[BYP] Dominating at 8 man football

What's going on, coaches, how is everyone doing this Tuesday night? If you're on the east coast, welcome back. Sorry about last night. We had a storm that came out of nowhere, knocked out the Internet and the power didn't come back on. At about 9:30 I thought everyone would be asleep. God knows I was and I decided to delay the whole thing for a day. Today we have coach Adam Bishop. Now, if you see one of the actors on the show that I coached Bishop on, he's an eight-man

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guru, he's scoring like 70 points a game, which you know is what I like, and today he's going to give a couple of different talks, so what he's going to do is say the first one is like "hey, yeah you." We're going from 11-man, which was down to 8, here's what you do, then we'll go over some concepts that work really well in eight-man

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, then we'll move on to pass protection, it's an all-encompassing eight-man. all. soccer clinic you're going to love it I know I did and to answer your question, Coach Burns.

I've never used a game strategy so I have no idea. I hate to tell you, but now let's get into this amazing presentation. Hello my Name Is. Adam Bishop, on the head football coach at Regent Prep in Tulsa Oklahoma, in this video I will discuss concepts that we have found to be very effective in our extreme tempo spread offense. We started the football program at Region Prep nine years ago and have had a lot of growth. pains our first season we only had ten players many of our players are first generation soccer players our extreme tempo philosophy is more than just a way of playing it is a mentality this mentality has allowed us to average over 50 points per game in the last five seasons, these concepts have allowed us to set numerous state and national records.

The question I get asked the most is how do I decide which play to call. One of the most important things a coach can do is study the video to become familiar with it. As much as possible with your team and your opponents When you know your team and your opponents, game decisions become much clearer, knowing how your opponent prefers to defend certain formations and plays is an important part of the game column. Sometimes we have certain plays ready to call. When our opponent chooses to defend us in a certain way, one-on-one matchups are key to any spread offense.

Making tackles in open space is one of, if not the most difficult things to do in football, we want to take advantage of favorable one-on-one matchups. In a matchup, whenever possible, there are six concepts that I believe you should be able to execute to counter anything a defense can throw at you. I will share several plays for each concept, you don't have to be good at all. plays within each concept before breaking down the plays for each concept, I'll go over the concepts quickly. Concept one is the internal race. If you have players with the physical ability to run over your opponents, you should do it.

Concept two is the external race. The outside run is a good way to get undersized linemen into space where they can become more effective blockers. The third concept is option. Option plays can allow the offense to ignore one or more defenders. Option plays also have the potential to neutralize a strong defense. Player screen passes are a big part of our offense and put a lot of emphasis on any defense. Short passes can be a very effective way to get the ball to your best players in open space. Deep passes make the defense better defend the field vertically by not allowing them to crowd the line of scrimmage the first concept is the inside run for me the simplest inside running play to execute is the dive on this play we execute a simple quarterback dive down field the running back doesn't get a good block but we are still I can make the first down the next inside running play we teach is the tie here the defense matches our numbers in the box but our quarterback does a good job moving the linebacker with his eyes and attacking the unoccupied area the third inside run the game is in the interior zones, we are not a big zone team, however, there are teams that are very good in the zone scheme, the offensive linemen will block at an angle of 45 degrees to the playing side, those tied at the top of the formation here will try. blocking our defensive end allowing the running back to find space within one of the most popular inside running plays we see - power terminology varies depending on what coaches call this scheme, no matter what you call it, the plague can be very effective against the The defense that has difficulty getting the Lymon lineman to the power play side will block while the back guard will pull and kick the defensive end, while the back tight end will pull and drive into space on this play, our opponent runs the power scheme. away from the move, the last inside running play I will cover is the trap.

We perform the trap play when we have the defense outnumbered in the area. It is important that the ball carrier gets up the field as quickly as possible. The next concept is the external race. a spread formation team we run the motion sweep regularly in this clip we run the motion sweep from a 2x2 formation our motion man makes a good cut and our receivers get enough defensive defense to allow for a big play, another run play outside en In the outside zone again, the linemen will stand at a 45-degree angle toward the playside with the tight end attempting to pin the defensive end toward the playside.

Here the running back does a good job helping to tie it together at the point of attack the quarterback sweep is a play we use to give ourselves a numerical advantage and establish perimeter rpoS on this play the defense is lined up in a two by two look with four defensive backs, we pull our left guard and lead with our running back, this allows us to have additional blockers in front of potential tacklers. I think it's safe to say that everyone in America runs some version of the sweep. We like our quarterback to have his back to the defense, which causes the ball to disappear from view long enough to make the defense hesitate on this play, our quarterback has his back to the defense while the back guard and tight end pull to get in front of the running back, the last outside running play I will discuss is the throw sweep.

This is a play that works well from under center since we are in the shotgun pretty much 100% of the time. We have replaced the pitch sweep with the swing pass. In this clip we could have the quarterback quickly throw the ball to the running back, but by having the quarterback hesitate, his running back has time to get open and hopefully flank the defense. The third concept is option. Our favorite option for running is a single speed option. Our spot on the near side of this play will free up inside the defensive end. The quarterback will attack the defensive end, making him decide to take the ball or the running back.

The triple option makes the defense prepare and execute tasks well. This shows one of our opponents running a triple option play. We adjusted our defense to look like a 4-3. for the quarterback and the thrower to take into account the spin is another type of option, this play is also known as read option here the spin is executed by an opponent from under center the quarterback does a good job reading the defensive end moving down just before the snap the fourth concept was the effective offense is the screen game the swing pass is very effective in making the defense defend from sideline to sideline as we just saw we used it as part of We can also use our running game from empty formations, when we see that the defense matches our numbers in the area, we try to take advantage of the confrontations outside the area, in this case we want to reach the extremes and the linebackers chase us to the perimeter bubble and the Tunnel screens forced the defense to play honestly.

Here in the secondary, our quarterback recognizes an outside linebacker coming in on a blitz from the top of the formation. He quickly passes the ball in bubble wrap to our tight end. This is a tunnel route again to the top of the formation, although our receiver is setting. High single coverage, we were able to get in well and run forward which led to a great game. Bubbles and tunnel give us options when the defense starts cheating on our bubble and tunnel plays. On this play we have two receivers left. at quarterback, the inside receiver runs the bubble route while the defense drops just enough to allow our outside receiver to fake a block and get downfield, the outside receiver to the back of this formation runs the tunnel screen while The internal receiver does a good job. to fake his block and release upfield for a good play the slide screen is a slow screen used to slow the progress of a defensive front here the quarterback does a good job of drawing the defense towards himself while the linemen offensive keep their head down field we teach him to lime and not to look behind him on the sliding screen, but to keep his eyes on the field to see the most dangerous defender.

The fifth concept was effective offenses, short passes, the route of the hits is very effective in spacing the defense horizontally, this creates many favorable points. In one on one matchups, here we are lined up in the three on one formation and the three travel side receivers are running the hitch route, they do a good job of maintaining space, the next short route we teach is the AO trap what do we do. Not teaching our quarterback to throw a lot of routes over receivers' stops, including this out route. I see teams spend a lot of time and practice working on throwing routes off the break and then in speed-of-game situations, time is wasted and incomplete passes result on the inside.

The receiver at the top of this formation is running the outside route, catches the ball about two yards across the line of scrimmage. Ideally, we would like him to catch the ball closer than five yards across the line of scrimmage. Another short passing route is the slant route. On this play, the outside receiver on the left of the formation takes a quick slant, does not release the line of scrimmage on the defensive back, but instead attempts to beat him across the field as soon as the ball is snapped. The final concept is the deep pass. The out route is probably the route our receivers and quarterbacks have the most fun with year after year, often when we put three receivers on one side of our formation we were able to get unique coverage on the backside, here we have a single coverage at the bottom of the picture and our receiver does a good job separating and tracking the ball over his shoulder another effective deep hit is the post on this route the middle receiver runs the post and leaves drop to inside and outside receivers who do a good job To keep the secondary's attention, the corner route is a deep route that we use a lot in our offense.

We can use this route any time we think we can beat the defense to the edge of the field on this play, our inside receiver to the bottom of the formation runs the corner route and our quarterback makes a good I work by putting air under the throat. The final deep route we typically use is a crossover route. This route is a staple of the air raid offense in 11-man football when running. On the crossing route, we teach our receivers to begin crossing the field at a 45 degree angle as soon as the ball is released, the receivers must continue to gain depth down the field until the ball is released.

I hope you can adapt these six. concepts to improve your offense and next season thanks for watching if you have any questions email a bishop at RPS okay dot org stay tuned for more videos on our eight man offense coming soon. Hello, my name is Adam Bishop and I. I'm the head football coach at Regent Prep in Tulsa Oklahoma, in this video I'm going to talk about the adjustments we've made going from 11-man football to eight-man football, making a seamless transition to eight-man football has made us permitted. to set numerous state and national records, one of the first differences between the eight-player game and the 11-player game is the size of the field.

Field sizes vary by state. Some states play on a full 11-man field, others play on a full 100-yard field. is 40 yards wide and others play on an 80 yard field that is 40 yards wide an American football.11 men there are seven players on the line of scrimmage on the sideline of eight there are only five players on the line of scrimmage this slide shows a personal difference between 11-man football and eight-man football most teams eight men take out their two offensive tackles and one receiver in eight-man football only misses one eligible receiver out of 11 men this can be very difficult for defensive coordinators who lose three defenders On this slide, the eligible receivers are highlighted in red .

Here is the difference between 11 men, 11 people and one 11 man. Here is the difference between 11 men, 12 people and eight men. 12 persons. This slide illustrates the defensive differences in men's soccer. Teams that use a 43 an 11 man often convert to a 3 to an eight man by removing a defensive lineman, a linebacker and a defensive back a 340 11 man can be converted to a 2/3 again by removing a player from each position group a defensive advantage On an 8-man team, defensive ends are often much closer to the ball than on an 11-man team, which can cause quarterbacks to have to make much quicker decisions, as those Defensive ends and defenders are closer to the ball at the time of the snap, as shown in the following two.

On plays the quarterback comes out of the pocket on this play as the defensive end gets pressure very quickly and on this play the defensive end runs quickly on the guard and the quarterback does not come out of the pocket soon enough as one One of the biggest adjustments we made when moving to eight-man was putting our best defensive end defenders where we could have placed them at linebacker and 11-man we believe putting our best player at defensive end gives them more opportunities to get involved and even control the game on this play. our defense is at the top of the screen does a good job of reading the mesh point of the running back and the quarterback and making the play with eight defenders and for the eligible wide receivers it is difficult to play zone coverage when we ask our players that playing area we are asking them to cover a lot of Because of this, we spend a lot of time teaching male techniques.

Our players take pride in their man coverage. Here's a play from a state championship game where our defense is out of step and makes a good recovery to put the ball away. Here's a different game. defensive back in a different state championship game, does a good job closing and makes another good play no matter what level of football you play, players must be able to tackle eight men, there are a lot of tackles that must be made in the open field. On this play, our kickoff coverage unit doesn't do a great job attacking the ball carrier, but our kickers' ability to execute an open field tackle bails us out.

Now I'll talk about some of the offensive adjustments we've found most useful. Since we've already talked about eight-man offenses, eliminate two tackles and a wide receiver, here's the difference between two-for-two and 11-man and two-for-two and eight-man. It is a very significant difference since two for two and eight men is an empty formation. The same goes for the three-on-one formation. An eighth man, three for one, is always an empty formation. This leaves fewer players and pass protection. However, it also forces more defenders to cover the pass immediately. The eight-man running game has many similarities to the eleven-man game. and in my opinion that is why many eight coaches prefer to run the ball by throwing it, it is why they do it, it is what they are familiar with and why they continue to do it when they go from 11 to 8, here we take advantage of a difference. to three defense run a traditional trap play for big yards here the defense is enough three two and we are a staff of 11 let's pull our back guard and run a traditional sweep play to outnumber the defense at the point of attack A Often the quarterback will not have a large pocket to operate from, even if the line blocks well the pocket will be smaller and therefore the quarterback must have good footwork and be able to escape from the pocket and launch on the run when designing an 11-man pass.

Playing coaches often include a checking receiver. The checking receiver is often a luxury not allowed in the eight-man game. It is often essential for quarterbacks to realize that they will sometimes have to run the ball to gain yards when a checking receiver is not available. Men's pass protections are similar in design to 11-man pass protection schemes. The edges are usually closer to the quarterback, as we showed previously and on this slide we illustrate our base protection. It is important for the quarterback to know which defender will be free if the defense decides. to play zero coverage, this is our empty slide write protection, the quarterback again has to know which player can break free and be able to slide away from that defender.

Same goes for our slide protection to the left, our fan protection is made for when our quarterback can. Easily outrun the nose guard, this allows our center to block the second level linebacker if he blitzes. Our protection role gives our quarterback the opportunity to take advantage on passing plays. He can also run them and it also gives us the opportunity to run away from top defensive ends or form two top defensive ends if we roll to that side this is an illustration of the right coverage role and here is the left protection role here finally the inverted pocket is something which may be unique to eight-man football we simply have our defensive ends, we pin the defensive ends giving our quarterback the opportunity to roll to the right or left, we invite the defensive ends into space and then we pin them at each side so that our quarterback can escape to the right or left. no matter the school or squad size the passion the community the pride and the team The brotherhood is huge eight-man football I hope you enjoyed this video about the transition from 11-man football to eight-man my email address attack eight man aerial on yahoo.com is on the screen, if you have questions or comments please email me, thanks for watching, there it is coaches.

I coach Bishop, thank you very much for doing that. I know that if I ever get to men's football, I'm going to dominate because I'm going to do exactly what you guys do because you're very successful at it. Coaches, thank you for being here again tomorrow at 8 p.m. Um, we're underway, we've got some good speakers that keep coming, you're building your program, you're getting into it until next time, let's keep mastering the point distribution and having fun. I'll see you all tomorrow.