Red - White System

Having an easy and efficient way to game plan is an extremely valuable asset to have on your side. It can help cut down on the amount of headache, time, and energy needed to effectively come up with a way to move the ball against your opponent. In addition, having an extremely efficient way to game plan can help you out when an opponent does something that wasn't expected. Just like the passing game and defensive coverage, you can have plans to attack certain defensive fronts in the run game. A valuable tool to do this is the "Red - White System".

Communicating Defensive Fronts

Having a way to clearly and precisely communicate to everyone (players and coaches) within your team's organization is vital to the team’s success. A communication system from team to team can and will vary, but it is important to have a system to make sure everyone is on the same page when it counts the most. The communication system within your program needs to cover everything that can be communicated on a day to day basis. From day 1, the communication system needs to be introduces and variances within the system should not be allowed. Variances within the team's communication can lead to someone never knowing what is being communicated. This in return could hurt the team if you are trying to communicate in the heat of the battle. It is important that the communication system is covered for both players and coaches. You can't assume that they know or you will find out that they don't know when it counts the most.

Introduction

This is my first attempt at a blog. I am by no way an expert, but I am choosing to past long information I have collected over the years and to share my thoughts. My goal is to have majority of the people that read this to get at least one thing out of the blog. If there are certain things you would like me to cover, please share and I will do my best to cover it.

I would like to dedicate majority this blog to the running game and more specifically a pro style running game. The pro style running attack utilizes a mix of zone and gap schemes that complement each other very well. The advantage of using these two schemes as your base running game allows an offense to be very multiple. By adding tags/tweaks to the base zone and gap schemes, you can create a new look the defense has to prepare to stop. In addition, an offense can be very multiple with personnel, formations, and motions because these two schemes can be ran out of just about any formation. I am excited to start to dig into the pro style running game.

To get started, I would like to devote the next couple of post to get some background information established. We will first dive into how to communicate and categorize defenses fronts. Second, I would like to look into how a pro style run game should be installed. Lastly, how you can simply your game planning for the run game by the use of the Red - White system. 

Again if at any time you would like to hear about a topic or have any feedback, please feel free to chime in. I am in no means an expert. However, I would like to pass along any information that could help a fellow coach.