he wi
shovn behind the quarterback.
philosopay has serious meri ing game
of the earlier Runvand-Shoot disciples grew out of
so popular today thatthe newer ad
‘upto the NFL. AS the first Run-and
terminology, today$ users tend to keep Ds
Tike many coaches using Rur-and-Sh
bea tg end or lotback.
ie postions, bt by thei
reading simpliAcknowledgments
‘We could no: have had a successful Run-and-Shoot passing attack
without the telp of many other coaches. First and foremost
did not hurt these quality prog:
T have been fortu
passing
fine quarterbacks who did: Acwowiecemante
Glenn Bennet, Joc Bakey, Steve Cianci, Brett Stover, and Chris
Fagan were the men who engineered us through much of the las
decade
"inal, L would like to thank Coach Mike Rice
defensive staff for his efforts i editing thi book a
Pare it for publication,
A Theory
ry adage
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es, whl ereatng ind
iches and forcing defenders to lose leverage
ave a numerical advantage tothe strong.
If the defense removes a player from the‘They are: three-deep zone, two-deep zone, man-for-man coverage
with one or two free safeties, and blitz, whi
‘Categorizing defen
and-Shoot plays: Once
‘opposite perimeters of an isolated defender’ zone, forcing him to
‘make a decision
‘When attacking man coverage, several players may be used to
clear an area so the primary receiver will have the maximum
assigned him,
and-Shoot offense has two plays
“Two are developed from the balanced se,
the trong side and one run to the weak side.
"There is also one play designed to attack the single-ecever side of
the defense
‘There are three basic running plays, though you may not con-
rider them runs. The screen, shovel
defense overcompensats in pa
‘game complements
jon-passing game off
{he option fis easily with Run-and-Shoot passing."2
Run-and-Shoot
Techniques
Recognition of the various coverages and blitzes is critical to the
success of Run-and.Shook
‘coverages, and many
stretching the defense
ze}other dues wo warn us of zone or man
‘coverage. Some opponents will have their cornerbacks position
‘themseles diferenty when playing man, They have a tendency to
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align inside the wide reecivers if they don't have irside help. They.
also may align closer to the line of scrimmage in.man coverage and.
their eye cantact may be centered more on the receiver than on the.
‘quarterback. Any oF all of these clues may be gleaned from the
‘Scouting report
‘Once man coverage is recor
three timesin rapid succession. From
‘ofthe ottensive unit will respond to a maa or. imardshaot Thane snandshot moras
ee F “Zone Coverage
‘When running routes into a zone the receiver wants to find a
window" the defenders, This means that he shoul try to
‘the short defenders and not
give him aclear view ofthe
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RECEIVER PRINCIPLES FOR ATTACKING
MAN AND ZONE COVERAGES {he receiver which way to pivot after the cate,
Man Coverage
USING MOTION To CONTROL THE DEFENSE
‘There ate three motions used in the Run-and-Shoot attack. All
‘deep should give the
ceiver running a stort route
cept several years ago. In
ppretentation he explained how body lean isa Key ingzei
itusion running, When going deep the head is down and the arms
pump hard. Wien running short route the upper body leans back
fo change the center of gravity prior tothe break. After much prac
fice a combination of these concepts can give the welkprepared
reccver the sep advantage he needs to get ope.Fullback Alignments and Motions
When the fullback goes in
‘motion either strong or weak
Fullback 3
tackle to tackle. He need not ah
By moving the fullback around snd pu
teams that play man-nder coverages are
adjustment problems. As you can see in Diagram 2°, they have no
linebackers to handle the quarterback