Wings & Things Summit

HOUR AND HALF LONG !!!

Kenny Simpson spends 30 minutes explaining WHY he went to the Shotgun Wing T from the spread.   

He gives his reasons why he chose NOT to run Pistol after buying all of Stewart's materials

Rick Stewart then comes on and takes you thru his journey from abandoning Under Center after 12 years...and why he chose Pistol instead of Shotgun.

ADDED BONUS:  16-time state champion Alex Rotsko talks about his transition from Under Center to Shotgun and he still runs both during the season

Running Back Pass Protection & Route Drills

CREATOR OF THE FLY OFFENSE

In the 1980's then high school Coach Mark Speckman took a play, the FLY SWEEP, and created an entire offense based on that play.

His Central California teams had back-to-back 14-0 seasons and were the #1 team in California.

• 113 wins as high school coach, back-to-back 14-0 seasons, 2 CIF titles and #5 USA Today national ranking. 

Speckman took the FLY OFFENSE to the collegiate level at Williamette College and now at FCS UC Davis.

• UC Davis records for most wins in a season
• 82 wins at Williamette, 
  • 2 championships, 3 postseason appearances, & national runerups in 1997.

"The mantra is `figure it out.' There are a million ways to do something and all of us have to figure it out. When I was a player, I had to figure out how to throw a ball, catch a ball and how to tackle. Nobody every told me. I was a defensive player who started coaching offense. So I had to figure it out.

Deception the Great Equalizer

A transplanted American living in Canada, Coach Tom has been coaching and teaching for 27 years.

....he has coached Wing systems in three countries and in numerous age groups and leagues.

• he has learned to punt on 3rd down, deal with opposing coaches being on the same sideline, and even kick the ball though the endzone for a point.

His dad played for Tubby Raymond and his dog is named Tubby.....

What offense do you run when most of your players have very little football experience?

Practice time is limited?

You base everything off the JET SWEEP....a very easy play to install

• change formations
• run counters & belly off the jet motion
• Play action pass off jet motion

Even if you have 11 players...this video will help you

In addition to Inside Veer, learn other plays to run in the Wishbone offense to keep defenses off balance

Smash Mouth Football from a state champion

Using 2 Tight Ends add extra run fits for the defense

Everyone thinks all you have to do is read Guards to stop the Wing-T.

Well, here is a little secret.  Wing Tcoaches LOVE it when you read our Guards....and this course shows you why.

Guard Trap from Pistol Wing T

Being in the Pistol allows your QB to read unblocked defenders.

Now you don't have to call a play, see how the defense reacts, then come back to the answer a few plays later.

The QB makes the defense PAY for wrong decision on that very play

Gun DW Play Action

Arizona State Champion Rishard Davis runs the SHOTGUN DOUBLE WING

This talk he shows how he adapted the Duo and Slice plays to fit into his existing double wing scheme.

Keeping it simple and using our shoulders, we quickly teach a simple pass protection to our kids who just want to come off the ball.

2018 & 2019 Region IV Class 5a Div. 1 Champs/State Semi-Finalist  

2018 Dave Campbell’s Asst. Coach of the Year

Our version of the Flexbone's "Zone Option" uses Belly rules which make the play very inexpensive and versatile.

2018 & 2019 Region IV Class 5a Div. 1 Champs/State Semi-Finalist  

2018 Dave Campbell’s Asst. Coach of the Year

Midline is considered one of the easiest meshes in our offense. It's the least expensive "read" play a Wing T guy can add to their arsenal.

Learn from this 2018 & 2019 Region IV Class 5a Div. 1 Champs/State Semi-Finalist  

2018 Dave Campbell’s Asst. Coach of the Year

Key Breakers to Keep Defense Honest

Play Action & Homerun Balls

Winning football games comes down to scoring. When using a ball-controlled approach offensive coaches MUST take advantages of defenses looking to pack the box and cheat their alignments to stop your ground game. 

Coach Herron explains how he uses this Delaware based Wing-T approach to do just that in this video

Coach Herron discusses his concepts for why running effective Play Action football is vital to his success in high school footbal:

Takes Advantage of Duel Responsible Players

Takes Advantage of Undisciplined Players

Takes Advantage to "Junk" defensive concepts

Takes Advantage of Teams not used to stopping the Wing-T and run-heavy sets

Coach Herron breaks down his Play Action Game by Series and in Detail:

Waggle Play Action Game

Belly Play Action Game

Counter Play Action Game

Naked Play Action Game

For each series Coach Herron will diagram the play, discuss the KEY details involved in making each play successul, and then shows gamefilm of the play (3 different camera angles).

From there, Coach Herron will outline how to add key "wrinkles" that will take advantage to whatever defensive alignment and pressure you might see on Friday Nights to ensure you will always be able to run it and find success. 

This is an awesome talk that will allow you to build your current playaction game into a letal weapon next season!

Wing T, Single Wing, Double Wing, Flexbone.....all series based offenses.   The Coordinators of these type of offenses have to understand this while calling plays

Tyler Phares

Bruce Eien - 8 Man Single Wing

Bruce Eien

Over my 37 years of coaching I’ve grown a reputation of running crazy and wild plays! This clinic will give you multiple Trick Plays and Exotic Formations to add to any offensive scheme!

Practice Structure

Coach Haire goes into specific detail on the FOUR core components of his practice structure: 

1. I.C.B.T. (Isometics, Calistenics, Blocking & Tackling)

2. Athletic Period (Sled & Cage)

3. Pre Practice

4. Practice- Sweep-Trap-TEAM

Coach Haire empathizes the skills of blocking within the SLOT-T

      4-point Stance

      Shot Block

      Angle Block

      Scramle Block

      Key Components of Blocking

Weekly Breakdown 

Coach Haire goes through and explains each period of his practice detailing what goes into each day of the week.

Coach Haire breaks down a week from Monday through Game day- How to structure each day to maximize reps and to ensure your core plays are ready to be executed at a high level. 

Coach Haire illustrates step-by-step how the Slot-T offense is a great equalizer that will allow you to win games when you are clearly outmatched. With easy-to-learn formations and terminology, a team-oriented schematic structure, and detailed personnel and practice format breakdowns, Coach Haire provides all the tools needed to install this effective offense. Everything is structured to build around your core plays: TRAP-SWEEP-POWER

The Hidden Gem of this series is how Coach Haire explains how he utilizes his coaches and structures his scripts to ensure that player development is achieved in every phase of his practice session. 

No matter what offense you run - there is something EVERY coach can take away from this lecture. 

"WORK SMART AND NOT LONG"

Texas Slot-T Game Planning

Coach Haire begins his talk with how he divides his staff in game preparation:

1. Divison the staff for game preparation

2. Tendencies to watch

3. Personnel Tendencies 

4. Key questions to ask when putting together a weekly play sheet

5. Building the Scout A-B-C defensive looks to prep your offense

Weekly Build

Coach Haire outlines each day and how it works in building a winning game plan

Monday through Wednesday  - Working your install and review  

Thursday Game Prep & Review-how to have your team prepared to win!

Friday (Game Day) - What are the essentials you need to cover before the game begins to have your team mentally ready

Saturday (Game Review) - How to use your Coaches to assess game grading - What are you doing with your players: weights/film/treament - How to begin the next week's prep with your players and staff

Other Key Ideas Covered:

1. What are the KEY things you must do to win the kicking game?

2. How to ensure your CORE plays are able to be successful on game day NO MATTER WHAT your opponent runs against you

3. How to put together a Game Sheet to cover ALL situations

Finding success on game day is NOT an accident-Great coaches understand the only thing they have in common with their opponent is TIME-

Coach Haire walks you through how to maximize your time to win on FRIDAY!

Texas Slot-T Tempo Offense

Why the Slot-T?

Now that the spread offense has taken hold as the offense of choice for most programs today, the Slot-T has become a unique offense that is difficult to counter this trend as defenses are designed to combat wide formations and passing sets and not a downhill run attack! Alan Haire's Slot-T offense is the perfect answer for coaches who lack the personnel needed to run the up-tempo spread offense, and will present numerous challenges to more modern defenses. This approach will allow you the unique ability to have your opponent scrambling to prepare every week!

Learn how to run the football versus any defense despite potential differences in talent. See how players line up in four-point stances and use angle blocking to maximize "get off" on the snap to defeat larger, more talented teams. The team-oriented schematic structure emphasizes team football as opposed to one or two players being asked to make all of the plays.

• It's an old-school style of football with an emphasis on running the football with a physical mindset.
• It's difficult to prepare for since very few teams run this style of offense.
• "Four second football" approach that will have your opponent on their heels all game. 

Formations and Terminology

The video are the basic formation, line splits, and attributes Coach Haire would like to see in each position on offense. The offense uses a strong side and a quick side. The offensive line utilizes the rare tactic of flipping the offensive line, which allows for simplicity in blocking rules as one scheme can be used for two plays. Simple formations and motions add flexibility to the offense.

• Simple formations such as "A Right"/ "A Left"
• Simple motion terms 
• Triple digit play terminology simplifies the learning
• Base offensive series and how the plays fit together

Killer Tempo

3 STATE TITLES

Are you a traditional Wing T team.  Hard core devotion to Tubby Raymond system?

Well so is (was) Coach Phipps.

Despite having consistent winning records from under center, Coach Phipps and his 4A Wake Forest squad couldn't get to the Big Dance.

SO THEY SWITCHED TO PISTOL.

They kept the Delaware Number System.   Kept all the backfield footwork the same.

But just backed their QB up so that .....

3 STATE TITLES

Are you a tradiational Wing T team.  Hard core devotion to Tubby Raymond system?

Well so is (was) Coach Phipps.

Despite having consistent winning records from under center, Coach Phipps and his 4A Wake Forest squad couldn't get to the Big Dance.

SO THEY SWITCHED TO PISTOL.

They kept the Delaware Number System.   Kept all the backfield footwork the same.

But just backed their QB up so that .....

• they could pass the ball more
• which led to running RPOs off the Belly play

This video will show you how to run the following from the Pistol

• Belly
• Tackle Trap
• Belly Sweep
• BELLY PASS......yes and a few RPO ideas.

coach Rick Stewart is also on the talk and there is some great Pistol dialogue at the end during the Q&A session.

Buck Sweep Variations, Formations, Motions & Blocking

Screens and Play Action in Pistol Wing-T

Pat Murphy is one of the orginators of the Shotgun Wing T....

running it in the '90s and winning 4 out of 5 state titles.

Using comparisons, Murphy shows you traditional Under Center formations and how they correspond to the Shotgun.

Murphy has been a WingT guy all his life and was a very successful Under Center coach before transitioning to Shotgun....which led to the 4 state titles.

BONUS ALERT:  He also shows you why a WING-T state champion believes Inside Zone is a great play and why he runs it.

But he hasn't lost his decoder ring because....

• Buck, Belly, Jet
• Follows the Wing T order of football: Base Play, Counter, Play Action

FORMATIONS Covered answers the important question:  WHERE DO YOU PUT THE HALF BACK?

• TE / Wing
• TE Trips
• Empty Sets gives you options when the QB goes down
• Ghost Sets are good vs blitz and can still run Buck Sweep
• Bunch Sets outflank the opponent and can still run Buck Sweep
• Single Wing is great on the Goal Line

The 4-time state champ then goes thru how he attacks 8-man fronts

How he defeates blitzing

• which means he has to show you how to run Fire Screen
• And then shows you how he PRACTICES defeating the blitz

Want ALL 3 courses by Coach Pat Murphy?  Click Here to see more

Jet Sweep by the coach who put Shotgun Wing T on the map in the 90's

Six State championship game appearances.

Four state championships

The Jet (or Fly) Sweep has made its way into EVERY offensive attack.  WHY?

• Gets the ball into a playmaker's hands. Another option for a great WR
• Can run it quick side or TE/Wing side.
• Good sweep play to a 2-man surface.
• Great against blitz.
• Run the JeT to the Strong side to protect against quickside blitzes
• Gets the Defense Running. Make them run sideline to sideline
• Protects your bucksweep when defenses overload the TE/Wing side or slant strong.

The 4-time state champion takes you thru the Jet Sweep from both under center and the Gun...with game film of both to show you advantages and disadvantages.

Running it from the Gun is slower and harder to time up to get the ball into the playside A gap

SO WHY RUN IT FROM THE GUN???

• Motion by faster WR types do not show tendencies because defenses expect motion from the Gun
• An easy transition because the Oline technique is the same.
• The complimentary plays are better from the gun, especially Play Action.
• Gives you an empty set run play
• Gives you a 3 x 1 set run play
• Game Plan the JeT and run it to the slowest DE. Run it to the worst Force Defender.

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Pat Murphy is one of the orginators of the Shotgun Wing T....

Winning 4 out of 6 state titles in the 1990's

Learn from the Best.

Why do you need Buck Sweep?

Are you letting your QB read unblocked defenders?   (btw...this totally fits the Wing T "put defenders in conflict" commandment)

• How does the backside Tackle work in tandem with the Quarterback??

 Let this STATE CHAMPION prove to you that a smaller Wing can block an End that outweighs him.  

All supported with GAME FILM

• head up on the Wing?
• Outside shade of the TE?
• head up on the Tight End?

How about the Tight End?

• Head up & head up Defensive End
• Playside Linebacker in the C-gap
• Playside Linebacker over the playside guard

Murphy then moves onto the pulling Guards.  Draws it up, shows practice video of footwork, & then backs it up with game film

Are you like the rest of the country and hyptonized by RPOs ???

Murphy will not let you down.  4 ways to tag perimeter RPOs to the Buck Sweep....with the best explaination of perimeter blocking

COMPLIMENTARY PLAYS

• QB Buck
• Single Wing
• Criss Cross Reverse

Want ALL 3 courses by Coach Pat Murphy?  Click Here to see more

21 Statet Finals in 23 Years

16 State Championships, including 47-game win streak and 6 undefeated seasons

21 State Finals out of 23 Years

16 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

• 264 wins, including 6 undefeated seasons and a 47-game win streak

21 State Finals in 23 Years

16 State Championships, including 47-game win streak and 6 undefeated seasons

Defend Option With 1-High Safety

Defend Option with 2-High Safeties

Facing a 3-4 Defense?

Attack the C-Gap!  Run Off Tackle behind the Tight End.

Every Defense has a Weakness....

And GREAT defensive coordinators recognize this and has answers.

College DC and owner of Blitzology website, Brian Vaugn ANSWERS is to use his Outside Linebacker in different alignments and alignments

ANSWER #1

• OLB head up on Tight End
  • what's your answer if TE arc releases?
  • Down blocks?
  • Reach Blocks?
  • Cutoff block on backside
  • And college coach Vaughn shows you the technique to use when the TE is bigger & stronger than your OLB

ANSWER #2

• OLB inside shade on Tight End
  • Why on earth would you put him inside the TE??
  • arc release or reach block
  • down block or cutoff block
  • Base blocks your OLB

ANSWER #3

• OLB jams the TE from outside shade

Vaugn backs all this up with over 30 minutes of game film

Defend Wing T with 7-man Front

Jenks High School is a 16-time state champion playing at the highest level in Oklahoma.  They have several very high powered option teams on their schedule that Gaylor has to scheme to stop every year. 

Tower Defense to Stop Wing-T

Wings & Things Summit - Practice Organization
Head Coach of Reinhardt University (GA) James Miller 

Head Coach of Reinhardt University (GA) James Miller presents how to maximize your coaching resources, staff and time to fully develop your players. 

Coach Miller, the reigning Region 1 American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Coach of the Year, is in his fourth year as the head coach of Reinhardt after leading the Eagles to the NAIA national championship game in his first season (2017) and another trip to the NAIA Football Championship Series in 2018. 

This is a course that any coach from any system can use and apply with their own program. 

Coach Miller walks you through the key ideas in getting organized:

1. Calendar

2. Situations

3. Situations matched with Install Sheets

4. Practice Templates

5. Plan Practice Scripts as a staff

6. Staff Organization with Special Teams/Indy/Team and How to Script all situations

7. Practice Duties to Maximize Time: Music/Clock/Period Changes/Refs/Chains/Field Spots & Directions

OTHER KEY IDEAS FOUND IN THIS COURSE!

Coach Miller explains how to practice all Special Teams Situations BEFORE your 1st game

How to maximize practice time through Competition Periods in: INDY-GROUP-SKEL & TEAM settings

Coach Miller talks about how using a PRACTICE BOARD will revolutionize your practice plans and staff accountablity

Creating a RODEO SCRIPT that will ALWAYS have you prepared going into the season and week to week

This is an action packed course that will give you the tools to further your development of your players and ensure that your sessions cover the necessary concepts while keeping your players and coaches fresh each day of the season! 

Wing-T Power Run Game

Wing-T Base Run and Sprint Pass Concept

It’s a simple concept - you need to get the ball to your best players! 

No matter what level of football you are playing the worse thing an Offensive coach can do is, take the ball out of the hands of their best players. 
Coach Kevin Creasy explains how they move their players around to get their players to different positions to make sure you get the players the touches they need but also account for situations like injuries.

In this video Coach Creasy explains how he has used 3 different offensive Ideologies to achieve this goal: 
Combining the Wing-T, the Spread, and Multiple I 

Keeping with the idea-a formation is not an offense-but a method in helping move the football Coach Creasy has achieved these results over the past 4 seasons:

Averaged 45 ppg

Averaged 5,500 yards of total offense

RBs average 7 ypc

WRs average nearly 19 ypc

QBs TD to Interception ratio has been 23 to 3

If you are looking to take your offense to the next level and find more production with less plays, this is the course for you!

No Philosophical BS in this course

3-Time State Champion McFadden takes you through every activity he does, EVERY MONTH

He shows videos & pictures of every activity

"This is the BEST course/video I have EVER seen regarding building culture."    --- Rick Stewart

3-Time State Champion Matt McFadden takes you thru his evolution from Buck Sweep to Jet Sweep to the Rocket Toss

McFadden ran the Rocket Toss 129 times during his 2020 State Championship season

He shows a ton of gamefilm of why he now runs Rocket Toss from the Gun instead of under center Jet Sweep

Doesn't EVERY offense want to gain advantages with Motions?

this is NOT your grandfathers Single Wing.

• Shifts & Motions
• Unbalanced
• 3-running backs
• 2-running backs
• trips
• trey
• bunch

Great package for varsity teams

• Make your opponent rep this in practice instead of preparing for your base plays
• Run it on the Goal Line
• Your Backup QB is really your best athlete moved into a Wildcat?     THEN THIS IS THE COURSE FOR YOU

Every Youth Team Should be Running this offense

120 wins

State Runnerup in 2015

9 out of the last 13 Regional titles

Passing Game Out of the Single Wing!!

WHAT??  No way!

This is NOT your grandfathers Single Wing.  This is NOT the offense that the 4 Horsemen ran at Notre Dame.

Coach Childs has made it sexy and even tougher to defend.   

• 120 WINS
• Single Game Passing record of 261 yards

His Number based Passing Tree allows MULTIPLICITY

And you can-NOT talk passing game without covering PASS PROTECTIONS

Coaches like Childs run the Single Wing so they can dominate and punish teams with the run.....AWESOME.

But that doesn't leave much time in practice for complicated pass schemes....

• Catch & Throw Quick Game
• Semi Roll to call side
• Sprint Out
• Screen Game

Coach will draw it up on the board and then back it up with game film:

• Boot to Left Tackle with FB in flats and backside drag & post
• Wheel Stop concept from Twins formation with QB sprinting out
• Bunch concepts
• Trips
• Middle Screen

Transitioning from Spread to Double Wing

Rocket Toss

Sprint Out Boot

Pass Plays including SCREEN

Compliment Power with Counter Sweep & Trap

Buck Sweep Under Center & Shotgun

Down Option & Midline in the Wing-T

Coach Krause will discuss and show film of in season practice organization.  Coach Krause has been head coach for the past 24 years and he and his staff have won 37 straight games and the past three state championships in Wisconsin, while averaging over 35 points per game the past 11 seasons.

Coach Hetzel and Coach Smith the Offensive Line Coaches for the Muskego Warriors will present drills on how to develop a Wing T Lineman.  Muskego has won the past 37 straight games and 3 state championships.  Muskego has averaged over 35 points per game the past the 11 years. It starts with the OLINE!

Coach Krause will go over how he game plans for an upcoming opponent.  Coach will go through what he does on the weekend, throughout the week and how he and his staff call a game on Friday night.  Muskego has averaged over 35 points per game the past 11 years while winning the past 3 State Championships in Wisconsin.

Three Straight State Champions 2018-2020. Currently have a 37 Game winning streak. 7th longest in nation for 11 man football. Finished 2018 season ranked 23rd in nation by USA today.  Past three years finished season ranked in top ten in the Midwest.