This course dives into one of the most effective ways to spark momentum in your offense—using quick touches and the screen game to create rhythm, steal easy yards, and keep drives alive. Drawing on years of experience as both a quarterback and offensive coordinator, the instructor explains how to design and execute perimeter screens, bubbles, and quick passes that guarantee touches for your best playmakers, build early confidence for quarterbacks, and maximize tempo.
Through real game examples and practical coaching points, you’ll learn:
Why quick touches are essential drive starters and “get back on schedule” plays.
How to structure screens that simplify reads for your quarterback while creating explosive opportunities.
Techniques to ensure your top athletes get the ball in space.
How tempo, spacing, and perimeter toughness can stress defenses and keep them on their heels.
Whether you’re coaching high school, college, or youth football, this course gives you a proven system to elevate your offensive consistency and put your best players in position to succeed.
Recorded at the THSCA Coaching School and Convention in San Antonio, TX - July 2024
Mack Leftwich shares his expertise on the philosophy and execution of a successful passing game, covering key concepts such as Pass Game Philosophy, Switch Levels, Slot Option, Backside High-Low, and Mesh Left and Right. He explains how to operate in the passing game, create open spaces for passes, use motion and formations to keep the defense guessing and add simple adjustments to make plays more effective, giving you the freedom to adapt and maximize your concepts.
Watch now and learn from the passing game with Coach Mack Leftwich!
Learn how Texas Tech built one of the most dangerous third-down attacks in the country, ranking top 10 nationally in conversion percentage and explosive plays. Coach McGuire, Texas Tech running backs coach, breaks down the program's full third down system, how they classify down and distance into short, medium, long, and extra long, why third down is a personnel-driven down, and how they build every call around their quarterback's confidence and comfort.
You'll get a quick overview of how Texas Tech identifies matchups to attack, self-scouts their own tendencies, and structures their weekly install process from Monday game planning through Friday's fast-paced walkthrough. Coach McGuire then installs several real third down pass concepts pulled straight from Red Raiders game film, drawing up each route, protection rule, and quarterback read live so you can follow along play-by-play.
Whether you're refining your third-down package or building one from scratch, this session gives you a proven, game-tested framework for turning your toughest down into a scoring opportunity.
Enroll now to get full access to this lesson and start building a smarter, more explosive third-down attack.